Osasuna's last visit to Tenerife reflected the curse that haunts the rojillos: went from 0-2 favorable to 3-2 after having forgiven many occasions in the historic promotion season. And it is that The only red victory at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López was in 1976 in a Copa del Rey match.
Osasuna has visited Tenerife on 22 occasions since 1962. There has only been one victory, almost half a century ago by 1-2 in a great performance by Echeverría, protagonist in the two goals. Since then they have come close to winning but have never secured it, like in 2015-16 when the Tenerife team tied in the last minute despite being at a disadvantage for the entire second half. Osasuna is playing for a ticket to the round of 16 and in the process can break the negative statistics.
In front there will be a list of players who know the rojillos well from their past in Pamplona. The most recent was Enrique Gallegowho spent a season and a half and left discreet figures after a significant investment, which increased by 1.2 million due to the compensation paid after his departure to the island. The case ended up in court.
Maikel Mesa He also appears in the Tenerife ranks after his stay in Zaragoza. In Osasuna he had a special role in 2015-16, during the promotion with Martín, after his jump from the reserve team under José Luis Mendilibar.
Angel Rodrigueza legendary national soccer forward, was at Promesas in 2007-08 and in 2017-18 he was very close to signing.
Yussi Diarraformerly of Athletic, went through Ardoi as a youth and then through Txantrea. The midfielder from Mali arrived on the island after his good performance at Córdoba and is making his way into professional football.
