Barcelona’s perfect start to the 2024-25 season has come to an end in their eighth match of the campaign thanks to a 4-2 loss away to Osasuna at the El Sadar Stadium on Saturday night. Hansi Flick’s side played a horrendous match and were second-best for nearly the entire game against an Osasuna team that defended almost perfectly and were quite simply incredible on the counter-attack all night, and deservedly handed the Blaugrana their first league defeat of the season in emphatic fashion. FIRST HALF Osasuna stayed true to their identity as an aggressive, offensive team and made a brilliant start to the game, pressing Barça high up the pitch, constantly winning possession in good positions and creating plenty of danger with their quick and creative front players.
And their excellent beginning was rewarded with the opening goal, after Pablo Torre gave the ball away in midfield the home team counter-attacked quickly, and Bryan Zaragoza’s brilliant cross from the left wing found the head of Ante Budimir who put the home team in front. Barça were nowhere to be found in the first 20 minutes, and the absences of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha were clearly felt as a heavily rotated Barça side struggled to create any meaningful attacks despite Pedri’s best attempts to help his teammates get into good situations. The Catalans continued to struggle mightily, and were made to pay again just before the half-hour mark: Pau Víctor was clearly fouled in midfield but the referee .