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Brilliant Budimir scores twice and wins a penalty, but Osasuna suffer heavy defeat

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Ante Budimir scored twice for Osasuna, including a penalty, but Alavés won 5-2 in the fourth round of Spain’s La Liga.
  • Lucas Boyé scored three times for Alavés, who moved into second place behind Barcelona.
  • The defeat was Osasuna’s first league loss of the season, while Budimir reached four league goals.

Ante Budimir scored twice and won a penalty for Osasuna, but his team lost 5-2 away to Alavés in the fourth round of Spain’s La Liga.

Lucas Boyé led Alavés with three goals. He opened the scoring in the 27th minute, and Díaz made it 2-0 in the 36th. Budimir pulled one back in the 46th minute with a header after rising to meet the ball.

Boyé restored Alavés’ two-goal advantage in the 51st minute with a powerful strike from more than 30 meters. Budimir scored again from the penalty spot in the 64th minute to make it 3-2, but Boyé completed his hat-trick in the 68th. Ibáñez added the final goal in the 90th minute.

The result gave Alavés second place, behind Barcelona, and handed Osasuna its first league defeat of the season. Budimir now has four league goals, three of them penalties.

Barcelona remained the only team with a perfect record after beating Valencia 5-0 away. Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the sixth minute and added Barcelona’s fifth in the 84th. Fermín, Raphinha and Pedri also scored. Barcelona lead with 12 points, ahead of Alavés, Real Madrid and Betis.

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