PFDC - EUROPE, Both Javad Nekounam and Masoud Shojaei played the full 90 minutes as Osasuna suffered a bitter 2-4 defeat in Malaga.

After a goalless first half the homeside scored two goals early in second half.

Osasuna already looked like certain losers but 80 minutes into the game a cross from Delporte found Nekounam in center and the defensive midfielder perfectly headed the ball into the net to mark his second goal of the season.

Just two minutes later a Shojaei-corner from the right side was headed into goal by Flano to make it 2-2.

But Malaga were all but shocked and restored the lead six minutes from time when Luque curled the ball into the net from outside the area. The hosts sealed victory when they finished off a counter attack perfectly in injury time.

While Nekounam was still one of the better players of his unimpressive team, Shojaei despite his third assist of the season, like most of his teammates, didn't have a good performance, especially because of him committing a mistake leading to Malaga's third and decisive goal.

Osasuna remain second last in the table with only one win out of 13 matches.

In Germany Vahid Hashmian still didn't recover from his illness and was sidelined for Vfl Bochum's 1-1 draw with Hamburg SV on Sunday.

A fit Mehdi Mahdavikia suffered the same destiny as a helpless Eintracht Frankfurt was smashed 0-5 by Werder Bremen on Saturday.

Amir Shapourzadeh's FSV Frankfurt will host FSV Mainz 05 in second Bundesliga on Monday.

Fulham's Andranik Teymourian also remains out of action injured (knee) while Ferydoon Zandi is still lacking form after his injury and therefore was not in Alki Larnaca's squad against Doxa Katopia (1-1).

Highlights and Nekunam's goal:

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