Saying that Real Sociedad and Valencia are not there to rave about can serve as a metaphor, but little more, because every time the San Sebastian team scores, two are scored – six were heard on Saturday -, and as for the visitors, it is enough to remember the Fallas. But it is true that the start of the season for the two teams has not been the best, of course, in view of the trajectory, a temporary situation such as that of the Realists cannot be confused with another structural one that affects the Valencians, which is coming from a few years ago.
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Álex Remiro, Jon Aramburu (Aritz Elustondo, min. 84), Igor Zubeldia, Nayef Aguerd, Javi López, Luka Sucic (Brais Méndez, min. 74), Ander Barrenetxea (Beñat Turrientes, min. 59), Martín Zubimendi, Takefusa Kubo (Jon Magunazelaia, min. 84), Sergio Gómez and Mikel Oyarzabal (Orri Óskarsson, min. 60)
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Giorgi Mamardashvili, Jesús Vázquez (Thierry Correia, min. 36), César Tárrega, Dimitri Foulquier, Cristhian Mosquera, Hugo Guillamón (André Almeida, min. 76), Diego López (Sergi Canós, min. 61), Pepelu (Enzo Barrenechea, min. 76), Luis Rioja, Hugo Duro and Javi Guerra (Dani Gómez, min. 61)
Goals
1-0 min. 7: Take Kubo. 2-0 min. 79: Orri Steinn Óskarsson. 3-0 min. 91: Orri Steinn Óskarsson
So in San Sebastián they remain hopeful that it is just a bad start after so many years of good news. The eleven that Imanol started at the start insisted on it, with the presence again of Barrenetxea, who after a hesitant start to the season, returned, as in Nice, to being the most active player until his strength held out, exploring the left wing, even if he had Foulquier in front of him, a tough nut to crack.
But Real soon found cracks, in a quick release of the ball by Zubimendi, who from his vantage point watched Barrene’s run down his lane; For the winger it was the ball with precision, and when he detected that Sergio Gómez was bending him more centered, he gave him possession. The pass into the hole by the Badalona footballer was an invitation to shoot from Kubo, who was arriving in the race, to inaugurate the Anoeta scoreboard and immediately remove that anguish from the stands in these times when immediate reactions are required in football.
With the score favorable, Real managed the timing of the game intelligently. He pressed or threatened to do so when Valencia tried to get the ball out of his field, and except for a header from Mosquera in a corner kick that Remiro stopped, the best opportunities, Barrene had one in a shot that gave less effect than he expected. I needed to find a goal; Then Aguerd put his leg into a free kick and his unorthodox shot hit the crossbar.
Valencia suffered without resources to put together some football and Real played comfortably, at least until half-time, because after Baraja’s adjustments in the locker room, its players understood the message, took a step forward and began to have more presence in the team. opposite field. Then the Valencian options arrived, such as a shot by Javi Guerra that Remiro deflected, or a header by Tárrega after a corner that deviated a few centimeters from the goal. With his changes, the Valencia coach managed to keep the scoreboard from leaning so much towards his rival, although he then left the defense naked, at the expense of Imanol’s team managing to set up some counterattack in the open field in the direction of Mamardashvili.
The first threat came with a double chance from Oskarsson, which crashed into the goalkeeper, and on the rebound, Turrientes sent the ball over the crossbar. Valencia’s second oversight was lethal, because after a loss, Sergio Gómez launched into the career of Brais, who had just entered the field, and Oskarsson took advantage of his horizontal pass with Icelandic coolness to make his debut as a scorer. Already in stoppage time, the young royalist signing doubled his tally after another counterattack led by Sergio Gómez.
