After nine consecutive wins, their best run in history, Real Sociedad face rehabilitation at Camp Nou and Bernabéu
Real Sociedad is the team of the moment in Spanish football. Before and after the break due to the World Cup, the txuri-urdin team has established themselves as perhaps the most fun to watch every weekend and are drawing an outstanding first half of the season both nationally, third and seven points ahead of fifth ranked in the League, as a European, finishing first in their group in the Europa League, ahead of Manchester United.
With 21 wins in 28 games and nine consecutive wins, Imanol Alguacil’s block is the best Real in history at this stage of the season. And this week, with visits to Camp Nou in the KO tournament, a loanee where he has suffered 26 defeats in a row, and in the regular match against Santiago Bernabéu, he has the chance to pack a punch on the table .
Since joining the San Sebastián bench in 2018, Imanol Alguacil, buoyed by the club regularly qualifying for European competitions and winning the 2020 Copa del Rey against Athletic, is doing a more than remarkable job of consolidating Jokin’s project Aperribay . But without a doubt, this season’s Real Sociedad is the culmination of his great work.
In the summer, the sports management got rid of three key players such as Isak, Portu and Januzaj to sign Sorloth, Brais, Kubo, Sadiq and Ali Cho. And the piece couldn’t have been better. In addition to gaining an economic advantage of 27 million euros, the team has taken a step forward and dreams of playing in the next edition of the Champions League.
Starting from the 4-4-2 diamond formation, Real Sociedad plays a precise, dynamic and vertical game to attack and aggressive pressure after losses to defend. The defensive triangle formed by Remiro, Le Normand and Zubeldia ensures security. The midfield, with Zubimendi as conductor, Brais and Mikel Merino as interior players and Silva as midfielder, is among the best engine rooms in the championship. And up front, Sorloth’s rear game is supplemented by Kubo’s electricity.
Fully immersed in the battle for the Champions League, qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey and hoping to progress in the Europa League, Real Sociedad has a new soldier for the cause: Mikel Oyarzabal. The ’10’ has left behind the serious injury to his knee that robbed him of participation in the World Cup and will be indispensable at the end of the season.
In San Sebastián, they hope not to blame the physical wear and tear that weighed them down in other seasons and ratify a project that grows year after year. The result is the refusals in this winter market by Zubimendi and Mikel Merino to tempting offers from Arsenal and Aston Villa. The goal is clear: the Reale Arena must be able to enjoy the maximum at club level ten years later.
Source: La Verdad
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