Starting this Sunday at La Cerámica, Real Sociedad will face the final schedule of 12 games that will decide the txuri urdin team’s last place in the standings and, consequently, whether they go to the Champions League or not.
It will be a tight calendar with no European competition or cup on the realistic horizon, as two weekdays still remain. And they won’t exactly be affordable rivals as Betis, at Villamarín, and Real Madrid, at Anoeta, will be the opponents in these matches during the weeks of the double competition.
23 points can be worth
Real Sociedad currently has 48 points worth fourth in the table, behind Atlético de Madrid, but three points above Betis, and seven from Villarreal, the main contenders to steal the Champions League place from to the realists.
in the group of imanol They have a tough calendar ahead of them with complicated visits and all direct confrontations pending, but there is one encouraging piece of information to keep that fourth position painted in blue and white.
The realistic team already knows the way to overcome the remaining obstacles. The Liga calendar has not been the same in the first and second rounds, for several years, so you have to take the magnifying glass to see what the San Sebastian team did in the first leg against the 12 remaining rivals.
In total, he scored 23 points from a possible 36 against Villarreal, Betis, Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic, Rayo, Sevilla, Almería, Osasuna, Getafe and Girona. Seven wins, two draws and three losses. He won important matches such as the one against Anoeta against Villarreal that allowed him to have an average goal, short-term, winner, the derbies against Osasuna and Athletic or the visits to Vallecas and Sánchez Pizjuán.
This is football fiction, but getting the same 23 points today could be worth Real to guarantee hearing the most emotional hymn in world football next year. It will reach 68 points, very close to the 70 barrier, which usually gives a reward. Keeping to the letter what happened in the first round, it will almost remove Villarreal from the equation, they will lose in La Cerámica, get a good point in the Metropolitano, but lose the game and, therefore, the average goal, against Betis. What is clear is that imanol and you know the formula for success.
Source: La Verdad
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