Unleash the Real

He who falls does not lose, but he who does not rise. And for a few days Real Sociedad, running towards its goal: the Champions League. The transformation or recovery, whatever the term, is clearly wonderful. There are many everyday factors behind this, but the most visible to the public are two: biting under pressure and the change in method.

La Real was launched at the perfect moment, the key, the one that defines the season, where others are troubled and emergencies or nerves appear. And he also starts with an advantage, which puts more pressure on the others, who cannot afford to lose points if they want to catch up Imanol Bailiff. They will not be easy because of the current difference or at the moment realistically, which hardly means a few more victories, at least. And it is that the people from San Sebastian have 10 of the last 12 points, 13 of the last 18, despite playing against important rivals.

Pure happiness

All is happiness in the realistic family. Records reappeared with positive individual and collective dynamics almost officially achieving a fourth consecutive qualification for European competition, equaling the club’s all-time record in the 1980s. Almost nothing. If Girona don’t win today and Real Madrid lift the Cup on Saturday, it will be a mathematician. And if not, just a moment, because right now there are 17 points between Real and eighth place, 14 compared to seventh. crazy

FOUR WINS AT HOME AND MORE AT HOME

Anoeta was impressive on Tuesday night with more than 35,000 souls despite the hellish schedule and being one work day before another, knowing that a good atmosphere will help the team push from from start to finish a relaxed Real Madrid who, faced with a clear difficulty, can now leave the party. And something like that happened, without the royalists being reduced.

The stadium took the team to their fourth consecutive home win, their eleventh in total this season in all competitions, eighth in the League. That is, it added successively to an important section half of what had been achieved until then.

It has been talked about how terrible Real are without and how difficult it will be for them to add at home, but so far they have scored more points against themselves (31) than they have ‘stolen’ in other stadiums ( 30).

ONE WIN OFF THE CLUB’S RECORD TOTAL WINS IN ONE SEASON

When it is said that this group borders on the historical, or has surpassed it, it is for a reason. Imanol Bailiff He has raised the floor and ceiling of this team and is already competing with the greatest and best Real in history.

With the victory over Madrid, he now has 27 victories this season in 46 games, equaling the second-highest record for the club in its entire history, obtained in the team’s 79-80 season from ormaetxea new double league champions and only one away from Real de Toshack from 87-88, achieving 28 out of 51 games, coincidentally the number of games the team would play this season was 22-23 at the end of the course.

In addition, despite the complexity, it is still mathematically possible to match the magnificent score of the runner-up team led by Denoueix in 02-03 (76). those of imanol they have to do it all in the remaining five games, yes. But the simple fact of being possible in a few days is something remarkable.

REMIRO EQUAL HIS PERSONAL RECORD OF GOALS TO ZERO

Alex Remiro He has been key in these last few games to keep the team’s defense strong. Against Madrid he added the 22nd clean sheet of the course in 45 games, which means equaling his own personal record, made last season, five days before the end of the campaign, so it is intuited that he can surpass this. In addition, it was his 52nd in the League as a txuri urdin goalkeeper, two more than Bravo, who was the best in the 21st century until recent days.

Barça surpassed him

However, this day also served to surpass the record set last season by the man from Cascante. Specifically, keeping a clean sheet 14 times at home in a League. This record is shared with Valladolid de fenoy from 87-88 and has been surpassed by Ter Stegenwhich has 15. Of course, for him remains the second realistic goalkeeper to leave Madrid with zero in the same game, after Alberto in 93-94.

KUBO IS THE SECOND SCORER IN REALITY AND HISTORY IN JAPAN

He is one of the names of the season at Real Sociedad, one of the great signings in Europe in terms of price and performance, without any doubt. Take Kubo It comes out all the way. In press conferences and post-match superflashes there is not a day that he does not shine, and on the green there are few games where he does not leave his mark.

On the worst days, he never stops working, I don’t understand or the defender gets past him. But the good ones… alas, the good ones! hut He scored the eighth goal of his private scoreboard in this League on Tuesday against his former team, the only tournament in which he scored. He always asks himself to score and assist more and he follows through. Eight goals and three goal assists already puts him as the team’s second goalscorer, leading Brace and only two of the pichichi Sorloth. He was also the first Japanese to score against Madrid, the second highest scorer in La Liga history (14), behind ini (16) and the one who has scored the most goals in a season (8).