Don Michael Oyarzabal Ugarte He is the most decisive player of Real Sociedad in the last 25 years, which is how long the Gipuzkoa edition of the centenary Mundo Deportivo rotary has been on the newsstand. This was established by the readers of MD in a survey proposed on the website of this newspaper. More than half of the participants, 51.8%, think that the current captain is the most important football player of Txuri Urdin in the last five decades of evolution, during which Real almost won the League, relegated to the Second Division, won the Cup after being promoted, they opened a stadium without an athletics track and became one of the top teams in Europe.
Mikel Oyarzabal He is the icon of this Real youth squad that dazzled in the Champions League. His eight years in the first team, the values he sent on the field and off it, his rise to the locker room, his connection in the stands, his goal against Athletic in the 2021 Cup final and the 92 goals and 51 assists In 317 matches they make him a decisive character and reference in this part of Real’s history closer to the present.
The second footballer who received the most votes was another great captain, Xabi Prieto, chosen by 37.31% of participating Internet users. The native of San Sebastian is another of the models that the youngest will follow and one of the main actors in that transition of Real that left the catacombs of the Second to become common in Europe.
The third in the ranking is Darko Kovacevic, with 3.91% of the votes. The Serbian striker, who turned 50 yesterday, is considered another homegrown player. And it is loved as such. Therefore, for many years it was a cry that Anoeta, Real, owed him the award they denied him after his exit through the back door. It’s time.
For its part, there was a minority of support for the candidacy of being the most decisive realist from 1998 to Carlos’ candle (2.59%), Antoine Griezmann (1.86%), David Silva (1.21%) and others (1.24%).
Source: La Verdad
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