The 5 keys to Real Sociedad’s first friendly

La Real lost its first preseason match against Alavés. In a more dynamic and entertaining first half, the match was decided from the eleven meters, with a long and inaccurate penalty shootout.

Fallon and crestfallen

Nth chance for Sadiq

Looks like someone jinxed the Nigerian. In addition to going unnoticed for most of the second half, he got the way when Dadie He has one of the clearest in the game. He missed a penalty in the shootout and just by his non-verbal language you could sense that he was down.

With a possible exit on the horizon, they will need to improve their performance significantly to keep up with Real. Carlos made it better, Oyarzabal This has been fixed and another attacker may arrive.

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Brais pulled the car over

Another great goal from the Galician

Brace Mendez, Who else. The Galician took out his wand, once again, in a match where technical actions were not easy. Surrounded by people with little experience, the one from Mos led the team and left flashes of the quality that Txuri Urdin fans have enjoyed before at Anoeta. With a shot from outside the area half an hour into the match, Real went into the ‘cooling break’ after leveling after an early goal from the babazorros on a corner kick.

Severa, who didn’t have much to do in the first 45 minutes, tried to clear the ball without success. Txuri Urdin’s first goal in the 24-25 scoreline came out to the whole squad, and despite not celebrating it with much effusiveness, his teammates recognized the great goal by going to congratulate the Galician. braise He also linked some interesting plays Carlos, returning after six months out injured, and was substituted at half-time. He took his place in the depths Mikel Gotiwhich was more unnoticed in the second half.

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premiere day

Two debuts in the first game

Real’s first friendly featured, as expected, many players from the reserve team. Imanol he kept a small block of mostly average players in the eleven, including veterans Aritz, Zubeldia, Brais or Traoré. However, he did not hesitate to give minutes to the youngest players. Theirs, Arkaitz Mariezkurrena (2005), who were in the game from the start and hardly needed a training session to get into the coach’s plans. Playing as a right winger, he had some flashes of quality and worked without the ball, something that was important in this Real game. Alternating Sanse and Real C in the previous campaign, it is expected that this one he will be important to the squad. Sergio Francisco, Although given what we’ve seen, the first team will be able to pull him when needed.

The second half also gave us new faces. Only three players with the first team record on the green. However, most of the kids who played had made their debut before. This is not the case of Job Ochieng, who debuted at Real. He did so on the right, despite the fact that he is more used to playing on the left, and used his stride to try to outrun his full-back, not with much success. He also missed the decisive penalty of the shootout.

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Half Sanse in the second half

Only three from the first team

The starting eleven was a bit more recognizable, but the second 45 minutes featured almost exclusively youth players. Fraga took the baton Marrero, and RupérezJ.in Martín and JoGo accompanied Odriozola in defense. A midfield consisting of Gorrotxategi pivot, and Goti and Olasagasti more advanced. They don’t have much weight in the game, there are very few really interesting plays.

In the attack, Sadiq It is the ninth accompanied by Dadie and the debutante Ochieng on the band. The second is the most compelling, which reaffirms what has already been seen in the first rounds of the Cup: it is a profile that can be similar to Barrenetxea. He had no luck, but he never stopped trying.

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Imanol moved the center backs

There was a change of position on the back

The position of center backs is interesting. So far we have seen Zubeldia on the right, accompanied by Robin Le Normand, who seems to be counting down his time at Real. Yesterday it was Azkoitia’s player who played on the left, who changed his leg, accompanied by Aritz Elustondo, who wore the captain’s armband. In Jon’s absence Pacheco for the Paris Olympic Games, Imanol He used an alternative seen before, but without much continuity. The Frenchman’s departure, however, may cause this route to become more common from now on, though Pacheco He is touted as his natural replacement.

In the second half nothing changed. This time they are John Martin and Inaki Ruperez those occupying the royalist rear, the first on the right and the second on the left. Not something common either, because Ruperez He is a right back and Martinwho used to play on the right in the lower categories, came out on the left the two times he played in the First Division.