The 7 curiosities or aspects to highlight about the Real Sociedad match in Japan

Javi López’s debut

This was the main sporting attraction of the day. Imanol lined up Javi Lopez start to make his txuri urdin debut. They had three left backs and 24 players so they only played 45 minutes, but they were at a good level. With the ball he showed judgment and quality and knew how to successfully join the attack.

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Aritz scored 658 days later

Aritz Elustondo He decided the match with a great goal from a Brazilian center forward. He has the help of a defender’s foot and a clueless lineman, but the action has great merit. He dedicated the goal to his father, something he hadn’t done in 658 days, since he scored one of Moldova’s winning goals, against Sheriff, in the Europa League. This is an important season and the preseason has started to offer good feelings.

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Magunazelaia, with the first team number

One of the details of the assembly, which can only be seen up close, is the number of Jon Magunazelaia. He played at 25, the number worn by first team footballers. He was not at Laguardia and in his first appearance of the summer he came on in the 54th minute with a Primera number. As MD Gipuzkoa confirmed after the match, there was no update on his situation so the number selection was, allegedly, a coincidence. MD has already announced that Eibartarra will not continue with Sanse and wants to find a place in the squad.

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The new txuri urdin kit, only in Japan

The new Real Sociedad home kit was unveiled in May, on the morning of the 29th, when Real played against Tokyo Verdy at noon. The team debuted the kit that day, in Japan. From then until now it has not been used again because Laguardia Real played for gold. Therefore, txuri urdin is only used in Japan, for now, two months apart. Panasonic Suita Stadium in Osaka looked soulless, with attendance not even reaching 50%, although there was a presence of realistic fans. Anyway, when hut He approaches the corner or touches the ball, they make noise.

5

Becker builds on his debut but all else fails and Sadiq doesn’t perform

They will not remember the Japan meeting positively or Sadiq neither Becker, the two highlights of the day at Real. The Nigerian started and was strong, although there were some spaces to go on the counterattack. He fell asleep in the first and made a low shot from the middle of the field later. Bad Becker at half-time and played in front. He took many risks but never hit a single one. He had three hands in hand that went all wrong in his favor and also tried his luck from afar. It was his first game of the summer.

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Imanol no longer distributes minutes evenly and Mariezkurrena no longer plays

Another aspect to highlight from the meeting is that Imanol He brought out a starting eleven and it was almost complete until the 66th minute. The match is no longer split into two with two different teams. He made two changes at half-time, two more in the 54th minute and seven more in the 66th minute. Then he entered shelf at 70′ for a JoGo that entered the break, but Mariezkurrena left not playing. La Real did not report an injury but after consulting the MD, he commented that he had some discomfort. In the first picture it is short. A shame, in any case, to have traveled 10,300 kilometers. He still has a lot left behind.

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Marín squeezed Olasagasti

Pablo Marin He was once again a starter and one of the best, or the best, on the team, as was the case with Laguardia. He acted as ‘8’, but very loosely, reached more than braise in attacking zones. Imanol kept him on the field until 66′, when he came on Olasagasti. There is no place and numbers for everyone and everything indicates that the youth players will play for the last places themselves and, of course, the man from Rioja puts pressure on the San Sebastian player in the midfield. He is the only player with a reserve team number in the starting eleven and one of the seven most played. Marin He has a contract until 2027, Olasagasti until 2025.