A surprising prologue

Since the president’s day Afternoonduring a press conference, creating that “new book” in the history of Real Sociedad, all, almost unconsciously, closed an episode in the history of the club, the one that told the story of the last five years of the team, an era which was full of success, and which led the club to live in the area of ​​the privileged.

But last summer was not a summer like the previous ones. What happened that, suddenly, when at the end of the previous exercise everything seemed to go well, overnight, the continuation of the narrative in the terms used until that moment was questioned? The discourse needs to be changed, because the previous one is outdated. It’s true that that summer it lost two of its most valuable assets in a matter of weeks: Le Normand and Merino They decided to change their scene, and left the team without its benefits, so appreciated in recent years.

An assessment of the completed exercise was also made and it was decided that the team had no goal, or at least, not by ordinary means. Work has been done to remedy this, but the solutions, right now, don’t seem to be the most appropriate. Two of the forwards from last season are still on the roster – one has found a place on loan – as it is not possible to get rid of them; and the spare came on the last day of the market, with very little experience and some at least debatable directory guarantees.

Conclusion: the team has lost the aggressiveness given by the players who left, and the subject of the goal remains to be overcome. The results were not as good as before – the closest reference gives a clarifying fact: last year the team had seven more points at this point – and the irregularity took over the behavior of the team .

It is true that the prologue of a book is not the book itself, but what we see, as a preview of what is to come, is quite confusing.

Everyone on the couch

If a sensible man likes Alex Remiro He reflects strongly after the defeat against Osasuna, and uses terms such as maturity or mental strength to explain what happened…something is happening. Cascante’s player focuses on issues related to the way of defending, both the strategy and the transfer of the opponent, both aspects in which the team has traditionally been strong and which, currently, seems to be their Achilles heel .
The statistics of the fouls committed by the team last season revealed the extraordinary work done by the Imanol in that part of the game, and that makes them one of the most uncomfortable teams to play against, and one of the hardest to hurt. Catching Real in a transition is a very complicated task for rivals. Now, however, the team appears more permeable, so the approach to their own area is more fraught with threat. Many times problems in football are related to the physical dimension, but many times, it is the mental state that determines the behavior of footballers. A few sessions on the “psychologist’s” couch may not hurt.

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something must be done

Trouble is set up; For now, Ajax fans will not be able to enter Anoeta for the clash against Real. The Dutch club, as expected, appealed to the highest level of European football to protect the rights of its people. La Real has matured a bit after the incidents with Anderlecht. Obviously this is not the solution, but something needs to be done.

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Be better, out of obligation

The first cup tie came for Real, against a rival of a lower category, as usual in these first rounds. Imanol will form a different eleven than usual, with players who have less minutes in the competition, but are obliged to win. You can play against Getafe, for example, and you can be better; against Jove you “can’t” be better, you “must” be better. no more.