Sevilla, a new attempt for Real

Real Sociedad will once again have a new chance on its path in search of regularity this afternoon in Seville (6:30 pm). They will not have an easy opponent to face, having won the last three games they have played at home. Txuri Urdin’s team needs to win to regain the stability that was missing at the beginning of the campaign.

It’s too early to start drawing conclusions looking at the classification, but the team Imanol He needs to start adding three if he wants to be at the top of the table. Currently, Real has 12 points from 11 games played, poor numbers for the aspirations of the Gipuzkoan team. Sevilla, for its part, are higher in the table with 15 points, tracking the European places.

Imanol is good

Sevilla brought in the Catalan coach this summer Garcia Pepper in their ranks. Replaced Quique Sánchez Floresand this is his second stint leading a professional team. After his jump from the Barcelona youth academy, the Catalan landed at Las Palmas in January 2022 and, since then, he has crossed paths twice with Real de Imanol.

Oriotarra can say that, so far, he has won the game, with a win and a draw. The first match between the two coaches was on matchday 3 of last season, with a goalless draw at the Gran Canaria Stadium. On the part of both teams, goalkeepers are their best players, Remiro in particular, having to save some shots aimed at the top of the goal. momo ChoStill a Real player at the time, there was a counterattack that could have ended in a goal five minutes before the final whistle, but the Frenchman refused to pass the ball to Oyarzabal nor to Sadiq and finished with a poor shot.

In the second leg, Real got three points. The match ended 2-0 in favor of the Gipuzkoans, a result achieved seconds before half-time. Thanks for a great one Beckerwho forced the first goal into the Canaries’ own goal and the second with a powerful shot that the goalkeeper couldn’t stop. Valles.

A difficult fate

Real’s visit to Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán will not be easy, this is more evident, because Sevilla has three consecutive wins in its own stadium. The difficulty of the Sevilla field can be seen in the history of the Oriotar coach as a guest. Imanol He led Real to Sánchez-Pizjuán on seven occasions, achieving just one victory, in the 2022-2023 season. The victory was at a minimum, 1-2, but the team got three points. The one in Imanol They started winning with goals from Sorloth and braise Mendezbut Rafa Mir said He scored the only goal for the locals a minute before half-time, leaving Real on the ropes. Fortunately, the txuri urdin team was victorious, led by four men with a diamond, common at that time, with Zubimendi, Brais, Merino and David Silva.

It was Imanol’s first and last victory against Sevilla at home. In total, they earned four points, adding a tie to the previously mentioned victory. The rest were losses, five in total.

Not only is this a difficult stadium, but this is a team that is difficult to get and get something. In those 12 games Imanol have played against the Seville team, whether in Sánchez Pizjuán or Anoeta, the Oriotarran has obtained three wins, three draws and six defeats. The numbers speak for themselves and leave a clear example of the difficult game that the Txuri Urdin team will face during their visit to the Andalusian capital. Everything remains to be seen in the match which starts at 6:30 pm, which promises to be exciting for both fans.

Rotation in the Sevilla squad

Injuries forgive no one, and in this case to Sevilla they show no mercy. In the last league match, the team lost its starting goalkeeper, Newlandand its two starting centre-backs: Nianzou and Bade.
Three players will be missing from today’s match against Real, but they won’t be the only ones. Ejuke, Suso and Saúl They have also been in the Seville team’s infirmary for a long time.
They are important casualties, key players in the squad. Garcia Pepper. Because of this, the Catalan coach was forced to include young players in training sessions. Manu Bueno, Ramón, Collado and Isra They participated in the final session with the first team. The last two mentioned have already enjoyed their first minutes with the seniors in the Cup match against Las Rozas. Manu Bueno He was also called up, but did not play, although he made his debut two years ago.