La Real closed the first round of the league, starting the year of its reconciliation with Anoeta and the infernal carousel of matches in the best possible way: with a narrow victory against a direct rival with excellent goals from various its player, hut. It wasn’t even a brilliant game for Txuri Urdin’s team, but it was enough to knock down a combative Villarreal who couldn’t make the right mark and were surprised by a textbook counterattack that just saw. Oyarzabalthe smartest in the class and almost in LaLiga, and materialized hut with an act of genius. The one in Imanol They finished seventh and closed the gap on the fifth place occupied by the yellows to two points. Athletic are still eight points away, but the classification sounds different.
ROYAL SOCIETY
10
VILLARREAL
ROYAL SOCIETY: Remiro (2); Aramburu (2), Aritz (1) (Pacheco (1), min. 72), Aguerd (2), Aihen (1); Brais (-) (Olasagasti (1), min. 72), Zubimendi (1), Sucic (1); Kubo (3) (Marín (sc), min. 81), Oyarzabal (1) (Óskarsson (sc), min. 81), Sergio Gómez (1) (Barrenetxea (1), min. 62).
The
VILLARREAL: Juniors (1); Femenia (-), Kambwala (1), Foyth (1), Cardona (1); Comesaña (-) (Cabanes (1), min. 60), Parejo (1); Denis Suárez (1) (Gerard Moreno (1), min. 60), Gueye (2), Baena (1); Barry (1).
The
Purpose: 1-0 Kubo (min. 51)
The
Referee: Soto Grado (Castilla y León). He warned Aramburu, Zubimendi and Aihen for Real and Baena and Foyth for Villarreal.
The
Note: 20,855 viewers.
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An ‘eleven’ that doesn’t think about the Cup
Imanol said in the preview that he still has no reason to think about the next games when he makes ‘eleven’ and says and that’s it. Very titular team, on the return of Zubimendi and Aguerd after missing the last two games. They also returned to the lineup for the Ponferradina match Remiro, Aihen, Sucic and Kubo. And the latest news featured Aritzwho has not played since being injured against Ajax in November, and was the starter to replace the suspended Zubeldia. No pair of left-footed centre-backs. He didn’t repeat either Oskarsson start, who still hasn’t made two in a row as a starter. In total, seven changes.
cold fight
Real Sociedad and Villarreal combined the atmosphere of the stadium, the coldness of Donostia and the lack of desire to play on a Monday to complete a first half that must have knocked out more than one of the spectators who watched the game on TV. Unless you looked in detail at the football exhibition of Pape Gueye to Villarreal’s midfielder, reincarnated Nanny tour to dominate the place with superiority. He was not identified for the royalists, and not precisely because he could easily hide in that good physique. He always received, won the duels he had and moved the team with talent, in addition to causing a few fouls and filtering a perfect ball in Barry which almost caused resentment Remiro. Fortunately his intervention was reduced in the second half.
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As expected, the development of Marcellin come to complicate things for the football of Imanolwhich is sometimes very flat. Especially with a very thick start. The aforementioned action of Barrythat shot out, fell, after breaking behind the Aguerdthis is the first time of the game. respond sucic with a high shot in the distance.
As the minutes passed, after half an hour, La Real gained control of the ball and more controlled the possible yellow transitions. But Kambwala Anoeta almost froze in a shot after the rebound from the frontal foul. Except for Zubimendi almost under the sticks. The txuri urdin tried to come from both sides but the real danger, as usual, had already arrived hut He was encouraged to face the speed. In his first internment he made a pass to Cardona and put in a ‘laminesque’ center from the outside, without finding a finisher. In the second he stepped on the baseline and the ball landed sucicwho hit it low in his soul to knock the ball over the post in the clearest chance of the first half. Real left with a better feeling at the break, but there is still room for improvement.
Oyarzabal thinks that Kubo has made a decision
The second part started with the same script as the first, but they quickly changed it. Oyarzabal and hut. The captain, missing, collected the punt in his own field, with a bounce, and saw the play clear in his mind. He sent a ball with all the meaning in the world for the union of hut on the right. The Japanese, on the run, looked for the ball, took it with a header, winning the duel peerstepped into place, launched a fatal cut at Feminism and he pointed out impressively before Junior left. decisive purpose. hut He is still different and ’10’ is still the smartest in the field whether good, average or bad.
Villarreal change pieces and their best player comes in, Gerard Morenowith a tie on his boots. On a yellow counter Barry won the race Aritz, Aguerd He showed help but left his place free. He received it there Gerardwho shoot but can’t beat well Remiro. La Real responded, with a long shot from sucicdeflected by a defender, who stopped Junior with a good intervention, and the yellow team had it again with a volley from Cardona inside area, centered, deflected Remiro.
Villarreal created danger and worry at all times but in the end they conceded spaces which Real almost took advantage of to judge. Marin just left Oskarsson but the Icelander, on the run, broke the one-on-one with a soft kick. A competitive Real team didn’t need that goal in the end, holding on despite the visitors’ siege.
Source: La Verdad
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