The Real Sociedad will have to travel to Mestalla this next Sunday practically with what they are wearing. Because the list of casualties, whether due to injury or penalty, is really long. The reality is that it must be said that, Although Imanol Alguacil is publicly calm, from the inside there is concern about how the infirmary is. And it is that the coach oriotarra can have up to ten casualties to play against Valencia this weekend, and some may not be able to recover in the face of the appointment against Celta during the week.
Because from Seville, captain Asier Illarramendi returned injured, who was low in training prior to the final; David Silva, who was injured in the final; while Mikel Merino He risked to play the final and that has taken its toll on him being low in the league and being a doubt now for this next game; and Jon Guridi and Joseba Zaldua, who traveled limply hurrying their chances of recovering for the Cup final and who relapsed into the work done there in Seville. All of them have now been joined by left-back Aihen Muñoz, who relapsed into the Basque League derby from his adductor injury a month ago. And if all this were not enough, two players who were warned of sanction, Martin Zubimendi and Igor Zubeldia, saw yellow and therefore will be sanctioned this next day to see the fifth yellow card.
With this panorama, Imanol Alguacil will have to make bobbin lace to play in Mestalla, especially in the center of the field, where absences are very sensitive. So much so that if Merino finally does not recover, the Oriotatarra coach could only count on Ander Guevara to occupy the engine room. So players like Roberto López can be very important in that game, and even Imanol can use players from the reserve team such as Olasagasti or Turrientes, who usually play under the command of Xabi Alonso, or even Urko González de Zárate, who has been in the first team dynamics for many weeks and has already made his debut in a friendly match in the first team, although now he is playing more in the subsidiary as a central defender.