MADRID, 13 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Monday, in the last match of the 19th matchday of LaLiga EA Sports, Real Sociedad achieved a vital victory against Villarreal (1-0), with which they rose to seventh place and are only two points behind the European zone and, precisely, those from Castellón, who despite everything maintain fifth place.
With the two teams facing each other in the first minutes, Thierno Barry broke the hostilities in the 21st minute by finishing off a good pass from Pape Gueye. In the next action, Luka Sucic responded in the ‘txuri urdin’ box with a shot from the edge of the box that, however, did not find the goal.
The Croatian midfielder tried again after half an hour, but after receiving a back pass from Take Kubo he hit the post. The San Sebastián team grew as the minutes passed, although the scoreboard did not move before the break.
As soon as the clash resumed at the Reale Arena, the Japanese took the initiative to put the Basque parish on their feet; After a chance in Castellón, a counterattack was set up in which Mikel Oyarzabal put a long ball for Kubo, who left at the speed of Dani Parejo, dribbled past Kiko Femenía and beat Luiz Junior (min.51).
Marcelino García Toral looked for solutions by bringing on Pau Cabanes and, above all, Gerard Moreno, who just a few minutes after coming on created a cross shot against which Alex Remiro had to take a providential hand. It would not be the last time that the Catalan attacker tested the ‘txuri urdin’ goalkeeper, who in the 71st minute cleared another of his shots from a corner kick.
The ‘Yellow Submarine’ tried until the end, with a header from Willy Kambwala that Remiro caught just after Orri Oskarsson had forgiven Luiz Junior in the one-on-one match, but Imanol Alguacil’s men stopped their attacks to guarantee the three points and reach at 28, which leaves them just two behind RCD Mallorca’s sixth place (30) and, precisely, Villarreal (30), still fifth.