La Real saves Anoeta but loses the lead against a solid Valencia

The Real society still strong and undefeated in Anoeta but for the second consecutive home game, instead of winning, he drew again and, by giving up two points to a solid and ambitious Valencia, lost the leadership at the hands of Madrid. The meeting grew in tension and harshness as the minutes passed and although during most of the game there were hardly any opportunities in the final stretch both teams were able to score, in the case of the locals despite finishing with ten due to a controversial expulsion.

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Fulfilled Jose Bordalás with what was said and despite repeating with Guedes False nine, Valencia came out to defend against a Real wanting to command but did not lock himself in the cave. As soon as he could, he looked for the local goal. The unruly Hélder Costa He put the first to the Portuguese ‘forward’ who fell asleep to finish it off. Even so, the great occasion of the first part was a cross shot from Isak to which he responded Cillessen with an attentive hand that prevented Real from getting ahead on the scoreboard. In any case, the town center of the visiting field (with five members) complicated the maneuvers of the San Sebastian team.

Controversial expulsion of Elustondo

After the break, the Valencia He went one step further and disputed the dominance of the clash against the locals, prodding him on the wings. The duel grew in tension but the opportunities did not arrive, for this reason Imanol made reappear Oyarzabal and Bordalás to Maxi Gomez.

With everything equalized, came the controversial expulsion of Aritz Elustondo after responding to a push from Wass trying to stagger him with both legs, which Mélero Lopez understood as an aggression without the ball and led him to get the red with a quarter of an hour ahead.

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Drafting

The decision triggered the pulsations and the yellow cards and the pushes followed one another. The Real did not fall down and the Valencia He kept his progression towards Remiro’s goal. A poisoned center of Oyarzabal made the locals dream of a last goal but the visitors had it closer with a point-blank header from Maxi and with a very dangerous center of Carlos Soler over the horn. But the marker did not move.