La Real takes out its claws

Portu is golden. Portu's goal is worth gold for Real Sociedad. Because it allows him to get fully into the fight for first place in the complicated group F of the Europa League. An agonizing goal, at the far post, bordering on the offside, but that did justice to the merits of the Donostiarras, who sought victory with a car of occasions. Portu gave the victory to Real against AZ Alkmaar, because otherwise it would have been against nature. What's more, Real should have thrashed. It was only fair. He will have to settle for this 1-0 that allows him to tie on points at the top of the group with the Dutch team and Napoli, who also beat Rijeka. If this is going to suffer, the Real will have to do it until the endl. But if it is with victory like tonight, welcome. Because only the lack of aim can stop this Real launched and unleashed, leader in LaLiga and collider in Europe. You can do better, but you can't do more.

Again before starting, problems in the warm-up, like a week ago. Gorosabel suffered from muscular discomfort and another Sagnan came out to cover the gap to take center stage and take Aritz Elustondo to the right side. The game started very evenly, with both teams raising the same idea on the table., with very high pressures and trying to steal as close as possible to the rival area to generate more danger. That meant that neither team had control of the ball, with the feeling that it was going to be a round trip, a runner-up that could allow Real to take advantage of the speed and cunning of its attackers. Little by little, the Real was settling on the grass, while AZ Alkmaar stopped pressing so high and fell back more. The donostiarras took possession of the ball and began to play in the field of the Dutch team. And so he began to collect very clear occasions that did not come in by a miracle. Portu in a one-on-one with Bizot that the Dutch goalkeeper took out, then a head shot from Silva that touched the crossbar, another shot from Monreal at the far post in front that went out of hand. and a ball in the goal that neither Portu nor Isak could finish off. It was incredible that Real did not go to the break ahead on the scoreboard, and even having thrashed. But the game went goalless at half-time, and that left in the air, with great uncertainty, what could happen in the second half.

But the Real came out the same after the break, continuing to dominate without stopping, generating again one occasion after another, locking up AZ Alkmaar in their area, and doing more and more merits to get the victory. Once again, it was Silva who was in charge of generating the necessary football so that the occasions fell from the hands of the Donostiarras. The figure of Marco Bizot, the goalkeeper of the Dutch, was getting bigger and bigger. Oyarzabal, Monreal, Isak … and Bizot always appeared. But then, in the ugliest action of the many it spawned, Portu appeared at the far post to finish free of mark a semi-fallow shot by Oyarzabal after another good center from Monreal, who did not tire of raising the band all afternoon. It was justice. It was the 11th chance of a clear goal for Real.

The Az Alkmaar woke up then. He realized that his tactic of playing the tie was no longer valid. And he looked for the goal of Moyá, but the Mallorcan goal, one of the great novelties in the eleven of Imanol, pulled veteran to thwart the timid approaches of the Dutch. And while the Real continued to generate chances. One after another. True to style. But as in Europe, as much as you deserve it, everything costs a world, He had to end up suffering with a lateral ball that Bizot went up to finish off and made the hearts of all Real fans stop. It would have been very unfair. Soccer can't be that cruel. It was not and the Real achieved a triumph that is worth pure gold.

Sheriff: “We want to be competitive here and we can't forgive that much “

Real Sociedad coach, Imanol Alguacil, positively valued the victory against AZ Alkmaar on the third day of the Europa League, but he assured that they must “kill before” their rival after having wasted a good number of occasions.

“We want to be competitive here and we can't forgive that much after having generated so many occasions. I think we have had a great game but if you want to be competitive you have to score much earlier. I'm happy but half, “said Alguacil in statements to Gol.

But nevertheless, coach 'txuri urdin' said he was not worried despite the difficulty in seeing the goal against the Dutch. “I would be worried if we did not make the chances because this team has a goal and will continue to have it. The other day he scored four goals. But it is true that today we have not been successful,” he added.

“If we want to advance in this competition we have to be more successful, especially if we have so many chances and so clear. In that sense we will not stop insisting. I am super happy with the game we have played, we have mastered almost all facets of the game and we have generated opportunities but to go far in Europe you have to kill and today it was hard to kill, “he insisted.

By last, Sheriff said he only looks at his team and does not look at the equality of the group, with three teams tied at six points. “We are concerned about what we do, which is something great and beautiful. As long as we do our thing, we will be close to doing something important. Let's continue with this illusion,” he concluded.

The AZ Alkmaar coach believes that Real is “more difficult” than the Naples

The AZ Alkmaar coach, Arne Slot, recognized the merits of Real Sociedad in the victory against his team and assured that It seems to him a rival “more difficult” that the Naples, which was imposed on the first day.

“We did the same as against Naples. I don't know if we were better there or worse in San Sebastián but I have seen that Real play very well, they play more as a team, they move very well and it is more difficult to play against them“, declared after the meeting the Dutch technician.

Slot, what he was disgusted in the press room, he had to justify the triple change he made in the second half, he was asked if he was carrying an implicit message to his players that they were not doing what he had demanded, something he denied.

“A team like Real, which chases us all over the field, with players on top and also on top, they are very fast. We tried to do the same but we had no options in the first hour and we changed to reinforce the midfield and tip to get higher “, revealed the AZ coach.

Slot had no qualms about recognizing the justice of the result, He recalled that his team had “the option to have surprised almost at the end, which would not have been fair but they are things that sometimes happen in football,” concluded the AZ coach.