Real Sociedad – Valladolid (1-0): Januzaj places Real Sociedad third | LaLiga Santander 2019

A lonely goal from the Belgian winger in the Reale Arena to a good Valladolid

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Six days after what may be his most important game in three decades, the Real Sociedad held a meeting that comes with a double prize, since his victory at the Reale Arena against Valladolid elevates him to the third position in the table. And although it is true that his direct rivals have not yet played, it is no less that the San Sebastian team has pending his duel against Eibar, postponed in his day by the collapse of the Zaldibar landfill. (Narration and statistics: 1-0)

It was not the brightest encounter of those of Imanol Aguacil, which aligns all its owners despite the fact that Wednesday is played in Anduva the pass to the final of the Copa del Rey, but their performance earned them to get another three points. Valladolid, which had already won last season in this stadium, sold its skin very expensive and reaffirmed, despite the defeat, because it takes the entire course out of the relegation places. Few teams as supportive in this League as the one who trains Sergio Gonzlez.

The duel left more positive readings for the locals. The goal of triumph was Januzaj, whose performance in recent days increases the chances of success of the Real in the remainder of the season. After flirting with his departure in the winter market, Alguacil has made the Belgian reactivate and become a decisive player for the Real. One more argument for a team that takes positions to fight for the Champions League in the last third of the competition.

It was really hard for Real to interpret the system with which Sergio Gonzlez sought to surprise him. I gave up the technician to his usual extremes to arrange a kind of 4-3-1-2, in which Sandro, an ex txuriurdin, act as a buoy to launch Guardiola Y nal, who were looking for space between the centrals and the sides. Uncomfortable, the San Sebastian team was unable to impose their game during a first half with more expectations than realities.

Isak and Odegaard, covered

Januzaj seemed the most intoned of those of Imanol Alguacil, generating imbalances on the right wing, but both Odegaard how Isak They went unnoticed. The Valladolid, far from taking refuge in its field, tried to hinder the exit of ball of the defense of the Real, with variable intensity, to then attack quickly. Both, however, went to the locker room without much to show off: two shots per team, neither of them on goal. Two strokes of Januzaj and nal that ended up in screening were the most drinkable, to say the least, of that first half.

Looking ahead to the second, the Real affected the connection between its sides and its ends to look for superiorities by band that will develop the Pucelana defense. They went to those of Sheriff and found the prize at the time of the game. A filtered pass from Odegaard to Oyarzabal disorganized the defense of Valladolid and after a triangulation with Zaldua on the right, the central captain in the small area for Januzaj to resolve headlong.

Sergio was forced to look for solutions from the bench and disassemble his initial scheme to move on to play with three defense and with Sandro practically as a midfielder. The game opened much more and both teams had options to score. The last one was for Sandro, the best of the visitors, who came across a great departure from I turn in the last play of the match. Nothing was going to prevent Real from winning their fifth consecutive game, the eighth in the last nine.