La Real will start the 2020/2021 season with Alexander
Isak on point. A little over a week after his 21st birthday, the Swedish striker will assume the role of setting the mark on the team game, finishing the first task of the campaign. He will do it far from Anoeta, where last year, dazzling in general lines, he accumulated lights and some shadows, logical being a young footballer and novice in the competition. In a season in which he will have to deal with the expectations generated by his own performances, tomorrow, at José Zorrilla de Valladolid, he will face his first challenge.
With Willian
Joseph offside because of covid, Isak It will be the '9' txuri urdin at the home premiere. Last season, the Solna-born footballer started seven league games away from home. La Real only won at Villarreal, in a duel in which the Swede was replaced at halftime by Porto Calvo, who scored in the second half. Two draws (Levante and Atlético) and four defeats (Betis, Leganés, Barcelona and Getafe) complete the statistics.
Scorer premiere in La Real
By chance or the result of his soccer qualities, imposing on the space and less comfortable in the game on his back, his performance was more decisive coming from the bench. Of his five league goals away from Anoeta, three were in games he started as a substitute. He signed the 1-3 in Cornellà and the decisive 0-1 in Vigo, in which they supposed his first two goals like txuri urdin, and scored the 2-4 in the delirious duel of Sadar (he finished 3-4). As a starter, he opened the scoring in the 2-1 defeat of Leganés and in the draw in Levante (1-1).
His league numbers at home as a starter, also in seven games, are traced in terms of number of goals (he scored against Barcelona and Mallorca). However, at the collective level, the Real got four victories and a draw, for two defeats.
The bad results at home in the League with Isak in the line-up, they contrast with what happened in the Cup. La Real won 0-4 in Ceuta with the Swedish starter and, above all, achieved the unforgettable triumph at the Bernabéu, with a double and display of the striker (3-4). The one from Solna also scored two goals in the visit to Becerril de Campos.
Fierce competition
After an outstanding presentation in society, Isak The season in which he will try to confirm that we are dealing with a special player with immense potential will begin at the 'eleven'. Already settled in the club and in the League but without the help of the surprise factor, he will compete with Willian
Joseph for one of the positions in which the competition is fiercest within the team.
In his first assault as a txuri urdin, the Swedish striker participated in all official matches except the match against Granada in Anoeta after confinement. However, he started in less than half of the league matches, 14. A figure that he will try to increase by taking advantage of opportunities like Zorrilla's. The challenge is served.