Real Sociedad y Athletic They tied this Sunday without goals in Anoeta In a very matched derby in which the defenses imposed themselves on attacks. An insufficient point for donostiarras to assault European positions and a value for lions in their struggle to maintain their place of Champions, much less assured, with Villarreal y Betis squeezing the beautiful from behind in the absence of four days for the end of Liga.
He Athletic He has not managed to win in any of his last eight league visits to Reale Arena (3E 5D), from a 0-2 victory in March 2017, his longest streak without home triumphs against Donostiarras in the competition in the present century.
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Zero draw at the Basque derby between Real Sociedad and Athletic Club
The Initial Blanquiazul eleven did not present any surprise and Imanol sheriff He opted for men in the best physical form of the moment. The main novelty was the return to the eleven holder of Nayef Aguerdwho did not play since he was injured against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of Cup. In addition to Aguerd, they returned to the starting team Hamari Traoré y Aihen Muñozthat the sides occupied instead of Ness y Javi Lópezrespectively.
Ernesto Valverdeon the other hand, he threw mass rotation in Anoeta. With the visit to Old Trafford just around the corner (Thursday, May 8) after the 0-3 adverse last Thursday in front of the Manchester United In San Mamés in the first leg of the Europa League, the coach of the Athletic He chose to dose forces. The lions, in this way, appeared before the real one without the injured Nico Williams and with seven novelties regarding the clash against the English. They only repeated Vivian, Ruiz de Galarreta, Iñaki Williams and Berenguer.
Real Sociedad – Athletic Club, in images
The last imanol derby
He Real arena He lived one night full of emotion and feeling. Imanol sheriff He faced his last derby against Athletic after the announcement of his goodbye as coach Txuri Urdin after six years. Next season Sergio Francisco He will occupy the Donostiarra bench.
The Real Society, spur by his faithful hob Athletic At the start of the derby, although there were hardly any chances of goal since both sets were very involved in defensive work, showing low offensive production.
The goalkeepers Alex Remiro y Unai Simon They practically did not feel intimidated in a duel as intense as blocked, in which the contestants, with too many losses in the center of the field, had many difficulties when it came to remove the ball.
| Real Sociedad | Athletic |
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0 |
0 |
| 1 Álex Remiro | 1 Unai Simon | ||
| 18 Hamari Traoré 74 ' | 2 A. Gorosabel | ||
| (19 Jon Aramburu) | 3 Dani Vivian | ||
| 31 Jon Martín | 4 Aitor Paredes | ||
| 21 Nayef Aguerd | 15 Iñigo Lokue | ||
| 3 Aihen Muñoz |
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24 Beñat Prados 74 ' | |
| 14 Take Kubo 82′ | (6 Mikel Vesga) |
sc |
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| (11 S. Becker) |
sc |
16 I. Ruiz de Galarreta 62 ' | |
| 23 Brais Méndez 62 ' | (11 Álvaro Djaló) | ||
| (7 A. Barrenetxea) | 9 I. Williams 62′ | ||
| 4 M. Zubimendi |
– |
(23 M. Jauregizar) | |
| 28 Pablo Marín | 20 UNAI Gomez 82 ' | ||
| 10 M. Oyarzabal | (32 Adama Boiro) |
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| 17 Sergio Gómez 62 ' | 7 Álex Berenguer | ||
| (24 Luka Sucic) |
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12 G. Guruzeta 62 ' |
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| (21 M. sanuncher) | |||
Goals: There was no
Cards:L Álex Berenguer (44 '), Pablo Marín (58'), A. Gorosabel (78 ')L
Arbitrator: César Soto Grade (Castilian-Leon Committee)
Spectators: 36,058 at Reale Arena
| THE BEST The great derby atmosphere that was lived in the stands of Reale Arena | |
| WORST The lack of goals in a very competitive match |
In the final stretch of the first half, the Donostiarras, who had greater possession, scared the lions with a shot of Sergio Gómez That did not find goal. Thus concluded a competitive first half.
The first shot at the door of the match reached four minutes from the resumption through Take Kubobut Unai Simon He cleared safely. Reale Arena began to be encouraged before the thrust of those of Imanol sheriff. He Athletic responded with a center within the area of Gorosabel that Remiro cut with a good hand.
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At the time of the game, the Real was very close to the goal with a header from Brais Méndez After a corner kick that took Unai Simon With a great intervention in a play that ended with another tester from the central Jon Martín. Shortly after, Kubo claimed a penalty that Soto grade He did not see punishable.
In the last minute of the party, the Athletic He enjoyed a great occasion to score the 0-1, but the fast torn from Benguer before facing Remiro It was aborted providentially by the very young central Jon Martínin the most prominent defensive action of the Basque derby.
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