This real society he was out this thursday Europa League After clearly dominating their game against Rome, which they couldn’t squeeze too hard and tortured enough to upset 2-0 good first game.
The first episode was played at the pace set by José Mourinho’s team, who were experts in maintaining positive scores, and stopped all local arrivals reflected by long balls on Sorloth, where the Norwegian striker was unable to maintain continuity. In the first encounter with Roma danger, Spinazzola brought anxiety to the stands and referee Kovacs warned Zubeldia with only 10 minutes left, which jeopardized the future actions of center txuri urdin and approved a game. hot party with three yellows in the first quarter of an hour.
Mourinho does well in stormy waters and so does his team. La Real couldn’t play his game silva and Merino tied in areas where they did not pose a threat, so Rui Patricio would live most of this period in complete peace of mind. Brais Méndez and Merino would play in one spark The situation was dire when the Gipuzkoan team opted for a bigger offensive profession and forced the Portuguese goalkeeper to intervene in the San Sebastian team’s best moments before the timeout.
Fear gripped Reale Arena at the moment of extra time, Smalling went into the local area with everything from the corner kick, scored and celebrated but the referee consulted VAR and saw the hand of midfielder Smalling to void the goal and give new life to txuri urdin . set.
i wouldn’t take advantage of it Sorloth in one of the most obvious cases At the start of the second period, Brais tugged on the glove on his left foot and left a very clear ball for the Norwegian’s shot against Rui Patricio, but the header didn’t even go into goal and derailed a great corner opportunity. Rome. Real’s best game of the season, which they applied for a significant part of the season and which was the basis of their success, came, but Mourinho’s team also remained comfortable in that football, well protected behind, did not see the result in danger and waited. moment of striking the decisive blow.
Mikel Oyarzabal a ball hits the crossbar This could have changed the tone of the final part of the skirmish, the ball was inches from crossing the goal line, and it was the end of the gunpowder for the Basque team, who, despite their insistence and their guard, stayed away from the goal line. They will have to focus on their goals and now a place in the Champions League for next season.
Data sheet
0 – Royal Society: Remiro; Gorosabel (Sola, min. 70), Zubeldia, Le Normand, Rico; Zubimendi, Merinos, Silva, Brais Mendez (Cho, min. 78); Oyarzabal (Kubo, min. 70) and Sorloth (Carlos Fernández, min. 61).
0 – AS Rome: Rui Patricio; Karsdorp (Zalewski, min. 41), Mancini, Smalling, Ibáñez, Spinazzola; Wijnaldum, Cristante, Pellegrini (Boer, min. 87); Dybala (El Shaarawy, min. 74), Belotti (Abraham, min. 74).
Judge: Istvan Kovacs (Romania). Kicked Carlos Fernández for double warning (min. 90+5). Yellow cards to Zubeldia, Rico, Mancini, Karsdorp and Smalling.
events: 35,054 fans in the Reale Arena, where there are hundreds of Roma fans.