real society The team, which was the guest of the Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg on the second day of the Champions League Group D, achieved a quality victory with a score of 0-2.
The Spanish team, which was dominant from the beginning of the match, did not allow a shot on goal in the first half.
Both goals came in the first half. The first was in the 7th minute, when captain Mikel Oyarzabal surprised local goalkeeper Alexander Schlager with a left-footed shot from the edge of the area.
Twenty minutes later and a few more chances later, Brais Méndez scored Real Sociedad’s second goal after a counter-attack, thanks to a left-footed shot that once again left the Austrian team’s goalkeeper unlucky.
The Basque team had a better chance against a confused Salzburg, who were unable to organize their play and create a threat in front of Real’s goal.
The second half started with a possible penalty in favor of the local fans, but VAR, after several minutes of deliberation, decided to cancel the maximum penalty and also remove the yellow card received by goalkeeper Alex Remiro.
Salzburg managed to stabilize both defensively and offensively, but failed to create truly dangerous situations against a Real team that was determined defensively and took three very valuable points.
Data sheet:
0 – Salzburg: Schlager; Dedic, Terzic, Pavlovic, Solet (Baidoo, min. 45); Gourna-Dopath, Kjaergaard (Forson, min. 45), Bidstrup (Capaldo, min. 65), Gloukh (Sucic, min. 79); Simic, Konaté (Ratkov, min. 45).
2 – Royal Society: Remiro; Traoé (Elustondo, min. 84), Zubeldía, Le Normand (Pacheco, min. 45), Múñoz; Méndez (Turrientes, min. 82), Merinos, Zubimendi, Barrenetxea (Fernandez Luna, min. 64); Oyarzabal, Kubo (Cho, min. 63)
Goals: 0-1, min.7: Oyarzabal, 0-2, min.27: Méndez.
Judge: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland). He warned locals Solet (at least 42), Pavlovic (at least 76) and Daidoo (at least 88), as well as visitors Le Normand (at least 15) and Méndez (at least 59).
Events: The match on the second day of the Champions League was played in front of 28,200 spectators at the Red Bull Arena Salzburg Stadium.