Real Sociedad beat Mallorca team that deserved more

The Vermilion team returns to the island empty-handed with the feeling of having deserved more on the Reale Arena field. He even had a clear chance in extra time when Kosovo’s Vedat Muriqi shot against the post, and when the ball went into his own goal, the local defense saved it.

Mallorca took to the field at Reale Arena They are the ones who put the first blow on the table. Txuri Urdin said they wanted to take the three points from their fiefdom and this was confirmed by the first dangerous moves of the match, both from Cyle Larin in the local area, which forced Álex Remiro to bring out his best version with two stops.

Real Sociedad, who deserved to be left behind in the points table at times, woke up from their lethargy and began to dominate the ball more; This, of course, was reflected neither in the events nor in the electronics.

Halfway through the first half Mallorca’s intensity dropped and we started to see a better version of Txuri Urdin, although still very short and unclear in the final third of the pitch as chances came as Arsen Zakharyan shot from outside the area. .

So with the first 45 minutes played, players from both teams They entered the dressing room tunnel with the feeling that there was more heart than football.

With what was seen in the first half, Real Sociedad’s coach Imanol Alguacil chose to change the 4-4-2 table to 4-3-3 with the inclusion of Ander Barrenetxea on behalf of Russian Zakharyan.

At first this did not have the desired effect by the Orio coach, as as soon as the match restarted Mallorca had the clearest chance yet with a dead ball inside the area following Remiro’s stop. Dani Rodríguez didn’t know how to take advantage of another stop A miraculous move by the Cascante goalkeeper.

With Kubo’s inclusion in the game, Txuri Urdin’s team increased their performance on the field and the first goal was scored by the Japanese winger’s boots and it was enough for Brais Méndez to head it back as he wanted. from the network.

This allowed Real Sociedad to come out on top and Mikel Oyarzabal score the second goal, but local fans’ celebrations were marred after VAR signaled an apparent foul play.

Mallorca did not give up as they had a chance to equalize on the scoreboard, but Samú completed Txuri Urdin’s goal in the small area.

Real’s reaction was immediate Predrag Rakjovic standing with great authority for the first time One on one from Oyarzabal followed by a very good shot from the edge of the box by Aihen Muñoz.

Mallorca grabbed the equalizer from a volley that, by divine grace, did not find the back of the net. A great shot from Ndiaye from the right wing was repelled by Remiro, then Muriqi headed the crossbar and eventually Aihen cleared Abdón Prats’ shot from under the sticks.

With this result, Real is temporarily in fifth place in the league with 18 points, while Mallorca is in 15th place in the points table, waiting for what Villarreal, Alavés, Celta and Granada can do today and those who can push them into relegation positions.

Data sheet:

1 – Royal Society: Remiro; Aritz (Traoré, m.60), Zubeldia (Le Normand, m.69), Pacheco, Aihen; Zubimendi, Merinos, Brais; Zakharyan (Barrenetxea, m.46), Carlos (Kubo, m.60) and Oyarzabal (Sadiq, m.84).

0 – RCD Mallorca: Rajkovic; González, Valjent, Nastasic, Copete (Morlanes, m.69); Rodríguez (Llabrés, m. 86), Sánchez (Ndiaye, m. 74), Samú, Lato (Costa, m. 69); Larin (Prats, m.74) and Muriqi.

Goals: 1-0, m.64: Brais.

Referee: Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian Committee). He warned Zubeldia (47), Pachecho (71) and Brais (90+3) for Real Sociedad; and Copete (15), Toni Lato (41) and Sánchez (43) for Mallorca.

Events: The match, which coincided with the 10th day of LaLiga EA Sports, was played in front of 31,279 spectators at the Reale Arena. Take Kubo received the best player of the month MVP award from Xabi Prieto.