[골닷컴] Reporter Basion = Manchester United and Real Sociedad played the first leg of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa League Group E match at Old Trafford on the 8th (local time). Manchester United continued the offensive, but Real Sociedad’s Mendes scored the opening goal from a penalty kick. Real Sociadad, who kept this up well, started their European match with a 1-0 victory at Manchester United’s home ground.
Manchester United formed a 4-3-3 formation. David de Gea, Tyrell Malasia, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot, Christian Eriksen, Casemiro, Fred, Anthony Elanga, Cristiano Ronaldo and Anthony started.
Real Sociedad played in a 4-3-3 formation. Starters Alex Remiro, Aien Muñoz, John Pacheco, Aritz Elustondo, Andoni Gorosabel, Mikel Merino, Martin Zubimendi, Bryce Mendes, Kubo Takehusa, David Silva and Umar Sadiq started.
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In the first half, Manchester United attacked and Real Sociedad defended. In the 13th minute, Ronaldo had a perfect one-on-one chance, but Sociedad’s defense rushed in and stopped the attack from finishing. Then, in the 16th minute of the first half, Eriksen crossed in front of the door from midfield, but it fell slightly ahead of Ronaldo and did not reach the head.
In the 23rd minute of the first half, United tried to take advantage of a free-kick opportunity this time. But this time, he did not go to Sociedad goal. United seemed to continue to seize the decisive opportunity, but they did not score the first goal compared to the offensive.
I wasn’t lucky either. In the 35th minute, Ronaldo’s header shook Sociedad’s net, but the assistant referee’s offside flag was raised. Unfortunately, United missed the opportunity to open the scoring and kept the score until the first half was over, and Sociedad had no choice but to play defensively once morest United’s offensive. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw for both teams.
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United took out a replacement card at the start of the first half. Bruno Fernandes took over Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez took over Dalot. Real Sociedad also tried to reverse the mood. Alexander Sorlos was replaced by Sadiq.
Manchester United were on the offensive side, but Sociedad scored the opening goal. A handball foul was applied to Martinez who blocked Silva’s shot, leading to Sociedad’s penalty kick. Mendes’ shot from the kicker led to a goal, leading Sociedad 1-0 at Manchester United’s home ground.
In the second half, the momentum of Sociedad increased. Thanks to the opening goal here, they started to play more aggressively than in the first half. In the 18th minute of the second half, Kubo tried a strong shot, but it went straight to goalkeeper De Gea and did not lead to an additional goal.
Even following that, United continued to knock on Sociedad’s goal for an equalizer and a come-back goal. But their shots did not shake Sociedad’s net. In the end, United lost 1–1 in front of the fans at Old Trafford, ending their first Europa League game.