Real Sociedad lost to Sevilla (3-2) this Saturday, a few days before the return match once morest PSG in the Champions League. Imanol Alguacil rested most of his executives. Since the first leg, the Basques have only won once in four matches.
This is not the best preparation for a comeback. Real Sociedad lost on the pitch of Sevilla FC this Saturday followingnoon (3-2) a few days from attempting the feat of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League by eliminating PSG at Anoeta.
This defeat follows the elimination suffered at home once morest Mallorca in the Spanish Cup on penalties. The Basques have not won since March 18 and have three defeats in the last four matches.
A revamped Real Sociedad following the Copa elimination and before PSG
Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil made some rotations within his team to face Sevilla this Saturday followingnoon. Indeed, Mikel Oyarzabal, Take Kubo, Mikel Merino, Brais Mendez, Robin Le Normand, Javi Galan and Hamari Traoré all started the match on the sidelines. And only Brais Mendez (61st) and Javi Galan (84th) came into play.
Very quickly in the match, Real Sociedad suffered the wrath of Sevilla before completely cracking following ten minutes of play. In the space of two minutes, Youssef En-Nesyri had scored a double (11th and 13th) and thus put the Andalusians sheltered, determined to stay in this La Liga as quickly as possible. Without being really dangerous in this first half, Real got back on track before returning to the locker room. A hand from Sergio Ramos allowed André Silva to reduce the gap on a penalty (45th+5) and score his first goal of the season in La Liga.
In the second half, Real Sociedad was never able to regain control of the match and never showed the impression of being able to get back into the match. Sergio Ramos even made up for causing the penalty by scoring with a header (66th) and thus putting his training club definitively safe in this match. Brais Mendez’s nice goal from a free kick changed nothing (90th + 2), helped by a hand fault from Orjan Nyland. With this victory, the Andalusians are provisionally 9 points ahead of the first relegation place in La Liga, Cádiz.
This new defeat for Real Sociedad is the third since the first leg at the Parc des Princes. The Basques have, in total, conceded 9 goals in the last 4 matches for 6 goals scored. If PSG would have been spared a new controversy following Mbappé’s attitude, Real Sociedad would have been inspired to arrive in a better dynamic before a possible exploit this Tuesday evening (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1).