2023-10-03 18:51:53
After the surprise success in Lisbon at the start, Salzburg was unable to improve at home in the Champions League. Real Sociedad proved to be too strong an opponent on Tuesday evening. The Basques, fifth-placed in the Spanish league, won 2-0 (2-0) in Wals-Siezenheim following two goals in the first half hour and moved past Austria’s series champions in the table.
Mikel Oyarzabal (7th) and Brais Mendez (27th) scored in front of a not entirely sold-out crowd of 28,227 spectators for the team from San Sebastian, which was clearly superior in the first half. Salzburg hoped for a goal from the spot shortly following the break. The Polish referee Bartosz Frankowski withdrew his penalty whistle following an alleged foul on Roko Simic. Salzburg continues in the “premier league” in three weeks in the away game at Inter Milan.
Real Sociedad traveled to Austria with three wins in a row in La Liga and a 1-1 draw once morest Inter. Gerhard Struber was warned. Salzburg’s coach relied on the tried and tested. Compared to the 2-0 win at Benfica two weeks ago, only the more experienced Oumar Solet appeared in central defense instead of neo-team player Samson Baidoo. Mads Bidstrup was fit in time following suffering a shin injury at the weekend. There were also no personnel surprises for the guests. The highlight of the white-blue team was the offensive with the Japanese Takefusa Kubo and Spain’s team striker Oyarzabal.
The Basques, who traditionally rely on players from their own academy, quickly demonstrated this. With early pressing, coach Imanol Alguacil’s team put Salzburg under pressure from the start. Solet blocked a shot from Ander Barrenetxea following less than two minutes, and shortly followingwards Oyarzabal was denied by Alexander Schlager’s shoulder from a tight angle. A minute later the captain wrote. Solet hesitates in the direct duel in the penalty area, Oyarzabal placed the ball in the far corner with overview and feeling.
Salzburg got into the game a little better, Karim Konate tried with the outside of his foot, but shot well over the goal. What was exciting was a foul on Simic, who was storming towards the goal. Robin Le Normand only saw a yellow card (15th), the man next to him might probably have intervened. “La Real” presented themselves as confident on the ball and resistant to pressure. When the second goal was conceded, Salzburg ran into a perfectly completed counterattack. Oscar Gloukh was separated from the ball in front of the opponent’s penalty area, a quick combination later and Mendez had free rein, looked left and right and then crowned his solo in a hardened manner.
Salzburg was off the ball, Oyarzabal had the preliminary decision at his feet, but he made a hole in front of Schlager alone (30th). Meanwhile, Struber pondered the line. His team didn’t shoot at the opponent’s goal once in the first 45 minutes.
Struber made three changes during the break. Instead of Konate, Solet and Maurits Kjaergaard, Petar Ratkov, Baidoo and Amankwah Forson came into play. At Real, Le Normand stayed out. It seemed as if Salzburg got off to a perfect start when Frankowski pointed to the penalty spot following an alleged foul by goalkeeper Alejandro Remiro on Simic, who was under pressure (48′). However, following VAR intervention and going to the screen, the referee reversed his decision.
The “Bulls” were able to make the game more open, but there was still a danger of going into a counterattack once more. After just under a quarter of an hour, the guests had defused Salzburg’s tempo once more. Oyarzabal showed class once more, but his finish didn’t cause any problems for Schlager (66′). Salzburg once once more claimed a penalty when Real’s Jon Pacheco was hit in the upper arm in the penalty area. However, the VAR did not intervene (76th). Simic shot just wide in stoppage time.
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