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The Colombian goalkeeper returned to have action in the Europa League against the leader of the Spanish league. And along with Koubaly were the figures of the party.
Leader of the Spanish league, Real Sociedad lost at its Anoeta stadium to Gennaro Gattuso’s Napoli 1-0 this Thursday in the match between the two favorites from Group F of the Europa League. David Ospina was one of the Italians’ figures with three great saves.
After two rounds, the group is led by the Dutch AZ Alkmaar, who beat Croatian Rijeka 4-1 (0 points), while the Italian and the Basque side added three points.
In an empty stadium as part of the measures against the coronavirus, the only goal of the clash came in the 55th minute when Italian striker Matteo Politano took a right hand from outside the area that acquired a parabolic trajectory after touching in the center Frenchman Modibo Sagnan, displacing goalkeeper Remiro.
Ospina avoided the tie for the ‘txuriurdín’ team with a great save a few minutes later.
There was still time for Napoli to have a goal disallowed and for their star forward Nigerian Victor Osimhen to see the red card.
This defeat ended a streak of four consecutive victories for the Basque team between the League and the Europa League, and forces them not to neglect the European competition if they want to go to the round of 32.
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