Real Sociedad is the first team to qualify for the Copa del Rey semi-finals, after justly beating Celta 1-2 in Balaídos, in a match largely dominated by Imanol Alguacil’s team. After winning a title 34 years later, the txuriurdin team dream of, at least, playing in another final.
The tie could not have started better for Real, since in the first approach to the Celta area, in a long throw-in by Tierney, a bad clearance by a local defender fell into the boots of Merino, who crossed into the small area, where Oyarzabal put the visitors ahead when barely a minute had passed.
The light blue team, spurred on by their fans, tried to react quickly, but the blue and white team were intelligent, resorting to other football to make three or four fouls in a row to avoid the rapid attacks of Rafa Benítez’s men, achieving that goal and, like on Saturday in LaLiga , also his intention to lead the pace of the game.
What’s more, the next occasion of danger was for Imanol’s men, with a volley from Merino that Iván Villar rejected very well and, after a couple of approaches from Celta without much significance, André Silva failed to finish at the back of the goal a hairstyle by Zubeldia, when he was just a couple of meters from the goal line. La Real added a header from the 5th and a volley from Oyarzabal before a break in which The best thing for Celta was that they only lost 0-1.
Rafa Benítez’s talk in the locker room must have been at a good volume, because Celta came out full force and in five minutes put Real more in their field, Ristic even trying to surprise Remiro with a long-range free kick. La Real held on and little by little began to have the ball again, finding a counter from Beckerwhom the celestial defense left alone against Iván Villar, who was not very good at the start either, debuting the first winter signing with the goal that sealed the round.
Celta, who had already seen how Iago Aspas He went in to see if he could be the hero of the pass of the team of his heart, he went desperately, as he should, in search of a target that would bring emotion and Swedberg had it, but a Zubeldia appeared one more immeasurable day to clear the Swede’s shot almost on the whitewash line. Oyarzabal and Zakharyan had the third, De la Torre then added emotion with the 1-2 in extra timebut there was no time for more and Real will be in the semifinals.
2024-01-23 22:43:41
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