Real Sociedad vs Atlético: LaLiga Live

Igor Zubeldia: “This has been a week of great energy”

The youth player has to miss the game due to injury, but he analyzes the arrival of Matarazzo and the team’s situation: “The coach has conveyed to us what he wants, a team that engages and is vertical when it has the ball. And without the ball, being a team that presses and stifles the rival’s exit. When I started, the veterans gave me advice. Now it’s my turn to do it with those who come up, with the kids from the reserve team. Transmit calm in the difficult moments, which in these months have been quite a few. This has been a week of a lot of energy, a lot of quality and the desire to show the new coach that he wants to be on the pitch. If we work like this we will be a difficult team to beat. I wish we had a solution to what happened. We have generated chances, but perhaps we have lost that defensive intensity that we did have before.

Pellegrino Matarazzo, new coach of Real Sociedad until June 2027Javi ColmeneroEFE Agency

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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