The second round begins with renewed excitement in the League. The Royal Society won over a good FC Barcelona 2-1 with goals from Oyarzábal and of Guedes to tighten the head of the League. The Blaugranas maintain the lead, but their advantage over Real Madrid has been cut to a single point on this day after the whites’ victory over Levante.
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Real Sociedad lineup:
Remiro, Aramburu, Jon Martín, Zubeldia, Sergio Gómez, Turrientes, Soler, Brais Méndez, Kubo, Guedes and Oyarzabal.
FC Barcelona lineup
Joan García, Koundé, Cubarsí, Eric García, Balde, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Lamine Yamal, Olmo, Fermín and Ferran Torres.
Both teams arrive after having qualified for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Reyeliminating CA Osasuna, at home, in the case of the Basques, and Racing de Santander, at home, in the case of the Blaugranas.
The San Sebastian team lifted a game that had become very complicated for them. After going 2-0 down at half-time, goals from Turrientes and Zubeldía took the game to extra time. some penalties in which the Basques took the classification with a very successful Marrero under the sticks. However, today it will be Álex Remiro who defends the goal of the San Sebastian club, which seeks to climb positions to leave the ghosts of relegation behind.
For its part, Flick’s team knocked down Racing in a demanding match in which the Second Division leader sold dearly his defeat against a Barça that ended up imposing its superiority with goals from Ferran Torres and Lamine Yamal, achieving a place in the quarterfinals of the KO tournament
The Blaugrana team will have a notable absence for today’s match. Raphinha, due to a blow to his left leg, will finally not be in the game for the Blaugrana club. Yes, he could be there for the key confrontation against Slavia Prague in the Champions League, where Barcelona is looking for three points to continue clinching the possibility of entering the top eight and thus avoiding playing in an extra round of 32 tie.
