The Real society has suffered this Thursday one of the sweetest defeats. He has lost 0-1 against Manchester United in a Reale Arena that touched the full and achieves its classification as first in the groupas well as his direct access to the knockout stages of the Europa Leagueavoiding a preliminary knockout round against one of the teams from the Champions League.
Real Sociedad did not go out to wait behind and went to look for Manchester United in their field with a pressure that was indecipherable for Ten Hag’s men, unable to overcome the midfield with the ball at their feet.
The txuri-urdin, recovering the ball very quickly the few times they didn’t have it, played very comfortably and generated danger, such as a deep pass from Merino to Carlos Fernández that the Sevillian crashed into the side of the net.
However, after a quarter of an hour a long ball from De Gea was headed by Bruno Fernandes; The extension was won by Cristiano, who quickly enabled Garnacho in depth, whose speed left Gorosabel in evidence, planting himself before Remiro to beat him with a shot from above (0-1).
A claw blow was enough to show the punch of a Manchester United that injected a dose of caution into Real that made them play without taking risks.
The British continued to wait for their opportunity and exploited the verticality of a Garnacho who was around second after a shot that went slightly high after cutting Gorosabel. Cristiano also had it with a Vaseline against Remiro.
Real’s best chance in the first half was a shot by Gorosabel that De Gea managed to deflect, although the rebound was picked up by Marín who, with a low angle, shot and the ball hit the Madrid goalkeeper’s head, still on the ground, to go over the crossbar.
Nothing changed after the restart until the substitutions arrived at Manchester United. In the Real Carlos Fernández tried it with two shots and shortly after the recently released Guevara, with another low shot that De Gea caught.
This is how the last minutes of the match were reached in which the Sheriffs chose to protect themselves and play with a defense of five.
The final moments were a constant bombardment of balls to the txuri-urdin area where Pacheco emerged as a bastion of a Real team that did not concede a single chance and was able to secure a first place that puts it directly in the round of 16.
Data sheet
0 – Royal Society: Remiro; Gorosabel (Aritz, d. 58), Le Normand, Pacheco, Rico; Zubimendi, Merino, Brais (Zubeldia, m. 82), Marín (Navarro, m. 58); Carlos Fernández (Guevara, m. 72) and Sorloth (Magunazelaia, m. 82).
1 – Manchester United: De Gea; Dalot, Lindelof (McTominay, d. 57), Martinez, Shaw; Van de Beek (Rashford, d. 57), Casemiro, Eriksen (Maguire, d. 82), Bruno Fernandes; Garnacho (Fred, d. 82) and Ronaldo.
Goal: 0-1, m. 16: Grenache.
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria). He admonished the locals Brais (m. 63) and Carlos Fenández (m. 72) and the visitors Martínez (m. 61), Cristiano (m. 71) and Dalot (m. 87).
Source: Eitb
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