Real Sociedad cannot stand the fight in three tournaments at once. In the last 7 matches the Basques have only 1 victory.
Today, Imanol Alguacil’s team kept the ball a lot, built their attacks positionally, but their execution was poor. Zakharyan hit the crossbar, Kubo hit the goalkeeper’s hands, Traore didn’t hit at all – Moreno beat him three meters from the goal.
Villarreal, meanwhile, gave up ball control but were as effective as possible in their actions. In 90 minutes, the guests created three chances – and two ended with goals from center Santi Comesanha.
By the way, this is the first double in La Liga for the guy. In the first half, he effectively ran for a corner, and in the second, he finished off Baena’s cross from the left.
2 – Santi Comesaña scored the first brace of his career in a @LaLigaEN match today against Real Sociedad (113 appearances).
Inspired. pic.twitter.com/URxGaUFPVQ
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 23, 2024
Sociedad did not give up and tried to put pressure even in the end – the result of these efforts was Merino’s goal in a massive attack. But there was no sign of a comeback, and Serloth made that clear in stoppage time.
The victory lifted Villarreal to 12th place in the table with 29 points. Real Sociedad are 6th with 40 points.
26th round Examples. San Sebastian. “Anoeta”
Real Sociedad – Villarreal – 1:3
Naked: Merino, 86 — Komesanya, 17, 47, Serlot, 90+4
“Real Sociedad”: Remiro – Traore (Aramburu, 46), Le Norman, Pacheco, Galan – Subimendi – Kubo, Brais Mendes (Merino, 64), Zakharian (Becker, 72), Barrenechea (Olasagasti, 7) – Andre Silva (Sadiq, 65)
Villarreal: Jorgensen – Mosquera, Albiol, Bailly, Alberto Moreno (Cuenca 70) – Ahomash (Parejo 70), Coquelin (Capu 84), Comesaña, Baena (Morales 84) – Guedes, Gerard Moreno (Serlot 79)
Warnings: Le Norman 51, Andre Silva 62, Zakharyan 69 – Jorgensen 60, Mosquera 62, Albiol 63, Cuenca 88