A goal from Kubo on the counterattack gave Real the victory against the moment, the yellow team had more ambition, but ran into Remiro. In a cold environment due to the temperature and the time, the public left Anoeta with good feelings, because the people from San Sebastian showed solidity against a direct rival that had its options.
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Álex Remiro, Aihen Muñoz, Aritz Elustondo (Jon Pacheco, min. 72), Jon Aramburu, Nayef Aguerd, Takefusa Kubo (Orri Óskarsson, min. 82), Brais Méndez (Jon Olasagasti, min. 72), Martín Zubimendi, Luka Sucic , Sergio Gómez (Ander Barrenetxea, min. 62) and Mikel Oyarzabal (Pablo Marín, min. 82)
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Luiz Júnior, Willy Kambwala, Kiko Femenía, Juan Foyth, Sergi Cardona, Dani Parejo, Denis Suárez (Gerard Moreno, min. 60), Santi Comesaña (Pau Cabanes, min. 60), Álex Baena, Thierno Barry y Pape Gueye
Goals
1-0 min. 50: Take Kubo
Referee César Soto Grado
yellow cards
Álex Baena (min. 64), Jon Aramburu (min. 69), Juan Foyth (min. 77), Barrenetxea (min. 89), Aihen Muñoz (min. 90), Martín Zubimendi (min. 94)
At first, Real wanted to take the initiative by pushing from the wing, but Villarreal immediately took over in Anoeta in the duel for the European places. Since then, he has been settling on the field and hiding the ball from the San Sebastian midfielders. The yellows pushed Real towards their area, and Parejo moved from behind, sometimes looking for Barry, other times for Baena.
Villarreal dominated for almost the entire first half, but without effectiveness when it came to finding spaces to worry Remiro, who limited himself to observing, almost like Luiz Junior, although in an action by Kubo, with a back pass from the goal line. Bottom line, Sucic hit a trademark shot that crashed into the post. It was the only chance of the first half for either team, a poor balance, especially for Real, who were playing at home, and who were disturbed by a blow that Zubimendi received on the ankle and which kept him limping until half-time. .
But the game, as cold as the atmosphere until half-time, became boiling in a Real counterattack after a corner from . Oyarzabal threw long towards Kubo, much faster than Parejo, who was in charge of closing. The Japanese arrived at the area, made a tunnel for Femenía and scored before Junior left.
With the score against, Marcelino did what he could with the meager bench he had in the face of his team’s plague of injuries. He removed Gerard Moreno, a catalyst for the yellow game since then. In the first one he had, on a counterattack, he opened the ball to Barry, who attracted the defenders and returned to his teammate who was entering through the center. His shot was rejected, in his first important action since the beginning. A while later, in a massive attack play by Villarreal, the ball fell to Cardona, who stopped it with his chest and shot as it fell, so that Real’s Navarrese goalkeeper could once again raise the local fans from their seats. .
The visiting team’s harassment became more intense as Real retreated, already too tired to attempt a counterattack, but Imanol held his group well and Villarreral’s attacks hit a wall until the end of the game.