The San Sebastian team defeats the ‘Yellow Submarine’ in a direct duel for European places.
The Royal Society sank the fleet Villarreal by the minimum (1-0) thanks to a solitary goal from Takefusa Kubo in the 51st minute of the match, a victory that adds spice to the noble area of LaLiga.
The first part was bad. Both teams showed little rhythm in their game and the chances could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
The first came in the third minute of the game when Brais Méndez caught a rebound inside the area, although it was well repelled by the defense of the ‘Submarine yellow’.
Without much football on the part of both, The minutes passed without great emotionsuntil a great counterattack by Villarreal, through Pape Gueye, ended in the legs of Thierno Barry who launched very forcefully thanks to good pressure from Aritz Elustondo.
The clearest came in the final minutes of the first 45 minutes, with Luka Sucic who caught a rebound on the edge of the area and he smashed the ball against the post left of Luiz Junior.
Kubo knocks down Villarreal
With no time left, the players headed into the locker room tunnel with a more than deserved 0-0. It is then that when the match resumes, Takefusa Kubo decided to play Leo Messi. He caught a ball from the sky in the center of the field and dedicated himself to advancing and leaving his rivals behind to stand in front of the rival goal after a shot and beat the rival goalkeeper.
The 1-0 made raise the temperature of the meeting. The visiting team, forced to take risks to get into the game, made a good offensive transition thanks to Barry’s driving that enabled the recently introduced Gerard Moreno to launch a great shot that was stopped by Álex Remiro.
-With the game more open, the players began to show off more and better in rival field. Once again Sucic, the most daring of the Txuri Urdin defense, tried a shot from the edge of the area, although Luiz Junior repelled it well.
Orri Óskarsson could have killed the match At the edge of stoppage time, although at the goal corner and under pressure from Juan Foyth, he bit and it was an easy save for the visiting goalkeeper.
Technical sheet
0 – Villarreal CF: Louis Junior; Femininity, Foyth, Kambwala, Cardona; Suarez (Cabanes, m.61), Couple, Comesaña (Moreno, m.61), Gueye; Barry and Baena.
Goals: 1-0, m.51: Kubo.
Arbitrator: César Soto Grado (Riojano Committee). He admonished Aramburu (70), Aihen (90+1) and Zubimendi (90+4) for Real Sociedad; and Baena (65) and Foyth (78) for Villarreal CF.
incidences: Match corresponding to the 19th day of LaLiga EA Sports played at the Reale Arena in front of 20,855 spectators.