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Real Sociedad was superior to Celta and is waiting for a rival in the cup semi-finals. Almost without breaking a sweat, with a lead from the start, Imanol's men were better despite the final result and deserved the prize of having played two games to qualify for the Spanish championship.
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Iván Villar, Kevin Vázquez, Mihailo Ristic, Carlos Domínguez, Carl Starfelt, Jailson (Aspas, Min. 64), Renato Tapia (Fran Beltrán, Min. 72), Miguel Rodriguez (Luca De La Torre, Min. 45), Williot Swedberg , Hugo Alvarez and Anastasios Douvikas
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Remiro, Zubeldia, Jon Aramburu, Le Normand, Tierney (Elustondo, min. 38), Martín Zubimendi, Oyarzabal (Jon Magunacelaya, min. 89), Merino, Brais (Jon Pacheco, min. 78), André Silva (Arsen Zakharyan, Min. 45) and Sheraldo Becker (Sadiq, Min. 78)
Goals 0-1 min 1: Oyarzabal. 0-2 min 65: Sheraldo Becker. 1-2 min 91: Luca De La Torre.
referee Cesar Soto Grado
Yellow cards Anastasios Douvikas (Min. 47), Merino (Min. 65), Unai Núñez (Min. 74), Jorgen Strand Larsen (Min. 92), Mihailo Ristic (Min. 94) and Jon Magunacelaya (Min. 95)
Benítez wanted to give a turnaround to the team that had lost to Real in the league just a few days earlier, “because we are not stupid and we learn from mistakes,” but in the second minute he had already bitten the dust with a throw-in the length, several rebounds, the assist from Merino, which won them all in the air and also on the ground, and the timely shot from Oyarzabal, always in the right place.
The Celtic team, so novel and seeking to resemble the team that beat Valencia in the preliminary round, was a collection of individuals, not a sum. Because there was a deficit so early, Iago Aspas was the one who moved the most, although without the opportunity to intervene because he was warming up the bench. The people on the pitch didn't understand each other, they got tangled up, tripped and constantly lost balls against their will. I remember that there, in the gate, sucking up moisture, the river flows nearby, and that all I had to do was pay attention to what was happening outside his area because his rivals couldn't find even the slightest connection.
While Celta suffered in every set-piece situation, and there were a few, or when the new Becker showed his charm and speed in his first minutes with the Real jersey, the Vigo team was tied in the second minute. The best news for the outstanding team was that Real went into the half-time break with such a poor result, because under pressure the San Sebastian team always won, even in hand-to-hand combat and in the field of ideas Imanol's group had a very good performance defined one , and Celta's light bulb didn't come on. The worst news for Real was the loss of Tierney to injury. The Scottish player joins the curse of the blue and white full-backs who have fallen behind game after game in recent days.
Benítez's team applied more pressure at the start of the second half, but saw Real's goal come from a long distance. When Aspas and Mingueza entered the field it was not yet late, but as if it were, because they had not yet touched the ball when Brais, a wedge of the same wood, saw the mark of the debutant Becker, who came from his Field started from Imagine Villar, who was halfway, scoring the second goal for Real Sociedad.
Aspas created more danger in the first three balls that reached his feet than the rest of Celta's attacking team had in any previous minute. The captain had no choice but to try it on his own, even if it was very complicated for him with a comfortable opponent at his back and the three central defenders that Imanol had appointed so as not to suffer from the Galician team's predictable turmoil was. with Sadiq as a pigeon man looking for his career. When Becker retired, he arrived and kissed the saint in Balaídos.
Nothing else happened because neither Real needed it nor Celta could, although De la Torre scored in stoppage time to spice up the final moments, and so Benítez's men remained resignedly out and the San Sebastian team, in the Week of the San Sebastián Tamborrada, they sing the Sarriegi March on the way to the semi-finals. Almost without messing it up.
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