Real Sociedad wins by the minimum after a gale of chances

The case of this Royal Society is curious.

While in the League the goals fell out of his pockets with two 3-0 and two 4-1 in the last four days, in the Europa League he suffers even to score one.

In fact, he has only two in three games, although they have served him to add six points and tie at the top of his group with Napoli and AZ.

The first of those goals came after shooting 18 times against Rijeka and the second was scored this Thursday against the Dutch in a total of 28 attempts.

Of course, it was enough for him to add the three points in Anoeta, which is after all the only thing that matters.

The first part, specifically, was not to believe.

La Real fired 16 times but failed to score any of those occasions.

And, beyond the number, he enjoyed several of them tremendously clear, especially two headers from

and

, one that

did not reach

after

combed

in a corner and especially a low center from the Navarrese side who

deflected just enough so that Isak could not set up the shot a few inches from the goal.

That was the consequence of an absolutely overwhelming dominance of the men of

against an AZ that was limited to not losing the defensive order, without any enthusiasm in the pressure, but that offered too many gaps for the entry of the San Sebastian attackers.

Goal of Portu

The dynamics continued after the break, now with the appearance of

, the Dutch goalkeeper who until then had not appeared in excess.

It wasn't until the 58th minute, until the 22nd shot, that Real finally found relief.

Again, a play from the left wing, the most fertile for Real in the match, ended up inside the area, where

assisted Portu, who almost got inside the goal to guarantee the desired goal.

The AZ, no attack until then, was reactivated by force thanks to the entry into the field of

, which gave the afternoon to Elustondo, emergency right back after

injury

in the warm-up.

But

, a surprise starter instead of

, did not suffer and Real managed to tie up the three points that they had undoubtedly deserved from the beginning to the end.

The afternoon was more comfortable for Granada, who beat Omonia in Cyprus and established themselves as the leader of their group.

opened the scoring in the fourth minute and

expulsion

just before half-time made things even easier.

certified in the second half the victory for

, absent due to the inconclusive result of a PCR test.

traveled but did not play when presenting symptoms during the day, as happened to the team delegate.

A worrying situation whose evolution will have to be followed closely.

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