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After the Cup, the downturn.

The Hangover.

How to blame them for something so human?

The fact is that Real Sociedad had three games without winning after becoming king against Athletic, five in total, in a streak also highly conditioned by their numerous casualties.

But this Thursday his dream rival was found in Anoeta at the moment, a Celta who leaves spaces behind his defense to bore.

And those of

Imanol Alguacil

took advantage of it

to overtake Betis and Villarreal in that beautiful fight that the three have to share the Europa League and Conference League positions.

So many things happened in the first half, exhausting for players, referees, VAR, spectators and even ball boys, that the most practical thing is to list them in chronological order.

In the 13th minute,

Gil Manzano

went to review an action in the VAR in which

Elustondo

ended up hitting

Mina's

tibia

after a clearance.

Cold sweats in Anoeta, but the referee solved it with a yellow instead of the red recommended from the VOR room.

On 22 and 25 the first two goals of the match arrived.

The scoring was opened by

Hugo Mallo

with a powerful header from a corner and the equalizer was put by

Portu

, after a fantastic pass from

Carlos Fernández

, who is proving to be the best possible relief for the injured

Silva

.

In the 28th,

Villar

miscalculated an exit and overwhelmed

Isak

. Gil Manzano signaled a foul, but from the VAR they warned him that the action had actually taken place within the area. Isak shot the penalty, missed it and Carlos caught the rebound. He did, of course, after having entered the area before his teammate struck, so the goal was annulled. Villar also appeared to commit a foul by completely abandoning his goal before the pitch. After reviewing the repetitions, the VAR determined that he was keeping one foot on the line. You have to believe it.

And in 37, Real scored their second goal.

Again a penalty, one of those that can be whistled or not, one of many grabs in the area that can be punishable but are not usually sanctioned.

Gil decided that

Murillo's

to

Le Normand

deserved punishment and

Januzaj

, following Isak's earlier failure, took responsibility for making it 2-1 on the scoreboard.

Carlos and Le Normand's injuries

So many things happened in the first half that almost nothing happened in the second half, apart from the injuries of Carlos and Le Normand that leave the Donostiarras even more in the frame. La Real reliably defended their advantage against a Celta who only squeezed in the final minutes, but with little chance of taking at least one point from Reale Arena. Nor would it have been of much use to a team already devoid of objectives, 11 points from both Europe and relegation. Too much for this late in the season.

Who can still dream of repeating continental participation next season is Granada.

The team of

Diego Martinez

sported (4-1, with two goals from

Soldier

) before a Eibar that burned in Los Carmenes much of his remaining options to save the category.

They are already five points away from leaving the hole and the reference is made by Valladolid, which still has a pending match against Athletic.

It seems that the eternal miracle of Ipurua will come to an end this season.

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