Real Sociedad put an end to five days as LaLiga leader by drawing without goals against Valencia in a not showy game in which they lacked the ideas of other nights and in the
that the cards were left over, with Aritz Elustondo sent off and 11 cautioned. Bordalás had it very clear, to hold back and wear down the Donostiarras until they made some mistake that Valencia could take advantage of, but the locals were fine and the ‘che’ team had to run after the ball more than it would have desired your technician.
Merino and Isak gave the Valencians the first scare in an action in which they did not agree on the shot to the relief of Cillessen and then it was Valencia, after a serious error by Diego Rico that Costa took advantage of, who put the fans’ souls on edge
local with the later auction of the Portuguese Guedes.
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* Data updated as of November 21, 2021
Approaches with little danger were the tonic of a dull first half in the game, in which neither team made any shot at the rival goal until Alex Isak appeared at half an hour with a left-foot deflected by Cillesen in the best opportunity
of the meeting in that period.
Donostiarras lacked a lot to be the team that has impressed this season, Valencia remained comfortable and put on the nerves to the fans ‘txuri urdin’ every time they approached the area, as happened with the first shot on goal by the Levantine team with Gayá putting Remiro to the test.
Oyarzabal and Maxi Gómez entered, both injured in the last month, to change the sign of the game, but the lack of rhythm took its toll on them and the changes would not have significance in the development of the clash. Isak would take advantage of the greater vigilance on Oyarzabal, which gave him more freedom, to rush Valencia in a play in which he was left alone against Cillessen, he tried to define with a cartoon action and the Real lost the great opportunity to get ahead in the marker.
There was no strength left for a San Sebastian team that lost Aritz Elustondo with a double warning in the last minutes, the scene changed and it was Valencia who ended up in the local area taking advantage of a numerical superiority from which they did not benefit.
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