Real Sociedad earn hard-fought win over Elche
Elche suffered an away defeat against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena on Friday
Real Sociedad beat Elche with a thumping 2-0 victory on Friday at the Reale Arena. With each team arriving on the back of a league defeat, they were both keen to pick up points. Real were hoping to get something from this game, following a previous defeat to Huesca. Elche were beaten 1-0 in the previous match against Atletico Madrid. Following today's result, Real and Elche currently occupy 5th and 19th spots in the league, with 56 points and 30 points respectively after 35 matches.
After an un-eventful first half, The White and Blues piled on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, with Aritz Elustondo finding the net, 72 minutes in. Real then netted once more and increased their advantage thanks to a goal from Mikel Oyarzabal just before the final whistle to make it 2-0.
For Real, Martin Zubimendi, Ander Barrenetxea, Jon Bautista and Portu, came on for Ander Guevara, Jon Guridi, Alexander Isak and Adnan Januzaj. Elche replaced Ivan Marcone, Guido Carrillo, Pablo Piatti, Luismi and Emiliano Rigoni with Fidel, Lucas Boye, Josan, Omenuke Mfulu and Pere Milla.
The referee booked Ander Guevara from Real. Elche had the worst of it though, with Fidel, Paulo Gazzaniga and Antonio Barragan seeing yellow, and Raul Guti then sent off with a red.
Real will next play Atletico Madrid away, with Elche facing Alaves at home.
| Technical card: | |
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| Real Sociedad: | Alex Remiro, Andoni Gorosabel, Robin Le Normand, Aritz Elustondo, Nacho Monreal, Adnan Januzaj (Portu, min.87), Jon Guridi (Ander Barrenetxea, min.46), Ander Guevara (Martin Zubimendi, min.46), David Silva, Alexander Isak (Jon Bautista, min.82) and Mikel Oyarzabal |
| Elche: | Paulo Gazzaniga, Helibelton Palacios, Gonzalo Verdu, Dani Calvo, Antonio Barragan, Fidel (Ivan Marcone, min.46), Omenuke Mfulu (Luismi, min.85), Raul Guti, Josan (Pablo Piatti, min.67), Pere Milla (Emiliano Rigoni, min.85) and Lucas Boye (Guido Carrillo, min.67) |
| Stadium: | the Reale Arena |
| Goals: | Aritz Elustondo (1-0, min. 72) and Mikel Oyarzabal (2-0, min. 90) |
