Real Sociedad falls to Club de Campo and says goodbye to the Queen’s Cup of field hockey
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Real Sociedad was eliminated from the Queen’s Cup of field hockey this Saturday March 25 in Madrid, after lose against Club de Campo by 1-2 in the semifinal.
The first quarter ended goalless (0-0). However, in the second quarter, Club de Campo managed to pierce the goal of the txuri-urdin team; Amparo Gil put the 0-1 on the scoreboard in the 14th minute. Thus, the Madrid team reached the break with a goal ahead.
In the first minutes of the restart, Real had to suffer. The txuri-urdin team withstood the rival’s attacks, and in the 7th minute of the third quarter they equalized the clash; Lucía Casado scored 1-1 after taking advantage of a penalty-corner. Later, equality prevailed.
The semifinal was decided in the last quarter. In the early stages, Real dominated, although without creating clear scoring chances. After seven minutes of suffering for Club de Campo, at the worst moment of the match for the Madrid team, Begoña García materialized the goal that made it 1-2and put the hosts ahead on the scoreboard.
Club de Campo’s second goal did damage to a Real team that was powerless in the final stretch. In the last minutes, the txuri-urdin played without a goalkeeper to go for the tie, and had a penalty-corner in their favor with one minute and 19 seconds to go; However, La Real missed the opportunity and the Country Club took the victory (1-2) and the pass to the final.
Source: Eitb

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