Euskaraz irakurri: Realak Txapeldunen Ligako bolada ezin hobeari eutsi dio Benficaren aurka (3-1)

The Real society overwhelmed the Benfica in the first 21 minutes of the match with three goals that ended the match Champions League in favor of those of Imanol Alguacila score that, despite the Lisbon goal in the second half, knew how to manage the local squad.

A meeting that was marked by a previous one in which there was incidents between fans of both teams in the surroundings of the Reale Arena Stadium, and which resulted in at least three arrests by the Ertzaintza.

The game could not have started better for the txuri-urdin team, and after a corner repelled by the Lisbon defense, Aihen Muñoz He finished the ball with a bit of bite, which, with a bit of luck, reached the height of the head of Mikel Merino who finished off with pleasure the goal defended by Anatoly Trubin.

With the first already on the scoreboard, Real did not take their foot off the accelerator, and thanks to suffocating pressure in the opposite field, they were able to cause a mistake of Florentine in a back pass to Nicolas Otamendi that led to the theft of Mikel Oyarzabal who did not forgive Trubin.

Even with the 2-0 so favorable, those of Imanol Alguacil They continued to insist and it was thanks to a hand of Merino in a shot and a clear offside Oyarzabal which did not increase the goal portfolio in favor of the royalist squad.

The icing on the cake to a perfect start to the game was put Ander Barrenetxea with a fantasy dribble on Joao Neves to later burst the ball close to the corner.

And if that were not enough, a gallop per band of Barrenetxea culminated in a precise pass to Oyarzabal inside the area, who was brought down by Otamendimoment in which the referee of the match, the English Anthony Taylor, decreed the maximum penalty in favor of Real. In a gesture of camaraderie, Oyarzabal gave that maximum penalty to braiswhich was unlucky enough to hit the wood.

Benfica’s reaction could have been on the brink of half-time, after a fantastic counterattack by Angel Di Mariaalthough his filtered pass did not find a finisher thanks to a saving clearance by Aritz Elustondo.

Upon returning from the locker room, Benfica, like a wounded lion, wanted to show that they still had some pride left, and the first visiting goal came along those lines, with a fantastic assist from Otamendi to Rafael Silva unstoppable by Alex Remiro.

That was the moment when the radicals in the visiting stands began to light flares, a total of five, of which three were thrown into the local lower stands. Apparently, there were no injuries to the Txuri-Urdin fans.

Returning to the purely sporting aspect, that Benfica goal was not able to awaken a reaction in the players led by Roger Schmidtsince the minutes passed and the dangerous chances did not come.

With a calm match and more or less controlled by the Txuri-Urdin squad, the 90 regulation minutes ran out and with the final whistle, Benfica consummated the disaster: they were out of the fight to advance to the round of 16 of the League of Champions with still two games left to play.

Data sheet:

3 – Royal Society: Remiro; Aritz (Odriozola, min. 86), Zubeldia, Le Normand, Aihen; Zubimendi, Merino, Brais (Turrientes, min. 70); Kubo (Carlos, min. 70), Oyarzabal and Barrenetxea (Zakaryan, min. 78).

1 – Benfica: Trubin; Neves, Antonio, Otamendi, Morato, Aursnes; Florentino (Jurásek, min. 31), Joao Mario (Tengstedt, min. 85); Di María (Guedes, min. 85), Cabral (Musa, min. 64) and Rafa Silva (Chiquinho, min. 85).

Goals: 1-0, min. 6: Merino; 2-0, min. 11: Oyarzabal; 3-0, min. 21: Barrenetxea; 3-1, min. 50: Rafa Silva.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG). He cautioned Barrenetxea (63) and Carlos (87) for Real Sociedad; and Florentino (20) for Benfica.

Source: Eitb

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