Real Sociedad and Alavés seek the three points in the first Basque derby of the year
Euskaraz irakurri: Reala eta Alaves hiru punctuen bila, urteko lehen euskal derbian
Real Sociedad and Deportivo Alavés start the year by playing the first Basque derby of the year in the Reale Arenathis Tuesday afternoon, starting at 7:15 p.m., in the 19th day of LaLiga EA Sports.
Both in opposite dynamics, the Real They intend to continue in the hunt for the Europa League positions and not give up on a possible mistake among the four that now take over the Champions League, while Alavés wants to end their bad streak of three games in a row lost and without scoring a goal.
The realistic coach, Imanol Alguacil, has assured that they will try to maintain the level of competitiveness that they have shown until now. To do this, he has all the players on the squad.
After the derby this Tuesday, Hamari Traoré, Sadiq Umar and Take Kubo They will be dropped from the Africa Cup and the Asia Cup respectively, until their teams are eliminated or win the competition.
In the last ten meetings between these two teams, there are six victories for the Txuri Urdin team, two draws and only two wins for the babazorros.
He Alavés, for its part, seeks to break the bad streak of recent days. It so happens that numerous Alavés players will return to a stadium where they made their debut in the First Division or were close to it: Xeber Alkain, Jon Karrikaburu, Álex Sola, Ander Guevara, Jon Guridi, Andoni Gorosabel, as well as Jesús Owono.
Coach Luis Garcia Plaza He recognizes that Real is a great team. However, he is confident that his team will compete well and can get something out of the Reale Arena.
Source: Eitb

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