Real Sociedad eliminates Celta with authority (1-2), and qualifies for the semifinals of the Cup
Euskaraz irakurri: Realak nagusitasunez kanporatu du Celta (1-2), eta Kopako finalerdietarako sailkatu da
Real Sociedad has qualified this Tuesday for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey of the 2023-24 season, by winning, 1-2, against Celta, at the Abanca Balaídos stadium, in the quarter-final tie. Captain Mikel Oyarzabalin the second minute, and the debutant Sheraldo Beckerin ’66, they have done the goals that they have given the pass to the Guipuzcoan team, which has played a great game and has been much superior to Celta; The Galician team scored in the 92nd minute, in extra time, through Luca de la Torre, but they had no option to question Real’s victory.
Imanol Alguacil has once again won the tactical battle against Rafa Benítez, Celta’s coach, three days after doing so, on the same stage, in the league competition. Mikel Oyarzabal’s early goal, one minute into the gameafter an error by Starfelt and a subsequent poor clearance by Carlos Domínguez, has ruined Benítez’s plan, who had given up playing with a creative midfielder, to provide muscle to the midfield with Jailson and Renato Tapia.
¿GOOOOOOL FROM THE REAL SOCIETY!! VISITORS ARE AHEAD THANKS TO MIKEL OYARZABAL!!
¿ @RCCelta | 0-1 | @Real society | 2′
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Celta barely bothered Real in the first half. The ball belonged to the Basque team, which played with judgment and speed, making the pressure of the local attackers useless. The opposite has happened to Celta, very flat in attack until they found themselves with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Without Aspas on the field, although he is far from his best level, the outlook is complicated for the Galician team, because it lacks a destabilizing footballer in attack; Benítez has initially opted for Miguel Rodríguez and Hugo Álvarez, two youth players who are not used to defending, so his role has been testimonial.
La Real has dominated, and has created a lot of danger from set pieces. In one of them, on the edge of half-time, André Silva almost scored the second goal for the Txuri-Urdin team, but his shot, very forced, went high.
Benítez made a move at half-time, introducing De la Torre; With half an hour left, and given the lack of push from his team, the Celta coach decided to bring in Iago Aspas and Óscar Mingueza, that is, to make two offensive changes that Real neutralized a minute later, with a lethal counterattack that Becker, starting in his own half, took advantage of to seal the tie.despite the fact that Luca de la Torre, in added time, beat Remiro to make the final 1-2.
BECKER GOOOOOAL!! HOW FAST!!
Unstoppable in the open field, he collects the ball in midfield and finishes before the light blue goalkeeper comes out.
¿ @RCCelta | 0-2 | @Real society | 66′
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¿GOOOOOOL, GOAL, CELTAAAAA GOAL!! SHORT DISTANCES FROM THE TOWEREEEE!!
That cross kick is unstoppable.
What last minutes await us…
¿ @RCCelta | 1-2 | @Real society | 91′
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Data sheet
1 – Celtic: Iván Villar; Kevin Vázquez (Mingueza, min. 64), Starfelt, Carlos Domínguez, Ristic; Miguel Rodríguez (Luca de la Torre, min. 46), Tapia (Fran Beltrán, min. 71), Jailson (Iago Aspas, min. 64), Hugo Álvarez; Swedberg (Larsen, min. 78) and Douvikas.
2 – Royal Society: Remiro; Aramburu, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Tierney (Aritz, min. 38); Becker (Pacheco, min. 78), Zubimendi, Merino, Brais Méndez (Sadiq, min. 78); Oyarzabal (Magunazelaia, min. 89) and André Silva (Zakaryan, min. 46).
Goals: 0-1, m. 1: Oyarzabal. 0-2, m. 66: Becker. 1-2, m. 91: Luca de la Torre.
Referee: Soto Grande (Committee of Castilla y León). He has cautioned Douvikas (min. 45), Larsen (min. 91) and Ristic (min. 93), for Celta, and Merino (min. 64) and Magunazelaia (min. 94) for Real, with yellow card.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the quarter-final tie of the Copa del Rey, played at the Abanca Balaídos stadium in front of 20,903 spectators.
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Source: Eitb
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