A goal by Mikel Oyarzabal ends the losing streak (1-0)

Real Sociedad achieved against Celta (1-0) a convincing and palliative victory after the poor results of the last six days, with a goal from Mikel Oyarzabal that once again put a Gipuzkoan team in the European fight that finished in the top five on Saturday.

A thick game, with many starting interruptions, seemed to presage a gray encounter between two of the teams that propose the most in Spanish football, but the early goal of Mikel Oyarzabal It would immediately turn it into a game festival for the Real, which had its best minutes of the season in the first half.

Rafinha, the great surprise of an elusive Imanol Alguacil and playing the distraction during the week with the participation of the midfielder on loan from PSG, would be the protagonist of the genesis of this goal with a robbery in the realistic field that Januzaj continued with a measured pass to Oyarzabal.

This one, alone before Dituro, crashed his shot against the Celta goalkeeper, but the rejection returned to his boots and there he did not forgive to unbalance the scoreboard.

Dituro would shine on the next occasion in which the San Sebastian put him to the test, in another clear goal opportunity between Merino and Oyarzabal that, on this occasion, the captain txuri urdin did not bring to the end intended by the Argentine goalkeeper’s dove.

Celta improved his face in the second half, came out with a greater bite because the Gipuzkoans recoiled with the score in favor but, as the Galicians did not do much damage either, a local team would come alive again that could solve with a Merino header to the crosshead of the goal of Vigo.

The Sheriff’s team rediscovered the path of football and, with Rafinha protagonist, He continued to shake a Celta who conceded a second goal in a free-kick completed by Elustondo. With the two teams in the midfield for the goal kick, the VAR corrected and annulled it and gave new life to the Galicians.

The result was so short for the Donostiarras that any dangerous action by their rival could deprive them of the points, nervousness began to spread in the blue and white ranks and Celta threw the rest in the final stretch of the match in search of a tie although with little head and much corzaón.

Things would not change because the Celtiñas were not fine in the last meters and because the Real returned to cheer up in the final stretch of the game to be closer to the second than to the draw, but Rafinha and Portu would lack a little to make it happen.

Datasheet

1 – Real Sociedad: Remiro; Gorosabel (Zaldua, min. 77), Elustondo, Le Normand, Muñoz; Rafinha (Guevara, min. 77), Guevara (Zubimendi, min. 87), Merino; Oyarzabal, Januzaj (Lobete min. 77) and Isak (Portu, min. 38).

0 – Celtic: Dituro; Hugo Mallo, Araujo, Aidoo, Javi Galán; Fran Beltrán, Brais Méndez, Denis Suárez (Galhardo, min. 79), Cervi (Nolito, min. 57); Aspas and Santi Mina.

Goal

1-0, Mikel Oyarzabal (12 ‘)

Mikel Oyarzabal