Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-1 at home to stay at the top of the league on day five of the Spanish Championship.
Real Sociedad took the lead with a goal from Ander Barrenetxea (5th minute), but Federico Valverde equalized (46th minute) and Joselu increased it to 2-1 (60th), which was the white team’s fifth win in five games the hosting role marked Wednesday. Union Berlin in the Champions League.
The victory allows the Meringues to keep their lead in the table, which FC Barcelona temporarily took away from them on Saturday with the 5-0 win against Betis.
Real Madrid tried very vertically to score Real Sociedad’s goal, but the Basques soon took the lead on the scoreboard in a game in which goalkeepers Kepa and Álex Remiro were the heroes.
Take Kubo shot the ball into the middle of the penalty area, where Barrenetxea appeared to shoot from point-blank range. Kepa was able to fend off the first shot, but his rebound was picked up again by “Barrene” and converted to 1-0 (5th).
The Japanese, who gave the Merengue defense a headache, was close to making it 2-0, but his shot was blocked by Kepa and the rebounding ball was sent into the clouds by Barrenetxea (29th).
Valverde started the comeback
Real Madrid looked for an equalizer with deep passes and cross runs against a Real Sociedad that was trying to slow the game down. Valverde’s quick goal after the break with a hard shot (46′) inspired the Meringues, who took control of the game.
The locals kept Real Sociedad away from their goal, who found it more difficult to reach Kepa’s domain due to heavy Merengue pressure. Then Joselu, who had hit the crossbar in the first half, appeared and headed Fran García’s cross from the left into the Real goal (60′).
Trailing on the scoreboard, Real Sociedad renewed their attack to move forward, but couldn’t find a way to beat a Real Madrid team that focused more on defense to achieve victory in the end.
