Real Sociedad are already in the next round of the Europa League after easily getting rid of a sheriff who hardly gave a fight and ended up beating him with a squad full of homegrown players (3-0).
The goals of Sorloth, just before the break, Rico and Navarro were the palm of the greatest dominance of the team of Imanol Alguacil, who played the last hour of the match in numerical superiority due to the expulsion of Zohouri for a double yellow card.
There were no surprises in the design of the game. It was Real who monopolized the ball against a Sheriff with a five-man defense, set back and more concerned with closing spaces than looking for the opposing goal. So as Imanol Alguacil had already announced in the previous one, it was a question of patience.
Turrientes, one of the newcomers to the starting XI, gave a first warning with a slightly high free-kick; Sorloth followed it up with another shot at the north end; and Brais made the first shot between the three posts after a corner that Turrientes took low to the ground for the Galician to force Celeadnic to save the ball in two periods.
The only response to the txuri urdin monologue came from the posts, who twice spat out shots from Carlos Fernández and Brais.
And as if Real’s dominance wasn’t already obvious enough, Zohouri, who had a yellow card, put his left hand to Rico’s face in the argument for a ball, seeing his second card just after half an hour. , leaving his team inferior.
Still, with one more, Real blamed a certain lack of clarity in the final third to compromise the Sheriff, who while already spotted in the locker room with the draw, found Sorloth’s goal. The Norwegian grabbed a ball on the right wing and drew a diagonal that ended in a shot from the edge of the area that beat Celeadnic. 1-0 and everything to rest.
The tightening of the schedule and the control that the San Sebastián team had over the match led Imanol to rest Silva and dose Carlos Fernández, bringing in local players Karrikaburu and Navarro.
Brais, brilliant again, nearly scored the second with a shot that went straight into the top corner and which Celeadnic released with a fine hand. And immediately after, Karrikaburu forced his shot, forcing the Moldovan team goalkeeper to work hard.
We had to wait 65 minutes for Real to give the sheriff the lace. It was after a change of direction from Turrientes that left Navarro in the lead, who saw a runaway Rico arrive to whom he put a ball that he finished with all his soul to make it 2-0.
The Reale Arena was a party celebrating the victory and the mathematical classification for the next phase, and the outing on the pitch of the local players González de Zárate and Arambarri only increased the satisfaction of the stands.
Navarro and Karrikaburu were around the third, which would come in the 81st minute after a cross from Guevara that Kubo headed into the heart of the small box for Navarro only to push.
Turrientes came close to fourth place in the final few minutes in which only Manchester United’s final goal at Old Trafford against Omonia Nicosia somewhat clouded the rout for the txuri urdin side who, whatever they did the following day in Cyprus , just a draw against Manchester. United at home to be first in the group and avoid the round before the round of 16.
– Technical sheet:
3 – Royal Society: Remiro; Aritz (Arambarri, d. 74), Le Normand, Pacheco, Rico; Guevara, Turrientes, Brais (González de Zárate, m. 61), Silva (Navarro, m. 46); Carlos Fernandez (Karrikaburu, m. 46) and Sorloth (Kubo, m. 61).
0 – FC Sheriff Tiraspol: Celeadnic; Guedes, Armel, Kiki (Ignatov, d. 85), Radeljic, Kpozo; Diop, Mudasiru, Badolo; Pernambuco (Da Silva, d. 74) and Rasheed (Vizeu, d. 80).
Goals: 1-0, m. 45.Sorlot. 2-0, m. 65: Rich. 3-0, m. 81. Navarra.
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania). Visitor Zohouri was sent off for a double yellow card (m. 33). He warned the local Rico (m. 36) and the visitor Mudasiru (m. 14).
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourth day of the Europa League played at the Reale Arena stadium in front of 25,806 spectators.
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