La Real have beaten Alavés 3-1 in the first friendly of the preseason at the Reale Arena. It has been a very special game as fans returned to the stadium for the first time since the pandemic started.
All in all, it was a strong and convincing performance from the txuri urdin squad. Next up for la Real is a game against AS Mónaco at the Reale Arena. The game will take place on Wednesday at 18:00.
Match sheet:
Real Sociedad: A. Remiro, Gorosabel, Aritz, Pacheco, Aihen, Turrientes, López, Januzaj, Navarro, Barrenetxea y Carlos Fernández. Also played Zaldua, Zubeldia, Portu, Guridi, Willian J., Pokorny, Lobete, Sola and Garrido.
Deportivo Alavés: Pacheco, R. Duarte, Laguardia, Lucas, T. Pina, Guidetti, Manu García, Iván Martín, Pere Pons, Martín y X. Navarro. Also played Tachi, Lejeune, Saúl, Toni Moya, Edgar, Carlos Isaac, Borja Sainz, Loum, Javi López and Abqar.
Goals: 1-0: Januzaj, min. 8; 1-1: Lucas (p.), min. 16; 2-1: Pacheco, min. 43; 3-1: Zubeldia, min. 69
Referee: Palencia Caballero. Booked Pacheco for Real Sociedad and Laguardia and Loum for Alavés.