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A poor first half punished the Royal Society in front of Bournemouth in the European premiere (1-2)

Kluivert and Rayan put the English ahead in a first half in which Bournemouth dominated, but on the return of the locker room Matarazzo's players bent the field and were about to tie after cutting distances through Sergio Gomez.

SAN SEBASTIÁN, 17/09/2026.- El delantero de la Real Ander Barrenetxea (i) trata de superar a Adrien Truffert, del Bournemouth, durante el partido de la Liga Europa que Real Sociedad y Bournemouth disputan este jueves en el estadio de Anoeta, en San Sebastián. EFE/Juan Herrero

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2026/09/17 - 23:18

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2026/09/17 - 23:18

The Royal Society has lost 1-2 to the English Bournemouth in the opening of the Europa League. It has punished the Blue Whites with a bad first half in which they have been far inferior to their rival. After the break, Matarazzo's have recovered and put everything in place to get back on track, but they have not been right to score the second goal of the draw.

The start of the game has had a lot of rhythm, but no clear occasions, but the game has changed in a single move. In the 10th minute, Bournemouth found the goal through Kluivert . The referees overturned the goal initially for offside, but after analyzing the VAR, he finally got on the scoreboard.

Soon after, with little time to respond, the second hit for theWhite Blues came with Rayan's goal. The Brazilian took advantage of a big Scott pass on Sergio Gomez's back to make the second head.

In addition, it would have been worse for the Donostiarras, as in the 24th minute Evanilson sent the ball to Marrero's left post with a precise header.

Barrenetxea saw a yellow card after a desperate foul, and Scott, Tavernier and the others continued to create danger, so the match went to rest.

On the way back from the locker room the Royal Society has returned stronger and the entry of Guedes and Gorrotxategi into the lawn has given another air to Matarazzo's team, which has also managed to neutralize Scott, the compass of the English team.

So, in the 56th minute, a shot from Turrientes put Petrovic in trouble, and a minute later Sergio Gomez narrowed the distances through a center. Cherryen's defense failed to deflect the ball and ended up inside the net.

With the goal, the Royal Society stood firm and Guedes again created danger with a shot that Petrovic had to send to corner. In the 72nd minute , Oyarzabalhad the tie on his feet. The Eibarrés striker tried to make a vaseline when the doorman was out of the goal, but he narrowly went over the larghill.

Matarazzo put Sucic, Kubo and Zakharyan in the field to try to tie the match, but Petrovic preventedit with two perfect stops in the final minutes. In the 84th minute, Orri Oskarsson had a great opportunity to draw after a superb Zakharyan pass, but his cross shot was deflected by the Bournemouth goalkeeper.