Real Sociedad let victory escape in the last sigh in Leuven (1-1)
After a first half with few occasions, a Turrients goal in the first minute of the second half put the Blue Whites ahead, but Keita scored the draw in the final minutes.
Mikel Oyarzabal fights for a ball during a game in Leuven. Photo: EFE
Real Sociedad will have to wait for a new opportunity to win its first win in this edition of the Europa League after letting escape in the last sigh on its visit to the Saint-Gilloise field (1-1). Beñat Turrientes's goal in the first minute of the second half put the Donostiarra team ahead, but Keita put the tie in the final minutes.
Few chances in the first half.
The Guipuzcoan team has never been comfortable, at least in the first half, especially when it comes to getting the ball played under pressure from Saint-Gilloise.
In the ninth minute, in a foul by the Swede Besfort Zenelli, Senegalese power stationMassire Sylla sent the ball tothe post , the clearest occasion of the first half.
It was not the only scare for Real Sociedad, because eleven minutes later, in the 20th, South African striker Relebohile Mofokeng failed to get the ball left behind by the side Louis Patris into the goal after a dangerous robbery around the area.
The Donostiarras have lacked precision in all transitions and the only chance to score Mikel Oyarzabal was the quality of the Matarazzo team.
This was the case in a move in which the captain has shown all his talent, with a spectacular maneuver within the area.
Faster pace in the second half.
As we said, in the first 45 minutes the Blue White team created little danger, and with Beñat Turrientes on the lawn Matarazzo tried to give a new boost to the game.
In the first ball the midfielder played, he put the Real Sociedad ahead on the scoreboard (0-1). Guardameta Hervé Koffi and Captain Kamiel Van de Perre ofSaint-Gillois did not get along well, and the Beasaindarra took advantage of the mistake.
That goal, far from calming down the Belgian team, has further excited the home players, and the game has gone from one area to another, from constant coming and going, from one side to the other.
But neither the locals nor the visitors have been able to seize one of the opportunities they have created, which seemed to allow Real to pocket the victory, yet in the last sigh all three points have escaped the Blue Whites.
The newcomer Sekou Keita did not miss a mistake by Igor Zubeldia, as the Blue White defender failed to clear the ball, taking out a lateral foul in 88 minutes and finishing off only on the second stick to tie the match.
In the final play of the match, a long ball from Gorrotxategi was about to enter the goal of a Saint-Gillois player who was pulled out by local defender Massire Sylla on the goal line.
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Summary of Saint-Gilloise vs Real Sociedad (1-1)
