#FT: Real Sociedad 3-1 Benfica
Real Sociedad scorers: Mikel Merino (6'), Mikel Oyarzabal (11'), Ander Barrenetxea (21')
Benfica scorers: Rafa Silva (49')
Venue: Reale Arena, San Sebastian
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LINE-UPS
Real Sociedad
Remiro - Munoz, Le Normand, Zubeldia, Elustondo - Merino, Zubimendi, Méndez - Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal, Kubo
Subs: Ayesa, Marrero, Odriozola, Zakharyan, Olasagasti, Turrientes, Gonzalez, Marin, Fernandez, Cho, Sadiq, Magunazelaia
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Benfica
Trubin - Morato, Otamendi, Silva - Aursnes, Mario, Luis, Neves, Silva, Di Maria - Cabral
Subs: Soares, Kokubo, Jurasek, Victor, Araujo, Chiquinho, Guedes, Tengstedt, Musa, Gouveia
#LIVE STANDINGS
| Position |
Club |
Pl |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
Points |
| 1 |
Real Sociedad |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
+5 |
10 |
| 2 |
Inter Milan |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
+2 |
7 |
| 3 |
Salzburg |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-1 |
3 |
| 4 |
Benfica |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
-6 |
0 |
What Schmidt has done today is absolutely disgraceful. Playing 3 at the back with TWO midfielders as our wingbacks who aren’t even defenders is just such a horrible decision.
Then he proceeds to make the latest subs. Joao Mario should not be playing 85 min in a game where we need creativity, speed, and just anything better than what he did. Zero intensity in this game. Even after scoring the 1 goal, there was no desire to play aggressive and fight. Schmidt just sat there dumb founded and had no counter tactics at all.
Rafa, Joao Mario, Di Maria, Artur Cabral, allll useless today. The only good thing rafa did was score on goal. Other than that he just walks and holds his dick in his hand. I watched Joao Mario mess up two wide open passes under zero pressure. Didn’t complete a single dribble today. Di Maria was nowhere to be found, I literally thought he was still injured and not playing. Artur Cabral is the most useless pylon I’ve ever seen. Loanning Henrique Araujo then SELLING RAMOS AND BUYING THIS FUCKING IDIOT IS INSANE. THEN WE LOAN OUT SCHELDJUP.
From the tactics down to the players this was a fucking disaster. I get that we have injuries and we are forced to play certain plays and certain ways, but this is disgusting.
Instead of spending 20M on Cabral we should’ve kept Araujo, and spend that money on other positions that desperately need depth and quality. Honestly, I’m writing this season off already. I don’t see anything good coming from it. I’ve never been this defeated after a game. Felt like we had and have zero chance to do anything this UCL campaign