Barcelona did not play their best game in San Sebastian. With inaccuracies, doubts and a bit of luck towards the targetonly one goal Ronald Araujo Overall, it allowed them to salvage the three points and stay in the race for the La Liga leadership, which Girona currently holds.
In Anoeta, Real Sociedad came out to find the matchand almost succeeded as the minutes ticked by, but a compact Marc André ter Stegen In the background, he drowned out the cry for a goal from Oyarzabal, Kubo and Barrenetxea, the three at the top of Imanol Alguacil’s formation. The German finished with six saves.
With the game already in twilight, Ronald Araújo entered the area and headed past a defender – following Ilkay Gundogan’s cross – to rattle the net. Initially, the assistant referee raised the flag, marking the offside position, but VAR confirmed he was in a legal positionand this allowed him to take the three points home.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!
COME!!!!!!!!!! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/3RyEQ3cTYJ
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) November 4, 2023
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How was Barcelona vs. Real society? Final score
| Equipment | 1 T | 2T | Final |
| Real society | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcelona | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Objectives:
- BAR – R. Araujo – Min. 90+2
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Summary and objective of Barcelona vs. Real society
Minute 90+4. Full time! The culés, despite not playing well, ended up taking the three points from the Reale Arena.
Minute 90+3. Barcelona goal! The VAR confirmed that Araujo’s header was valid as it was in a legal position.
BARCELONA WON IT AT THE LAST MINUTE! 😱
VAR VALIDATES RONALD ARAÚJO’S GOAL 🔥 🔥 🔥 pic.twitter.com/aax1zmutRT
— Picante Soccer (@futpicante) November 4, 2023
Minute 90+2. Araujo’s goal is disallowed for offside. The referee evaluates with VAR.
Minute 90. The referee adds three points.
Minute 89. Clean attack by Barca with Araujo and a right hand that is denied by Alex Remiro. And in the next, he denies Gavi the goal in a one-on-one matchup.
Minute 87. Ferran slips on the edge of the area as he prepares to shoot and the ball ends up in the stands.
Minute 86. Yellow card to Gavi which will keep him out of Barcelona’s next game.
Minute 84. Yellow for Zoubimenti.
Minute 83. Oyarzabal retires and Carlos Fernández joins Real Sociedad.
Minute 79. Change to Real Sociedad. Barrenetxea leaves and Momo Cho enters.
Minute 78. It is difficult for Barcelona to create plays from possession due to the high pressure from the opposition which encourages mistakes.
Minute 74. Rafinha takes the free-kick, but it goes to the middle and goes over the bar.
Minute 73. Yellow card to Zubeldias for stopping the game with his hand.
Minute 71. Great left-footed volley from Ander Barenetsea that has a great response from ter Stegen at the back.
Minute 68. Joao Felix and Cancelo leave the field for Rafinha and Lamine Yamal.
Minute 65. Mikel Merino’s long shot from the left goes over the bar.
Minute 62. Change to Real Sociedad. Hamari Traoré leaves and Aritz Elustondo enters.
Minute 61. High pressure from Real which allows them to recover and play close to the opposition area, but without going too far.
Minute 59. warned Íñigo Martínez.
Minute 57. Double change at Barca. Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez to bring in Ferran Torres and Pedri.
Minute 53. sqer Stegen completes his fifth stop of the match, after a new intention of Real, who play on the culé field.
Minute 48. Double yellow card, both for Joao Felix and Bryce Mendes.
Minute 45. Start of the second half of the match.
⏰ REST
0⃣ Royal Society
0⃣ Barca#RealSociedadBarça pic.twitter.com/sKqkO8TECJ— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) November 4, 2023
Minute 45. End of the first half. We go into half time with a goalless draw.
Minute 44. Barcelona are left asking Joao Felix for a penalty.
Minute 35. Now the game is locked in midfield.
Minute 31. Another wonder in the Barcelona area. The culé defense clears Ter Stegen’s rebound for a corner.
Minute 26. Joao Cancelo tries from mid-range and goes just wide.
Minute 25. Another arrival for Real Sociedad. Barenetcea between a shot and a cross sends the ball to the far post and Oyarzabal doesn’t reach it.
Minute 20. Barcelona are trying to break out of Real Sociedad’s siege, but are finding it difficult to impose themselves in midfield.
Minute 15. Once again Ter Stegen saves his goal. The German repels Kumbo’s shot from the left with his right.
Minute 8. Real Sociedad have success with pressing and also handling the ball well against a sloppy Barcelona early in the match.
Minute 4. Real almost forgave Barca again: Mikel Merino’s header went wide after a corner.
Minute 2. Now Ter Stegen miraculously rescues the Blaugrana again: Kute played the ball into his own area and Oyarzabal found himself face-to-face with the keeper but couldn’t convert.
Minute 1. Real Sociedad came out to press with everything, finding Barenetsea in the opposition area 20 seconds into the game and attempting a shot that Ter Stegen had to save on the post.
The match has begun!
The players come out onto the pitch.
XI of the Royal Society. As for the 2-2 draw against Rayo, Imanol Alguacil has the new additions of Robin Le Normand and Mikel Merino.
📝 The Real 🆚 ALIGNMENT @FCBarcelona_es!#RealSociedadBarça | #WeareReal pic.twitter.com/7oqpZc86FS
— Real Sociedad Fútbol (@RealSociedad) November 4, 2023
The 11 of Barcelona. There are two changes that Xavi presents in relation to the 2-1 defeat by Real Madrid. Jules Koundé and Robert Lewandowski instead of Andreas Christensen and Ferran.
📋 The Barcelona line-up to play Real Sociedad
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— 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐍𝐰𝐰𝐬 Spain 🇪🇸 (@sportingnewses) November 4, 2023
Away dressing room ready. Barcelona’s last away game was a 2-2 draw against Granada on Matchday 9 of La Liga.
Join us in the locker room. pic.twitter.com/J09bxQrMSG
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) November 4, 2023
Welcome to Anoeta! Promise of a great game between Real Sociedad and Barcelona.
The Barcelona line-up has been confirmed
Marc-André ter Stegen; Ronald Araújo, Jules Koundé, Íñigo Martínez; João Cancelo, Gavi, Ilkay Gündogan, Fermín López, Álex Balde; Robert Lewandowski and João Félix.
The Real Sociedad line-up has been confirmed
Alejandro Remiro? Hamari Traoré, Robin Le Normand, Igor Zubeldia, Aihen Muñoz; Brais Méndez, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino; Take Kubo, Mikel Oyarzabal and Ander Barrenetxea.
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How and where to watch Barcelona vs. Real society? Schedule, TV channel and online streaming
- Day: Saturday, November 4
- Time: 9:00 p.m. in Spain (8:00 p.m. Canary Islands, 5:00 p.m. Argentina, 4:00 p.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. CDMX)
- Stage: Anoeta, San Sebastian
- TV channels:
- Spain: Movistar La Liga
- Argentina: ESPN
- USA: ESPN Deportes
- Mexico:Sky Sports
- Flow:
- Spain: Movistar Plus+
- Argentina: Star+
- USA: ESPN+
- Mexico: Blue to Go
