Real 0-0 Real Sociedad: Deadly Vinicius did Barcelona a favor

Real completely dominated the “Santiago Bernabeu”, created many chances with Vinicius as the main actor, but stayed in 0-0 with the Real Sociedad and it may have held them back three points but after 19 games they see Barcelona walk away with five points in La Liga standings.

The hosts had the upper hand from the start, playing with three in the middle and Eduardo Kamavinga at left-back due to absences. The Basques limited themselves to counterattacks and had their stars like Takefusa Kumbo far back on the pitch.

Vinicius had his first big moment in the 14th minute when the ball went just wide of the target. Shortly after, Asier Iyaramedi reacted similarly, but this was the visitors’ only final in the 1st half. Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Dani Thembayos all threatened in turn, but the last major phase of the 1st half belonged again to Vinicius, who was beaten 4-4 in the leg by Alex Remiro.

Imanol Alguathil opened up Sergio Rico for more space at kick-off, but the Merengues had over 65% possession. Except for a counterattack by Alexandre Charlotte, the action was limited to the guest field, with Rodrigo also missing a good opportunity to score the redeeming goal (while Remiro also made a good tackle against Vinicius).

Carlo Ancelotti made only two changes and they were in the 77th minute when they brought on Marco Asensio and Luka Modric but they couldn’t make the difference and the ‘white’ tie stayed in Madrid until the end.

The results of the 19th game

• Almeria – Espanyol 3-1 (21′ Suarez, 61′ Baptistao, 77′ Portillo / 90+3′ Joselu)
• Cadiz – Majorca 2-0 (10′ Bongoda, 38′ Penalty Alex)
• Girona-Barcelona 0-1 (61′ Peter)
• Seville – moose 3-0 (29′, 45+4′ En Nesiri, 43′ Akounia)
• Getafe – Betis 0-1 (86′ Pen. Iglesias)
• Valladolid-Valencia 1-0 (90′ Larin)
• Osasuna – Atletico 0-1 (74′ Saul)
• Celta – Athletic 1-0 (71′ Aspas)
• Real – Real Sociedad 0-0
• 30/01 22:00 Villarreal Rayo

The program of the 20th game day

• 03/02 22:00 Sporty – Cadiz
• 04/02 15:00 Espanol-Osasuna
• 04/02 17:15 Moose Villa Real
• 04/02 19:30 Atletico – Getafe
• 04/02 22:00 Betis-Celta
• 02.05. 15:00 Majorca – real
• 02.05. 17:15 Girona-Valencia
• 05/02 19:30 Real Sociedad – Valladolid
• 02.05. 22:00 Barcelona – Seville
• 02.06. 22:00 Rayo – Almeria