From Europe’s best to La Liga’s top scorer: Remiro’s dark year

This goal became one of Real Sociedad’s big problems in 2025 and one of the clearest signs of a forgettable season. Alex Remiro’s downturn It resonated and had a direct impact on the team’s performance. Cascante’s goalkeeper today is The goalkeeper who has scored the most goals in the first division in 2025, scoring 55 goals.this is a devastating fact that explains in large part the decline in competitiveness of the Tuli Urdin team.

The contrast with what we experienced just a year ago is brutal. 2024, Remiro He was the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in Europe’s top five leagues.. That year, he played 37 games and kept 19 clean sheets, becoming one of the pillars of Imanol Alguacil’s team and the absolute standard between the sticks. La Real defended Remiro as their last support and built a victory by guaranteeing a point even in a close game with few chances.

By 2025, its reliability will be almost completely lost. Remiro He recorded just five clean sheets in the entire calendar year.: 4 games in the 2024/25 season (against Villarreal, Osasuna, Leganes and Athletic) and 1 game against Mallorca this season. It’s an almost unprecedented decline for a goalkeeper who has just established himself as one of Europe’s elite players. Rather than relying on their goalkeeper to compete, La Real began to feel vulnerable to the arrival of almost every rival.

Obviously, not all the blame lies solely with Remiro, but his performance is one of the team’s most obvious flaws. Has a good fit avoidable goalslost the ability to maintain results and no longer conveyed the safety of the previous course. In a season where Real were vulnerable at the back, a lack of decisive stops ended up hurting the team in many games. And in a World Cup year, Remiro himself is doing more than simple statistics.

Structural problems at the Royal Society

The defensive situation didn’t help either. Since the departure of robin le normandReal have not been able to find a reliable left-footed player to reliably defend their own area. This absence is especially noticeable in the protection of central spaces and the defense of the flank centers. Agardin the last part of his loan he wasn’t 100 percent for a good part of 2025, and Caleta car It also doesn’t provide the level of continuity or impact that was expected.

Adding up all these factors, we get I am riding in a more exposed state than in the previous season.. More clear shots, more one-on-one situations, less defensive help. However, even considering these circumstances, the goalkeeper’s individual level was clearly below the required level. La Real are conceding too many goals and haven’t found the lifeline in goalkeeping that has appeared so many times over the past few years.

Looking ahead to 2026, the message is clear and urgent. The goal is once again Structural strength of the project. Remiro is putting his standing, his weight in world football and his options at risk in a crucial year on both a personal and professional level. And Real have an even bigger problem. We can become a reliable team again.competitive and recognizable even from behind. Because without security behind the stick, elite plans and medium-term projects cannot be sustained.