A free-kick goal from Enes Ünal and another from Carles Aleñá after an assist from the Turkish striker allowed Getafe to add their first victory of the season against Real Sociedad and drive away the ghosts of a bad start, similar to last year’s, which were beginning to appear by the Coliseum. The Madrid team achieved an important victory that took a weight off their shoulders and made them regain confidence after bottoming out last day, when they conceded five goals with Valencia, were erratic on the pitch and Quique Sánchez Flores apologized to the fans for the image shown.
The afternoon began with a start at the Coliseum when the referee stopped the match in the first minute so that the medical services could attend to a fan due to heat stroke. After the restart, the team that sought the goal the most was Getafe, who took to the pitch with a new tactical scheme, returning to the defense of five after two games with four members in that line, and notable novelties with the debut of Damián Suárez for the right back after overcoming an injury and the young midfielder Ángel Algobia, who played his first game of the season as a starter in midfield alongside Nemanja Maksimovic.
That impetus from Getafe could translate into a goal in the 13th minute when Borja Mayoral was shot down inside the area. The referee reviewed the action in the VAR and decreed a maximum penalty. The striker from Madrid took the ball, put it on the penalty spot and his shot, low to his left post, was guessed by Alex Remiro, who stopped the shot. That action gave wings to Real Sociedad, who recovered their self-esteem and began to gain meters over the rival area, although their best chance in the first half was a long shot from right-back Alex Sola that went near the right post of the goal. David Soria.
The bad news of the first half was the injury of Real Sociedad’s Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar, who, after poor support with his right knee, was unable to continue and was replaced after 34 minutes by his teammate Mohamed Ali-Cho. When it seemed that the game would go to the break without goals, Enes Ünal prevented it in the last minute of added time with a free kick to Remiro’s right corner that was unstoppable for the Navarrese goalkeeper.
As soon as the second half began, Getafe extended their advantage with the second goal, the work of Carlos Aleñá, who took advantage of a good assist from the left by Enes Unal to launch a left-footed shot from the edge of the box that caught Remiro off guard. The joy was short-lived for Getafe because just two minutes later Choo put in a measured cross from the left that Brais Méndez picked up with a header to close the gap.
The goal once again raised the spirits of the Basque team, who were able to equalize shortly after with a shot from Mikel Merino that Soria saved and later with another shot from the Navarrese midfielder that hit the crossbar.
Getafe ended up asking for the time because when they could close the game they didn’t, like in the 73rd minute, in which Enes Unal received a pass from Jaime Seoane, ran away from Pacheco and threw himself to the ground to finish off and crash the ball on a post.
2 – Getafe: David Soria; Damián, Gastón, Duarte, Mitrovic, Angileri (Juan Iglesias, m.52); Maksimovic, Algobia (Seoane, m.60), Aleñá (Portu, m.70); Enes Unal and Borja Mayoral (Munir, m.70).
1 – Real Sociedad: Remiro; Sola (Gorosabel, m.70), Zubeldia, Pacheco, Ahien; Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Turrientes (Silva, m.46), Take Kubo (Brais Méndez, m.46); Sadiq (Choo, m.38) and Sorloth (Karrikaburu, m.82).
Goals: 1-0: M.45 Enes Unal; 2-0: M.48 Aleña; 2-1: M.50 Brais Méndez.
Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana (Las Palmas Committee). He admonished Aleñá (m.41), Iglesias (56), Damián (86) and Duarte (90) from Getafe; and Gorosabel (74), from the Royal Society.
Incidents: match corresponding to matchday 5 of the Santander League, played at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum in Getafe (Madrid) before 11,112 spectators.
