No major changes are expected in the eleven that Alguacil presents regarding the match against Madrid
Meanwhile, the vermilion team has not won at Real’s field since the 2003 season
Real Sociedad faces a good test this Saturday against Mallorca to establish itself in European positions and to look with optimism at next week’s Champions League duel in Lisbon.
The San Sebastian team arrives in a good moment of form for this match, after having closed a great start to the season, especially in the group stage of the Champions League.
Real coach Imanol Alguacil will not be able to count on Kieran Tierney, Álvaro Odriozola and André Silva, all three of whom are out due to injury. Three signings from the summer market who, due to physical problems, have not yet been able to find the regularity that competing every 3-4 days requires.
The Portuguese forward and right back have only played 30 and 64 minutes respectively so far this season.
Luckily for the Orio coach, Mohamed-Ali Cho returns to the squad listafter missing the last match at the Civitas Metropolitano, and will be able to use Arsen Zakharyanwho did travel to Madrid two weeks ago, although his physical condition was not yet optimal.
Even with the news, No major changes are expected in the eleven presented by Alguacilsince three days later, Real will also have a lot at stake at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, so the realistic coach will want to have the theoretical starters as much as possible.
The numbers do not especially smile for the Mallorcan team against the Txuri Urdin club, and we have to go back to September 2013 to find a vermilion victory against Real. From there, both teams have played a total of eight matches, in which everyone opted for the realistic side except one, the last, which ended in a draw.
The matter becomes worse if you want to know what Real’s last defeat at home against Mallorca was, since you have to go back to November 2003when the San Sebastian team, then under the orders of Raynald Denoueix, fell by the minimum in Anoeta.
Mallorca will face the match with important casualties in its ranks, the last of them, that of its star signing last summer, the Mallorcan midfielder Sergi Darder, injured against Valencia.
Mexican coach Javier Aguirre will also not be able to count on defenders Antonio Raillo and Pablo Maffeo; The first is recovering from an operation on his left ankle, and the second, from a muscle injury.
Darder’s absence will force Aguirre to rebuild the midfield during his visit to San Sebastiánwhere one of the fittest teams in the championship awaits him and also the former Mallorcan player Take Kubo.
Darder, called upon to make a difference on the field of play alongside Canadian Cyle Larin, has not had a good start to the season; In the last few games, however, he was showing signs of his quality.
Just when he was beginning to adapt to the tactical formation of “Vasco”, he suffered a fibrillar tear in his femoral biceps that will keep him off the playing field for several weeks.
Aguirre will have to decide if Omar Mascarell or Manu Morlanes They occupy Darder’s place according to the system – line of five or four defenders – that is put into play at the Reale Arena.
In defense, Uruguayan Gío González could replace Maffeowith the Serbian Matija Nastasic and the Slovakian Martin Valjent at the back, and Toni Lato or Jaume Costa at left back.
Above, Vedat Muriqi, scorer of 4 goals together with Mallorcan Abdón Prats, continues to be Mallorca’s main offensive asset. The Kosovar is a fixture in Aguirre’s lineups and against Real he could play accompanied by Larin.
Probable lineups:
Royal Society: Remiro; Traoré, Zubeldia, Le Normand, Aihen; Zubimendi, Merino, Brais; Kubo, Oyarzabal or Sadiq and Barrenetxea.
RCD Mallorca: Rajkovic; Gío González, Nastasic, Valjent, Copete, Toni Lato; Antonio Sánchez, Manu Morlanes, Dani Rodríguez; Larin and Muriqi.
Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian Committee).
Stadium: Reale Arena.