Saturday 13 December 2008

Albacete 2-1 Real Sociedad

Diego Costa snatched an 89th minute winner for Albacete in this evenings match to win 2-1 and inflict a painful defeat on Real Sociedad. Indeed the defeat was all the more painfull considering how well Real Sociedad had played, especially in the second half and at the very least deserved a draw. Albacete took the lead on 16 minutes when a cross from Jaime deceived Bravo in goal and hit the back of the net after Mainz looked like he would make contact. Real Sociedad responce was excellent and Necati Ates went close on two occasions and were unlucky to go into the interval behind.

Early in the second half Real Sociedad got a deserved equaliser. A clever turn inside the area from Xabi Prieto ended with him squaring the ball for Marcos to hit home and Prieto should be very happy to assist another goal after he did the same last week for Aranburu. For most of the second half possession was even and play raged from end to end. Near the end Necat Ates could have fired in the winner however afer being played through on goal however his blasted shot was saved well by Cabrero in goal from a narrow angle. Then came the sucker punch. The ball was played into the Real Sociedad danger area and Markel tried to clear with a header only for it to skim off his head and into the path of Diego Costa who slammed the ball past Bravo to steal all three points. The evening got even worse for the visitors when the goalscorer Marcos was dismissed for his second bookable offence. The men from San Sebastian's great run has come to an end.

Albacete:- Cabrero, Kike, Trotta, Mainz, Pena, Kitok, Xavi Jimenez (Mark Navas, 73 mins), Verza, Alberto (Diego Costa, 46 mins), Jaime; and Merino (Belencoso, 80 mins)

R. Sociedad:- Bravo; Gerardo, Ansotegi, Labaka, Castillo, Markel, Rivas, Xabi Prieto (Aguirretxe, 80 mins), Marcos, Moha (Estrada, 87 mins); Necati.

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