Levante 0-2 Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad produced a highly polished performance to defeat ten man Levante two goals to nil with goals in either half from on form striker Imanol Agirretxe and Xabi Prieto.

The match started much like last weeks game with Real Sociedad in complete control from the whistle. After ten minutes Agirretxe almost gave the visitors the lead with a header but the effort was cleared off the goal-line. After that a Gerardo cross was almost diverted on goal by Ansotegi. Justice was done on 19 minutes when Marcos put in a fantastic cross from the byeline and Agirretxe came in at the near post to finish clinically. This made it three goals in three games and the in form striker is impressing the fans as he looks sharper with every game he plays. After taking the lead the fear was that Real Sociedad would try to defend the lead like they have done unsuccessfully over the last few weeks but this time was different. Real continued on the front foot and because of this they restricted Levante to long shots. Geijo went close with a long range effort that grazed the post. Things got worse for Levante when Xisco Nadal was shown a red card on 43 minutes after picking up his second booking.

Early in the second half the game was effectively killed off as a swift counter attack on 49 minutes seen Marcos feed Xabi Prieto for him to slot the ball past Mora with ease. The game played out with few chances for either side and the visitors could have went three nil up late on when Necati missed a good chance.

All in all a very pleasing result and hopefully this can give the team the confidence to kick on and win the next game at home to Elche.

Teams -

Levante: Mora, Cerra (Miller, 76 mins), Tena, Ballesteros, Angel, Xisco Nadal, Iborra, Pallardó, Jorge Pina (Gorka Larrea, 58 mins), Ruben (Del Moral, 78 mins) and Geijo.

Real Sociedad: Claudio Bravo, Gerardo, Ansotegi, Labaka, Castillo, Diego Rivas, Aranburu, Moha (Necati, 78 mins), Xabi Prieto, Marcos (Estrada, 87 mins) and Agirretxe (Sergio, 65 mins).