Real Sociedad 1-0 Sevilla Atlético

Real Sociedad picked up a prescious three points against Sevilla Atlético thanks to a 82nd minute winner from Mikel Aranburu and kept the promotion dream alive. No-one can doubt Real Sociedad merited the victory as it was a very one sided affair however it must be a concern that they made hard work of a team well below them in terms of quality and at times it looked like they were devoid of any attacking ideas much to the discomfort of the home fans.

The first real chance of the game came from the visitors when a Coto shot had Bravo at full stretch and he had to be alert to stop Fali scoring. The two aforementioned players were a handful for the defence and Ansetogi and Mikel González were kept on their toes. The theme of the match seemed to be the home team playing really well and passing was assured and confident but when they arrived in the final third they ran out of ideas. The best chance of the first half fell to Abreu after some great play by Prieto but his powerful shot was saved well by Ruyales.

In the second half Sevilla Atlético barely got out their own half and Bravo in goal could have had a nap in the changing rooms for all he had to do. Aranburu tested Ruyales with a header before Abreu also had an effort denied. The goal finally came in the 82nd minute when Moha had a fantastic run down the left and played it to Prieto who passed first time for Aranburu to fire home. The relief on the players and fans was understandable.

At the final whistle we had to be happy with the victory but the fans would have left the stadium with the feeling Real Sociedad should definitely have won by a bigger margin as Sevilla Atlético were there for the taking. A massive match awaits next week with an away trip to top of the table Xerez and unless the team are more rutheless in front of goal then i know who my money will be on but for at least another week the dream is still alive.

Real Sociedad: Bravo, Labaka, Ansotegi, Mikel González, Gerardo (Necati, 67 mins), Markel, Aranburu, Sergio, Xabi Prieto, Marcos Abreu and (Moha, 70 mins).

Sevilla Atlético: Ruyales, Ismael, Gallardo, Redondo, Rios (Ramirez, 55 mins), Coto (Pukki, 46 mins), Barranco, Valiente, José Carlos, Fali and Mohammed.