Regular followers of Real Sociedad news will be familiar with the ritual of me taking a few days to update a match after Real Sociedad have suffered a defeat but the fact its now Thursday reflects the pain i felt after the thrashing Rayo dealt out. Things didn't look good after only 3 minutes when Amaya gave Rayo the lead. Things got worse on 13 minutes when Diamé doubled the lead. Real were looking like a very poor team and Lillo's 4-5-1 formation was looking like a very poor choice with Agirretxe looking lively but never looking like troubling the Rayo defence. Agirretxe did pull one back on 31 minutes as the midfield started to get more of the ball. Any hope of a second half comeback was dashed on 48 minutes as Piti put the game out of reach and the misery was compounded on 76 minutes when Llorens killed the game. Viguera was given a run out for 20 mins as a substitute for Necati after a good season for Sans (Real Sociedad B) so at least that was promising. With promotion hopes now over we must now look forward to next season and hope for much better things. Whats for sure is with the likes of Real Betis and Recreativo joining us in Liga adelante it will be another battle. Rivas has come out in the last couple of days and said he wants the team to win the last two matches to give Lillo a good send off but with nothing to play for it remains to be seen if the Real Sociedad faithful will turn up in their droves to see the Levante game on Sunday. Lillo has revealed he was ofered a contract extension in February which came as a slight surprise to me considering we weren't exactly ripping up the league at that time!
Rayo Vallecano: Cobeño, Tena, Amaya, Llorens, Yuma (Albiol, 73 mins), Diamé, Michel, Jofre (Collantes, 57 mins), Piti, Pachón (Sáez, 77 mins), Rubén Reyes.
Real Sociedad: Zubikarai, Gerardo, Carlos Martínez, Labaka, Castillo, Rivas, Ros, Prieto, Marcos (Moha, 56 mins), Necati (Viguera, 70 mins)y Agirretxe (Estrada, 77 mins).
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