Real Sociedad 3 -
Espanyol 1
Real Sociedad:
Alberto; Potillón, Kvarme, Schürrer, Aranzábal; (Xabi
Alonso (Alkiza 61'), Aranburu; Karpin, Nihat, Gabilondo; Kovacevic. 4-2-3-1.
Espanyol: Lemmens; Domoraud, Lopo, Pochettino, David García
(Vignal 55'); Morales (Oscar 84'), Alex Fernández (Toni Velamazán
61'); Maxi, De la Peña, Jordi Cruyff; Tamudo. 4-2-3-1.
Team changes: Real:
Aranzábal, Xabi Alonso for López Rekarte, Alkiza / Espanyol: Alex
Fernández for Fredson.
Goals: 1-0. 07. Karpin
(penalty). After Pochettino cut down Kovacevic in the area. 2-0. 85.
Gabilondo. Shot into roof of net after Karpin laid ball across from right.
3-0. 89. Nihat. Ran through defence and chipped ball over advancing
Lemmens. 3-1. 91. Jordi Cruyff. Got on the end of De la Peña free
kick to head past Alberto.
A third win in a row for
Real Sociedad helped them move away from the bottom spots up to thirteenth
place. It was a relatively comfortable 3-1 victory over next to bottom club
Espanyol, even though the visitors had early chances through Maxi and Tamudo.
Karpin put the Basques ahead though from the penalty spot in the seventh minute
after Pochettino fouled Kovacevic, the first goal that Lemmens had let past him
in the new year.
Kovacevic wasted a chance to
extend the lead a few minutes later when he shot wide when Gabilondo was
standing unmarked in front of goal, and the visitors held on until five minutes
from the end, when Gabilondo made it two after Karpin set him up. Nihat put the
result beyond doubt though four minutes later before Jordi Cruyff got a late
consolation goal for the Catalans. |