Real Sociedad 1 - Atlético Madrid 0

Real Sociedad: Riesgo; López Rekarte, Luiz Alberto, Jauregi, Garrido; Aranburu, Mikel Alonso; Karpin (Gari Uranga 67'), Nihat (Arteta 77'), Rossato (Gabilondo 90'); Kovacevic. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Leo Franco; Molinero, García Calvo, Pablo, Sergi; Simeone, Colsa (Marcelo Sosa 69'); Novo (Braulio 75'), Jorge, Musampa (Antonio López 60'); Fernando Torres. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Real Sociedad: No change / Atlético: García Calvo, Simeone, Novo, Jorge for Perea, Aguilera, Luccin, Salva.

Goals:
1-0. 41. Kovacevic. Got above defence to head Karpin cross wide of Leo Franco.

Real Sociedad climbed out of the relegation zone after beating Atlético Madrid 1-0, their first victory of the season. Amorrortu's side were desperate for a win, and thought they should have had a penalty in the first minute when Kovacevic fell under Molinero's challenge. Atlético had never won in San Sebastian since Real moved to the Anoeta stadium, but they could have taken the lead when Jorge headed Musampa's cross just wide of the post. But Nihat came close at the other end when García Calvo deflected his shot in to the side netting, and Colsa almost put through his own net when he deflected Rossato's cross onto his own corssbar. Real finally took the lead though four minutes before the interval, Kovacevic opening his account for the season from Karpin's weighted cross.

The visitors were missing the injured Salva and Ibagaza and didn't cause too many problems, although Fernando Torres could have levelled the scores had he been able to get on the end of Simeone's header across goal soon after the restart. Nihat almost squeezed a free kick past Leo Franco though, and Rossato should have done better when Kovacevic put him through, the Brazilian putting his shot wide. But the visitors came close to saving a point in the dying minutes, Jorge's indirect free kck coming back off the bar with nobody in a position to finish off, and Antonio López firing a shot against the post in injury time on a quick counter-attack.