UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : REAL SOCIEDAD VS MAN UNITED – 06/03/2025 (PHOTO – ZIRKZEE CELEBRATES)

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :  REAL SOCIEDAD VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 06/03/2025

MAN UNITED HAD 373 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET – (INCLUDING 2 EXCITING ATTEMPTS BY GARNACHO AND A GARNACHO ASSIST/ ZIRKZEE ATTEMPT AND THEN A FURTHER ATTEMPT BY ZIRKZEE UNTIL HE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH A MIGHTY GOAL AT 57 MINS.  (HIS 6TH GOAL THIS SEASON.)

OYARZABAL SCORES FOR REAL SOCIEDAD

REAL SOCIEDAD MADE 446 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH ONANA ON TIPPETY-TOP FORM, THERE WAS NOT MUCH DOING UNTIL REAL SOCIEDAD WERE AWARDED A PENALTY AFTER BRUNO FERNANDES’ HANDBALL, AND MIKEL OYARZABAL POWERED THE SHOT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET AT 70 MINS – HIS 10TH GOAL THIS SEASON – MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW!  

RUBEN AMORIM SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH

“WE’VE GOT TO SURVIVE SUNDAY.  THE TEAM WAS SO TIRED IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES OF THIS MATCH.  WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR SUNDAY AND THINK ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT GAME FOR US.”