Nothing seems to be going well for Real Sociedad. Red lantern of Liga before the meeting and at the heart of controversies after a disastrous start to the season, the Basque club is going through a real crisis. The arrival of the new coach has not yet produced the hoped-for effects, and the supporters are starting to lose patience. Deprived since this summer of Martin Zubimendi, who left for Arsenal, Real is today paying for recruitment deemed insufficient despite the arrivals of Carlos Soler and Gonçalo Guedes. With 5 defeats in 8 days, Real approached this trip to Vigo with its back to the wall, under strong media and internal pressure.
And yet, the evening got off to a bad start again. Celta de Vigo, made up of Marcos Alonso, Borja Iglesias and Oscar Mingueza, quickly took the lead thanks to Pablo Durán, who opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Behind, the match hardened and turned into tension: warned for the first time, Carl Starfelt received a second yellow card just before the break (46th), leaving Celta at 10 for the entire second half. Despite their numerical superiority, Real Sociedad never managed to impose their rhythm. It took until the 90th minute for Carlos Soler to equalize with a header, saving the Basques from a defeat and allowing them to climb to 18th place, while Celta de Vigo remain just above in 17th position in the La Liga standings.
