Neither the referee neither the Real Sociedad neither the local fans achieved to separate to the FC Barcelona, at last, of the victory in Anoeta. That was the spine nailed that had the Barcelona team and especially Luis Enrique that it already had gone out escaldado of the stadium donostiarra whenever it had visited it. A goal of penalti of Neymar Júnior gave him the defeat at last to put an end to a curse that already lasted ten seasons.
And it is that the last victories had given in the 2006-2007 when the trained by Frank Rijkaard won 0-2 with goals of Iniesta and Eto'or. Since, the blaugranas had fallen already five times in hostile terrain and only have empatado in two occasions.
Instead, they had not achieved any victory since the donostiarras recovered the category in the season 2010-2011. Some numbers that brushed really the tragedy and that, although no so much, went in tuning with the numbers that the Catalans have harvested in all his history in Anoeta.
The quarter-finals, very encarrilados for the Barça
And it is that, of the 70 visits that have done to the field of the Real Sociedad, the FC Barcelona only has been able to win in eighteen occasions. They have empatado in twenty-three and have known the defeat in twenty-nine occasions, a really surprising statistics.
However, these numbers already have improved a bit with this victory that, besides, supposes to leave very encarrilados the quarter-finals of this Glass of the King 2016-2017. Arrive to the Camp Nou the next week with a zero to one favourable does that the culés have half note taken out for the semifinals of the competition although it is necessary to finish it home.