{"id":59617,"date":"2025-09-13T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/real-sociedad-forced-to-rotate-against-fc-barcelona-in-laliga_311138_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:33:52","slug":"real-sociedad-1-2-real-madrid-whites-suffer-in-anoeta_314671_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/real-sociedad-1-2-real-madrid-whites-suffer-in-anoeta_314671_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Real Sociedad 1-2 Real Madrid: hard-fought merengue victory in Anoeta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid maintained their perfect record in the League with a hard-fought victory against Real Sociedad (1-2). The Donostiarras were unable to take advantage of Dean Huijsen’s early dismissal<\/h2> \r\n
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Real Madrid returned from the international break with a hard-fought victory in San Sebasti\u00e1n against Real Sociedad (0-2). Xabi Alonso’s team secured the victory in the first half, with goals from Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Arda G\u00fcler<\/strong>. With this, the ‘merengue’ team maintains its perfect record in LaLiga EA Sports<\/a>, with 12 points out of 12 possible.<\/p>

The Whites took control of the match from the start, taking advantage of the Donostiarra’s defensive fragility. G\u00fcler opened the scoring in just the 3rd minute, with a goal disallowed for a previous offside <\/strong>by ‘Kiki’. Remiro intervened in the 6th minute to catch a dangerous shot from Mbapp\u00e9, but the locals could only hold the zero for five more minutes.<\/p>

Real Madrid complicated things with the expulsion of Dean Huijsen<\/h2>
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In the 11th minute, a childish mistake by Mikel Goti opened the door for a lethal counterattack from Madrid<\/strong>. A bad pass from the midfielder allowed Mbapp\u00e9 to go on a run and the Frenchman, with his typical finish opening his foot, shot Remiro to put the visitors ahead.<\/p>

Madrid put the ‘txuri urdines’ against the ropes, but the match took an unexpected turn in the 32nd minute with the expulsion of Dean Huijsen<\/strong>. The centre-back brought down Mikel Oyarzabal when the striker was running towards the area and the main referee Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano did not hesitate to show him the direct red card, a decision protested by the entire ‘merengue’ bench.<\/p>

\ud83d\udfe5 Direct red card for Huijsen for this foul on Oyarz\u00e1bal. #LALIGAEASPORTS<\/a> #LaCasaDelF\u00fatbol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/cHKaxm7cO5<\/a><\/p> \u2014 F\u00fatbol en Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarFutbol) September 13, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote> <\/div>

Despite the numerical inferiority, the Whites continued to attack and, in the 44th minute, they would extend their lead with a great goal from Arda G\u00fcler<\/strong>. The Turk filtered a pass towards the back line for Mbapp\u00e9 and the Frenchman returned the wall pass. Entering the area with confidence, the Ankara native finished past Remiro with a beautiful toe-poke.<\/p>

Thus, Xabi Alonso’s team went to the break with the match almost resolved<\/strong>, but Real would get back into the result after a notable reaction in the first quarter of an hour of the second half.<\/p>

Real revived thanks to a penalty from Oyarzabal, but it wasn’t enough<\/h2>

At halftime, Xabi put Fede Valverde in place of Brahim D\u00edaz to reorganize his defense, with Tchouam\u00e9ni dropping back as a centre-back. Real, however, settled into the opponent’s half as the minutes passed and, in the 53rd minute, an action on the right resulted in a very clear handball by Dani Carvajal<\/strong> inside the area.<\/p>

The neighborhood captain slid on the grass to try to cut off the cross, but left his right arm extended and the ball hit his hand. Oyarzabal took charge of the penalty, deceiving Thiabut Courtois<\/strong> with an impeccable left-footed strike. In 55 minutes, the Donostiarras were back in the game, while Madrid suffered after losing control of the midfield.<\/p>

The ‘merengue’ coach had no choice but to put Ra\u00fal Asencio and Fran Garc\u00eda on for Dani Ceballos and Vinicius<\/strong>, but Real continued to dominate. However, the locals lacked depth to reach the equalizer and Madrid held on to the minimum advantage with difficulties, sheltered by Courtois’ saves.<\/p>

With the victory, the Whites have 12 points, 5 more than FC Barcelona pending what happens on Sunday against Valencia<\/a>. Real Sociedad, on the other hand, remains in relegation places with only 2 points in 4 games. Next weekend, the Basques visit Betis (Friday) and Real Madrid plays at home against Espanyol (Saturday).<\/p>

Match details: Real Sociedad 1-2 Real Madrid<\/h2>