Real Sociedad seeks happiness against competitive Sporting

Real Sociedad seeks happiness against competitive Sporting

The team from San Sebastian and Huelva open the Mérida Women's Super Cup in the 'hunt' for a valuable final

MADRID, 17 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Real Sociedad and Sporting de Huelva will be in charge of opening this Wednesday (6:30 p.m./Teledeporte) the Spanish Super Cup for women's soccer that is hosted by the José Fouto Stadium in Mérida, a duel that is balanced despite the theoretical favoritism of the team Natalia Arroyo.

Real and Sporting meet in a first semi-final that is presented as a good opportunity for both of them to play in a final after avoiding FC Barcelona in the draw, above all, who will face Real Madrid on Thursday. The man from Huelva enjoyed that goal not long ago, who comes to Extremadura as the current runner-up in the Copa de la Reina.

In that 'Final a Cuatro' that hosted the Madrid town of Alcorcón and throughout the knockout tournament, Sporting demonstrated its competitive ability in a match that allowed it to leave out UDG Tenerife, which then also started as the best placed to play the final.

Now, the team coached by Antonio Toledo arrives wanting to give another surprise, supported by his good form offered during the first round, where he is away from danger positions, although his negative point is that he has already said goodbye to returning to shine in the Copa de la Reina, eliminated by Osasuna in the third round.

Last weekend, the Andalusian team lost at home against the unstoppable FC Barcelona (0-3), a defeat that put an end to a good run of five games without losing, although they remain in ninth position in the table of the Finetwork Liga F.

"For us it is a great illusion to be in a competition of this prestige and with the rivals that we are going to face. It will be like when we went to the 'F4' of the Queen's Cup and we are going to try to enjoy, go out to win and go to the final, which would be an achievement and a source of pride", Antonio Toledo said at a press conference, where he admitted that after a "very good December", the team "has lost its physical tone a bit after the break". , and that he celebrated having "for the first time the entire squad available".

For its part, Real Sociedad does not arrive in such good spirits at this Spanish Super Cup where it hopes to recover its best level to, first, reach the final, the second after that of 2020 when it lost the final against Barça, and then try fight for the title.

Natalia Arroyo's team is not as regular and brilliant as last season, when it was runner-up in the league. At the moment, with one game to go, against Real Madrid, to complete her first round, she is far from the 'Champions zone', twelve points from third place and one more from second. In the league duel with Sporting, a 0-2 victory.

The realistic team is having a hard time in the domestic championship where they have only won six of their 14 games, losing three of the last four, and with the addition that last week they also said goodbye to the Queen's Cup by losing at home against Atlético de Madrid (0-2), some bad feelings that they hope to forget in Mérida where they want to get closer to the level offered against Barça, against whom they almost scratched a point.

"I don't think Sporting is the 'Cinderella'. For these types of matches, not only football arguments are needed, but also knowing how to play them and it has been seen in many of these, which makes them very dangerous in this type of scenario. made it difficult in the league and we hope the same. The players are aware that it is not just any game and that we are not at that moment in which the results flow easily, but I see the team with desire and anger for what happened in Valencia", assured Natalia Arroyo in the previous one.

REAL SOCIETY: Nanclares; Le Guilly, Tejada, Vanegas, Izarne; Gaby, Arnaiz, Gili; Franssi, Sarriegi and Eizagirre.

SPORTING DE HUELVA: Ashurst, Kühn, Ballesté, Ojeda, Carrasco; Ruiz, Castelló, Balcerzak, Hagman; From Teresa and Agustsdottir.

--REFEREE: Maria Dolores Martinez Madrona (C.Murciano).

--STADY: Roman Jose Fouto.

--TIME: 6:30 p.m./Teledeporte.