Real Sociedad vs Sevilla
Real Sociedad and Sevilla FC have secured a place in the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League by different routes, where they will face out in Sunday's La Liga final.
Despite a 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid, the hosts confirmed their top-four finish last weekend, while Los Palanganas' string of successes in the Europa League continued, beating Roma in a spectacular match.
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Real Sociedad may have fallen short at Atletico's Metropolitan fortress at Atletico last weekend – as many teams have done throughout the season – but Emmanuel Alguacil's players cheered as the final whistle sounded as results elsewhere secured their place in Europe's top flight.
Antoine Griezmann's outstanding individual performance put Sociedos in a difficult position, with the Frenchman picking the bottom corner before allowing Nahul Molina to complete a brilliant team move.
However, news of Villarreal's defeat by Vallecano soon spread and the party kicked off on Atletico Madrid turf as Alguacil's side celebrated their rightful return to the promised land of the Champions League, where they have been absent since the 2013-14 season.
In fact, having scored 16 points in front of their own supporters in the last 18 games, they have lost only one in 2023 so far, but just like their away team, Real Sociedad could feel complacent as their European journey is complete
When Paulo Dybala opened the scoring, Roma were intended to beat Sevilla in a rare way in the Europa League, but Gianluka Mancini's own goal forced extra time and a gruesome penalty shoot-out, Mancini and Roger Ibanes were both beaten by Bono, and then another Sevilla star copied his heroic deeds from Qatar.
While the aftermath of the final focused on the disgraceful treatment of the slandered referee Taylor – who was the target of verbal attacks by Jose Mourinho and was accosted by Roma fans with his family at the airport – Sevilla FC were somehow relegated from La Liga to another European champions and secured a Champions League spot next year along with society.
With three straight winless games in La Liga until the Europa League final, which left Mendilibal's side struggling in 11th place – not to say Palangas loyal fans would care about that – Sociedads beat Sevilla 2-1 earlier this season, but no score should spoil the Champions League party for supporters of both sides on Sunday.
Comprehensive analysis:
Real Sociedad 1-0 Sevilla
Real Sociedad may still want to take advantage of the away team's tired and jet-lagged legs, but will certainly give their outside players playing time as well.
During this period, Sevilla FC are also winless and the consumption of the last game is not small, so the current data for Real Sociedad to continuously improve the adjustment trend, it is clear that there is support for Real Sociedad's last home game can pay attention to Real Sociedad to win the last home game.