Real society against Salzburg remains clean. San Sebastian’s team played a goalless draw at home Red Bull Salzburg, in a match corresponding to the fifth round of the group stage of the Champions League, where the Austrian goalkeeper Alexander Schlager was the best of the visiting team. Now, the leadership will be played out in Milancoinciding with the last match on the Inter field.

The Reale Arena once again showed its face of joy and enthusiasm ahead of a relatively inconsequential event as the churi-urdin team had their ticket to the tournament. round 16 confirmed mathematically from the previous day. But that didn’t stop Imanol Alguacil’s men from starting with the usual momentum, including a captain’s chance.

It was 9 minutes when Mikel Oyarzabal He tested the opposing goalkeeper with a low shot from his left foot as soon as he entered the penalty area and Alexander Shlager I caught it without any problems. Salzburg responded with a counterattack without a target, but warning of a later approach; Dorgeles Nene launched another counter-attack with good dribbling in his own half, assisting Petr Ratkov and finishing with a sprint that chased Alvaro Odriozola.

His partner gave him death pass and Nene stood in front of Alex Remiro, and Odriozola stood behind him; However, his forced shot hit the post and went over the baseline. Real Sociedad were undeterred by the incident and continued to dominate, albeit with slightly less revolution than in the previous days of this competition.

Half an hour later, Beñat Turrientes was enjoying clear opportunity after Momo Cho’s low cross from the right; The Beasign midfielder caught the ball in the six-yard box, but his cut-back shot went wide of the Salzburg target. And almost immediately Arsen Zakharyan wasted counter-coup led by Oyarzabal.

As half-time approached, the visitors, well positioned at the back and having worked out some minor problems, were encouraged by a couple of encouragements from Nene and Ratkov. The local response was the work of Turrientes, thanks to a long-range right-handed strike that approached the corner of the goal defended by Schlager, who did not relax until the break.

Returning from the dressing room, Nicholas Capaldo warned of improvement among the visitors with a weak strike after Turrientes lost the ball with a slip at the top of his box. The arrival of Leandro Morgalla, replacing Strahinja Pavlovic, brought a different look to the team coached by Gerhard Struber.

However, Schlager was again in the spotlight, making two decent saves, first from Brace Mendes’ left-footed shot from the edge of the area and then stopping Zakharyan’s close volley with his right boot. To keep the pace of the match going, Alguacil moved the bench and introduced Ander Barrenechea and Take Kubo into the attack.

Kubo was unlucky in the end

Before the last segment, Umar Sadiq replaces Oyarzabal and got Schlager into trouble with a right-handed shot from mid-height that the Salzburg goalkeeper cleared for a corner. Martin Zubimendi scored in the 85th minute; but his left-footed shot missed the target after a pass from Barrenechea, who continued great game Kubo in the far right corner.

Every time the Japanese tamed the ball, Real Sociedad created a sense of danger. From the very beginning, moving horizontally towards the front line, Amar Dedic commits a foul; Kubo himself struck superbly, forcing Schlager into the top corner for a corner.

And Kubo himself had the last chance of the evening in his left boot, also with a left-footed shot from the top of the box and from the right flank, which Schlager saved in both halves. The score remained unchanged, and his 0-0 brought the San Sebastian side 11 points, knowing that the lead in the group would be up for grabs in Milan.