◤UEFA Europa League◢ Luka Sučić scores twice as Real Sociedad thrashed 10-men Midtjylland 5-2..

Real Sociedad thrashed 10-men Midtjylland 5-2 in the second leg of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League Round of 16s play-off at Reale Arena on Thursday and successfully advanced.

In the first half, Méndez easily scored after stealing the ball, Sučić scored with a close-range shot, Buksa scored with a penalty, Osorio volleyed into the net, and Sučić scored with a long shot. In the second half, Silva was sent off for a malicious foul by raising his foot to kick Igor Zubeldia, Oyarzabal scored with a penalty, and Óskarsson scored with a half-volley. In the end, Real Sociedad defeated 10-men Midtjylland with a comfortable 5-2 win and advanced with a aggregate score of 7-3.

First Half

In the 5th minute, Real Sociedad launched a deadly quick counterattack. Mads Bech Sörensen accidentally fell while controlling the ball in his own penalty area. After successfully beating the offside trap, Brais Méndez quickly followed up, stole the ball. After that, he easily scored with his left foot from a very close distance in the box. Real Sociedad broke the deadlock early to take a 1-0 lead!

13 minutes later, Enzo Barrenetxea passes horizontally from the edge of the byline on the left side of the box. Luka Sučić quickly followed up and upon receving the pass, pushed the ball into the lower center of the net from a very close distance in the box with his left foot. Real Sociedad quickly expanded its lead to 2-0!

In the 24th minute, Denil Castillo was knocked down by Zubeldia in the box. The referee immediately blew the whistle to award Midtjylland a penalty. Adam Buksa took the penalty and scored with his left foot. Midtjylland pulled a goal back at 2-1!

14 minutes later, Buksa passed the ball back from the center of the box. Darío Osorio quickly followed up and upon receving the pass, volleyed with his left foot from the center of the box. The ball flew straight into the upper right corner of the net. Midtjylland equalized Real Sociedad at 2-2!

In the second minute of the first half stoppage time, Real Sociedad got a corner kick opportunity. Takefusa Kubo took the corner kick by crossing it. After stopping the ball, Luka Sučić took a long shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area. The ball flew straight into the bottom right corner of the net to score twice in the match. Real Sociedad took the lead again by 3-2!

At the end of the first half, Real Sociedad temporarily led Midtjylland by 3-2 as they entered the half time break.

Second Half

Both teams switched sides as the match continued. In the 69th minute, Zubeldia was maliciously kicked down by Daniel Silva who came forward to press when he was clearing the ball with a header in his own back half. The referee immediately blew his whistle and sent the latter off with a red card. Midtjylland was forced to finish the game with 10-men!

4 minutes later, Mikel Oyarzabal was knocked down by Juninho when he dribbled into the right side of the box. The referee immediately blew his whistle to award Real Sociedad a penalty. Oyarzabal took the penalty kick himself and scored with his left foot. Real Sociedad expanded its lead to 4-2! This is the Txuri-Urdin captain's the 9th goal in all competitions this season!

In the 90th minute, Arsen Zakharyan made crossed into the box from the byline on the left side of the box. Orri Óskarsson quickly followed up and volleyed the ball into the center of the net with his right foot from a very close distance in the box. Real Sociedad secured the victory by 5-2!

When the final whistle is blown, Real Sociedad defeated Midtjylland with a 5-2 comfortable 5-2 win.