Real Sociedad

Player Ratings Real Sociedad 2-1 Mirandes Copa del Rey 2020 Semi Final First Leg- Odegaard, Isak, Monreal, Januzaj & Mickael Malsa

Here is how the big Spanish newspapers rated Real Sociedad and Mirandes’ players following the former’s 2-1 win in the first leg of their Kings Cup tie at the Anoeta on 13 February 2020. Mirandes are the only non La Liga side left in the Copa del Rey.

Sociedad starting lineup vs Mirandes Copa 2020: Remiro, Monreal, Zaldua, Elustondo, Le Normand, Odegaard, Merino, Zubeldia, Portu, Oyarzabal, Isak

Sport Newspaper ratings Real Sociedad-Mirandes 2-1

Sport gave second division Mirandes a higher team rating than Sociedad, indicating that the visitors had won hearts with their performance.

Sociedad Mirandes Copa del Rey Player Ratings Sport

ABC player ratings Real Sociedad 2-1 Mirandes 13 February 2020

Mickael Malsa, who supplied the assist for Mirandes’ goal, and goalkeeper Limones both got 3 stars. None of the Sociedad players got more than 2 stars- only Odegaard and Portu actually, with the rest having to be content with a single star.

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Copa del Rey Semi Final Draw 2020 Result- Real Sociedad vs Mirandes & Athletic Bilbao vs Granada

The draw for the semi-finals of the 2020 Spanish Kings Cup has been announced, and it sees Real Sociedad take on Mirandes and Athletic Club square off against Granada.

CDR Semi-finals 2020

Real Sociedad v Mirandes (13 Feb & 4 March 2020)
Athletic Bilbao vs Granada (12 Feb & 5 March 2020)

Copa del Rey semi final date and time

Copa del Rey semi final draw 2020

Sociedad and Athletic will host the first legs of the semi-final.

Both semi-finals will be two legged affairs- the previous games from the current season did not have two legs.

Mirandes are the only non La Liga side left in the draw, and they’ve been drawn against Sociedad, who knocked Real Madrid out at the Bernabeu.

Athletic’s reward for upsetting Barca is a tie against Granada, who claimed another big fish in the form of defending champions Valencia in the last eight.

Which was the last Copa del Rey semi-final not to feature either Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid?

Before the 2019/20 edition, this last happened in the 2002-03 season. That year, Mallorca, courtesy a brace from Samuel Eto’o, won the title.

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Spanish Newspaper Player Ratings Real Madrid 3-4 Sociedad Copa 2020- Areola poor; Vinicius, Isak & Odegaard good

Real Madrid crashed out of the Spanish Kings Cup following a 3-4 loss at home to Real Sociedad. Zinedine Zidane’s men trailed 3-0 and 4-1 at stages during the game, before two late goals lent a degree of respectability to the scoreline, making it 4-3.

Here is how the big Spanish papers (Marca, AS, Mundo Deportivo & Sport) rated Real Madrid and Sociedad’s players following the game.

AS Newspaper ratings Real Madrid-Sociedad Copa 6 February 2020

AS thought several of Real Madrid’s players- goalkeeper Areola, defenders Ramos and Marcelo, didn’t deserve a rating for this game. The same went for Remiro and Gorosabel on the Sociedad side, but Martin Odegaard and Alexander Isak, both of whom scored goals, were rated well.

real madrid 3-4 real sociedad player ratings 2020 as

Marca player ratings RMA-Sociedad Copa

Marca went one step ahead and gave seven starting players, plus manager Zidane a 0 (no rating)

Player Ratings Real Madrid Sociedad Copa February 2020

Sport Newspaper ratings Madrid 3-4 Sociedad Spanish Kings Cup

Vinicius Jr stood head and shoulders above his team mates, getting a rating of 8/10 for his efforts.

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