If we look at the names, Real Sociedad is far better team than Sassuolo or Cremonese, but the Spaniard still didn’t manage to score as much goals against Roma as these two clubs. Cremonese scored 2, Sassuolo 4, but Real managed none: Sociedad – Roma 0-0. It’s not easy to score against Jose Mourinho’s teams and the Spaniards witnessed it first hand this evening. Cremonese used Roma’s bad day at the office, Sassuolo had one player more on the field, but other teams either failed to score, or scored only one goal. The Portuguese tactician ‘parked the bus’ as usual, and hoped that Real’s creative midfield will not be able to find that way to the goal. And he was right.Real Sociedad vs Roma fans before their Europa League match in San Sebastian.pic.twitter.com/VwQYFcNYn1— Sam Street (@samstreetwrites) March 16, 2023 It’s not that Sociedad didn’t have its chances. They had three quality ones, but against Roma, you must use them, especially since they lost the first match 2-0. The midfieled trio of Merino, Zubimendi and David Silva dominated the field with stunning 75% of possession, but it was not good even for one goal. Real also dominated in total shots (15-3) and Roma didn’t even bother to register a single shot on target. Sociedad dominated in another statistical dana – fouls. The home team basically beaten Roma, and on every 15 to 20 minutes, one Italian was lying on the field. Despite the stunning 20 fouls, the game ended without any red cards (Roma had 6 fouls).Essere romanista non è per niente stancante e debilitante. Ce lo dimostra Karsdorp: #RealSociedadRoma pic.twitter.com/Ww0u6MgED9— franci1O ~ 💛❤️ (@LivreDeMeAmar) March 16, 2023 One of rare Roma chances happened in the 15th minute, when Dybala took the shot, but the ball kicked a Sociedad player and almost went into the net. The best one was the goal in the 44th minute, but Real was lucky, since Smalling scored with his elbow and the goal was nullified. Then the home team pushed even harder in the second half, but failed to find the way to the net. Sorloth tried in the 47th minute, but it was Oyazarbal who had the best chance of the whole match in the 67th minute. Patricio saved his first shot, and his second one hit the crossbar and then bounced off the goal line. Zubeldia’s header was wide of the bar in the 74th minute and that was it for Real this evening. Not enough to beat Mourinho and his team.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – Knockout stageSecond legThursday Betis – Manchester United 0-1 (0-0)/Rashford 56/Fenerbahce – Sevilla 1-0 (1-0)/Valencia 41 pen/Feyenoord – Shakhtar Donetsk 7-1 (3-0)/Gimenez 9, Kokcu 24, 38, Idrissi 49,60, Jahanbakhsh 64, Danilo 67 – Kelsy 87/Freiburg – Juventus 0-2 (0-1)/Vlahovic 45 pen, Chiesa 90+5/Arsenal – Sporting CP 1-1 (1-0)/Xhaka 19 – Goncalves 62/Ferencvarsos – Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 (0-1)/Diaby 3, Adil 81/Real Sociedad – Roma 0-0Royale Union Saint Gillois – Union Berlin 3-0 (1-0)/Teuma 18, Lazare 63, Lapoussin 90+4/
