A La Liga match without Real Madrid was played at dawn on Sunday, starring Real Sociedad, who made it four wins in a row with a 3-1 home victory. In the marquee match, Japanese international Kubo Kanei scored twice, scored a penalty and led to a red card for the opposing player, in a particularly dazzling performance. After the goal, he even took off his shirt to celebrate even though he received a yellow card, and his passion was overflowing.
Real Sociedad were in full control of the game and it took just 25 minutes for Alexander Solov to score from a long pass, making it four La Liga games in a row for the 27-year-old Norwegian international. Just 12 minutes later, David Silva's sublime direct pass was easily headed in by Kubo Kenyoung for his third La Liga goal of the season. The 21-year-old midfielder was so excited that he took off his shirt to celebrate, but received a yellow card for doing so.
Although Bilbao's midfielder O'Hazen pulled one back with a powerful shot, Kubo Kenyoung showed his "Japanese Mez" breaking ability again in the second leg, but he was knocked down by Yere Ivaris. The referee not only awarded a penalty kick, but also showed a red card to send off Yere Ivaris.
In the end, Real Sociedad's penalty kick by Oye Shabal made it 3-1, and with the advantage of playing with an extra man, they managed to take all three points. Currently, Real Sociedad are six points behind Barcelona at the top of the table and three points behind Real Madrid in third place, but have only played one more game than these two giants.
