UEFA Europa League

Vardar vs Real Sociedad, 2017-18 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
Vardar
    FT
    0 - 6
    Real Sociedad
    • 12': Mikel Oyarzabal
    • 34': Willian José
    • 42': Willian José
    • 55': Willian José
    • 59': Willian José
    • 90': Alberto de la Bella

    About

    Vardar are hosting Real Sociedad at Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 4': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
    • 5': Foul by Boban Nikolov (Vardar).
    • 5': Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 8': Foul by Alberto de la Bella (Real Sociedad).
    • 8': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 12': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Darko Glisic.
    • 12': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 1. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Xabi Prieto with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Xabi Prieto (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alberto de la Bella with a cross.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Asier Illarramendi (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 14': Willian José (Real Sociedad) hits the right post with a right footed shot from very close range.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Boban Grncarov (Vardar) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is too high. Assisted by Nikola Gligorov.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian José with a headed pass.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Ytalo (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 23': Boban Nikolov (Vardar).
    • 23': Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Asier Illarramendi.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 25': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
    • 27': Foul by Willian José (Real Sociedad).
    • 27': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (Vardar) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 28': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar).
    • 28': Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alves with a through ball.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xabi Prieto.
    • 30': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Xabi Prieto following a corner.
    • 34': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 2. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Asier Illarramendi.
    • 37': Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Alberto de la Bella with a cross.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Xabi Prieto.
    • 38': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Filip Gacevski.
    • 40': Alberto de la Bella (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
    • 41': Foul by Andoni Gorosabel (Real Sociedad).
    • 41': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 3. Willian José (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergio Canales with a through ball.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Asier Illarramendi.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Vardar. Dejan Blazevski replaces Boban Nikolov.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
    • 46': Foul by Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad).
    • 46': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad).
    • 48': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xabi Prieto.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
    • 51': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Evgen Novak.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
    • 54': Hand ball by Ytalo (Vardar).
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
    • 55': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 4. Willian José (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andoni Gorosabel.
    • 57': Offside, Real Sociedad. Asier Illarramendi tries a through ball, but Sergio Canales is caught offside.
    • 57': Substitution, Real Sociedad. Adnan Januzaj replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan with a cross.
    • 58': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Gerónimo Rulli.
    • 59': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 5. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
    • 60': Substitution, Real Sociedad. Jon Bautista replaces Willian José.
    • 61': Foul by Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad).
    • 61': Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 61': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
    • 61': Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Xabi Prieto (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Asier Illarramendi.
    • 64': Substitution, Vardar. Vanja Markovic replaces Ytalo.
    • 64': Substitution, Real Sociedad. Rubén Pardo replaces Asier Illarramendi.
    • 65': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Aritz Elustondo (Real Sociedad) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Vanja Markovic (Vardar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alves.
    • 66': Corner, Vardar. Conceded by Diego Llorente.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andoni Gorosabel.
    • 73': Substitution, Vardar. Besir Demiri replaces Darko Glisic.
    • 73': Offside, Real Sociedad. Aritz Elustondo tries a through ball, but Jon Bautista is caught offside.
    • 75': Alves (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 75': Foul by Andoni Gorosabel (Real Sociedad).
    • 75': Foul by Jon Bautista (Real Sociedad).
    • 75': Nikola Gligorov (Vardar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Andoni Gorosabel (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Dejan Blazevski (Vardar).
    • 77': Andoni Gorosabel (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Foul by Alves (Vardar).
    • 78': Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Vardar).
    • 79': Attempt missed. Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergio Canales.
    • 80': Foul by Alberto de la Bella (Real Sociedad).
    • 80': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Tigran Barseghyan (Vardar) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Besir Demiri.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Xabi Prieto.
    • 85': Foul by Diego Llorente (Real Sociedad).
    • 85': Jambul Jigauri (Vardar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Corner, Real Sociedad. Conceded by Besir Demiri.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Sergio Canales (Real Sociedad) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Xabi Prieto (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 90': Goal! Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 6. Alberto de la Bella (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Alves (Vardar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hovhannes Hambardzumyan with a cross.
    • 90'+2': Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Rubén Pardo.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 6.
    • 90'+3': Match ends, Vardar 0, Real Sociedad 6.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 0
    8 Corner Kicks 2
    4 Saves 7
    71.6 Possession 28.4
    32 SHOTS 9
    13 ON GOAL 4
    0.4 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    748 Accurate Passes 249
    809 Passes 318
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    7 Accurate Crosses 4
    29 Crosses 10
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    49 Long Balls 49
    39 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.8 Long Balls % 0.5
    8 Blocked Shots 2
    10 Effective Tackles 6
    14 Tackles 13
    0.7 Tackle % 0.5
    0 Interceptions 0
    6 Effective Clearances 40
    6 Clearances 40

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 20,368

    Line-Ups

    VAR Vardar (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    90 Filip Gacevski (GK)
    21 Evgen Novak
    6 Boban Grncarov
    32 Darko Glisic
    19 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Yellow Card
    70 Juan Felipe
    10 Boban Nikolov
    16 Nikola Gligorov
    48 Ytalo
    7 Jambul Jighauri
    11 Tigran Barseghyan
    Vardar Substitutes:
    Besir Demiri, Dejan Blazevski, Filip Stojcevski, Petar Petkovski, Igor Aleksovski, Besar Iseni, Vanja Markovic.

    RSO Real Sociedad (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Gerónimo Rulli (GK)
    3 Diego Llorente
    15 Aritz Elustondo
    24 Alberto de la Bella
    27 Andoni Gorosabel
    5 Igor Zubeldia
    4 Asier Illarramendi
    10 Xabi Prieto
    12 Willian José
    18 Mikel Oyarzabal
    16 Sergio Canales
    Real Sociedad Substitutes:
    Toño Ramírez, Jon Bautista, Rubén Pardo, Carlos Vela, Kévin Rodrigues, Raúl Navas, Adnan Januzaj.

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