published: tuesday 10 december 2013, 22.58cet real sociedad de fútbol 0-1 bayer 04 leverkusen
sami hyypiä's side secured a place in the round of 16 as ömer toprak's winner ensured second spot in group a.
bayer 04 leverkusen ensured progress to the uefa champions league knockout round courtesy of a well-earned win against real sociedad de fútbol and fc shakhtar donetsk's defeat at old trafford.
although the margin was narrow, with ömer toprak's second-half goal the difference, the german side dominated in terms of quality throughout and only rue the yellow card which means a suspension for emre can. starting the day third in group a, sami hyypiä's men leap ahead of the defeated shakhtar and into the round of 16 with dreams of uefa champions league glory well and truly alive.
from the outset, although the home side fizzed and buzzed around the pitch, there was an ominous assurance and calm about the visitors. leverkusen not only performed like a team which only had victory on their mind, they also showed the patience and the intelligence of a side which felt completely sure that they had the superior goal power.
from the roars of support which poured down from the txuri-urdin fans in the anoeta to the intense work rate of jagoba arrasate's players there was little to criticise throughout the first half, but there was an absence of know-how from the hosts. eñaut zubikarai, a uefa champions league debutant at 29, had to watch gonzalo castro's early free-kick rebound off the woodwork and would have been helpless had simon rolfes not wasted a free header ten minutes later.
the deputy goalkeeper had to keep his side on terms twice before the break, saving from son heung-min and lars bender and there was so nearly a grand premium for his work when, just before the whistle, carlos vela stretched out his boot to an antoine griezmann cross which zipped along the leverkusen goalmouth – missing by a fraction.
typically, at this level, the miss was costly. shortly after the restart substitute robbie kruse did well to sprint away from josé ángel down the right. eschewing an inside pass to can, kruse's dipping cross let stefan kiessling power in a header which zubikarai excelled himself in saving. from the corner gorka elustondo and toprak got in a tangle, the defender falling to allow the 24-year-old turkish international to simply stab home his second group a goal.
ımmediately, bursting with confidence, leverkusen could have been three up. ángel somehow deflected over a gaping chance from castro, kiessling headed off the bar and then zubikarai again saved from the towering german striker at the closest of range. as the match, and their european season, fizzled out griezmann earned, and scorned, a series of efforts on goal. not la real's night, not their season.
yardımcı hakemler: dag-roger nebben (nor), jan erik engan (nor)
4. hakem: leif erik opland (nor)
çizgi hakemleri: dag vidar hafsås (nor), ola hobber nilsen (nor)
real sociedad: eñaut zubikarai (gk), carlos martínez, mikel gonzález (dk. 66 jon gaztañaga), gorka elustondo (dk. 62 xabi prieto), markel bergara, antoine griezmann, imanol agirretxe (dk. 80 haris seferovic), carlos vela, rubén pardo, jon ansotegi (c), josé ángel
yedekler: enrique royo (gk), javier ros, joseba zaldúa, marco sangalli
teknik direktör: jagoba arrasate (esp)
leverkusen: bernd leno (gk), emir spahić, simon rolfes (c), son heung-min (dk. 90+1 dominik kohr), lars bender, emre can, stefan kiessling (dk. 86 eren derdiyok), jens hegeler (dk. 46 robbie kruse), ömer toprak, giulio donati, gonzalo castro
yedekler: niklas lomb (gk), kostas stafylidis, philipp wollscheid, levin öztunali
teknik direktör: sami hyypiä (fin)
goller: 0-1 ömer toprak dk. 49
sarı kartlar: dk. 45 markel bergara, dk. 77 jon ansotegi (c), dk. 90+3 jon gaztañaga (real sociedad) dk. 13 lars bender, dk. 33 simon rolfes (c), dk. 59 emre can, dk. 90+5 gonzalo castro (leverkusen)
şampiyonlar ligi a grubu'nda real sociedad'ı ömer toprak'ın golüyle mağlup eden bayer leverkusen, shakhtar donetsk'in puan kaybetmesiyle gruptan ikinci olarak çıktı. şampiyonlar ligi a grubu'nda bayer leverkusen, grupta bir iddiası kalmayan real sociedad'ı deplasmanda 1-0'lık skorla mağlup ederek ikinci oldu ve son 16'ya kaldı.
alman temsilcisine galibiyeti getiren golü ise a milli futbol takımı forması da giyen ömer toprak attı.
maçın ilk yarısında bayer leverkusen oyunun hakimiydi. real sociedad ise daha çok ceza sahası dışından atılan şutlarla etkili olmaya çalıştı.
11. dakikada ömer'in sağdan ortasında ceza sahası içinde topu kontrol eden kiessling'in vuruşunda top kaleci zubikarai'de kaldı.
16. dakikada emre can'ın soldan kullandığı serbest vuruşta topla buluşan rolfes'in ceza sahası çizgisi üzerinden yaptığı vuruşta top az farkla auta gitti. ilk yarının geri kalan bölümlerinde de gol sesi çıkmayınca takımlar soyunma odalarına 0-0'lık eşitlikle girdi.
ikinci yarıya hızlı başlayan leverkusen, 49. dakikada aradığı golü buldu. sağ kanattan gonzalo castro'nun kullandığı köşe vuruşunda kale önünde oluşan karambolde topu önünde bulan ömer toprak müsait pozisyonda yaptığı vuruşla fileleri havalandırdı: 0-1.
golden sonra da ataklarını sürdüren ev sahibi ekip, 56. dakikada da kiessling'in vuruşunda direğe takıldı. karşılaşmanın geri kalan bölümlerinde ise skor avantajını koruyan leverkusen, 90 dakika sonunda istediğini aldı: 0-1.
bu galibiyetle leverkusen puanını 10'a yükselterek grubu 2. sırada tamamlarken, real sociedad ise 1 puanda kaldı.
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