3-2 It could have not been a better win for Real Sociedad than defeating top contender of the trophy Barcelona; perhaps, this game became more significant for them when they crushed Tito Vilanova’s army who tasted their first setback in the series. Real Sociedad showed their power play when they came back in fashion after trailing by two goals and won one of the most interesting matches of La Liga. Right from the start, Messi and his men dominated the game when both of Barca’s first line of strikers Lionel Messi and Pedro Rodriguez scored one goal each within first 25 minutes of the game. Nobody had then imagined that Barca will not be able to increases their tally thereafter. From then on; it was the run of Gonzalo Castro to cut the lead when he scored first goal for his club via his brilliant strike right before the first half. Next half was a bit of unlucky for Barca, coz they lost their centre-back Gerard Pique to a red card, and thereafter they were a ten men army to … [Read more...]
Real Sociedad acknowledges fans by screening their names on T-shirts
Real Sociedad is having a dream run in La Liga series this season where it is still unbeaten even after playing seven games. This is one of their best performances in Spanish football league in many years. Leave apart what they are doing on the field; let’s talk about one of their elite initiatives where Donostia based club is acknowledging its fans by wearing t-shirts appearing names of its members. This is one of the most innovative ideas to say ‘thank you’ to fans across the globe. Clubs around the world prefer to design their t-shirts with sponsors’ logo and tags, but Sociedad has probably become the first club who has taken a step to recognize its fans in a unique way. Since, the club has more than 25000 members, final names to be printed on t-shirts will be chosen at random. Moreover, another batch of members’ names has also been finalized to be shown by the players in a TV commercial. Hence, there would be 44 lucky members of the club, 22 names of them would be featured in a TV … [Read more...]