Ten years after their last presence in the Champions League, Real Sociedad came close to beating the European runners-up, Inter. Imanol's men were winning almost the entire game but the Italians leveled the score at the end.
The staging of the Royal Society was sensational. With a packed Anoeta stadium, Imanol's team took to the pitch ready to exude enthusiasm and football. And it didn't take long to move forward. He did it after four minutes when Brais Méndez scored a low shot. The Galician materialized the action after putting pressure on the defender Bastoni. Inter, which has started like a shot in Serie A, was touched by the passion and the San Sebastian game. The Lombard team barely generated any danger against a Real team that was very disciplined in defensive tasks and very brave in the offensive aspect. The Gipuzkoan team almost scored the second goal on several occasions. In one of them, in the small area, Le Normand headed up after another fantasy from Take Kubo. The Japanese also tried his luck but his shot was thwarted by goalkeeper Sommer.
Anoeta was vibrating and more than it could have if it had reached 2-0. Brais Méndez and Oyarzabal ran into Sommer and Mikel Merino headed against the crossbar. Real forgave a lot and in the end Inter, in their first shot, tied with a ball that Lautaro Martínez (87) caught at the far post. A shame for the people of San Sebastian.
