Its easy to forget it was only 6 years ago Real Sociedad finished 2nd in La Liga and the following year in the 2003/04 season finished 2nd in the Champions League Group Stage after excellent victories over Olympiakos and Galatasaray before going out in the first knockout round to Lyon.
The club are currently on a 5 match unbeaten run with 3 draws and 2 victories and a home tie against second from bottom Alicante gives the team a fantastic opportunity to climb the table further and narrow the gap on the top 3. One thing that has been apparent in recent weeks is the lack of firepower and with Necat Ates the only main striker available, there has never been a better time in his career to find his goalscoring touch.
The club signed him on a one season loan deal from Turkish club Galatasaray in the summer and fans had high hopes for him this season however he is yet to find the net yet after an injury hit start. Necati himself recognises the responsibility thats on his shoulders and recently declared its more important the team gets promoted than he scores goals, however skeptics would argue both go hand in hand and without his goals promotion is unlikely. Coach Lillo has also came out recently and praised Necati saying he offers the team much more than just goals and was happy with his overall contribution so far.With a record of 72 goals in 104 appearances for Galatasaray and 5 goals in 19 games for Turkey there is no doubt Necati is a quality striker who knows where the goal is but how Real Sociedad need him to get his scoring touch back - and soon, hopefully starting tomorrow against Alicante. I for one won't be surprised if he does.
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Well he never scored unfortunately but he did have a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside when he was clearly onside. Real Sociedad still won 1-0 so that was the main thing!
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