He completed 17 of his 25 passes, he had one shot creating action, he had zeroes across the board key passes, passes into the attacking third, etc.

He was a bystander, and this performance was very much reminiscent of his only start in the league for the Yellow Submarine — the stalemate vs Cadiz.

He was in his position, except for when he had to take corners on the other flank. So, when that happened, Samuel Chuckwueze was seen moving to the left in place of Kubo to keep the press going.

As expected, Takefusa Kubo was back on the bench vs Real Sociedad. Takefusa Kubo came on at the 74th minute, replacing Alfonso Pedraza, slotting into the left flank.

Kubo was a bit all over the place at the start, quite literally. On paper, he was supposed to be on the left flank, as I said, but he moved to the right side and Chuckwueze was also present there.

This resulted in no width or coverage on the left side except for whatever Estupinian provided. He tried to make something happen on that side but failed to do anything productive.

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Betis Sevilla. Elche CF. Granada CF. FC Barcelona. Benzema goes for goal from 25 yards after an intricate passing move but his tame shot is comfortably fielded by home goalkeeper Alex Remiro.

Vinicius pulls off an outrageous nutmeg on Elustondo and the Sociedad defender pulls his opponent to the ground in frustration. Benzema goes to ground after an aerial collision with Elustondo.

The pair get back to their feet and are now ready to continue. Odegaard has been heavily involved in the opening stages. Real Madrid have looked to play on the counter attack and use the pace of Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo.

Real Sociedad have won two of their last four meetings with Real Madrid, but Zinedine Zidane's men ran out victors last time the sides met.

Los Blancos won nine of their final 10 league matches after lockdown, and the June victory in San Sebastian helped them on their way to securing the title.

Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema found the net before Mikel Merino pulled a goal back in the closing stages. The champions have arrived and are warming up ahead of their first competitive match of the season.

Martin Odegaard has been handed an opportunity to start in the Real Madrid midfield this evening.

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Argos AO. Share this article Share. Tom Caldon Host commentator. Another change for the hosts. Guevara goes off and makes way for Gonzalez.

The French defender consequently receives treatment on the floor. Carvajal is shown a yellow card after cynically taking down Merino.

Imanol Algaucil opts to make two changes. Januzaj and Bautista come on for Oyarzabal and Barrenetxea. David Silva makes his Real Sociedad debut, replacing Isak.

The Spaniard is introduced moments after Benzema forced Remiro into a routine low save. Referee Juan Martinez Manuera blows his whistle to end the first half.

In the ensuing phase of play, Mendy is shown a yellow card for a bad foul. Barrenetxea is shown a yellow card for blocking Carvajal. Ferland Mendy sends a low cross into the box and Elustondo clears behind.

Toni Kroos wedges the corner to Luka Modric on the edge of the area but his volley is blocked. Toni Kroos swings the resulting free-kick into the box but it gets headed clear.

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