Neither Getafe nor Real Sociedad were able to escape the tedium that engulfed their duel at the Coliseum, which revealed the limitations and precautions taken by both teams and who signed a goalless peace to get through the matchday without further damage.
Jose Bordalás’ team is still without a win, counting its commitments in the current season as draws. Three out of three and only one goal in its bag. It has not lost but the progress through the classification is slow, paused. The blue team has already gone eight games without knowing victory. Five defeats in its last five matches of last season plus the three matches of the current year.
Even so, they did more than their share to obtain a bigger prize than Real Sociedad, which has been languishing this season, damaged by the significant losses compared to last season. Without a solution so far, they lacked ambition at the Coliseum to get out of the lower part of the table. Accustomed in recent years to a European place, they are struggling with only one win out of four games they have played.
He could not hide the resignation that accompanies him at the start of this season where he has not yet found the rhythm or the game of yesteryear.
There was hardly any offensive production for much of the match. While the forces were balanced, traffic almost always predominated in the centre of the field but at an excessively slow pace and without continuity.
There was no clear dominator until the game broke. Until then, Getafe, who have obvious shortcomings in attack, with Borja Mayoral still out of contention and the recently signed Uruguayan Álvaro Rodríguez injured, preferred to remain cautious rather than take a step forward and take risks.
A long-range shot from Carles Pérez that grazed Alex Remiro’s left post gave Imanol Alguacil’s team the only real threat before the break. Getafe are aware of their squad limitations and accept their condition. It is even stranger to see this situation at Real Sociedad. Weakened by the departures of well-known players from their squad, Alguacil has not yet found his way, far from the level of previous years when he subjected his opponents for many minutes.
The blue and white team seems to be still under construction. They lacked rhythm and were affected by the slowness of their opponents. Nigerian Umar Sadiq came close to scoring, but he lacked a centimetre or more of intuition to reach a ball put in by Sergio Gómez from the left, which he failed to hit on the goal line.
He was affected by the departure of Brais Méndez, injured and substituted after half an hour, but also by the usual self-confidence of Takefusa Kubo, who disappeared, and the authority of Martin Zubimendi.
Despite the precariousness of the squad, the blue team did more than its part, using its will and direct play to corner Real. More intensity, as their coach demands. With attempts from Chrisantus Uche and more presence from Luis Milla.
Icelandic signing Orri Steinn Oskarsson made his debut at the last minute in the transfer market, but the visiting team barely noticed him. He was one of six changes made in one hour by Imanol Alguacil. Zuleldia’s substitution was due to a head concussion.
Paraguayan Omar Alderete tried his luck from afar. Remiro made a good save and denied Getafe a goal. Zubimendi got in the way twice in successive attempts, in shots from the edge of the area by Peter Federico and Carles Aleñá.
With Peter Federico and then with the youth player John Joe Patrick, Bordalás tried to play faster on the wings. Getafe did more of their part in the second half but could not find a way to create clear goal-scoring opportunities or to break a game that was headed for nothing.
