Valladolid 2 - Real Sociedad 1

Valladolid: Bizzarri; Torres Gómez, García Calvo, Heinze, Marcos; Fernando Sales, Eusebio (Chema 90'), Jesús (Caminero 70'), Antonio López; Ciric (Richetti 50'), Kaviedes. 4-4-2.
Real Sociedad: Alberto; Fuentes, Corino, Pikabea, López Rekarte; Aranburu, Idiakez (Jauregui 65'); Rubén Vega, Khokhlov (De Paula 46'), De Pedro (Aranzábal 70'); Jankauskas. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Valladolid: Heinze, Kaviedes for Santamaría, Alberto / Real: Khokhlov for De Paula.

Goals:
1-0. 03. Jesús. Got in front of defence to head in from corner on left.
2-0. 40. García Calvo. Close up after Alberto punched out Antonio López's corner.
2-1. 92. De Paula. Headed in López Rekarte's chipped cross from left.

Valladolid and Real Sociedad met in a match which both really needed to win, the home side to restore faith in their manager after losing 4-1 at Oviedo last week, and the visitors to build on their 4-1 victory against Numancia to climb away from the relegation spots. In the end it was the home side who got it, thanks to two lapses of concentration by the Real Sociedad defence, failing to pick up their men from corners in the first half. Their manager Pancho Ferreira had brought back Kaviedes in attack after he scored four goals in a practise game, but the goals came from further back as first Jesús and then García Calvo sneaked in to get their first goals of the season.

Real manager Periko Alonso had only made one change to his side after the victory last week, sacrificing striker De Paula to add an extra midfielder Khokhlov, leaving Aranzábal on the bench even though he was now fully fit. After the opening goal Real came forward, and Bizzarri had to save from a Corino header shortly afterwards. Two goals behind at half time, Alonso went back to last week's line up, bringing on De Paula for Khokhlov, and the striker was to score his second goal in two weeks with a header right at the end. Before that the San Sebastian side had hit the post twice, through Aranburu and Corino. Valladolid's Yugoslavian midfielder-converted-striker Dragan Ciric went off five minutes into the second half with an injury which will keep him out for several weeks. With their victory, his team distance themselves from their opponents moving up to thirteenth place, with Real dropping back in to the relegation zone in eighteenth.