Las Palmas and Real Sociedad Face Off in a High-Stakes Clash of Survival and Ambition
Today’s match between Las Palmas and Real Sociedad at the Estadio Gran Canaria felt less like a simple league fixture and more like a tense visit to the emergency room—both sides urgently needing a cure to their respective ailments. On one side, you’ve got a Las Palmas side that can’t seem to catch a break, and on the other, a Real Sociedad team desperately clinging to European aspirations despite recent emotional setbacks.
From the get-go, things took a turn for the worse for Las Palmas. Just four minutes into the game, Mikel Oyarzabal capitalized on a defensive miscue by Dinko Horkas, slotting in what would ultimately be the only goal of the match. That early blow set the tone. Las Palmas had moments, like when Fabio Silva found himself face to face with Remiro, but couldn’t finish. It’s like they had the will, but not the clarity.
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The Gran Canarian team is still winless in 2025. Four draws out of the last eleven games—it’s just not good enough when you’re in a relegation dogfight. And to make matters worse, the teams around them—Espanyol and Alavés—both picked up crucial wins this weekend. That means Las Palmas now sits four points adrift from safety, and that margin feels like a chasm when your squad is rattled by internal crises.
The injuries and absences are stacking up too. Diego MartÃnez couldn’t count on key players like Kirian, still recovering from a recurrence of lymphoma, or the sidelined Cillessen, who’s thankfully improving after a recent scare in Vigo. Pelmard and Benito were also out, leaving a depleted side to fight for their lives against a determined Real Sociedad.
On the flip side, Real Sociedad is not without its own worries. They’re still reeling from the emotional blow of their Copa del Rey exit at the hands of Real Madrid. Despite that heartbreak, Imanol’s team showed today that they’re still laser-focused on qualifying for Europe for the sixth consecutive season. That obsession, as the coach himself calls it, is driving the squad—even if they’re doing it with half a bench. No Odriozola, Zakharyan, Becker, Aguerd, or Brais Méndez meant Imanol had to look to the youth ranks again, giving opportunities to Mariezkurrena and Dani DÃaz.
At the end of the day, the match felt like a metaphor for both clubs’ seasons—Las Palmas scrambling to stop the bleeding, Real Sociedad trying to patch things up and march forward. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t high-scoring. But it was tense, gritty, and revealing.
Both teams are in survival mode, just fighting for different goals. For Las Palmas, it’s literal survival in La Liga. For the Real, it’s the prestige of playing in Europe again. The road ahead looks anything but easy for either. But as the final whistle blew in Gran Canaria, one thing was clear: the margin for error is gone. The clock is ticking—and for Las Palmas especially, it’s dangerously close to midnight.
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