Our prediction for this Copa del Rey match:
There will be fireworks when Osasuna and Real Sociedad go head to head at Estadio El Sadar in the Spanish Cup last 16. Los Rojillos aim to recover from the Super Cup loss to Barcelona and we are positive that they will fight tooth and nail against La Real. Fit-again left-back Johan Mojica is pushing for a start, whereas there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Basques, on the other hand, head into Wednesday’s clash with a severely-weakened squad. Both Sadiq Umar and Hamari Traore are participating at the Africa Cup of Nations, while Takefusa Kubo is at the Asian Cup with Japan. Since Real Sociedad failed to impress in the Basque derby against Athletic Club, we are tempted to put our money on Osasuna this time out. Martin Merquelanz misses the Copa del Rey game with injury.
Highlighted Player (David Garcia):
David Garcia is a Spanish player who started his youth career at Maspalomas. After making 65 appearances for Vecindario in lower leagues, he joined Las Palmas in 2003. David Garcia is a centre back, but he is capable of playing as a right back if needed. He was born on 25 February, 1982 and it is more than obvious that he dedicated his football career to Las Palmas.
Garcia made his professional debut in September, 2013 in a 2-1 victory at Elche. However, he made no more than seven league appearances for Las Palmas in the 2003/2004 season. David Garcia, though, quickly established himself as a first-team regular and it has to be noted that he played 394 league games for los Amarillos until the 2016/2017 season.
He made 37 appearances for Las Palmas in the 2014/2015 Segunda Division campaign, helping the team secure promotion to the Spanish top flight, but he played no more than 19 games for the club in the 2015/2016 Primera Division campaign. His contract with Las Palmas expires on 30 June, 2017.
Highlighted Team (Real Sociedad):
Real Sociedad is as Bask football club from San Sebastian. The club is playing in the La Liga since 2010 after the club got relegated to the Segunda Division. Currently the club hosts its home games in the Anoeta Stadium which holds a capacity of 32 2000 seats.
Real Sociedad was founded on 17th of September 1909 as Sociedad de Futbol and was originally founded by English immigrants. Real Sociedad was one of the founders of the highest Spanish football division.
Starting from 1939 Sociedad de Futbol changed its name to Real Socidedad. Real Sociedad had the most success in the eighties where the club managed to win the title twice.Famous players that played for Real Sociedad are: Arteta, Beguiristain, Xabi Alonso and Griezmann.