Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Inter
Match Time & Date:
12/12/2023
21:00
Prediction: 1-1
Real Sociedad
Top position in Group D will be at stake when Inter and Real Sociedad go head to head at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Tuesday evening. The Nerazzurri showed character in their last group game, with the team coming from three goals behind to share the spoils with Benfica and they are now on a quest to put icing on the cake on the successful Champions League campaign. Defenders Dumfries, Pavard, and de Vrij have been struggling with injuries of late, while all Cuadrado, Arnautovic, and Alexis Sanchez are pushing for a start.
La Real, on the other hand, failed to impress in a goalless draw with Salzburg and seeing that Inter are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing something from the match. As for the away side, Le Normand is back from the domestic ban, while all Mendez, Merquelanz, and Barrenetxea should miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Mikel Oyarzabal):
Intelligence is not an attribute you will find in Mikel Oyarzabal’s stats with Real Sociedad but this tricky winger is a highly knowledgeable winger who will use both brain and feet while playing. For a player born in Eibar, who made his first steps in his hometown club, it was always going to be a choice between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad for Oyarzabal.
La Real saw their chance and grabbed this gem of a player at a young age, helping him develop into a proper professional throughout their youth ranks. Mikel Oyarzabal has spent the entirety of his senior career with the Basque behemoths where he’d use his ability to fill in a number of positions up top much to his own benefit.
Oyarzabal’s positioning and movement are work of a tactical genius, whereas it is his nous to find details to exploit that best define him as a player. Having come through the youth categories of the Spanish national team, Oyarzabal also has a senior cap next to his name. It was in 2016 that he also represented the Basque region, scoring on his debut to cap a 3-1 win over Tunisia.
Highlighted Team (Inter):
Internazionale Milano, known as Internazionale, Inter or Inter named Milan, is a football club from Italy, founded on March 9, 1908 by a number of "rebels" who did not like in the regulations of the Milan Cricket and Football Club, now known as AC Milan. The main objection was that no foreign players were allowed. In 1928 the club merged with US Milanese and strongly entered a time when Ambrosiana-Inter survived.
The club, nicknamed the Nerazzurri or the blue / blacks has had many successes. This is how Inter Milan won 18 national titles, seven times the Italian Cup, the UEFA Cup 3x, and 3x times the Champions League, formerly known as the European Cup I.
