Brais expelled
The Barça team dominated, but they had not quite succeeded in the definition in the opposite area. Pedri tried his luck with a long shot that was saved by goalkeeper Remiro (32), a true bulwark against the Barca tide.
On the edge of the break, a hard tackle by Brais Méndez on Busquets led to his expulsion after the referee checked the action in the VAR.
La Real, who had not given up looking for the ball during the first half, withdrew in the second betting on the counterattack, but soon fell behind on the scoreboard.
A run by Dembélé ended with a shot from the Frenchman with almost no angle to make it 1-0 (52).
With the advantage on the scoreboard, Barcelona seemed to relax a bit against a Real Sociedad team that defended well in their half to get out of the game.
Sorloth had the tie in his boot, but his goal mouth shot from Kubo’s pass went high (60).
Barcelona responded with a shot from Gavi to the crossbar (68), but a mistake by Ter Stegen gave the Catalans a scare.
A bad delivery from the goalkeeper to Busquets ended with a point-blank shot from Robert Navarro stopped by Ter Stegen in the one-on-one (88).
In the last minutes, the people from San Sebastian, with nothing to lose, took a step forward, but were unable to turn the score around.