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Real Zaragoza remains undefeated in preseason but aggravates its need in the axis of defense
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Real Zaragoza remains undefeated in preseason but aggravates its need in the axis of defense

Aug 8, 2025

Victoria del Real Zaragoza In his fourth 1-2 preparation match against Nástic in a match where although he had thick sections, he knew how to take advantage of his chances to take the game. The set of Gabi Fernández You begin to recognize as a team that wants to be solid, without letting the rival run, and vertical in the attack zone. Soberón, with the help of the rival goalkeeper in the first part, and Pau Sans, with a large head shot in the second, opted the clash for the Blanquillo club. The bad news was put by Tachi that after a blow had to retire from the field, increasing the needs in the central position of the team.

As usual in the summers of Real Zaragoza, the Nou Estadi dressed a large part of white and blue with the presence of numerous fans of Real Zaragoza who were on vacation in the area and had approached to see their team. On the grass, the Maño set was measured to the Nástic in the Tarragona Trophu Ciutat and in its penultimate preseason encounter. All this, not counting in the call with the newcomer Paulino, Keidi Bare, Radovanovic (both with discomfort) and the injured Kosa and Carbonell.

With these casuals, Gabi leaned an eleven with his already usual 4-4-2 in this preseason and that might see that he debuted in the League before the subsidiary of the Royal Society B. formed by Poussin in goal, laterals for Tasende and Juan Sebastián, in the center of the tachi rear and the surprise of these weeks Saidu, machine room for Guti Serrano, in the Sebas Moyano (left) and Aketxe (right) bands and the attack tip for Soberon and Bazdar.

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Eleven of the Gabi set. Photo: Real Zaragoza

Start of the game

The meeting began with a Real Zaragoza that was established in the rival field, complicating the output of the Ball of the Nástic and forcing the Catalans to move long. In addition, in the attack zone those of Gabi tried to combine quickly and looked for spaces with associations between Aketxe and Sebas Moyano, who got inside, with Soberón and Bazdar.

At the quarter of an hour, the injuries were primed with the Blanquillo club. If several players played like Keidi Bare or Radovanovic came out in Tarazona, in this case in Tarragona the most delicate position of the staff was diminished: the centrals. In a fortuitous action, Tachi hit the Nastic striker Marcos Baselga, complained about the knee and could not continue on the field, entering Borge in his place in the center of the defense.  

Just a minute later, Soberón gave the scare with another crash in the knee, but the blow was nothing. In fact, in the 20th minute the Cantabrian, after a ruling of the Catalan defense, made a center-chut with power that Rebollo, goal of Nástic, tried to divert with the bad fortune of putting the ball in his goal. In this way, Real Zaragoza was ahead on the scoreboard.

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Gabi’s team was ahead on the scoreboard. Photo: Real Zaragoza

After the first goal, the Nástic began to achuchar the goal of Poussin with side centers and a borge that suffered with those shipments. Already in the 38th minute, Marcos Baselga headed a center from the right flank after saving the brand of Borge and got the goal that supposed the draw of the contest and did not celebrate for his past in the quarry of Real Zaragoza.

The first part came to an end with a good attempt by Sebas Moyano that was rejected by Rebollo with a good stop in a few first 45 minutes where Gabi’s team was more to less and that with the slide of Tachi began to suffer above.

SECOND

In the face of trying to take the handle of the game again, Gabi chose to make five changes in the break. They stayed in the costume Tasende, Guti, Aketxe, Soberón and Bazdar, giving entrance to Dani Gómez, Pau Sans, Bakis, Toni Moya and Pomares that played his first minutes with the elastic of Real Zaragoza.

Despite the substitutions, the Nástic was still the holder of the ball with a set of Gabi that had lost presence of the game from the goal. The Madrid coach made his sixth change, giving Carrillo to Saidu in the axis of the rear. 

With a more insistent Nástic, Jardi was about to turn the game around with a foul from the front of the Blanquilla area, but his shot crashed into the crossbar of Poussin’s goal in a second part where the game was more locked and with more interruptions. 

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Pau Sans got the definitive goal. Photo: Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza was thick when making his attacks, and Gabi chose to move the tree again, giving entrance to Cuenca and Calero by Juan Sebastián and Sebas Moyano, in some changes that arose effect. The end that had just entered the field attended Pau Sans so that the canterano with a good timing and head beaten to the rival goalkeeper, returning to advance on the scoreboard to the blue and white team.

Already with the result in favor, Franco Serrano retired from the field, leaving his place to Hugo Pinilla that despite being midfielder was placed next to Toni Moya. They entered in the last minutes of the duel, with the man trying to have the ball so as not to suffer in excess and tried to take advantage of the spaces at the back of the Catalan defense. In a match in which he knew how to take advantage of his chances, Real Zaragoza won 1-2 and was done with the Tarragona Ciutat trophy.