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Real Sociedad is not a club that can be underestimated in my opinion their performance is almost on par with Athletic Bilbao. Their performance is mediocre but also can't be said to be good, I initially thought the match would end in a draw because Barcelona still had plenty of time to hold Real Sociedad to a draw in the second half but it turned out that Barcelona suffered a narrow defeat, they also didn't do as many shots as they usually do, football is indeed full of surprises I am also not surprised if behind this there is something strange like cheating by bookies in arranging the game.

I doubt it is possible for bookies to have any connection on how to manipulate a big league match like this. Bookies don't have such power, and when we see a small club defeats a big club, we should appreciate their effort and praise them, instead of looking for unrealistic excuses that is not the reason. The two clubs that defeated Barcelona this season are small clubs and it was unexpected by everyone and no one saw it coming. This is why football is full of surprises and you cannot predict the future rightly. It is from this mindset that gambling came into the picture in life. Real Sociedad was able to seal up their defense and didn't give Barcelona the chance to penetrate or do those their counter attack after they scored the only goal in the match.

Barcelona defeat from Sociedad was a surprise to us, although indeed the defeat was very controversial after Lewandowski goal was disallowed by the referee, but I think football cannot be separated from the surprise which actually makes an interesting and unpredictable match, previously Barcelona can defeat their strong opponents with a big score and even they were able to slaughter Madrid with a score of 0-4 in the previous match, So it's a little strange if we see that Barcelona has to lose against Sociedad who is a relatively weak team, doesn't it very strange if they actually lose their sharpness and are unable to score another goal other than 1 goal disallowed by the referee?

If we talk about bookies that may be involved, of course it is too early for us to assume it, but we also can't deny that currently gambling is also inseparable from football, especially if the club really needs money, so it is not impossible for them to be involved in the score fixing in a match they are in, I think we must not forget about what Juventus has done in the past that has been involved in score fixing (calciopoli) so we also can't say if it doesn't happen with other clubs today.