Real Sociedad held on against Salzburg in the Champions League and remain the most sensible in the group

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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Real Sociedad drew 0-0 at home to Salzburg in the Champions League on Wednesday but remained top of Group D, while Inter Milan also failed to win.

Salzburg goalkeeper Alexander Schlager’s saves denied Sociedad a game in hand than Inter’s three-goal second-half comeback to draw 3-3 at bottom-of-the-table Benfica.

Sociedad and Inter qualified for the round of 16 3 weeks ago and will face each other at San Siro on December 12 in a duel that will determine the winner of the organization. Sociedad only want a draw as they have the tiebreaker against Inter on overall goal difference in the tie. organization.

The highest placed organizations in their table will be seeded in the draw for the round of 16 on December 18, as will other winning organizations such as Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Coach Imanol Alguacil was able to rest Spain internationals Robin Le Normand and Mikel Merino to face Salzburg, who his side beat 2-0 in Austria last month.

Austrian Foreigner Schlager held on in the second half to deny Sociedad’s Brais Mendez, Russian midfielder Arsen Zakharyan and Umar Sadiq.

In stoppage time, Schlager saved a loose shot from Japanese foreigner Take Kubo.

Salzburg will host Benfica in two weeks’ time and will be looking for a draw to secure third place and qualify for the Europa League round of 16 in February. Those playoffs will also take place on Dec. 18.

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