Despite a 2-1 loss to his former group Real Madrid, the artistic midfielder is inflicting a stir in Spain with spectacular shows for Real Sociedad in all 5 LaLiga matchdays to date, together with towards Granada CF in his group’s thrilling 5-3 victory. The Basque aspect went into this weekend excessive on confidence and nonetheless but to lose a match, with Kubo being named MVP in all 4 matches.
Kubo made an impactful begin towards his former group, supplying teammate Ander Barrenetxea for the opening objective throughout the opening 5 minutes. Following this, simply six minutes later, Kubo practically added to his objective tally for the season, just for his fierce effort from exterior the field to be dominated out for offside.
His spectacular show continued, with this intricate piece of skill towards the skilled Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos.
Kubo has been rising as one of many league’s most gifted younger gamers since he turned the second youngest participant ever to earn a full cap for Japan in June 2019, in a pleasant towards El Salvador.
After spending mortgage durations from Real Madrid in 2020/21 at Villarreal CF and Getafe CF, Kubo returned on one other mortgage to RCD Mallorca for the 2021/22 marketing campaign, after a tremendous efficiency on the Tokyo Olympic Games, the place he carried Japan to a fourth place end with three objectives and one help, beginning every of their six video games. He had one other good season on the island, serving to the group to keep away from relegation. That then earned him a everlasting switch to Real Sociedad in the summertime of 2022.
Kubo had a wonderful 2022/23 season with La Real, serving to them qualify for the Champions League together with his 9 objectives and 7 assists. He has continued that nice kind to begin this season, and solely Robert Lewandowski and Antoine Griezmann have registered extra objectives than Kubo (ten) within the 2023 calendar yr.
Before becoming a member of the Basque aspect, the 22-year-old admits he wasn’t in a great place and credit ‘special’ Real Sociedad for serving to to determine him as a footballer:
“Playing at home, whatever team you are, it’s always in your favour, but playing at the Reale Arena is special because when you score a goal people have their backs turned and they start to bounce and stuff.
“I think Real Sociedad has a lot more potential compared to last year. In LaLiga we will try to keep that position, to keep that Champions League place and try to chase those at the top.”
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“This year, I’d like to make an impact like last year, but I also want to be there for the team when they need me most.”
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