In a recent Europa League match, Real Sociedad lost 1-2 at home to Bournemouth.

With regular right-back Aramburu suspended due to a red card, Hector Fort was given his first starting opportunity of the season, but his performance was disastrous. Both goals conceded by Real Sociedad came directly from Fort's errors.

Bruno Pasero, a journalist at El Diario Vasco, commented on Fort's display, describing him as a disaster, a black hole, and a highway during the match.

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With Aramburu suspended due to a red card, Hector Fort got his first chance to start for Real Sociedad. While we could describe his performance with the usual cliché of "disappointing," that would fail to capture just how catastrophic it was. He was a disaster, a black hole, a highway—forcing Matarazzo to substitute him after just 45 minutes, making it very difficult for him to secure a starting spot in the future.

Although he had made his debut against Elche, Real Sociedad played with one fewer player in that match, and Fort came on late, so he didn't really make a lasting impression on the fans. In this match, Matarazzo deployed a five-back system, allowing Fort to start on the right flank. It was a good opportunity for him to showcase his abilities to Real Sociedad's supporters, and he certainly made an impression—just not the one he wanted.

Fort's position was quite advanced, but he contributed nothing offensively. Instead, he allowed Bournemouth to exploit the space behind him, with opposing players running through as if on an open highway, unimpeded. His defensive approach was always to press aggressively, but his recovery after pressing was problematic. He was essentially the root cause of Real Sociedad's defensive chaos in the first half. On the first goal conceded, he completely failed to contain Truffert, allowing the opponent to easily deliver a cross for Kluivert to score.

After conceding, Fort not only failed to regain focus but continued making successive errors. Bournemouth relentlessly attacked the defensive area he and Betia were protecting. In the nineteenth minute, Fort made another error; Scott delivered an accurate cross, and Larin easily scored. Marrero's awkward positioning meant he could neither rush out nor cover.

In these 45 minutes, Fort made a total of 6 errors, some of them truly baffling. Offensively, all his attempts failed; his only dribble attempt past an opponent resulted in an easy interception and a counterattack, and his only cross didn't even reach beyond the opponent's first line of defense.

Down 0-2 and needing to turn things around, Matarazzo decided to make a structural adjustment, switching to a four-back system and replacing Fort with Guedes. Tactically speaking, Matarazzo could have substituted a center-back while keeping Fort, but instead he chose to have Betia, playing as a center-back, cover the right flank rather than keep Fort on the pitch. This clearly underscores the nature of Fort's performance.

Given the number of matches Real Sociedad must play this season, we believe Fort may still get playing time in the future, but the reality is that with his current performance level, it will be quite difficult for him to earn his way back into the starting lineup.

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