Real Sociedad crushed Elche having scored 3-0 in La Liga. Mikel Merino seemed to pull the strings in their first victory of the season. However, Sociedad was always ascendant against Elche while playing their top-flight games for five years. But, they checkmated in 56th minute when Merino, Spain International produced an opulent threaded pass to Portu. And, Portu fired into the far corner from a tight angle. They stretched their lead in the 77th when Adnan Januzaj secured from the spot after gaining a penalty. Roberto Lopez's extraordinary performance was marked when he blasted into the top corner in adjoined time after another defense-splitting pass from Merino. Sociedad secured five points respectively after drawing their first two matches against Real Madrid and Real Valladolid.