Carrera stuck in loop: no first-team minutes and no B-team goals

Real Sociedad II B striker Carrera has gone five consecutive matches without scoring and is struggling with limited first-team opportunities under Matarazzo.

Gorka Carrera is in a difficult spell at Real Sociedad II. The 21-year-old striker has not scored in five consecutive matches with the B team and is frustrated by his situation: he has been called up to the first team multiple times but has not played any minutes, while also losing continuity with the B side due to those call-ups.

Last season, Carrera was prolific, scoring 15 goals in 38 B-team matches and earning a contract renewal through 2031 after making four first-team appearances. This season, however, he has managed only two goals in 11 matches (eight starts) and has not been convincing in either competition.

He was recently left out of the B team's match against Almería after learning just before kickoff that he would travel with the first team to Málaga, only to remain unused.

The club's management of the young striker is drawing comparisons to the controversial handling of Karrikaburu in previous seasons. While Real Sociedad II's first team is performing well with Óskarsson scoring regularly, Carrera appears to have fallen behind in the pecking order, with Guedes and even Zakharyan used as false nines ahead of him. At 21, there is time to reverse the situation, but the current trajectory is concerning.