Real Sociedad’s coach’s career reveals plenty about the man leading the proud Basque club to only their fourth Copa del Rey final Real Sociedad’s coach’s career reveals plenty about the man leading the proud Basque club to only their fourth Copa del Rey final T here is a moment, about halfway through a long conversation about an extraordinary journey from New Jersey to Seville, when Pellegrino Matarazzo stops mid-sentence. “I keep using that word: ‘special’. I’m realising now that my English is