Eibar beat Girona and gain advantage on their way to First Division

Gaizka Garitano’s students gave a giant step towards the final of the qualifiers for promotion, because Míchel Sánchez’s team will need to win at Ipurúa to pass the round and keep the illusion of returning to the First Division alive.

The two teams jumped on the field with ambition to seek the goal: to explore visiting depression when it comes to locals, and to stave off the Basque blow in Alcorcón. Y Eibar was the first to touch happiness, With a timid kick from Tejero.

Montilivi provided a gala atmosphere with the best entry of the entire campaign (9,450), but in the 6th minute Frederico Venancio fell silent with a corner kick offered by Ager Aketxe and local Arnau Martínez denied the ball in the same line. lime, when the goal already seems inevitable.

The Catalans tried to wake up with a shot from Arnau himself activated by Álex Baena, who missed very close to Ander Cantero’s left post, but Eibar controlled the ball and monopolized the open positions: In the 22nd minute, Edu Expósito’s far field goal fell. to the crossbar.

Eibar was clearly superior. Y 0-1 came in before the half hour (28), with a distant indirect foul. Aketxe defeated Juan Carlos Martín with a shot that was as powerful as it was unstoppable, penetrating the entire team from 35 metres.

The match went smoothly, almost calmly and fearlessly for Eibar, but with the added time of the first half everything got complicated and Tejero was shown a double yellow card in just two minutes (45+2′ and 45+3). ‘).

Míchel responded at halftime with two very offensive changes: He brought in Pablo Moreno and Iván Martín for Juanpe and Pol Lozano respectively, and 5-2-2-1 was changed to 4-2-3-1 as Garitano reloaded the defense with Anaitz Arbilla.

Girona, obliged, took the ball and gave it away. a solid step forward flank the opponent’s belt. In the 56th minute, Stuani came through the defenders to finish off Baena’s cross, but the header was missed too close to the post. In the 62nd minute, the Uruguayan shook the crossbar with another header, this time by a fine pass from Iván Martín. And added, Aleix García stroked the post from the front. But the goal did not come.

Entered into the basis for marking facilities and Eibar suffered, survived and drained half of his fields, almost in your area. However, he confirmed the victory after signing a defense exhibition that took him one step further from the final.