The two faces of Eibar
Eibar was outclassed from start to finish by an Andorra that finished more, shot more and had more possession. No positive conclusion from a game in which they did not appear. After the meeting, one of the captains like Sergio Álvarez was clear: “Away from home we haven’t finished taking that little step forward that we are doing at home”. The data proves it, gunsmiths have two faces: a reliable one in Ipurua and a weak one at home. Full of victories in their feud against direct rivals by just one point out of nine away from home against teams a priori with lower objectives. A locker outside that could well be zero if not for that point that came in extremis against Villarreal B with a goal in added time.
In the National Stadium of Andorra it was seen the worst image of eibar so far this year. Hardly a shot on goal in the whole match, sometimes really clear and with difficulties to dominate any facet of the game. With several novelties in the eleven, the entry of customs like Stoichkov did not give Garitano’s men a boost, who also He lost Berrocal due to injury after a quarter of an hour. Sergio Álvarez, one of Garitano’s trusted men and a starter in all league matches, played the 90 minutes. Commander in the team, he insists on the need to “correct mistakes and be aware of where we have to improve”. Regarding the analysis of what happened, he stressed: “They have played a good game. As the coach said, it is a team with peculiar mechanisms and we have not been able to adjust his way of playing. We have not been comfortable at any time of the party. They have generated more and have more chances to win.”
Garitano also admitted the obvious Andorran superiority: “There is nothing to say, they have deserved to win and we have not been well. They have played a good game and we have played a bad one. the result is fair. The team has lacked everything, they have been better than us from the first minute to the last. It is easy to summarize what has happened.”