The insane comeback signed on Saturday in Ipurua against Albacete (3-2) has been a sigh of relief for Eibar, who after raising … With their points tally at 16, they have managed to take a small advantage of two over the relegation places that they occupied during the minutes they were behind the team from La Mancha on the scoreboard.
The double from an excellent Javier Martón and the first goal scorer from José Corpas killed two birds with one stone, since it brought back the smile to an Eibar fans who had not celebrated a victory in the stadium since the last one obtained on September 21 in the Guipuazcoan derby against Real Sociedad B (2-1), and put an end to a streak of six consecutive games without winning, among which were the three consecutive draws on loan in Ipurua against Dépor (1-1), Castellón (0-0) and Leganés (0-0).
Quite a boost, both in the table and for morale, that the gunsmiths will seek to endorse on Saturday (4:15 p.m.) at the Sporting de Gijón fiefdom to continue climbing positions and leave behind the difficulties caused largely by their until now zero ability to collect points away from their stadium.
Because while the numbers signed at home, where he remains undefeated with four wins and three draws that have earned him 15 points, are records that would have him in promotion positions, the only tie tied on the opening day in Malaga, to which five consecutive defeats have been added, is the only thing that saves him from being the worst visitor in the category, only above Real Sociedad B, which has lost the six games it has played away from Anoeta.
Giving a complete turn to this bad dynamic at home is precisely the objective that Beñat San José’s team is setting on their next visit to El Molinón against a team from Gijón that, despite taking the lead in their duel in Mendizorroza against Mirandés at half an hour into the game thanks to a penalty converted by Dubasin, ended up reaping a defeat (2-1) that cuts short the flight that had begun since Borja Jiménez replaced the player a month ago. Asier Garitano from Bergara.
Irregular path
Because for yet another year, Sporting has accumulated an irregular trajectory that has been going on for nine years, preventing it from achieving a promotion to First Division for which it has longed since consummating its last relegation in the 16-17 campaign.
And that started the campaign with three consecutive victories against Córdoba (1-0) in El Molinón on the opening day, against Ceuta (0-1) in African territory and against Cultural Leonesa again at home (1-0) that fueled the illusion of sportinguismo.
However, the initial magic was broken with the five consecutive defeats that were first in Riazor against Deportivo (3-0), then in front of their fans against Burgos (2-3), then in Almería (2-1) and the most hurtful again at home against Albacete (3-4), although the one that ended up costing Garitano his place on the bench was the fifth in a row in Castellón (3-1).
Everything changed with the arrival of Borja Jiménez, who after debuting with a victory against Racing de Santander (2-1), began a positive streak that continued with the victories obtained in Valladolid (2-3), and in Gijón against Zaragoza (1-0), to which was added a valuable draw (0-0), also at home, against UD Las Palmas.
After losing in Vitoria against Mirandés, the white and red team remain in the middle of the table with 19 points, just one point away from the playoff places, but curiously with only three points more than Eibar, which continues to tremble about falling into a danger zone over which it has managed to open a gap of two points. A clear reflection of how equal and competitive this category is, in which there is only six points of difference between those who aspire to go up and those who fight not to go down.
