The fifth consecutive defeat away from Ipurua has set off all the alarms at Eibar. With only one point out of 18 possible, only one … Real Sociedad B, which has lost everything far from its stadium, prevents it from carrying the banner of worst visitor in the category. A situation that is not new, but that began to take on a more worrying aspect since Beñat San José’s team also began to fail in Ipurua, where it has barely been able to tie three draws in its last appearances in a stadium that is losing its effect and its audience forced to leave.
The hardships that the Blaugrana suffer in their travels are not new, since by December of last year Joseba Etxeberria had already lost seven in a row at home, two more than the San Sebastian coach has accumulated since last May 12 he won his only away victory in the 27 games he has coached the Eibar team.
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A void in both areas
In his eagerness to keep intact the hallmarks that he has wanted to forge since his arrival, he has barely changed his proposal with respect to what worked for him at home until recently, but the 11 goals received in the six visits made to date make it clear that the very poor scoring performance that has only brought him four goals is not the only shovel that is digging his grave. The fact that they have only kept a clean sheet four times so far this season reflects an underlying problem that has come to the surface after the three goals conceded in their last two trips.
The injuries that have been accumulating since the competition started cannot serve as an excuse, since all the teams are suffering from them to a greater or lesser extent, and because this is the same team that managed to sneak into the top positions after adding 10 points in the first six games, in which they were first missing Baustista and then a Martón who had made his debut by scoring a goal in each of the two games of his debut as a gunsmith. And neither can this downturn be attributed to a lack of experience, because practically all of its members have some accumulated decline on their resume.
But with only three points won out of the last 18 possible, the passionate speech with which San José managed to infect with enthusiasm a gun fans who became hooked on the team clashes completely with a reality in which the voices of many followers and subscribers resonate who demand a drastic solution from the board, alleging that the situation is even more serious than when Etxeberria was dismissed last year with the team five points from the positions. of descent. And, although for now it seems that calm is maintained in the upper echelons of the Barça entity, there is no doubt that the match that the Eibar team will face on Saturday (4:15 p.m.) on their return to Ipurua to face Albacete, seems like a real test for the tenant of the armory bench.
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Recover the Ipurua effect
Anything other than winning again at home will further increase the tension that is felt among the Armeros social mass, terrified at seeing their team flirting with relegation positions after being on the verge of returning to First Division in three of the four previous campaigns. For this reason, it is essential to recover the well-known ‘Ipurua effect’ so that the armored stadium once again becomes the impregnable fortress that supports the entire structure of the club. But there are no miracles here. Only unity is strength and Eibar needs to feel the heat from the stands that have been gradually emptying, despite the number of subscribers remaining above 6,000. All of us here have the responsibility to be there through thick and thin.
