The foundations of Ipurua shook after the earthquake suffered after the second consecutive defeat at home at the hands of Cultural Leonesa, which raises … The number of games that Eibar has accumulated without winning has reached four. In this terrible streak, Beñat San José’s team has only been able to add seven of the 33 points that have been distributed in the last 11 games.
Despite the magnitude of the earthquake, no victims have been reported, although sources close to the entity assure that solutions are already being sought in the event of new aftershocks that endanger the structure of the club.
The fear that was felt in the stands of the stadium has not yet disrupted the tense calm conveyed by the board, clinging to the narrow point that distances the Barça squad from salvation, thanks largely to the fact that the three teams that precede it in the table have also suffered setbacks as significant as the first loss at home by Real Sociedad B against Sporting (0-1). Leganés also failed, which did not go beyond a draw against Córdoba (0-0) in the debut on the bench of the provisional substitute of Paco López, the tenth coach dismissed in the category, after the recent elimination of the pepineros in the Cup against Albacete (1-2).
Beñat San José insists that he feels strong and capable of reversing the delicate situation that the gunsmiths are going through, since if not, he would be the first to present his resignation. «I feel energetic and the moment I didn’t have it, I would step aside. And more so in Eibar, because it is a very great feeling that I have for this land,” declared the San Sebastian native.
However, the numbers he has with only four days remaining until the conclusion of the first round contradict the speech he has been giving since the gun team began its plummet.
And as soon as Ipurua has ceased to be a fortress, all the shortcomings that are undermining arms expectations have come to the surface all at once. Because it is of little use to generate a significant number of arrivals, one of the main arguments supported by the coach, if in the end it only serves to accumulate a statistic of up to 30 missed opportunities.
According to the statistics of the clash against Cultural, in which Eibar had 58% of the possession of the ball, they made up to 22 shots, only five between the three posts, while the Leonese managed to hit Magunagoitia’s goal in two of the three shots directed towards the frame, and the third bounced off the crossbar.
Hence it is not surprising that the Barça team is among the least scorers in the championship with 18 goals, five of which have not served to avoid the eight defeats that weigh like a stone in their locker.
But the data does not lie and they reflect that their disturbing lack of punch is not the main reason for the problems that have led them to the relegation places, since the 24 goals against make them one of the most vulnerable teams in the category.
In the last three games alone he has conceded eight goals, a couple from penalties and another two after corners, which increases the number of goals conceded from set pieces to 13, more than half, which includes the five maximum penalties that have been imposed on him, for the barely two that he has scored of the four that have been called in his favor.
Given its inability to add more than two points in the eight games in which it has emerged as the second worst visitor in the category, until recently it was sustained thanks to a power exhibited in its stadium, which for a time kept it among the strongest teams at home, but since it emerged victorious in the derby against Real B (2-1) on September 21, those of Beñat San José have barely been able to provide a long-suffering victory against Albacete (2-1), while They have given up three draws against Deportivo (1-1), Castellón (0-0) and Leganés (0-0), which add to the two losses caused by the defeats against Zaragoza (1-2) and Cultural Leonesa.
Cup holder draw, tomorrow
And hold on, curves are coming, since the new emergence of the Cup, whose draw takes place today (1:00 p.m.) in Las Rozas, brings another week of three games that complicates decision-making even more.
With the hope of seeing a First team in Ipurua diminished, the fans’ focus is focused on Saturday’s clash (2:00 p.m.) in Córdoba, and the following Friday, the 19th, against Valladolid at home, where Eibar will say goodbye to a year that left the first dismissal of a gunsmith coach in the last 15 years.
