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Lucas Pérez stayed on the bench and that, considering that it appears on Barcelona's radar as a possible relief for the injured Dembélé , raised certain suspicions. All dissipated when Garitano decided to give him entry after the break. And he, looking forward to his unexpected substitution, claimed in 15 seconds how huge a scorer he is. That was the time it took to mark and unclog an ugly match that the Alavés ended up winning, thus putting more distance with the descent and leaving Eibar, once again, with the feeling that he finds no way to combat its irregularity and take off at end. [Narration and statistics: 2-1]

Both coaches opted to vary their traditional drawing thinking more about deactivating their rival than optimizing their offensive proposal. Manu García, Fejsa and Camarasa on the one hand and Diop, Cristóforo and Expósito on the other, overpopulated the central plot of Mendizorroza's lawn, an area that, paradoxically, was anecdotal for a good part of the meeting. There was not exactly a football of many carats to open the day. Quite the contrary.

During the first half, it was Eibar who assumed the initiative and control of the ball before a more passive Alavés. The possession of the ball was armera, but Mendilibar's team was barely able to generate danger. With Orellana lying on a band, no soccer player appeared between the lines to take that last pass. Just an arrival of the Chilean who ended up in a corner and a bad shot deflected by Pedro León from the front counted in the credit of Eibar.

The Alavés, with a much more counterattack spirit, relied on the speed of Aleix Vidal and especially Burke to have some goal alternative. The reality is that he did not find it until the minute before the break, when Dmitrovic pulled down a hard lash of Ximo Navarro . That last occasion did not lead to self-deception to Asier Garitano , aware that his team had not made a first part, so after the pause he retired Fejsa, a defensive midfielder, to give Lucas Pérez entry accompanying Joselu at the point of attack.

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What the technician did not expect was that the change would be effective in 15 seconds. And with Eibar taking off center! He started the set with long ball, the Alavés cleared it to the braves, made a serious mistake Burgos , Joselu took advantage of it to deepen the race and in the second suit appeared Lucas Pérez without opposition to score what is surely the fastest goal of their life.

The goal both inflamed Alavés and sowed Eibar with doubts. Suddenly, the babazorro set became a counterattack machine for which its rival found no brake. Dmitrovic masterfully saved a Burke right and a header from Magallán five minutes later, avoiding the sudden thrashing. Nothing could do, however, to prevent the second goal past game time. Eibar's new defensive error, Aleix Vidal centered satin, Joselu let her pass with a lot of class and Burke shot the Serbian goalkeeper very easily.

The Alavés thus left the meeting practically sentenced, although he made the mistake of locking himself in excess in the final minutes, practically renouncing the attack before the growing thrust of Eibar. And although it was not the day of the gunsmiths, they managed to at least cut distances with a shot of Orellana, long their best footballer this season, from the front to seven minutes of the end. He did not know how to go beyond the Mendilibar group, which left the emptiness of a happy Mendizorroza.

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