• Classification. 29th matchday

"Aupa Eibar!" "Aupa Athletic!". Before the derby that ended in a draw even started, the rivalry was already taking place on the balconies of the two towers that rise across Santainés street. It is never played without an audience in Ipurua, it did not happen in the last league match before the pandemic, in the derby against Real Sociedad, and this Wednesday. But Eibar is still a frontier land where many have historically divided their passion between the local club and one of the two historical giants of Basque football. And, when the day of the fratricidal confrontation arrives, there are those who weigh one shirt more than the other. [Narration and statistics (2-2)]

So when Raúl García inaugurated the scoreboard, in the eighth minute, two of the balconies hosted lively celebrations, while in the other 28 enabled as the only stands on the field, discouragement spread. It had been a matter of bad luck really, no matter how much earlier Dmitrovic had signed a monumental stoppage against Córdoba . But that inopportune Escalante hand that intercepted a Muniain shot deserved the punishment that the referee, in the first instance, did not order. He stopped the game at the request of the VAR, went to see her on the monitor and there was no longer any doubt.

It will be that this field, when it is empty, is prone to penalties - there was still another. There were already three in the derby that Real won, all of them also by hand, as if it were a matter of witchcraft. It was another blow for an Eibar who is preparing to suffer in the remainder of the course as he had not done in the previous four seasons. Athletic had come out intense, but obtained the advantage they opted for withdrawal, an endemic evil for this team. That attitude allowed Eibar to gain ground until the joy changed balconies, in an Orellana center that fell at the feet of Pedro León , who soon returned the ball to the small area for the head joint of Kike García .

Squared pieces

It had been a hectic 20 minutes, but the souffle was going to come down right away. After giving each other a rejonazo, both understood that the momentary draw was an acceptable result for the moment, waiting for the game to open by pure inertia. Until the break, only a couple of local approaches slightly threatened to change things.

Garitano had reserved Williams to give him flight in the second half, but his entry after the break did not sit well with the team. Not because of him, but because the pieces of the attack were out of place and with them the rest of Athletic, clearly dominated by Eibar at the pace set by Orellana and Pedro León. The problem for the gunsmiths was the same during this season, a pressing lack of punch that prevented them from taking advantage of their territorial superiority.

Distribution of dissatisfactions

The goal had to come, of course, in another penalty. This time from Dani García for a grab on Escalante, signaled after about five minutes of delay between the revision of the VAR and the technical problems of the monitor, and converted by Orellana. Only in this way did Athletic react, who after the imminent hydration pause - a cheesy expression where they exist - tied with a goal from the recently entered Villalibre to the redeeming center of Dani García.

And so Eibar was left without the victory that it needed so much and Athletic added another point that is not worth much either. Anyway, no one on the balconies ended up happy with what they saw from above. At least in that they all agreed.

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