He could not close his year better on Alaves at home: comeback, three points and everything against a direct rival, the Eibar, which started very well but went flat. And the truth is that the Vitoria team did not enter the game until after half an hour but, when they did, they kept the ball, the goals and some points that allow them to breathe a little more.
Dominating Eibar, unknown Alavés
As a good Basque derby it was, Alaves – Eibar he did not lack any detail of the land. The night served a cold, wet weather, which the players soon took charge of acclimating with goals. The first to do it, Pedro Leon.
Years pass and the Murcian does not lose touch. He brought it up with a corner kick so close that Pacheco He ended up putting it in his own goal. Unorthodox goal of Eibar but effective. And early.
From then on the visitors, who had barely been able to demonstrate their superiority, did so with more clear chances. They needed to turn them into a goal, yes, and they would end up paying for it. But not immediately, because for more than half an hour, those from Mendilíbar were the owners of the party. He Alaves chasing shadows until he encountered a comeback. A matter more of success than luck.
First Edgar in a well-resolved counter lightning and then Deyverson after a large discharge of Joselu, they turned around on the scoreboard leaving the gunsmiths with the mold before passing through the changing rooms.
Little game and fewer occasions
In the second half, the match went down. He fell. In intensity, sometimes and, of course, in goals. After a first half with many chapters, the second was more of a blank book.
He Eibar did not impregnate in his game that habitual character to which he is accustomed and the Alaves, very comfortable, he even allowed himself the luxury of not closing the game despite having the third goal in the boots of Luis Rioja. As it is, those of Machin who took the derby after getting on the wrong foot, fixing everything quickly and running but with good lyrics and living a very placid second half. They will close the year not far from home, in Pamplona in Osasuna, while Eibar will have to visit the Camp Nou in a moment that is also not easy.
(+) See the summary of the match
| 1 F. Pacheco | 1 M. Dmitrović | ||
| 2. 3 Ximo Navarro | 22 Water well | ||
| 5 The guard | 2 E. Burgos 84 ' | ||
| 22 F. Lejeune | (7 Quique) | ||
| 3 R. Duarte 94 ' | 3 P. Bigas | ||
| (24 Jot) | 2. 3 A. Arbilla | ||
| 16 Edgar Mendez 73 ' | twenty-one Pedro Leon 46 ' | ||
| (19 Manu Garcia) | (24 K. Rodrigues) | ||
| 6 R. Battaglia 73 ' | 6 Sergio Alvarez 46 ' | ||
| (twenty-one M. Aguirregabiria) | (8 P. Diop) | ||
| 8 T. Pina | 10 Foundling 77 ' | ||
| eleven Rioja 89 ' | (32 Unai arieta) | ||
| (17 A. Marin) | 25 Bryan gil | ||
| 9 Joselu | 17 Kike | ||
| 14 Deyverson | 14 T. Inui 60 ' | ||
| (18 Tough) | |||
Goals:(0-1) Pedro León (4 '), (1-1) Édgar Méndez (41'), (2-1) Deyverson (45 ')
Cards:L Édgar Méndez (39 '), R. Battaglia (56'), T. Pina (62 '), Bryan Gil (81'), Unai Arieta (88 '), Laguardia (89')L
Referee: From Cerro Grande C.
Spectators: Behind closed doors at the Mendizorroza
| THE BEST The goals and chances of the first half | |
| WORST Eibar's lack of reaction in the second half |