Eibar has run out of three footballers, Marko Dmitrovic, Bryan Gil, and Alejandro Pozo during the league break in the First Division due to commitments with the national teams. The goalkeeper has been called up by the senior team of Serbia, while the 2 loaned by Sevilla to the Gipuzkoan club are with the U21 team Directed by Luis De La Fuente. It is the first time in the history of the Eibar entity that 2 players are summoned at the same time by the same team, in this case by the 'red'.
The Barça coach, José Luis Mendilibar, will have to prepare without these 3 starting players the next league game against Getafe in Ipurua on Sunday, November 22 (2:00 p.m.), corresponding to matchday 10 of the league. The eibarreses they are sixteenth in the ranking, with 9 points in 9 games after drawing (and thanks to luck) with Huesca in El Alcoraz (1-1) last Saturday.
Marko Dmitrovic, the best azulgrana against Huesca -his saves prevented the defeat of Eibar-, he has been cited for three official matches in Serbia. The first of them is him 'party of the year'for the Balkan team, since it is qualifying for the 2021 Euro Cup, which should have been played in the summer of 2020, but which was delayed a year due to the coronavirus. So, Serbia and Scotland will meet on Thursday, November 12 (8:45 pm) at the Stadion Rajko Mitic, Belgrade, for a place in the top European competition.
Both passed a previous tie, Serbia did it in Norway by winning by 1-2, while Scotland qualified in the penalty shootout after drawing (0-0) in Scottish lands. The winner of this final of Route C of the qualifying round, will join Group D of Euro 2021, formed by England, Croatia, and the Czech Republic, waiting to know the name of the winner of the 'play-off' of Route C. This decisive duel can be seen live and free online on UEFA.tv (you just need to register).
Further, Serbia will play another 2 duels of the UEFA Nations League group stage, within League B (Group 3). On Sunday November 15 (8:45 p.m.) he will visit Hungary at the Puskas Arena in Budapest. Finally, on Wednesday 18 (8:45 pm) the Balkan team will host Russia at the Stadion Rajko Mitic in Belgrade.
Bryan Gil and Alejandro Pozo, with the sub-21
Bryan Gil and Alejandro Pozo, the 2 players loaned by Sevilla, have received a call from Luis de La Fuente, coach of the U21. Both will help Spain, which will face the last two qualifying matches for the 2021 European Championship in Hungary and Slovenia, which will take place at the Antonio Lorenzo Cuevas municipal stadium in Marbella (Málaga). The first duel will be against the Faroe Islands Thursday, November 12 (7 p.m.), and the second against Israel on Tuesday, November 17 (6:45 p.m.). Hispanics have already achieved their qualification for the European Under-21 next year by winning their previous engagement on October 13.
On the other hand, Damian Kadzior has not been called up this time with Poland. The Eibar winger received a blow in a training session last week that made him doubt against Huesca, although in the end he was summoned to the Aragonese city, where he did not play. So, the Pole will have time to recover for the duel against Getafe on Sunday 22.
Another man who will try to take advantage of the league break to get in shape is José Recio, who He has lost several Eibar matches due to a lumbar contusion. The Malaga midfielder, on loan from Leganés, had to retire in the first half of Eibar-Elche (0-1) on Wednesday 30 September after falling to the pitch in a bad posture.
No friendlies during the league hiatus
The Eibar will not play friendlies during the league hiatus, probably to avoid coronavirus infections. And is that you do not want to take risks when participating in duels that are not official. Sports clubs already suffer from enough problems, which sometimes have to juggle to compete. An example of this is Granada, which Due to COVID-19, he was only able to travel to San Sebastián with 7 first-team players due to COVID-19, losing to Real Sociedad (2-0) and incurring improper alignment. You always have to keep 7 first-team players on the grass during the 90 minutes, which Granada failed to do due to physical problems of some of its men, who they had to be replaced by youngsters from the branch.
After the rest day on Monday, the eibarresa squad you will return to work on Tuesday for a very short week, since it will end on Thursday; because Mendilibar will give his men 3 days off (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). With this he will try to get his men to 'charge the batteries', because against Huesca they offered a very 'decaffeinated' version and they need to recover their best version against Getafe.