Eibar yields forward Asier Benito to Numancia

Asier Benito, Eibar forward, will play on loan for the 2020-2021 season at Numancia, newly descended team to Second B, according to what the Gipuzkoan club reported on Tuesday. Although it had interested other clubs, such as Cordova or UD Logroñés, the interest shown by the new coach of the Soriano team, Javier Mandiola 'Manix' from Eibar, has convinced the Alava footballer, 25 years old. It will be presented on Wednesday (12.30 pm) in the stadium's press room The little birds.

Asier Benito (Amurrio, Álava, 1995) was formed initially in the quarry of Indartsu and Athletic Club, and later in those of Aurrera de Vitoria, and Alavés. He was a member of the Babazorro subsidiary (Alavés B) in the Third Division, and played two games with the Vitoria first team in the Second Division. He debuted with Alavés on March 13, 2016 in a duel at El Sadar against Osasuna (3-1) in which replaced Gaizka toquero.

He then returned to Lezama to act with him Bilbao Athletic in Segunda B for two seasons (2017-2018 and 2018-2019), in which he scored 18 goals in 64 games.

At the end of his contract in the subsidiary of Athletic club, in July 2019 signed for Eibar. After performing the preseason with Eibar trained by José Luis Mendilibar, was loaned to Ponferradina, a team recently promoted to the Second Division, last year (2019-2020). With the Ponferrada team he played 30 league games (seven of them as a starter) in which he scored two goals.

In the summer of 2020 he did the preseason with Eibar again, scoring a goal in the friendly against Mirandés (3-0) in the field of Atxabalpe, in Mondragón. Despite this, he has not stayed in Ipurua, since the Barça club has three forwards and wants to sign another (Rubén Sobrino, from Valencia, is interested). The best thing for him was to go on loan to a team in which he played regularly, such as Numancia, which aspires to return to the silver division. The fact that the tenant of the Soria bench is Mandiola, who knows the forward very well, has made the operation possible.

Asier Benito, José Antonio Martínez, and Roberto Olabe, are the three players from the Eibar entity who were on loan last season (2019-2020) to other clubs and who have completed the preseason under the orders of Mendilibar. After the departure of the forward, still it remains to be known what will be the fate of José Antonio Martínez (a central defender who has been loaned to Granada for the last two seasons), and Roberto Olabe (The midfielder was loaned in 2019-2020 to Albacete in the first round, and to Extremadura in the second round).

Two circumstances could benefit Jose Antonio Martinez. The veteran central defender Iván Ramis retired due to injury after finishing last year. Also, Anaitz Arbilla He has not been able to play a friendly match this summer due to physical problems, which also hurt him at the end of the previous league. But he will have the last word Mendilibar, who will decide if the Huelva defender stays at Eibar or goes on loan.

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Pole Damian Kadzior hopes to adapt to Eibar as soon as possible

He Eibar has made two signings this season, the Polish winger Damian Kadzior (Dinamo Zagreb) and midfielder José Recio (provided by Leganés). Neither of them has been officially presented and, it seems, the Barça club has no intention of having them appear before the media, not even virtually.

Damian Kadzior was interviewed in English on Tuesday by the official Eibar media, who spread his statements through the entity's social networks. And on Wednesday he will do something similar again with Jose Recio. Thus, the media do not have their own images of both players with the Barça shirt.

Kadzior hopes to adapt to Eibar as soon as possible, which paid a transfer of two million to Dinamo Zagreb, according to the Croatian press. The left-handed winger, who usually plays on the right wing, is happy about his first days in the Eibar discipline. “I am very happy to have signed for Eibar. The first days are very important for a new player. Everything is fine for me. There is a good organization, and good training grounds. That is the most important thing, because I came here to play soccer. Contact with the team and with colleagues is very important. I am focused on training every day and adapting as soon as possible to my new team. Every day I'm going to do better, I'm sure, “he said.

He was informed about his new destination before accepting the Barça offer. “Before coming to Eibar, I asked several people about the club. Also, I read on the internet, watched videos of the team on YouTube and analyzed their game. I felt that I am a person similar to the club. I like to always be with people. For me, family is the most important thing in my life. I felt very good the first days at Eibar. There have been no problems. I hope everything continues as it is now. I hope to show my best image in the field, “he said.

He explained that the way of playing of those trained by Mendilibar is different from that of Dinamo Zagreb (where he performed the last two seasons), although he found similarities to his previous experiences in Polish football. “Before coming, I knew what Eibar's game was. When I heard that Eibar had an interest in me, I knew they had a slightly different style of play than I have used at Dinamo Zagreb.. But when I analyzed the game I played as a midfielder in my previous clubs, in Poland, I played in a similar way to what Eibar now practices. Sure there will be different ideas, but when you are a smart footballer, a smart person, what you want is to learn new things, other tactics. Adapting to new behaviors on the grass is not a problem for me. In the end, the most important thing is to have confidence in yourself and adapt as soon as possible to the new team, “he stressed.

When asked about his characteristics as a player, he gave a brushstroke about himself. “In the last 5 or 6 seasons I have been a footballer who gives goal assists, and who helps the team to play forward. But I am a team player, not a lone footballer on the field. I'm good at running and crossing the band, giving goal assists at Dinamo. I think I have a good ball kick. He Eibar He has a different style of play than my previous team and I have to adapt to him, “he insisted.