Eibar is on a roll. The set led by José
Luis
Mendilibar he has added seven of his last nine points at stake and seems to have forgotten the bad feelings with which he started the championship. There were complaints and requests from the Zaldibar coach about the making of the squad. They ended up reaching six incorporations –Kadzior, Bryan
Gil, Tough, Kevin
Rodrigues, Mutt Y Water well-, but the one who is setting the direction to follow at this start of the season is one of the usual ones: Kike
Garcia.
At 30, the striker from Motilla del Palancar (Murcia) is probably experiencing the best moment of his career as far as play is concerned. It is the absolute reference for Mendilibar on the field of play and is on the way to surpassing his best scoring record since he wears the elastic armory. In the 17/18 campaign he drilled the rival goals up to eight times and this year he has already scored three of the five goals his team has scored in the seven games he has played.
This good scoring start from the paprika comes after a last season in which the lack of a goal from his attackers was the pending issue of the team led by José
Luis
Mendilibar. Orellana was the top gunner with eight goals, but it is that among the four pure center forwards that Zaldibar's had at his disposal –Sergi
Enrich (one), Kike
Garcia (5), Charles (6) and Quique
Gonzalez (0) – they barely added a total of 12. It is also true that so far this year, only Burgos penalty and Kevin
Rodrigues They have been able to score goals – those two goals led to a 1-2 victory against Valladolid.
Kike scored the gunsmith goal in Seville
But the scoring contribution of Kike
Garcia He takes more merit, if possible, taking into account that he is not the LaLiga player who has the most chances to score during his matches. In the last match against Sevilla, without going any further, the Murcian only had one chance. The only one that had sent it to the back of the net, showing that this year it does have a well-tuned aim.
Fourth most used player
Eibar has played seven league games so far and Kike
Garcia he has participated in six of them as a starter. The Murcian forward is so far the fourth player in the first team's squad who has played the most official minutes (522) only behind Dmitrovic (630) -that has played it all-, Oliveira (540) e Inui (552).
But beyond the statistics, Kike
Garcia brings to his team an effort that very few players in the entire championship exert. The '17' ends up empty every time he dresses as a Barça player, fighting every ball that approaches him to try to keep him facing him. For the style of play you propose Mendilibar, a player of his characteristics is essential.
Kike
Garcia He has never been the striker with the highest score, but if he is able to add an interesting scoring figure to that immeasurable work, as he is on his way to this season, he will become one of the protagonists of the season.