Santander League: La Real beat Eibar behind closed doors: “Much worse was the Zaldibar dump” | LaLiga Santander 2019

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In IpuruaIn reality, you never play empty door. From the two towers that rise above the field, the game is perfectly observed and it is warned by shouting that there is a penalty (there were three), a clear chance or a hard foul. Or go to know what. And the news reaches the Ipurua bar, in the same door of the field, as if they were doing it through a broken transistor. Something has happened, it is not known whether good or bad for the armored team, until a short time later the television shows what has happened just a few meters away, in a field sealed with lime and song in which the Real society They won 1-2.

The Gipuzkoan derby It is the first league game to door closed because of coronavirus. It was played today because in its day it had to be postponed by another crisis, that of the Zaldibar landfill, about three kilometers from the field, and the consequent emission of toxic gases. And that was much worse, Estbaliz warns, behind the bar counter. Of the small one, because yesterday it was not worth taking the big one out into the street. There was hardly anyone, not even the scarf sellers and souvenirs that usually decorate the surroundings of the stadium. Originally -continues- the game was played on a Sunday at four, which is a fabulous time for us. And look… We have bought 50 loaves of bread for sandwiches that we are going to have to throw away. One day we invoice what in a whole week, we will stop earning between 1,500 and 2,000 euros.

A few meters further, under the highway that connects San Sebastin and Bilbao, members of Eskozia La Brava watch the game together at the La Bolera bar. They will have refused to enter Ipurua, but not encourage their Eibar, even if it has to be at a distance. No hobby, no football, they claim. Thus they reflect a general feeling in Eibar. No one here understands anything and there is anger. The match is between two teams from Gipuzkoa and throughout the province there are only eight coronavirus positives. Do you understand? Asks an elderly lady, resigned to not being able to see her Real.

Inside the stadium there are only players, coaches, referees, production workers television and personal presumably essential for the development of the party. Outside, the feeling is strange. There is football, but there isn't. This is Ipurua, but only because of its casing. Rousseau hugging Queen: All for the people, but without the people, the show must go on.