It may be shocking that after only three days we are already talking about decisive days for Eibar. However, no one is aware that the two direct duels he has this week against Elche and Valladolid, together with the closing of the market, make the next few hours decisive for the gunsmiths, at least in the short term.
The defeats against Villareal and Athletic have once again reminded Eibar of not so distant times. The team does not finish showing the signs of identity that they like so much José
Luis
Mendilibar and the points slip through the fingers configuring a worrying scenario that can be aggravated or alleviated with two games of some relevance before the league break.
Tomorrow Ipurua will visit an Elche that presented a terrible image before the Real. The people of Elche have little to do with the team they Pacheta led the First Division a few weeks ago. After that success, the board and the coach decided to separate their paths and the Argentine arrived in his place. Jorge
Almiron, a coach without the necessary papers to sit on the bench. The team is also half done, not in vain they received Real with only 17 professional chips and, after closing yesterday with Olympique de Lyon the transfer of the left back Youssouf
Koné, who will not be able to play in Ipurua, is missing, according to what they point out from the Alicante city, at least five signings. And as if that were not enough, Elche arrives without competition rhythm since it played its first game on Saturday when the championship started later due to the playoff dispute for promotion to First Division. Anything that is not an Eibar victory would complicate things a lot.
Reunion with Orellana
Then, on Saturday, it will be time to visit Fabián Orellana's Valladolid, a team that, like Eibar, still does not know the victory and that should be fighting for permanence with the gunsmiths.
After this game, the first league break will arrive, which will be important to arrive with a victory in the locker and in a position as comfortable as possible to be able to work during those days with tranquility, since it will be an important week for the new signings to leave coupling the group.
Because it is to be expected that in the days remaining between now and Monday, October 5, the day the market closes, Eibar will move and make at least two arrivals and also close some departures. Mendilibar He already made it clear that he needed reinforcements and these first matches have only confirmed those needs that must be covered before Monday, otherwise we would have to wait for the opening of the winter market.
Hence, in these six days that go from Wednesday to Monday, Eibar must do its homework if it does not want to see how the season gets complicated at the first change.