With Monday’s newspaper, how easy, by Iñaki Ugalde

Now the detractors of Gaizka Garitano are coming out of the cave. They have waited until the last day of LaLiga SmartBank to attack the coach from Rio and bring out the always helpful label of ‘amarrategi’. The defeat against the evicted Alcorcón has prevented Eibar from ascending to the First Division, despite the redundancy. The gunsmiths, yes, have the option of fulfilling their objective in the playoff. First against Girona and, if they make the cut, then against the winner of the duel between Tenerife and Las Palmas.

UNo unexpected outcome, whichever way you look at the Barça team. Everything pointed to his direct promotion, but football does not understand logic, but results. All those who now charge against Garitano could well have also opened their mouths prior to this last appointment. The easy thing is to give an opinion with ‘Monday’s newspaper’, as they say in Argentina.

PIf you are willing to look, it wouldn’t hurt to take a look at the entire season that the deriotarra was at Athletic and this last one for Marcelino. The difference is not that abysmal either. The practiced football, yes, is already a matter of taste.

ÁI therefore encourage Eibar, its coaching staff and the rest of the armory family. Also for Kuko Ziganda, who was one step away from putting Oviedo in this promotion playoff, and for Bolo, who closes his four seasons in Ponferradina with outstanding results. Good professionals all of them and better people, whatever the opportunists on duty say.