The 4-3 victory against Real Oviedo has placed Eibar third at the end of the 42 league games and allows the gunsmiths to have the home field factor in their favor in the playoffs for promotion to the First Division.
Precisely Oviedo will be the rival in the first qualifying round for promotion, which will be played on Saturday the 8th at the Carlos Tartiere and on Wednesday the 12th at Ipurua.
The game went uphill for Eibar in the 5th minute when Borja Sánchez took advantage of a defensive mismatch to receive inside the small area and score against Luca.
The goal has not discouraged the gunsmiths, who have pressed in search of a quick draw, which almost came in the 13th minute with a good left foot shot by Mario Soriano that Leo Román sent into the corner in trouble.
In the 25th minute the equalizer came when Ager Aketxe converted a penalty awarded by a handball by an Oviedo player.
Eibar dominated with a vertical and incisive game and wanted more. Stoichkov scored in the 36th minute after a shot by Sergio León was rebounded by the goalkeeper, but the goal was disallowed due to a very tight offside.
Three minutes later it was 2-1 when Sergio León headed into the net, ahead of his marker, a good serve from Cristian from the left.
In view of the results that were given, a draw was not even enough for Oviedo to secure the playoffs, so they have been forced to take risks to get closer to their goal, which has left space for Eibar to counterattack.
The final stretch of the match was especially vibrant. Oviedo tied in the 81st minute thanks to a header from Borja Bastón. Two minutes later, Jose Corpas carried out a superb counterattack on the left wing that he himself completed by lifting the ball over the goalkeeper.
In the 90th minute, Stoichkov established the 4-2 with his left foot after a pass from Vencedor and in added time, Borja Bastón established the final 4-3.
In this way, Eibar has achieved its sixth consecutive victory in Ipurua, which was not enough to achieve direct promotion, but was enough to achieve third place and the advantages that this entails for the promotion playoffs.
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