A great save by Luca Zidane on Paulino, in the 90th minute, appeased Oviedo and allowed Eibar to maintain a zero-nil draw in this first leg of the first semi-final for promotion. A good result for the Basque team, for which a draw would be worth it to get into the final at the conclusion of a possible extension in the second leg next Wednesday in Ipurua. “We kept a clean sheet, which was what we wanted,” Luca Zidane admitted at the end of the match. Football is like that. In the last league match, Oviedo and Eibar scored seven goals. At the moment of truth, two vertical teams with a lot of goals were left to zero. That is why Luca’s stop in a duel with hardly any chances was so important. He always gave the impression that Eibar was in control of the match, but Oviedo, driven by the impressive atmosphere that was experienced at the Carlos Tartiere, threw their hearts out many times to create danger for the Basque team. They are a very competitive team in their field, where they have only lost two games all season. As usually happens in this type of match, the fear of losing prevailed on both teams. All under the watchful eye of Santi Cazorla in the stands. Injured, he hopes to play the return match with his Oviedo.
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Leo Román, Pomares (Abel Bretones, min. 87), Oier Luengo, Viti, Dani Calvo, Luismi, Santiago Colombatto, Sebas (Paulino De la Fuente, min. 75), Borja Sanchez (Jonathan Dubasin, min. 63), Alexandre Alemão (Masca, min. 87) and Borja Bastón (Álex Millán, min. 75)
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Luca Zidane, Arbilla, Juan Berrocal (Tejero, min. 87), Rober (Sergio Álvarez, min. 75), Cristian Gutiérrez, Aketxe, Peru Nolaskoain, Matheus Pereira, José Corpas (Konrad De la Fuente, min. 87), Mario Soriano and Stoichkov
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Referee Alejandro Quintero González
Yellow cards Stoichkov (min. 5), Borja Sanchez (min. 60), Viti (min. 72) and Jonathan Dubasin (min. 89)
The rain did not spoil the beautiful duel between Oviedo and Eibar. It’s more. This northern duel for promotion gave him personality. The Oviedo stadium dressed in its best clothes with local fans thirsty for glory. It is not easy to play football amidst so much emotion. Oviedo, with two forwards, started strongly, but Eibar tamed it with touch and football. This Eibar has nothing to do with the one designed, for example, by José Luis Mendilibar. It is a team that plays on the feet and knows when to be vertical. Corpas and Stoichkov had two good scoring chances. Oviedo was fading, without resources to overcome Eibar. Only in direct football did he find any loopholes to find danger, such as in a shot by Alemâo on the edge of half-time that Luca Zidane took well after a throw-in into the Basque area.
Eibar, who are playing their third consecutive promotion tie, came out well in the second half. After a great strategic play, San Román made a great stop on Soriano. Oviedo always tried, but Eibar, which usually has problems in defense, barely gave them any options. His double pivot, with Nolaskoain and Matheus, always took control of the match. Luis Carrión tried to surprise the Basque team by putting Sebas Moyano in the middle, but without success. Only Paulino managed to finish off a great center from Briones. Luca Zidane’s spectacular flight appeased Oviedo.
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