📝 Match report

Leo Messi's project as Eldense owner, with Javier Calleja as the new manager, made its unofficial debut at the Nuevo Pepico Amat with a defeat to an impressive Eibar side, who secured their fifth consecutive victory in LaLiga Hypermotion. The Basque outfit took all three points from Elda with a narrow 2-1 win on matchday 6, in a game that left Calleja with a bittersweet feeling in his debut on the azulgrana pitch. Eibar looked dominant from the off. Their first dangerous moment came through Adu Ares following a brilliant solo run. The Bilbao player's slalom, Messi-style, ended with a shot that flew just past the corner of Ramón Vila's goal. Calleja's side, uncomfortable early on against a rival pressing high up the pitch, responded with a close-range effort from Fidel Chaves that Magunagoitia comfortably saved. The match settled into a back-and-forth affair, though with clearer chances falling to Eibar, who went ahead in the 28th minute through a Magunazelaia goal. After the restart, Calleja's men had a chance to level through a point-blank Manu Nieto header that Magunagoitia saved brilliantly. Eldense's intensity and determination forced Eibar to sit deep and they did so with craft and efficiency. However, a spectacular long-range strike from Iván Gil in the 63rd minute made it 0-2 at the Nuevo Pepico Amat after VAR gave it the all-clear, as the ball just crossed the goal-line after hitting the crossbar first. Eldense pulled one back through Justin Smith in the 76th minute. With the Nuevo Pepico Amat buzzing, the home side pressed for an equaliser that never materialised despite their insistence. Jokin Aranbarri's side closes the matchday in direct promotion spots and keeps the Eibar bandwagon rolling with a run that no other team in the category is matching right now. For Elopi23, what hurts most isn't the defeat itself, but the time wasted in the first half when Eldense had the match within reach before Gil's belter killed off any comeback hopes with less than fifteen minutes to play.

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By Elopi23

Result

CD Eldense and SD Eibar have already met on matchday 6. The score is above; the report and full stats will be expanded.