A night at Eibar, where the best seats are, well, in the house | Sid Lowe
18-Jun-2020 16:52:08 | The Guardian
On Indalecio Ojanguren street are two blocks of flats that tower over Ipurua, meaning fans still got to watch the action
A small boy was waiting for the two buses carrying Athletic Club’s players as they turned the corner and edged up the hill towards Ipurua. When they pulled over outside, he clambered down from a grass bank and on to his dad’s shoulders for a glimpse of his idols that neither he nor anyone else was going to get inside. Just across the road, a couple of people had gathered by the gravel bowling court sheltered under the AP8 motorway as it thunders past the ground. And down at Bar Terraza, where framed Eibar shirts line the wall, four people played cards at a table in the corner. Meanwhile, outside the bar next door two kids in green Eibar kits kicked a ball against a wall where a banner had been hung reading: “Football – fans = nothing.”
And that was pretty much that.
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Again, an old picture (that stand is more than twice the size now, denying a pitch view to the lower four or five floors), but this gives an idea of how well placed those towers are at Ipurua. https://t.co/BenbmEburV
Levante 1-1 Sevilla, Betis 2 – 2 Granada, Getafe 0 – 0 Espanyol, Villarreal 1 – 0 Mallorca, Barcelona 2 – 0 Leganés, Eibar 2 – 2 Athletic
Valladolid 0 – 0 Celta, Osasuna 0 – 5 Atlético. Tonight: Alavés-Real Sociedad, Real Madrid-Valencia.
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