Real Oviedo went into tonight's playoff semi-final off the back of Saturday's goalless draw at the Carlos Tartiere in the first leg. Luis Carrión's side was cheered on once more by hundreds of travelling Oviedistas, who turned Eibar blue again today. The Coach opted for a starting eleven made up of Leo Román, Viti, Oier Luengo, Dani Calvo, Pomares, Colombatto, Luismi, Seoane, Borja Sánchez, Sebas Moyano and Alemão.
SD Eibar emerged strongly during the opening minutes of the match, taking control of the possession, but little by little Real Oviedo began to grow into the encounter. After a fairly uneventful start, Corpas would have the best chance for the hosts. The home forward fired goalwards following a good pass from Mario Soriano, but he was denied by a spectacular save from Leo Román. Sebas Moyano was the liveliest player for Carrión's side during the first half, and just before half-time Alemão went close to breaking the deadlock. The Brazilian almost got on the end of a Pomares cross, but the ball just evaded him.
Luis Carrión opted to use his bench shortly after the break, with Paulino de la Fuente and Abel Bretones coming on in place of Pomares and Borja Sánchez. Eight minutes after the substitutions, Alemão converted himself into the hero of the hour, getting on the end of a fabulous cross from Bretones to head past Luca Zidane and make the score 1-0. The goal saw Los Azules plant one foot in the playoff final, and SD Eibar were aware of it. Etxeberría made a triple change in search of an equaliser, but Real Oviedo killed the game with a Sebas Moyano goal on the counter attack in the 79th minute. The winger's goal gave the team breathing space and brought tears of joy to the Oviedistas, who saw the dream of promotion move one step closer.
Eibar pushed forward in the final stages in search of a goal to give the Asturians a fright, but that goal would never arrive. The final whistle blew, and Real Oviedo became a playoff finalist. The dreams remains alive and it is more real than ever, with Real Oviedo just one step, two matches, away from returning to the top flight following a 23 year absence.
The team will go back to training at 17:00 tomorrow, as preparations begin for this Sunday's playoff final first leg. The match against either Real Sporting de Gijón or RCD Espanyol will kick off at 18:30 at the Carlos Tartiere.
Match summary
SD Eibar
LALIGA HYPERMOTION · M44
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Ipurua
Real Oviedo
Line-ups
01Luca
31Leo Román
02Cristian
07Viti
05J. Berrocal
12Dani Calvo
15A.tejero79’
15Luengo
23Arbilla
21Pomares50’
08Matheus
05Luismi
10Aketxe70’
11Colombatto
17Corpas61’
16Seoane85’
24P. Nolaskoain70’
17Sebas Moyano85’
30Mario S.
25Borja S.50’
19Stoichkov
14Alemâo75’
Substitutes
Joseba Etxeberria
Luis Miguel Carrión
13Yoel
01Braat
03F. Venancio
24Lucas
04Rober Correa
06Jimmy
21Rios Reina
10Camarasa
06Sergio A.70’
13Homenchenko85’
14Vencedor
22Dubasin85’
29Mada
23Abel Bretones50’
07Quique
34Yayo
09Qasmi79’
09Borja75’
11Sergio León70’
18Paulino50’
27Konrad61’
19A. Millan
34Eric
20Masca
Goals
(0 - 1)
Alemâo
58’
(0 - 2)
Sebas Moyano
78’
Match officials
Iosu Galech Apezteguía
Referee
Marcos Barroso Galán
Lineman#1
Rubén Becerril Gómez
Lineman#2
Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid
Fourth official
Rafael Sánchez López
Video Assistant Referee
Victor Jiménez Yustos
Assistant VAR Official