La Liga: Awaziem’s Leganes vs Eibar relegation battle end goalless
Chigozie Awaziem was in acton for just two minutes as Leganes near being relegated from La Liga after being held to a scoreless draw at fellow strugglers Eibar on Thursday night.
The Nigerian international replaced Bustinza in the 88′ substitution as the barren draw leaves Javier Aguirre’s side six points from safety with just three rounds of action remaining and they now require a minor miracle to retain their top-flight status, which they have held since their first ever promotion in 2016.
📰 MATCH REPORT | Leganes gets a point against @SDEibarEN at Ipurua (0-0).
➡️ https://t.co/Qv5d6BmnAa#EibarLeganes #GoLega pic.twitter.com/v5jI4Xsr1u
— C.D. Leganés 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺 (@CDLeganes_en) July 9, 2020
The scoreless encounter also did few favours to Eibar, who move up two places to 15th on 36 points and above Celta Vigo (36) and Alaves (35), but Real Mallorca’s victory over Levante brings Vicente Moreno’s side up to 32 points to throw the relegation battle wide open.
⏹️ Full-time at Ipurua.
0-0 #EibarLeganes #GoLega pic.twitter.com/oQWROumzqp
— C.D. Leganés 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺 (@CDLeganes_en) July 9, 2020
📰 STARTING LINE-UP | Here they are! The pepineros that will fight today for a city's dream!!!#EibarLeganes #GoLega pic.twitter.com/8YKoKskQTu
— C.D. Leganés 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺 (@CDLeganes_en) July 9, 2020
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Leganes enjoyed the majority of the chances throughout the game but as has been the case throughout the season, they were blunt in the final third – they have scored just 25 goals in 35 La Liga games and star player Oscar Rodriguez, on loan from Real Madrid, missed out through injury.
Lega will be relegated if they lost at home to Valencia next time out.