LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA – Wetin dey happen for this side na serious wahala! Eibar, wey get only 27,540 people for their city, don waka enter the big Gran Canaria stadium. The stadium fit hold 32,000 fans but them dey prepare make am carry 44,484 fans soon. Na real gisting we dey talk here o!
As dem dey prepare for this big match, dem remind us say Eibar don get 7 years inside the top league. To make matter worse, na only Andorra wey dey smaller pass them for league! E be like say Eibar sabi the hustle for this football matter. Their squad dey value 18.5 million euros and their salary cap na just 8.9 million. Talk about poor man hustle! (Omo, dem no get anything like ‘change’ for their pocket).
For the other hand, we get the yellow boys, UD Las Palmas, wey get population of 380,000 and their squad dey worth 39.3 million euros! Dem fit boast say na them dey second for population among teams wey dey this league, only second to Real Zaragoza with 700,000 people. Me I fit feel say dem no go see the pitch finish for this match because of all the fans wey go gather to cheer them!
Na so far, UD Las Palmas don gather 23,563 season ticket holders — na record for their 76 years wey they don dey in this league like this! With this strong support, dem dey try their best to climb back up from the bottom yonder.
For the match day, everything go dey on point because, you know say Eibar don beat them as per last time dem meet in 2016. Na big rivalry we dey see here, as two different realities clash on the pitch! One city dey hustle and the other dey show muscle because of their bigger population (352,460 difference dey between them!).
Even as fans dey prepare to watch this match, dem dey also dey check how many people go enter the stadium. Last time, Las Palmas gather over 97,916 fans in their nine games, while Eibar gree manage 25,306 fans for their five home games. Na who get more fans go fit shout pass for this match.
So now, we dey watch as who go carry the day! Will Eibar continue their reign as small city wey sabi play big ball, or Las Palmas go show dem say size matter for this match? Only time go tell wey una no fit afford to miss o!
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