LaLiga Great effort to remove snow ahead of the game

Up to 15 centimetres of snow in the Basque Country led to fans and club employees clearing the Estadio Ipurua pitch for Eibar's LaLiga fixture with Villarreal on Wednesday, the hosts duly delivered a 1-0 win.

The Yellow Submarine had made several changes to their XI and started slowly as Eibar took the lead, Fabian Orellana the architect as a fine move found Kike Garcia at the near-post for a 16th minute finish.

Fortuitously for Jose Luis Mendilibar's side, Manu Trigueros and Carlos Bacca's arrival into the fray after the break resulted in only an aesthetic upsurge in Villarreal's performance and Eibar held on during a late surge to collect the win.