Back from the dead, Eibar performing La Liga miracles

Eibar have one of the cheapest squads in La Liga yet the tiny Basque club have outshone teams with vastly deeper pockets and ended the first half of the season in the European qualification places. Sunday's 2-1 win against Espanyol at their 6,300-capacity Ipurua stadium lifted them above Athletic Bilbao, the traditional powerhouses of Basque soccer, and Europa League holders Sevilla into sixth after 19 matches. Based in the eponymous industrial town of fewer than 30,000 inhabitants, Eibar had a