Joselu ends the parakeet jinx at the Camp Nou: “This is Espanyol”

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  • “We have fought for all those who have not been able to bring the Espanyol shirt,” says the striker

During the Qatar World Cup the hashtag went viralcancel mufa’popularized by fans Argentines to face the curse who had been chasing his team for 36 years. The word mufa designates the person or event that generates misfortune, that brings bad luck. The lifelong jinx in Spain.

Messi he ended that superstition by sealing a historic achievement. Joselu did something similar with Espanyol mufa in the Camp Nou, which did not last 36 years, but was on its way to becoming eternal without remedy. The parrots did not win in the enemy fiefdom, but at least they cut the streak of 14 victories followed by Barça in their derbies at home since 2009.

the greatest joy

It had to be Joselu Mato. It could not be another. The pichichi parakeet re-emerged to sign the parakeets greatest joy so far this season. The Galician striker had warned in an interview with EL PERIÓDICO that the team should follow in the wake of Morocco and Croatia in the World Cup, teams that finished ahead of the majority of favorites thanks to their courage. Soul, feeling and sacrifice it was the potion to equalize forces. And of that he is left over blue and white scorerwhich added his eighth goal in the League to stop the historic bleeding of Espanyol at the culé stadium.

To tie at the Camp Nou, logically, these ingredients are not enough. You also have to have a certain amount of fortune and success He had it, for example, Alvaro Fernandez, that became gigantic under the sticks and put an end, perhaps definitively, to the endless debate in the goal. And in the middle of the Mateu Lahoz show, with cards for everyone who moved, expulsions and surreal decisions, Espanyol knew how to take advantage of that penalty provoked and converted for his great figure.

“This is Espanyol. The feeling is very positive. The penalty? It’s very clear, it breaks my boot and everything”

Joselu / Forward of Espanyol

The blue and white hero was euphoric. “This is the \ It \ him Spanish, the sentiment is very positive. after all Adversities in the last 24 hours We knew it was difficult to get something out of the Camp Nou. We have fought for all those who have not been able to bring their shirt to this stadium”, proclaimed Joselu, who valued the action of the penalty. “It is very clearbreaks my boot and everything”.

devastating streak

The team’s business card at the Barça temple was not the most encouraging. From the February 21, 2009 there is no parakeet triumph in that house. ivan de la pena He lived his great day in that game with two historic goals that ended with a 27 year sentence. In 1982 the previous blue and white triumph had taken place at the Camp Nou.

Now the winless journey has lasted 14 years, but a draw is worth gold, especially considering the devastating streak. Until this Saturday the brand was 14-0 and 41-3: 14 wins to zero, 41 goals for Barça and only 3 against.

Joselu avoided yet another success for the culé collection and joined the other three parrots who have been able to score in the Barça stadium since 2009: Sergio Garcia in the 5-1 of the 2014-15 season; caicedo in the 4-1 first leg of the 2015-16 Cup round of 16, and david lopez in the 4-1 of the 2016-17 League.

Girona, on the horizon

Espanyol also ended a streak of five unscored derbies at the Camp Nou. The parakeets knew how to take advantage of their moment in a fight that came after a month and a half break for a World Cup that featured 17 Barça players and only one Blue and White: the Dane Braithwaitewho passed without pain or glory in the duel against his former team.

“We were not only playing for ourselves but for many people who suffer how difficult it is to be from Espanyol in Barcelona. Our feeling is unique”

Sergi Darder / Espanyol midfielder

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Accustomed to living days of misfortunes in the field of his great rival (the last one, on July 8, 2020, when a goal from Luis Suarez certified relegation to Segunda at the Camp Nou), Espanyol finally took a high, a reward for his long-suffering fans. “We have fought against everything and everyone, as always,” said Melamed. “We were not only playing for ourselves but for many people who suffer what It’s hard to be from Espanyol in Barcelona. Our sentiment is unique,” Darder reflected.

The tie is not a wonderful quantitative booty, but it is a dot that will come in handy for the demanding weeks that lie ahead, beginning with the Cup clash against Celtic and the next League duel against another of the rivals most ‘hated’ by the fans: the Girona.



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