A point against the second-placed team in LaLiga can never be considered bad, but Espanyol needs victories like eating. Against Barça they escaped in the last breath and against Seville the parakeets made merits to turn the score around but they stayed halfway. There was a lack of effectiveness facing the goal but playing like this will bring happiness.
Two hobbies united, a precious gesture from the parakeet fans. In minute 16, he goes for Antonio Puerta. In minute 21, by Dani Jarque. We will never forget you on the bookmark with image of both. The Sevilla fans applauding too. ‘Chapeau’. It was at that moment that Martial was injured for Sevilla. Muscular, he clasped his hands behind his left leg.
Then came the first big chance of the match. He picked up Raúl de Tomás a ball on the balcony of the area, adjusted it to shoot with his left foot but was met with a great save by Bono. The rejection fell to Vilhena, who had his first goal with the blue and white jersey, but sent it over the crossbar in a bitten shot.
It wasn’t being a great game but the entry of ‘Papu’ Gómez for Martial changed the rhythm of Sevilla. And that was bad news for Espanyol. The Argentine lost the quality of his pockets and invented an individual play that led to a measured center, delicious for a Rafa Mir who was where the striker’s manual says. He pushed it before Diego López’s stretch to make it 0-1.
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Vicente Moreno’s team did not react badly, immediately afterwards they had the tie in a shot by Yangel Herrera that was lost over the crossbar. That impulse was diluted with the passing of the minutes and at the break the parakeets lost by the minimum.
Those of Vicente Moreno left with one more march after the holiday and Darder appeared. And when he appears, Espanyol improves a lot. Sergi is inspired and hit an extraordinary header after a great cross from Óscar Gil. 1-1 with the entire second half ahead.
Yangel Herrera, who had already forgiven a clear one in the first half, aggravated the error in the second. A center that the Venezuelan hooked first only inside the area but left licking the post before the midfielder’s lament. The same one that Papu Gómez had in the subsequent play when he sent a shot over Diego López’s goal with everything in his favor to push it.
Blue and Whites’ hopes of victory increased considerably with 15 minutes to go with a direct red card to Koundé for a blow to Puado. The French center-back will miss the Seville derby next weekend. Also Ocampos who saw his fifth yellow card. Sevilla generated little and Espanyol began to make merits to win. Diego Carlos took a providential foot to a shot by Raúl de Tomás that was already being sung in the stands.
The scare was given by Sevilla already in the discount when Diego López took out a providential heads-up. It wasn’t worth it because En-Nesyri was offside but the stop was there. He did not move more on the scoreboard in a tie that leaves Madrid more leader and against Espanyol without winning yet in 2022. But the performance was good.