Joselu gives Espanyol the first victory at home against Valladolid (1-0)

The Spanish he achieved against Valladolid his first home win. It was urgent for him to win after the last game against Cádiz. He had only added one victory in the first eight league games and was inching closer to the relegation places. The set of Diego Martinezwho had presented themselves as a team without ideas in the last game, needed to find a way to straighten their trajectory this season and move away from the last positions in La Liga and they succeeded.

The Blue and Whites – who played with the pink elastic for the fight against breast cancer – starred one of the best parts of this campaign. They took the field with initiative and with the ideas that were absent against the Andalusians, starring in a very good first 20 minutes, in which they were penalized by the team’s lack of success. handful He had one of the best chances of the game behind a wall with Darder that showed his comfort on the pitch.

This game, however, was short-lived. They soon left behind the initial verticality and surrendered at a leisurely pace and without intentions. Valladolid did not travel to Cornellà with a fierce attitude either. The best opportunity of those from Pacheta was starred Sergio Leon, to a pass from Kike, who was left alone against Lecomte, but the goalkeeper won the duel. After a start to the season without an owner in goal, the coach opted for the Frenchman even after his mistake in Cádiz.

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Almost all of Espanyol’s chances came down the left flank, propelled by Brian Oliván, who gave Espanyol depth. Even so, Espanyol went from more to less and the only chances before the break were for Puado, who suffered from success, and was seen overtaken by Masipwho played 100 games against the Blue and Whites in the First Division, and by Javier Sánchez.

Valladolid, who did not have superiority throughout the first half, returned from the break with the personality that they lacked before. With an Espanyol team almost without the ball, Pacheta’s team, who has gate 94 with his name on the RCDE Stadium, they were much more comfortable. They continued to lack speed, but they managed to annul the Blue and Whites, who were not worth a draw.

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The Espanyol stands began to despair. With the relegation places in mind, the fans whistled at a team that was again without intention or ideas. And that was not found until almost the end of the match. Espanyol’s attack only had two names: Joselu and Oliván.

The first of them warned, after the assistance of Darder, with a shot that could have been the first goal. And a few minutes later, he became the author of the blue and white victory. Brian Oliván centered a cross ball into the small area that Joselu finished off to put the first and only goal of the match, with which he adds his seventh goal of the season (m. 78). Puado was able to sentence the game a few minutes from the end, after an error by the Valladolid defense, but the ball went straight to the left post.