He Espanyol has been defeated this Sunday in his second friendly of the preseason, against a cash Cádiz who asserted his best punch to win the duel.
Those of Vicente Moreno were much better in the first half, but they did not translate their dominance into goals and after the break Cádiz in the first and only clear chance they had, he decided the balance with a goal from Marcos Mauro (54 ').
The most positive thing for Espanyol was the debut of their two signings, Fran Mérida and Miguelón, both leaving very good feelings. And on the negative scale the certainty that this team lacks a '9' because today despite dominating and showing intensity and good football, especially in the first half, did not score despite having chances.
As in the first 'gig' they haven't played today From Tomás ni Darder, who follow a differentiated job by not being one hundred percent. They have also been low when being touched Pedrosa and Melamed. While they have not been cited Cabrera, Marc Roca and Embarba, who did have minutes against Huesca.
The most noteworthy in key perica in the first half, has been the debut as blue and white of Fran Merida, leaving a very good flavor and taking gallons in the core, along with David Lopez.
Espanyol has come out cheeky, monopolizing the ball and pressing from the first minute to a Cádiz that had a hard time picking up the pace. Already at minute 15, Becerra, forward of the subsidiary and one of the most active and standing out from the first 45 minutes, he had the first chance.
A minute later, Fran Mérida deserved the goal with a left foot that was poisoned by bouncing off a defender. The trident they formed Jofre-Melendo-Becerra gave war, but despite triangulating and carrying danger, they failed to define.
Calf, the young striker of the Perico branch, had two occasions to have broken the tables (20 ’and 25’) but lacked success in the final meters.
Espanyol was very intense, carrying the weight of the match and triangulating with criteria, but he lacked hit and goal. While Cádiz did not appear in the first 45 minutes, reviled and without knowing how to shake the parakeet dominance. It did not exist.
At the edge of the break, bad news for Espanyol as David López had to leave the field of play, limping and with discomfort in his left foot.
Everything changed after the break. Both technicians moved the bench but the changes gave a better oxygen to a Cádiz that finally got into the game. Álvaro Cervera should have read the primer to his men that came out much more plugged in the second half, pressing the ball out of the Blue and Whites. And Espanyol no longer played so comfortable or intense. And he ended up paying for it.
1 – Cádiz: Cifuentes, Akapo, Sergio G., Marcos Mauro, Panadero, Mayoral, José Mari, Augusto, Bodiger, Malbasic and Negredo. They also played: Sotres, Espino, Alejo, Javi N., Salvi, Pombo, Jonsson, Lozano, Fali.
0 – RCD Espanyol: Oier; Víctor Gómez, Lluís López, Calero, Pipa; David López, Fran Mérida; Jofre, Melendo, Becerra and Wu Lei. They also played: Pol Lozano, Diego López, Dídac, Campuzano, Vargas, Puado, Miguelón, Álex López, Ricard Pujol and Gori.
Goal: 1-0, Marcos Mauro (min. 54).
Referee: Peña Varela (Andalusian committee). He admonished Miguelón (min.61).
Incidents: friendly match played at the Marbella Football Center, without spectators.
Cádiz, first and only chance, goal
And that was when the blue and white eleven had more in mind that if you forgive, then you pay. In minute 54 ', on the yellow's first clear chance, on the first shot they made with judgment between the three suits, the goal came. At the exit of the corner, Akapo he finished off the post and the rebound was loose at the feet of Marcos Mauro who shot Diego López at will. In the first the Cádiz, goal, that yes with some fortune.
For Espanyol the best news in the second half was the debut of Miguelón, the second signing, and the good feelings it left Puado and the ‘Monito’ Vargas, called to be an important man in the blue and white scheme.
Little football and fewer occasions in a second half marked by the carousel of changes in both formations. Tiredness took its toll and the game got tangled up in the last minutes, although Espanyol especially in the boots of Puado and Vargas, he looked for the goal until the end. The young man Gori He stroked it at the discount with no luck.