Empanada and the important ones that Espanyol suffered in Balaídos this Friday. The parakeet team succumbed in a totally deserved way against Celta by an unappealable 3-0 and is still very denied at home, also walking today one of the worst images in what we have in the League. Soft back, null in the medullary due to good local pressure and no punch.
An alarming lack of concentration at the beginning of each period sentenced the parrots. Santi Mina opened the scoring in the 3 ‘and Aspas made it 2-0 in the 47’, taking advantage of a maddening gap in the rear perica in their respective actions. Denis Suárez made the third local in a second part of celestial dominance and Loren signed the one of the honor of the Catalans, a goal that did nothing to mitigate the sad role of the blue and white in Vigo. Much to correct because it begins to be alarming how the Espanyol of the RCDE Stadium can change so much with the one that is shipwrecked away from Barcelona.
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Espanyol is still denied away from home, lacking in competitiveness and resources, and gives wings to a Celta that until this Friday, was one of the worst in the League when he played at home. But Espanyol redeemed him.
Vicente Moreno shook his starting eleven, leaving Embarba on the bench, for the first time in the League, and overtook Aleix Vidal as a right-handed winger. While Miguelón returned to be a starter after nine months.
The game could not have started worse for the parrots, breaded at the start. It had not reached minute 3 when a quick combination between Aspas and Santi Mina ended with the goal of the last, defining luxury by taking advantage of the slowness of the entire Perica defense. Vase of cold water on the entire forehead.
Celta-Espanyol, in pictures
The early target destabilized those of Vicente Moreno, unable to counteract the local dominance, a Celta who played too comfortably and scared every time he approached the dominions of Diego López. Puado and RDT teamed up in the 7th minute but the shot did not occur between the three sticks.
Espanyol’s first half hour was to forget. Celta was dedicated to triangular and came easy and did not score the second goal due to the good work of Cabrera. Providencial was the ‘Lele’ in the 37th minute when he interposed to block the entrance of Brais Méndez, after a filtered pass from Aspas. Precisely Brais had in the second in the 41 ‘but his dry left foot, without any opposition, came out licking the stick.
Meanwhile Espanyol did not exist in attack. Melendo, innocuous, did not connect with Darder and rebound, the tips were lost in nothing. The offensive creation shone and not even RDT had any chance, more only than an island, like Puado, lost in unmarking. And the balance did not improve in the back either, as the defenders never managed to adjust the marks, the triangle formed by Aspas, Brais and Mina giving a lot of war.
And when the duel came to rest, Espanyol, in the only dangerous approach, the only shot between the 3 sticks, had the tie. Javi Puado (44 ‘) was unable to complete the counterattack, after the assistance of Aleix, as goalkeeper Dituro stole his portfolio in extremis.
Espanyol repeated the unfortunate start of the game at the restart. In minute 47 ‘, a play combined with comfort by the sky-blue lead ended with a goal from Aspas, who took advantage of the fact that Pedrosa let him emerge without problems. New early slap.
| 1 M. Dituro | 13 Diego Lopez | ||
| 2 Hugo Mallo | 2 Miguelón 58 ‘ | ||
| 15 J. Aidoo | (16 Loren Moron) | ||
| 4 N. Araujo | 24 Sergi gomez | ||
| 17 Javi galán | 4 L. Cabrera | ||
| 8 F. Beltrán 46 ‘ | 3 Adrià Pedrosa 86 ‘ | ||
| (6 D. Suarez) | (17 Didac Villa) | ||
| 11 F. Cervi | 25 Y. Herrera 58 ‘ | ||
| 14 R. Tapia | (6 M. Morlanes) | ||
| 23 Brais Méndez 87 ‘ | 10 S. Darder | ||
| (29 Gabriel Veiga) | 22 Aleix Vidal 74 ‘ | ||
| 10 Iago Aspas 85 ‘ | (39 Ruben) | ||
| (9 Nolito) | 14 O. Melendo 58 ‘ | ||
| 22 Santi Mina 89 ‘ | (21 Nico Melamed) | ||
| (33 Hugo Sotelo) | 9 J. Puado | ||
| 11 Raul De Tomás | |||
Goals:(1-0) Santi Mina (3 ‘), (2-0) Iago Aspas (47’), (3-0) D. Suárez (82 ‘), (3-1) Loren Morón (92’)
Cards:L Santi Mina (89 ‘), Hugo Mallo (91’), Dídac Vilà (91 ‘)L
Referee: Valentin Pizarro Gomez
Spectators: 9,526 in Abanca Balaídos
| THE BEST Loren’s goal that did not serve to mitigate Espanyol’s terrible game | |
| WORST The lack of concentration and attitude of the parrots at the start of each period, which penalized them with two goals |
Puado was disturbing again (53 ‘) but Dituro closed the local wall well. Impossible. Vicente Moreno was not happy with what he saw and made a triple change, the three offensive, entering Morlanes, Nico Melamed and Loren.
But Espanyol was not going to improve their performance, as Celta continued to short-circuit the parrot game with good pressure that always prevented the ball from coming out clean, so RDT and company did not smell it.
Only some ride by Pedrosa, who never found finishers, and the fight by Puado, stood out in the parakeet attack. While Celta continued to his own, combining quickly and easily. The local third prowled because Brais and Aspas had it before a parakeet behind that continued to be cracked.
And in the end Denis Suárez marked it. In 82 ‘he made it 3-0 with great cold blood after taking advantage of a good’ cape ‘from Aspas.
Already in the discount, a goal from Loren, a spectacular shot from more than 40 meters that caught the local goal in advance. Brutal was Loren’s first goal as a parakeet in the League, although it was a shame that it was of little use for Espanyol as nothing could erase the bad game of the Catalans.