Espanyol arrived on Sunday in Alcorcón to his private Beijing, the end of the journey of his nine-month journey through the Trans-siberian of the Second division. Because that's how his career has been, a priori a long and uncomfortable road, with difficulties, but one that has served to discover other clubs, another football and rediscover the victories, the euphoria and the fans. A real adventure with a happy ending after the descent last year.
The season it was not linear, there were curves, little dangerous. It began as an anguished trance due to the obligation not to miss the train of the ascent. Missing his appointment could mean the steppe, a sentence that would put 121 years of history at stake. That hurtful cold that was noticed in Leganés, Vallecas, Girona, Las Palmas, Lugo or, above all, Miranda de Ebro, which has something of Siberia in the middle of winter. There the parakeet team left points and raised doubts that have always existed in an environment not yet cured of scares after what happened in 2019-20.
Proof of this is what has happened in the days in which Espanyol has lived as a First team: two lost games, a draw and a victory. From the defeat of Ponferrada to the double party of Alcorcón with defeat and title. A bittersweet taste, although understandable in a squad that has suffered a lot of pressure this season. However, I advise travelers. The best thing is to stay with what happened in between, where Espanyol was a dominating team, with its history and its squad. Whether in Albacete, Sabadell, Logroño or Castellón, fields that he conquered and that next year will play in the new Second B, or Malaga, Fuenlabrada, Tenerife, Oviedo or Gijón.
The hand in hand with Mallorca, meritorious runner-up with half the budget of the Blue and Whites, or the duels against Almería, favorite to be the third team that now rises with Rubi on the bench, gave Espanyol back those classic First-class matches. Matches that will recover from August with another legacy that leaves the course: from the explosion of Puado to the irruption of Melamed or the good minutes of Omar, 17 years old. Hopefully Espanyol will be another after this nine-month excursion. An inhospitable journey that must serve to change (or recover) mentalities.