Darder part of LaLiga – AS.com

The derby shadow it is elongated. Later, because a good performance against the eternal rival leaves its wake, like that of the Spanish in communion with his grandstand, which staged Darder, brilliant against Barça and virtuous, and scorer, again against Sevilla. And before, because they will receive the Betis the people of Seville, next Sunday and Zagreb through, without Koundé or Ocampos, and with the double obligation to win so that the fight for the LaLiga title do not escape inevitably.

Despite the bittersweet draw, such is Sevilla’s inertia that even from bad news comes new and better beginnings. Absent Acuña, Montiel and Rekik, Navas still tender, ‘touched’ but starter Diego Carlos and with Tecatito on the side, two minutes later he threatened to injure Ocampos. Ankle sprain that she recovered from. She was not so lucky Martial, who before half an hour hurt his hamstrings and had to ask for the change. entered the Papu Gómez. And he turned the script of the party.

He went down to receive the Argentine, to build and run along the entire left wing, to receive fouls, like the one that Raúl de Tomás earned him a fifth yellow card that will prevent him from playing at La Cerámica. Vicente Moreno seemed to recognize the merits of him, who with the ball stopped caressing his head just –things of fate– a few seconds before the 0-1 score. Fernando sent a long ball over el Papu, who dribbled mid-defense before putting it on Rafa Mir at the far post. The Cartagena native nodded at pleasure between the undecided Diego López and Cabrera.

One more penalty for Espanyol, already accustomed to suffering with lateral centers and making individual errors that are costing you points, defeats, a 2022 without a single victory. And they are already on their way to March. More of the same. As the line-up, identical to that of the derby except for the entrance of Óscar Gil, who had just completed a sanction, by Aleix Vidal. Reasonable decision, after having caressed the victory against Barça. And that he had his chances.

Before the 0-1 sevillista, he had approached the goal first vilhenavery forced in his third consecutive start –and the most fizzy– since he landed in the winter market, after Head Darder and finally between De Tomás and Vilhena himself, on a very clear double occasion. And he prowled the tie in a frontal shot of yangel herrera that went astray.

But it came in the resumption, when Sevilla usually close their games and show themselves insurmountable, the true reaction parakeet. Espanyol managed the times, elaborated, opened so that Óscar Gil centered from the right so that Darder, suddenly turned into a ‘nine’ of referenceheaded to goal alone against Koundé.

was able to complete the comeback Yangel Herrera, who connected without much precision a RdT centerin an action as dangerous as the immediate reply from Papu Gómezwho also sent a shot out against Diego López.

The final stretch was devilish when, in minute 76, González Fuertes expelled Koundé with a direct red card for turning around in front of Puado and slapping him. Raúl de Tomás then had 2-1, in a lethal counterattack, three against two, which ended in a corner. Another card, in this case yellow for Ocampos, assumed that he will not be able to act against Betis either, by sanction. Espanyol touched another calamitous addition, in a run by En-Nesyri saved by Diego López and ultimately annulled for offside.

He still hasn’t won Espanyol in 2022, true, but he has taken him out at home two consecutive draws to Barcelona and Sevillejust like months ago he defeated the Real Madrid. A white team that now benefits from the blue and white expertise to extend its margin in the leadership of LaLiga, six points, at the gates of a Seville derby without Koundé, Ocampos, with Martial’s doubts and with a lot, a lot of passion.