Espanyol is a goalkeeping club. History dictates it. Its most international player was Ricardo Zamora, an icon in the 20s and 30s, capable of crossing borders in still amateur and neighborhood football. They are followed by great emblems such as Alberto Martorell or José Trias, while in more modern times others such as Tommy N'Kono, nominated for best goal in history for France Football, or Toni Jiménez and Carlos Kameni. Now, Diego López is breaking records and placing himself on that pedestal.
The Galician, who already has the historical record of unbeaten (586 minutes in 2016) in First, now wants Second. You have it a stone's throw away. In numbers, 23 minutes. The Galician accumulates 450 without receiving a goal, while Tommy n'kono it was 473 in the 1989-90 campaign. It happened from 1-1 against Murcia on matchday 12 to 1-0 against Betis on matchday 17, a goal by Pepe Mel, now coach of Las Palmas.
There were also those same minutes, 473, Espanyol from the 69-70 campaign without conceding a goal, although this time there are two goalkeepers who defended the Blue and White goal. It's about the one who was a manager Coco Bertomeu and Ramon Coll, who replaced him against Sant Andreu (0-2).
Diego López accumulates 140 official games with Espanyol (121 adding the First and Second leagues) and is 40 away from sneaking into the top 50 of players with the most games after being the goalkeeper for five seasons. Together with Alfredo Di Stéfano, he is the oldest footballer to have played for Espanyol. And he has one more year of contract in case of fulfilling a series of variables.