Elche surprises Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium

Holders, alternates and members of the technical body of the Elche They celebrated it in style after the final whistle, and it is not for less considering what it served for. The triumph achieved by those of Francisco (absent due to sanction) before the Spanish at RCDE Stadium (1-2) was good for the Elche team to leave the relegation zone, and at the same time it left the parakeet box touched, who promised them very happy but was greatly surprised in the initial section of the duel and never found the right reaction necessary to overcome.

Not 15 minutes of play had elapsed when the advantage of the Elche it was already double. As suspected in the previous one, the duel was lost Diego Lopez, presumably by Covid, and the emerging Joan Garcia, which has a splendid future, did not have the debut dreamed of in LaLiga. In 6 ‘, after a choral indecision by the entire blue and white defense, he saw how Pears Milla surpassed him for the first time when hunting a serve of Tete Morente from the right. And in 14 ‘, it was his own Joan Garcia The one who stayed halfway through an outing to see com again Pere Milla, behind the center of Mojica, he dialed without being able to avoid it. Habitual in the Spanish Under-21 team, neither can nor should he be judged for what happened this Monday in the RCDE Stadium, but it is undeniable that nerves (or misfortune) played a trick on the one who has to be the goalkeeper of the Spanish in the next decade.

From there, to the local team he had to swim against the current, and although in the addition of the first part Raul De Tomás reduced distances from the penalty spot, the Spanish ended up dying on the shore. Because in the second part, those of Vicente Moreno showed more will than right (they missed a Darder that the duel was lost presumably by Covid), and although the ‘RDT’ himself had the tie in his boots in 93 ‘, said equalized never came and the three points went to the Martinez Valero. The little more than 11,000 brave people who gathered in Cornellà-El Prat returned home with the bitter taste of the one who expects sweet on their palate and finds that the delicacy tasted is stale.

With 20 games played, the Spanish he has 26 points and is installed in the comfortable area of ​​the table, with a good cushion compared to the relegation zone but without completely getting fully into the fight for Europe. The ElcheFor his part, he adds 19 and takes a breath, positioning himself outside the burning area.