MADRID, 9 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
RCD Espanyol receives Elche this Monday (9:00 p.m.), in the last match of the twentieth day of LaLiga Santander, with the aim of getting hooked on the European train against a rival who needs to win after three dates without doing so to move away the shadow of the decline.
Vicente Moreno’s men fired 2021 by storming Mestalla (1-2) and welcomed 2022 with a suffered pass to the second round of the Copa del Rey, where they had to resort to the penalty shoot-out to knock out Ponferradina (1-1, 1-3 on penalties).
Before traveling to Palma to face RCD Mallorca in the ‘ko’ tournament, the perico team (26) once again focused on the domestic competition, where they were separated by six points from the continental positions. In addition, he clings to his strength at the RCDE Stadium, a place where he has only lost one game this season.
For its part, Elche has only managed to win once at home this season, and also accumulates two defeats against Valencia (2-1) and Barça (3-2) and a draw against Granada (0-0) in their last garter engagements. Only the Cup, with a comeback against Almería (1-2), has allowed Francisco’s team to breathe a little.
In the League, the team from Elche -which in the cup tournament will meet Real Madrid- manages 16 units, the same that mark the relegation zone, so a victory in Barcelona seems vital to avoid ending the day in the positions burning.
In addition, the injured David López, the Blue and Whites could accuse up to six casualties due to coronavirus, while the Franco-Green team, which recovers Enzo Roco, will not be able to count on Diego González or Fidel Chaves, both due to sanction.
– MONDAY PROGRAM IN LALIGA SANTANDER.
Espanyol – Elche. Gil Manzano (C. Extremeño) 21.00.