Espanyol sing a goal 156 corners and 233 days later

Adri Embarba hit the heart of the area and Raúl de Tomás finished off with his head to goal. An unappealable impact after a clarification from Leandro Cabrera, a corner kick for Espanyol that gave him three points against Sabadell and put an end to a negative statistic of the parrots, who had not scored from corners since July 2 passed before the Real Sociedad. 156 corners have passed, according to LaLiga statistics, and 233 days since then.

That game meant (not mathematically) Espanyol's last chance to dream of salvation in a real way, with Francisco Rufete on the bench, and in fact it started well with David López's goal from the corner. A strategy play taken short so that Embarba with his left foot put a center at the near post and the captain perico finished off between two defenders on goal. A 0-1 that was ultimately worthless, Espanyol condemned for their own mistakes like the entire season (2-1).

Espanyol said goodbye to Primera with 19 more corners without seeing a goal and this season they managed to score a goal in corner 138 of the course, after 137 misses. Those of Vicente Moreno have had opportunities and have finished off the posts, like Cabrera against Sabadell himself. With launchers like Fran Mérida or Embarba and tall auctioneers such as David López, Calero, Cabrera or RdT himself, Espanyol is one of the teams that has obtained the least revenue from these actions.

In the bag of set pieces, the Blue and Whites have added eight goals counting the one from RdT from a corner. Four of them came from a penalty: three scored by the Madrid striker himself and one by Adrián Embarba. You have to add two free-kick goals. One from RdT against Logroñés directly and another from Fran Mérida after a short serve against Mirandés. And, not of corner action but of lateral center, Espanyol has two more goals. From Wu Lei on matchday 1 and from Javi Puado against Mallorca the week before.

In games such as against Sabadell, in which the Blue and Whites were not superior to their rival and the match could lead to a draw, set pieces avoided a stumbling block in the achievement of promotion. From now on, even with the arrival of Nany Dimata, another tall player, he should increase the scoring rate from the corner.