Espanyol fell this Sunday against Leganes in a shameful game, the worst seen at the RCDE Stadium, and signed his sentence for Segunda. The descent is not mathematical, but as if it were due to the sad spectacle seen. And to make matters worse it has many numbers to be certified in the derby Wednesday at the Camp Nou, if the parakeets don't win against Barcelona.
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Espanyol showed why is the worst team in LaLiga, at 11 points of salvation and without giving sensations of finishing at least, with the head high. Silva's goal plunged Espanyol into the red lantern of the table, a position in which the League will very possibly end, after a shameful game of those of Rufete, an ordeal, a very sad agony.
Espanyol ended with ten men for the expulsion of Calleri in 88 ', a double yellow for protesting. A gruesome cast that draws perfectly the lousy Catalan game of a team without a soul, without tension, without football. Horrifying.
El Leganés, meanwhile, some oxygen and confidence was injected in line to face this final leg of the tournament, rushing his remote save options.
Espanyol and Leganés starred in the first 45 soporific minutes, without rhythm, intensity, or football.
From the first moment it was seen that the match between two of those condemned to go down to the Second Division this year, would enter the annals of the most soporific duel in history. Very low rate, excess of midfield and horizontal football, lack of tension, or what is the same, seemed a preseason match.
The first and only half clear shot between the three suits was in the minute 22, a bitten header from Rodrigues that did not disturb Diego Lopez, very calm. As was also the goal of Leganés because Rufete's did not finish even among the three suits. And the only occasion with some danger came in 45 ’, after a good cross Ships that Wu Lei sent headlong into the clouds. Horrible.
The only incident of the first part Tomás starred it. He lay there in the 38th minute, after receiving a couple of tarascadas and a half ‘groggy’, it seemed that he could not continue, either because of his knee problems or because of the prevailing heat. He remade himself and was able to reach the break.
Nothing changed on the restart, as neither coach moved the bench. But the lack of rhythm and tension ‘killed’ Espanyol first, deservedly.
In 52 ’, after a play in which they were vilely portrayed first Embarba and then Javi López, Jonathan Silva received only and without opposition, he shot Diego López, making the 0-1. Shameful.
The goal sank even more, if possible, an Espanyol deranged. Tomás, a shadow, replied with a free kick in the 55 ’, which was glimpsed dangerous but ended in nothing because Cuéllar saved it well.
Rufete moved token after a reaction that It seemed impossible, seen the show. Gave entrance to Vargas and Calleri, by Pedrosa and Wu Lei. And Espanyol played from that moment on without a left-back, delaying his position David López and playing with 3 centrals.
The changes gave fresh air to those of Rufete and began to dominate, with more gunpowder on top and a little more tension before a more acclaimed Leganés. Thus, De Tomás, in the 70 ’, managed to shoot and score, a goal that was quickly annulled by the clear offside of the Madrid striker. Little was needed to improve the football that had been seen until then.
Espanyol tried to the end with more heart than head and little football, very little. There were still a couple of cherries to garnish the final grotesque. In 88 ’, Calleri expelled himself upon seeing two yellow followed by protesting, worse impossible. He went ranting against everything and everyone, but did him a disservice to your team.
It was still to be seen how Tomás missed a clamorous occasion. In 89 ', only to empty goal sent the ball to heaven. Not even the ‘killer’ knew how to score, the perfect drawing of a soulless Espanyol and already in Second.