Vicente Moreno already warned in the press conference on Friday that Raúl de Tomás had some muscular discomfort and was doubtful to enter the list of called for this Sunday's match against Sporting. And, finally, the bad omens have been fulfilled and the striker and top scorer of Espanyol has finally not been able to enter the squad list. Espanyol will play their momentous match against the rojiblanco team without their best footballer.
Yes, Sergi Darder has recovered, who also had problems since the match against Sabadell, when he had to be substituted. The Mallorcan has entered a list that form Oier Olazábal, Adrià Pedrosa, Leandro Cabrera, Fernando Calero, Lluís López, Wu Lei, Fran Mérida, Javi Puado, Sergi Darder, Diego López, Óscar Melendo, David López, Dídac Vilà, Nany Dimata, Álvaro Vadillo, Keidi Bare, Matías Vargas , Adrián Embarba, Pol Lozano, Óscar Gil, Ángel Fortuño, Nico Melamed and Max Svensson.
The squad, who trained this morning at the Ciudad Deportiva, travel to Gijón this afternoon in search of continuing to the top of the table after Leganés' picnhazo against Cartagena on Friday, an incentive for both teams. Sporting can get closer to the rivals by direct promotion and Espanyol has a good opportunity to leave more distance to Leganés and Sporting.
Espanyol has had its top scorer in every match of the championship, although at the beginning of the season he started on the bench. Dimata and even Wu Lei seem like substitutes for the MadrilenianAlthough Vicente Moreno could enter a midfielder like Mérida or Melendo and sacrifice one of the usual attackers, in this case RdT.