Espanyol is knowing in record time adapt to the Second Division. It certainly helps to have a seasoned coach in a category where most games reissue a very similar script. And Vicente Moreno knows that, with the quality and quantity that he has on the staff, the solution in many cases lies in the path of wear. How a Malaysian boot that tightens by way of torture, merciless, as the games progress. It is the one that, after five days, is giving the leadership to the parrots.
With an unalterable defense and a goalkeeper, Diego López, in a state of grace, the rest is up to stay focused, match the blows to the opponent and wait to bite him when the forces begin to be just and any minimum error yields space to an assortment of attackers who move like a fish in water in a single square meter, with Raúl de Tomás as the maximum exponent. This has happened in the last three games, which have resulted in victories and have given Espanyol nine of the 13 points that accumulates after five days.
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In the Carlos Tartiere, it was precisely Of Thomas who hit twice. First, by transforming a penalty committed on Adrià Pedrosa for a kick at the wrong time (64 '). In the second, by taking advantage of a catastrophic failure in the exit of the ball from Oviedo (68 '), together with Javi Puado. A week later, in the Nova Creu Alta, were the cunning of Fernando Calero and the speed and skill of Nico Melamed those who anticipated a slow defensive movement on the left of Sabadell (83 '). And last Saturday, against him Alcorcón, they could more the struggle of Víctor Campuzano and Dídac and the amazing cool head of RdT than a whole rear trying to drain water (74 ').
In three of these four goals, the bench factor is also added. Both RdT in Oviedo and Nico in Sabadell had come into play shortly before, in a Espanyol that not only bites with its alignment, but also has another gala team among the substitutes, willing to take advantage of the rival's lack of oxygen, no matter how Numantine his defense, to devour him in second parts that, unlike the film sagas and Espanyol itself in previous seasons, are good.