Espanyol's other utopia: not being the worst in history

Espanyol is played in this final sprint with Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete in command triple objective: finish LaLiga with dignity, try not to be the worst parakeet team of all time and, just because mathematically it is not impossible, try the miracle of permanence. These last two goals are so closely matched that it will be difficult for the sports director and interim coach not to enter the history books.

The 24 points added in 32 days they are by far the worst record ofSince victories add three points in LaLiga. Even the Espanyol of Mauricio Pochettino escapes in the 2008-09, that at this point I already had 32 and that thanks to a devastating final sprint, he finished with 47. 31 had with Luis Fernández in the course 2003-04.

Exactly the same points that they now had, 24, had in the 1988-89 season, but it was then they joined two for win, the same thing that happened in 1991-92, when they had 26, but in no case are they comparable values. With the current system, in those courses they would have added 29 and 36 points to these heights, respectively.

In fact, The worst scores after 38 days were signed by Espanyol 31 years ago, with 30 points, that in a League of three points would have been 37 (result of seven wins, 16 draws and 15 losses), and that of the 1992-93 campaign, which added 29 but what with the current conditions would have accumulated 38 (with nine wins, 11 draws and 18 losses). And, even so, in both cases the parrot club dropped to Segunda.

Rufete's team would need to score at least 14 points out of 18 possible to avoid that worst classification in its history. The challenge is so great that, probably, it would also serve to guarantee permanence. Mathematically it is possible. But it happens to win almost everything. Starting with the clash against Real Sociedad, in Anoeta, and continuing with Leganés, Barcelona, ​​Eibar, Valencia and Celta.