Essential Raúl de Tomás

The brand assists her Raúl de Tomás and he smiles Spanish. The forward fails and lets the team escape points, opportunities, matches. The equation seems simplistic, but it obeys a reality that is being strictly adhered to this season: the parakeet group dances to the sound of their top scorer, that if it is intoned it offers enormous joys and if on the contrary it does not have the day it is submerged in defeats. Like last Sunday in Vallecas.

Son seven goals that De Tomás has scored in this league, plus two assists and a decisive contribution also in the goal of the last day at the RCDE Stadium, against Real Sociedad, scored by Yangel Herrera when taking advantage of the rejection of a shot from Madrid. As it is, it has had a key role in ten of the 15 goals that Espanyol carries, that is, a very high 66.6 percent of the total. But the data does not stop there. Except for the game that could not play due to suspension – against Getafe -, The RdT stamp has been present in all the matches in which the Blue and White squad has scored.

He scored the goal against him Atlético de Madrid (1-2), assisted Aleix Vidal against Betis (2-2), scored against Alaves (1-0), the Real Madrid (2-1), the Cádiz (2-0) and the Elche (2-2), in which he also attended, scored again against the Athletic Club (1-1) and the Granada (2-0), and starred in that kick with rejection before the Real society. For now, and not counting the games that Espanyol won by more than one target having opened the can, without your contribution the parrots would carry at least nine points less.

That Espanyol depends more than ever on the inspiration of its ‘top scorer’ is shown by In this section, since the last break, the team has only scored one goal in three games. –That of the Royal Society–, while in the previous month –In front of Cádiz, Elche, Athletic, Getafe and Granada– the blue and white scored eight goals, of which Raúl de Tomás participated in up to five, with four goals and one assist.

In summary, In the nine games in which they have scored or assisted, Espanyol has added 18 points out of 27 possible. In the seven days in which it has not participated in a goal, the team collected two points out of 21. The figure speaks for itself. Levante, whom he already scored the only time he received them at his stadium in Primera – with Rayo, three years ago – is the next litmus test for the striker and for a Espanyol that needs him.