From Vicente Moreno to Rubi, a mirror with an uncertain result

The glass half full theory O half empty He is always present in a Espanyol used to being between qualifying wars, far from the top and relegation, in an intermediate zone, like now; with a wish of the people finally make a leap to the historical position that the entity deserves and with the fear of the memory of the five declines in the neck. This course the team is true to that thought, and to see the glass half full, all you have to do is take a look at the course of the best season at the RCDE Stadium, 2018-19.

Vicente Moreno’s Espanyol has one point less than Joan Francesc Ferrer Rubi’s Espanyol at this point in the season. In fact, it is better classified (13th to 14th) and further from relegation (nine points to seven), so anything is possible in a season in which the Blue and Whites have already beaten teams like Barça, Sevilla, Betis or Athletic, a complicated stretch of the calendar. On Sunday in Vila-real, a Tourmalet that has demanded Moreno’s team and has made it enter into a particular crisis of results will end.

The numbers are very similar. The only difference is that Rubi’s Espanyol won one more game and drew one less. That team had 28 goals for 30 the current one, while Moreno received 38 for 35, more balanced, although perhaps with fewer bright moments. Because the numbers accompany the feelings of both teams, the difference between two mirrors at this point in the championship.

In the day 12 of that 18-19, that Espanyol added 21 points and played in Seville with the opportunity to place co-leader A rough version was recovered after that serious comedown that put the technician on the ropes (three of 30 points). The current Espanyol has been very solvent in the first part of the championship, especially in his fief, but it has not reached that brilliance to predict a transformation like that. He has dragged his problems away from home during the course, at the RCDE Stadium he has ceased to be so reliable and the style of play has been changing depending on the games.

The Spanish waiting see the light at the end of your tunnel and, as happened with that Rubi team, recover the pulse of the League with the values ​​that made it a team in the upper middle zone in the first part of the season. And that will get you into those comfortable positions within your budget and salary cap.