Although neither Espanyol nor the affected players have made public the five positives for COVID-19 that are in the squad, Valencia Capital Radio has released the names, which we will not cite in this medium until those affected or the Blue and White entity communicate it . Of them, and although the first team will have to resort to players from the subsidiary to complete the list of summoned, Two clear conclusions are drawn for Espanyol’s commitments in Valencia, on January 31, and in Ponferrada, on January 4.
The parakeet team loses in Mestalla a regular starter in Vicente Moreno’s plans and another attacker, so there will be a lack of resources in the offensive facet although it will be, for example, Raúl de Tomás or Wu Lei, who have appeared in the photographs of the morning training that the blue and white entity has distributed. It remains to be seen if Nany Dimata recovers from her discomfort and can be cited.
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The coach will have to vary his usual plan for Tuesday’s Cup match in Ponferrada in case none of the positives recovers (the results were known on Monday), since between injuries and infected they will have to repeat headlines in El Tolarín or have the subsidiary’s players present in the line-up, something that has not been the case in the previous two rounds. It helps Espanyol that their next match is on the 10th against Elche, so Moreno has six days to spare to plan the next match.
After the positives, the squad will train this Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will leave for Valencia right after. The press conference of Vicente Moreno, which at first was going to be in person as to dateIt will only be telematic again after this sixth wave that is hitting Espanyol hard.