“If we had achieved some more point abroad, we would look to Europe”

David López, captain of Espanyol, it is always a voice more than authorized to take stock of the blue and white game. The blue and white squad started a rest week today with a view to preparing later the match at Mestalla on the 31st (4.15pm), the last chance of the year to end the bad fario at home and erase the bad aftertaste after the KO in Vigo.

The captain recognizes that it is urgent to start winning outside and regrets that with some more points that have ‘flown’ away from the stadium, Espanyol would now be located near the noble zone, the European one, of the classification.

“Win out, the exits, is the pending subject because at home we are having great games. It is true that some more point we would have deserved outside and if we took two or three more, some more positive results, we would be looking at Europe. But even so it is the pending subject ”, has reiterated David lopez in statements to the program ‘Toto Gira’ of Catalunya Ràdio.

The captain is recovering from knee surgery and his return is not expected until the end of January or February. “I feel better. I am still in the first phase of recovery. I try to gather strength and clean this end of the year that it is not being anything good for me “, has confessed.

He also referred to the match against Celta where Espanyol played one of the worst games of the campaign. “It’s a hard defeat to digest. From the outside, you suffer even more. It was the worst game of the season without a doubt, “he said.

And he also spoke of the first duel of 2022, the cup match against Ponferradina in El Toralín. No credit. “El Toralín is a very uncomfortable field. Last year we won at home and away against this rival, but they have improved a lot and they are going to make things very difficult for us. However, we are a First team and we have to go to win. “

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David López made a general assessment of 2021 which is about to end: “It has been a year of ups and downs. There were difficult moments. For example, after drawing at the Mirandés field, everything seemed black and, in the end, we were champions. Afterwards, we had a positive start to the League but improvable”.