Javi López reaches 250 matches in Primera

Espanyol's return after the stoppage due to the pandemic was round for Javi López. The team won with solvency (2-0), the winger curdled a remarkable encounter and reached 250 matches in the First with the Blue and Whites' shirt, making him the eighth player with the most participations in the history of Perica, and only nine matches from Manuel Zuñiga. A 'one club men' that will be recorded by his perseverance for 11 seasons.

With the absence of Sébastien Corchia, who will no longer play for Espanyol, the captain seems untouchable for these ten games on the side. Víctor Gómez is not having so many minutes with Abelardo Fernández and was left out of the list for the duel against Alavés, while Gonzalo Ávila, Pipa, does not have a leading role either. Osuna's has quickly regained form and last Saturday he made merits in a defensive action with 0-0, in which he fought with Edgar, after a bad understanding between Leandro Cabrera and Bernardo Espinosa, and prevented the player of the Basque team from finishing on goal.

Among the players with the most games, Javi López stands out for being one of those with the fewest minutes (19,680), proof of his intermittency in the lineups. Except in his first six seasons, in which he played an average of 30 league games, in the last three the number has been reduced to 18, while in the current one he has 14. The lateral ends contract this course although he does not want to talk about the renewal due to the delicate situation of the team. “That is not important now,” he stressed this week.