Mao, before the curse of the CEO

Between institutional earthquake unleashed last Wednesday and the whims of the calendar, which has not placed the Espanyol match on the weekend, The visit to Anoeta this Monday seems cornered (9:00 p.m.) by Vicente Moreno’s team. But it is not a trivial matter, especially when can suppose the almost mathematical permanence of the Blue and Whites, who arrive at the match against Real Sociedad with 36 points. AND with a new CEO.

Mao Ye will debuthitherto counselor, in his new position, the one with the highest power in the club after the president (and, in this case, owner) Chen Yanshengas three other executives did before since Rastar landed at Espanyol, at the beginning of 2016. And that first game can be considered, to a certain extent, cursed. None of his predecessors managed to debut with a victory after his appointment was announced. An interesting curiosity.

Jose Maria Durangeneral director and CEO until this week, was perhaps the most successful, since his first match since it was made official as such, on December 30, 2019, was the derby at the RCDE Stadium against Barcelona on January 4, 2020also the debut of Abelardo Fernández as coach, and which ended 2-2, with goals from David López, Luis Suárez, Aleix Vidal (for Barça) and Wu Lei. Durán, yes, did not formally start working at the club until four days later.

worst luck ran Roger Guaschwhose position as corporate CEO was announced on January 18, 2018, two days before Quique Sánchez Flores’ Espanyol lost at home against Sevilla, by a landslide: 0-3 with goals from Franco Vázquez, Pablo Sarabia and Luis Muriel.

And, although he was already at Espanyol with other attributions, the appointment as CEO of the first of all, Ramon Robertlogically coincided with the landing in the entity by Chen and Rastar, on January 21, 2016. Just one day later, the parakeets tied in Cornellà against Villarreal (2-2), with goals from Felipe Caicedo, Manu Trigueros, Gerard Moreno and Mateo Musacchio. Total, two draws, one loss, no wins and four CEOs.