Espanyol adds two points and has not scored in the 180 minutes played. But that statistic does not remove the extraordinary sensations aroused by the Blue and Whites, who have proven to be a solid team, with clear ideas and an implication. Stakhanovista on a defensive level, highly valued by fans after the performance given in the 2019-20 campaign. Vicente Moreno has built a dam on a staff that, before arriving, was leaking.
The goal is for the moment the pending subject. And not because the team has not been able to produce occasions in Pamplona (9) and Cornellà-El Prat (16) against Osasuna and Villarreal respectively. In fact, the thermometer is being the couple Raúl de Tomás and Adrián Embarba, as involved in defense as unlucky in their shots.
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| Player | To door | Out of | Blocked | Total |
| Raúl de Tomás | 5 | 4 | – | 9 |
| Adrian Embarba | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Adrià Pedrosa | – | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Nico Melamed | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Javi puado | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Sergi gomez | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Nanny Dimata | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 6 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
They have made 16 of the 24 throws of the parakeet team, without seeing a door in any of them. Against the yellow team, the Madrid player had a clear head-to-head that decided to launch with his left foot instead of playing with Wu Lei, while Embarba had a shot that led him to the crossbar after Rulli's deflection.
Until the appearance of Javi Puado and Nico Melamed, and the opportune goals of Nanny Dimata, Embarba and RdT produced 69% of the team's goals. And, in this season start, they averaged 64% of shots on goal. Follow him Adrià Pedrosa, participates in some strategy plays in the corners and with the depth offered by the team's offensive system on the left-handed side. Nico Melamed add two, while Javi Puado, Nanny Dimata and Sergi Gómez, one.
Raúl de Tomás.
Rodolfo Molina
A very defined offensive system
Espanyol's offensive patterns are clear. The parakeet team, which has chosen to play with two forwards in both games, prioritizes attacking from the sides, where the full-backs play a leading role. Most of the occasions have come from those lateral centers and the rejections that occur, from counterattacks or from the incursion into interior areas of Embarba when Óscar Gil occupies its space on the right. The only thing missing is that one of the ball touches the net. A matter of aim. Plainly.