The Three Musketeers

In the world of Big Data, artificial intelligence and GPS attached to the body even in the lightest training, sometimes the elements come together almost by chance. Just in time for the derby, the clash against Sevilla and what will come. This has happened with The new three musketeers in Espanyol’s midfield. Sergi Darderstarter in 23 of the 25 days of this League, was always there. Keidi Bare He arrived after overcoming the viral picture that had prevented him from playing in San Mamés. AND yangel herrera he recomposed himself on the horn of the injury between the soleus and the calf that had stopped him since Christmas.

There is no doubt that that triple alliance has been crucial so that it appears, at the tip of the iceberg, the most incisive version of Darder, author of an assist for Raúl de Tomás in the derby and two consecutive goals, against Barcelona and against Seville, the first a great goal from outside the area and the second, a header typical of a benchmark striker. But also contains the stability that the team needed. With a Keidi who, as soon as he unblocks the ball out, cuts off the rival game and helps build his own. And with a Yangel who begins to offer –after overcoming two injuries– that versatile image, brave and at the same time far-reaching, the surprise factor of the second line, which amazed Granada: two goals he was about to score against Sevilla.

But the devastating fact of the three musketeers is their joint ability to manage the Espanyol game. After a first meeting together, in the derby, they managed to get together against Sevilla to the point that between them they added more than a third of the total passes of the parakeet group, 134, and only 8.85 percent of those who tried failed. Against the second classified of LaLiga. Darder walked away with 50 of 57 good passes (87.7%), Keidi with 55 of 59 (93.2%) and Yangel with 29 of 31 (93.5%).

94 of the 134 passes were made in the opposite fieldand there surely had to do with that renewed approach by Vicente Moreno with very marked interiors, Tonny Vilhena instead of Adrián Embarba, and with RdT moving widely, not only inside the area. Now, Villarreal awaits the three musketeers, who have a pending mission: sign their good performance together with a victory.