Eibar-Espanyol of the first round, played on matchday 4 and ended with 1-2 in favor of the Blue and Whites, was the most lying game of the season. The parakeet box, mathematically descended, only lived one day outside the descent. It was that day. Curiously, for Eibar that fourth day and the next were the only ones in which he suffered among the positions that involve going down to Second. This Sunday everything happens backwards.
In addition, the Ipurua meeting was the first and only victory for David Gallego, the inaugural coach that Espanyol had in a course with up to four tenants on the bench. In contrast, only José Luis Mendilibar has been in the Basque, very close to achieving a new salvation with a lower budget.
It also meant a comeback for the parakeets. The Blue and Whites, who started the match losing 1-0, turned the game around thanks to the entrance of Matías Vargas, Esteban Granero and Adrià Pedrosa. Gallego's found spaces and took advantage of it in one of the few joys of the season.
Espanyol's goals were scored by Granero and Ferreyra, also the only match in which the Argentine striker managed to score. The Blue and Whites took a victory that took them out of the descent but was innocuous. Four games later, Gallego was dismissed and Espanyol, already doomed to miracles.