Espanyol has suffered a hard setback in the last hours when it was known that Raúl de Tomás, the undisputed pichichi parakeet, has tested positive for Covid and will miss at least the next two games of the blue and white team.
to get started RDT will not be able to be this Saturday at La Romareda In the crucial meeting against Zaragoza, where if they scored, only with a draw, Espanyol would already mathematically be a First Division team. A great game.
Espanyol's top scorer will not be there, a basic piece in the gear of Vicente Moreno therefore his 22 goals and his celebrated performances So far in the championship, they have a lot to blame for the Catalan club already caressing direct promotion.
But this Espanyol, reliable and solid in recent months, has already shown that He is even capable of scoring and winning if his envy is not 'killler''On the field.
Tomás had only missed two games so far so far in the league (he has played 35 of the 37 stakes), but curiously, Espanyol did not lose either of the two. The first was in El Molinón, against Sporting and the parakeets took a tie on February 28. The second was at home, against Logroñés, whom they thrashed 4-0 last March 20.
Without RDT, Espanyol thrashed Logroñés
In both games, the Madrid striker was injured due to knee problems. Now the problem is another and RDT will not be there, at least for 10 days, for having tested positive for Covid. A setback for Espanyol in this final stretch where the days are discounted to have the desired promotion to First in their pocket. But this Espanyol is a lot of Espanyol, a reliable, supportive and effective team, hence the dressing room has been conjured so that the drop of the pichich is not noticed excessivelyi and tie as soon as possible the return to the elite of football.