When the darkness was deeper and the wind was blowing furiously, in an absolutely desperate situation, Espanyol was brave again, almost reckless, and sailed through the darkness to a good port for many minutes in the Pizjuán. He went back to Bryan Gil’s opening goal and kept the illusion both for the result and for the way to achieve it. But in a disastrous end, again defensive mistakes with names and surnames, incomprehensible and unforgivable, left the team on the canvas. With three minutes to go, Gueye completed Sevilla’s comeback and dealt a very cruel blow to the white-and-blues, who remain three points from the safety zone with five games to go. Although it is not impossible, the road to salvation is very twisted.
This defeat is much more. It represents a stab at the deepest part of the team’s faith. Espanyol had done everything well, who went into the break winning in one of the most impressive fields in the League. For the third time in a row. But when the gas in his plan A ran out, the second unit proved that it is not up to the task and started it all up.
Luis GarcÃa advocated for a brave if not reckless eleven. The audacity was to repeat the double pivot formed with Darder and Denis Suárez. The coach was trying to boost confidence after the victory against Getafe. Bet she should be applauded because if this way of salvation really exists, teaming up with the ball is the most rational way to achieve it.
In every match he adds, the new coach leaves Diego MartÃnez, his predecessor, in a worse place. From the Third Division he has arrived to give prominence to talent. Darder’s, Denis Suárez’s and, above all of them, Nico Melamed’s. The impact of Casteldefells in Pizjuán was once again extraordinary. Undetectable between the lines, the team’s best chances were born from his feet. A delight to see how he reads the game and how accurately he executes it.
Espanyol suffered at the start due to the greater aggressiveness of their rival. The Sevillians found spaces in transitions until the 20th minute. Controversy appeared and everything changed. First came Bryan Gil’s goal, which Alberola Rojas conceded at the behest of the VAR after flagging offside. Espanyol claimed a foul on Brian Oliván.
With the goal against, Espanyol started to touch and touch and after a long play, Rekik’s own goal arrived, also annulled in the first instance due to Joselu’s offside. After the draw, the game was already a different one. Espanyol was growing and the locals couldn’t find the tools to threaten Pacheco. The break was threatening when the comeback was completed. Darder changed the game to Oliván, who enabled Puado, and he released the anger he has accumulated to put the ball in Dmitrovic’s box.
Suddenly, Espanyol was defending with the ball. He extended plays to prevent Sevilla from overwhelming him. But little by little the siege of the locals grew by accumulation. A shot from Acuña arrived in the corner and then Vini Souza, who had entered minutes earlier for Darder, committed an absurd penalty on Gueye that scored En-Nesyri. Once again, an individual error by the Brazilian put the team’s work in jeopardy.
Sevilla wanted more and the white-and-blues had less and less strength. Luis GarcÃa tried to protect at least the point with the changes. Ocampos hit the crossbar before Gueye made the third on a mistake by Keidi Bare, who called for a foul at the start of the play.
