The Williams brothers and Munuera angered Espanyol

The ‘Luis García effect’ did not have the desired effect this Saturday at the RCDE Stadium. The Asturian’s debut with the Spanish leader did not help his team get its head out of the mud, or what is the same, it did not achieve a golden victory that means leaving the relegation zone and boosting morale. With the new blow, the fifth defeat in a row, Espanyol sank into the relegation zone and the alarms continued to be more active than before as the image of the team did not improve much compared to what was seen last month at the hands of Diego Martínez was fired.

While Athletic, who arrived very touched after the cupbearer KO, pulled out a thorn after the collapse and boarded the European train, very close to the sixth place occupied by Villarreal, thanks to two great goals from the Williams brothers. Iñaki made the first in the 22′ and Nico signed the sentence in the 75′, while Darder signed the only parakeet in the 90′ ​​to add emotion to a chaotic final stretch. The Spaniard struggled late and badly and could not get a draw.

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Espanyol deservedly went down against a better Athletic but it is worth noting that the performance of the arbitration, both by referee Munuera Montero and the VAR, did little to help the Catalans. Furthermore, they were badly damaged on the break and were 0-1 on the scoreboard with a fine Braithwaite goal disallowed due to an alleged handball by Joselu that was grabbed. A very controversial decision, an interpretation bordering on a mistake because the striker is taken and cannot be a voluntary hand, and greatly angered the players and those standing in the RCDE Stadium.

Athletic, vastly superior, got the parakeet coliseum victory against a Spanish side that suffered its fifth defeat

The main novelties in the first eleven of Luis García as the boss of the bench are the replacement of ‘Vini’ Souza and the ownership of the double pivot formed by Gragera and Edu Expósito, with Darder in front when the Spaniard attacks , which sees Artà more forward, like a halfway point, in relation to Diego Martínez’s drawing.

As expected, Óscar Gil returns to action at left-back to replace the important absence of Brian Oliván, while Ruvén Sánchez is the right-back. It was precisely because of Gil’s side that Athletic did a lot of damage along the ‘highway’, with Iñaki Williams in steamroller mode, while his brother Nico, the sad hero of the semi-cup due to criticism and insult that he received and where he forced to close their social networks. He started on the bench.

After a first quarter of alternating dominance, which saw a Spaniard trying to take it under control from the back, Athletic took control and began attacking Pacheco with venomous and highly vertical attacks. And Spanish, to suffer.

The prize for the best harassment came in the form of a goal for Valverde’s men, who did not disappoint on the first clear occasion in the parakeet area. In the 22nd minute, Dani García invented a great pass in space and Iñaki Williams, a bullet, hit the back of an unfortunate Óscar Gil and because of the speed he stood up to Pacheco to beat him with a brutal right hand, a luxurious sense to put 0-1.

The goal was to do a lot of damage to a Spaniard who began to lose balls and continued to be unable to connect with Joselu, an island above. What’s more, the fans began to panic and heard the first whistles after Vesga (28′) finished first and above all, Sancet (37′) gave Pacheco the job again. More whistles in the stands.

In the last episode, everything happened. In 41′ Joselu had the first clear half for Espanyol, the second time the parrots shot between the three sticks. Pichichi’s far whip caressed Unai Simón’s right post.

Controversy jumps and how in 45′. Joselu fought his way into the area and made the best of the half-fall and the ball was left dead, chasing it past Braithwaite to trigger a brutal kick to beat Unai Simón. The stadium fell and the bench went crazy, everyone embraced Luis García.

But seconds later, the stadium came to a standstill when referee Munuera Montero, at the request of VAR, went to review the game and inexplicably disallowed the great goal from the Dane when he interpreted that in the previous playing, Joselu, who is being recruited, allegedly. helped himself with his hand to finish The goal was annulled, completely angry with the stands and the green for the controversial decision.

The fans and the changing room erupted against the referee because it was raining wet. Barely a minute before the disallowed goal, Munuera Montero himself forgave a second yellow card and the resulting dismissal of Dani García, who committed a manual tactical foul. No one understood anything and the parish rested in great anger.

Athletic came out biting in the second half, looking for a quick sentence, but the Spaniard responded, breaking the game with two teams that were sure to attack after the restart. A mirage was obtained in this second half.

Luis García, seeing his Espanyol not react, quickly moved the bench and brought on Aleix Vidal at halftime and then Nico Melamed looking for oxygen in attack. But Athletic, wounded after the Cup and with more gunpowder than the locals, gave signs that they wanted to tie the victory as soon as possible.

In 58′ Guruzeta got the Basque’s second goal with his boot but was saved by Pacheco. And the parakeet goalkeeper was providential again in 68′ with a wonderful hand to make it 0-2 after a great shot from Iñaki Williams, who took advantage of the loss of the ball from Gragera in the dangerous area. The Spaniard plays with fire and doesn’t give one away on the right, very soft in midfield, not too aggressive in pressure and no poison up front.

Athletic followed them, giving war and the departure of Nico Williams caused the verdict to collapse. In minute 74′, little Williams invented a play after leaving some parakeets sitting, but his deadly pass found no finisher.

And a minute later, Nico didn’t disappoint. A cut was made to Aleix Vidal and he took a placed shot to make it 0-2, the small bow in victory and the verdict for a desperate Spaniard and no capacity to respond against a superior eleven rojiblanco.

Referee Munuera Montera continued to unsettle the stands and Luis García’s players as he spared De Marcos a second yellow card despite some clear chances. Bad arbitration.

There is still cloth cut and unnecessary popularity of Munuera. In the 90′ ​​Darder peppered the extremis with a rascal goal, taking advantage of the fact that Unai Simón cleared weakly and left the ball dead. The Spaniard made it 1-2 and the stands were activated again, angered again when only 3 minutes discount was given for everything that happened.

But Aleix Vidal was in charge of squandering the few options the Spaniard might have needed to grab a point. The parakeet winger saw two consecutive yellow cards in the 92′. The first for a book entry in Williams but when he protested angrily, he saw the second fasting. Red for Aleix and the street. The Spanish pushed themselves to the end but ran out of time and ended up with a fair defeat. Luis García’s team is still mired in mud, while Athletic have boarded the European train.