This Sunday afternoon started at Perico Coliseum with whistles, shouts of protest before and at halftime of the game, but it ended with joy, containing yes, but joy after many games of lamentation. Espanyol won again and have now gone 16 games without defeat and with the win it closes, albeit embarrassingly, the criticized lack of punch and firepower in recent weeks.
With this Sunday’s victory, Espanyol finishes fourth in the standings and will face Sporting in the first semi-final of the promotion playoff. And in this Sunday’s clash, he went from initial fury after a terrible first half, punished by the fans with a brutal whistle, to a late victory at the hands of a stuffed Braithwaite.
The Dane learned on Thursday that he will not be going to the Euro Cup and despite his displeasure, he sent a message that he will stay to raise the Spanish to the First Division, to play in a dream promotion. This Sunday he took the first step, putting the team on his back. It was a nightmare for the Efesé defense looking for a goal. He did the second one, the silence and unlike other afternoons, today he was with someone. First from Javi Puado, who finally scored again after many games without seeing the net. And from Nico Melamed, a chapter aside.
The young player, who has already signed for Almería, was a substitute at the start but came on in the second half to improve the game of a very gray Spaniard. And this was achieved by Nico who whistled hard when he jumped on the green, but he did his job. He moved the team with wisdom, looked for oil and scored a goal that he did not celebrate, knowing if it was the last one in the blue and white shirt and with ’21’ on his back.
Source: La Verdad
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