You could only win and you lost. And it was lost with sadness, without spirit, without ideas, without proposals. Espanyol ends the day eight points from relegation and in the absence of seven days to finish the League. And on Sunday they face Real Madrid.
Diego López, 5: Contagious
It is usually the safest thing in the defense team, but this time he had to be aware of so many leaks that it cost him to block more than necessary.
Pipa, 5: Decided
If the lateral has something good, it is that he knows what he wants, especially when he attacks. And that is something that parakeets are little used to seeing on the right side. In defense he was attentive. It deserves to be a starter.
David López, 7: Firefighter
He did what a center-back should not do in a well-planted defense: cut everything everywhere. He turned all the liquid in front of him and to his left, where Naldo played delayed, into solid.
Naldo, 2: Lost
Read David López’s description.
Pedrosa, 5: Vindictive
In the first minutes, with his particular speed, he wanted to redeem himself from his own goal that he scored against Levante. With the passage of minutes it was diluted.
Iturraspe, 1: Static
It is known that he played because Bartra surpassed him in the jump that gave Betis the goal.
Marc Roca, 5: Outcast
Surely it is in his hands to do more, but it must be recognized that his colleagues in the core do not make it easy for him. Controller and well cut but exceeded on many occasions.
Darder, 2: Absent
Abelardo will like it when he plays because he is absent. Again, he participated more in defense than in attack, where he did not seem willing to propose. Very misplaced.
Embarba, 5: Unbalanced
He plays spitty, looks for the dribble, the cut, dares, shoots, but he plays in a team that goes at a different pace and in the end he ends up finding nothing. Every day he looks more like Hernán Pérez.
Campuzano, 7: Proud
He hasn’t played since January, he had an opportunity and he wanted to make the most of it. He showed much more pride in one game than many of his teammates in an entire season. He only lacked experience so that his work was rewarded.
Calleri, 2: Powerless
It can be argued that perhaps it is overexploited, but this time he did not fear the rival defense and, above all, he did not know how to finish the opportunity that could have given Espanyol wings. In a nine assumption, it is unforgivable.
Wu Lei, 3: Cloudy
Abelardo tried to make him revulsive. He was able to score the tie in the final minutes but missed a unique opportunity.
De Tomás, 4: Reserved
His return was very much expected and it had no influence. He is still limping from his injury and played as if he had to reserve himself.
Melendo, 4: Exceeded
His presence failed to make Espanyol hold the ball longer and control the match.
Víctor Gómez, 5: Apretado
He entered through Pipa, who was touched, and drew water as he could.
Nico Melamed, 8: Hopeful
If he played it was because the youth squad is training well. It debuted in First. In him falls part of the hope for the dark future that awaits the parakeet. He served the tie goal on a layup to Wu Lei, who wasted it.
