HE SpanishWith goals from Sergi Darder and Nico Melamed, one in each piece, achieved a win (1-2) three days of absence that kept him alive finish the league championship Europe wakes up from its dream and ray, With the second defeat of the week, he moves away from the seventh place.
With two diametrically opposed realities, Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol jumped onto the pitch as two teams with different football offerings offering a lively game show. according to the intensity they have to press in their own aims, Europe and the quest for liberation.
Fourteen minutes later, the Catalan team was the first to alert. and perfectly served by Fernando Pacheco.
The tie was broken when Espanyol captain Sergi Darder scored in the 23rd minute. He said that the ball was found inside the field after Oscar Gil’s middle of the head, and that the Macedonian goalkeeper made a cross that hit the right side.
Feeling the blow for minutes, the Madrid team managed to collect itself in the game and took a risk in order to find the opponent’s goal, which it managed to pierce with a penalty before the break. Oscar Gil touched the ball with one hand in his game with Oscar Trejo and the referee gave the highest penalty. Raul de Tomastied the score from eleven meters and the budgerigar did not celebrate the goal out of respect for his past.
Far from sinking, the Catalan team continued to rely on its game and as soon as the second half began, it was entrusted to Nico Melamed, who tested Dimitrievski twice with a long shot and a head before scoring. He did this after a good game by Darder just to push the rebounding blue-white forward that resulted in a shot to the right post.
Having an advantage on the scoreboard, Espanyol had to completely change its strategy to defend the siege of Rayo, who for over half an hour of course tried to level the competition.. In fact, even French defender Florian Lejeune played as a forward in the final stages of the duel.
The score did not change because the Catalan team knew how to defend with authority and even in fast games they instilled fear into the body of the Madrid team, which in haste made too many mistakes that punished them in the circulation.
The win allows the Catalan team to add 34 points and although it continues to drop, it remains a salvation with three days to go. Rayo, on the other hand, remained with 46, four out of 50, marking the seventh place providing access to the European region.