Espanyol starts a decisive week for its interests, a journey of two games where mathematical permanence could already be consumed. After two losses, Manolo González’s locker room is conjured To overcome this Sunday in Butarquea very complicated game because the pickles play life, and for the moment, nobody wants to put On the table the derby Before Barça at RCDE Stadium next Thursday.
A match that already promises strong emotions because the three points at stake can become vital for both of not scoring this Sunday: Espanyol to tie salvation and Barça to sing the aliron if the classic is not taken.
In these that the last derby played in Fueudo Perico is still alive in the memory of Espanyolism, a pArtido that ended with capital controversy and a embarrassment That affected the Perico club, with criticism from the world of football. On May 14, 2023, at the end of the game, Barça players celebrated the title achieved mathematically about the ‘Green’ after the final 2-4 and in a few seconds Hundreds of fans invaded the grassfearing for their safety some Barca players. Unfortunate facts that condemned Espanyol.
Two years later, the derby returns to RCDE Stadium. And Edu Expósito He has recognized that there is a desire to beat and get the thorn from the defeat of that day. The Barcelona confessed that marking before Barça “would be impressive. It is a derby and we are not going to give it to or allow anything that happened last time,” he said in statements to Radio Marca.
But Before it is to ‘wet’ in Butarque and reach the most relieved derby With salvation in the pocket. “This Sunday we will go to death. We have to close it as soon as possible, but without going crazy. We are going to get our goal and I hope it is this Sunday,” Expósito insisted, one of the great culprits of resurgence of Espanyol in this second round.
