One step away from returning to The league. The set of Spanish did the job in the second leg and holding on to the 1-0 result obtained in the first leg, they closed their goal and a goalless draw against the Sporting Gijóngives the Catalans a pass to the Final of the Playoff for promotion to LaLiga.
Even though that him Spanish had the advantage of the overall score and the tiebreaker criteria in its favor, it was the team that proposed the most during the match, having practically the same possession of the ball and more shots on goal.
By the 90th minute when everything was defined, the Pericos managed to score a goal, but it was annulled because the former Danish striker from Barcelona, Martin Braithwaite was in an illegal position.
The only bad news for Espanyol was the expulsion of the Spanish Moroccan full-back Omar El Hilali, who due to a strong and unnecessary challenge against his rival, the whistler showed him the red card in added time and will miss the First Leg of the Final .
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Now Espanyol will play promotion in 180 minutes against Real Oviedo (Grupo Pachuca team) and on Sunday, June 23, it will be decided who returns to LaLiga, whether the Catalan club just one year after having lost the category or Oviedo, a club that has not played a match in the top circuit since the 00 season. /01.
