2024-02-04 18:54:31
The most tense date of the perica season had a happy ending. In the midst of a storm of fans against property and with Luis Miguel Ramis on the wire, the Espanyol stopped the crisis with a agonizing victory against Levante (2-1). The Catalan team bordered on disaster in a match with a incredible outcome in which the tragedy unfolded. A last-gasp penalty saved the parakeets, gave oxygen to the technician and took the ecstasy in Cornellà when many fans had already left the stadium.
Espanyol started the afternoon outside the play-off positions and ended it a point of direct ascent, stepping on the heels Eibarthe second classified. Ramis survived in that “all or nothing” announced by the coach in the preview. Who knows if it will be the definitive turning point for a team that must offer much more if it wants to go up to First Division.
day of protests
It was a match full of tension in a context of constant turmoil to which the parakeet painting seems condemned. The protests began in the morning with the presence of a group of fans in the chinese consulate asking goodbye to the owner with the banner ‘Chen go home, give us back Spanish’.
In the afternoon, the beginning of the duel was marked by a concentration of about 200 fans next to the entity’s offices with the board and the footballers in the spotlight. With the ball in play there was no shortage of chants against everything: “Directives, resignation”, “Chinese, leave now” and “Players, mercenaries” were the main hits.
Initial joy
Any problematic start for Ramis’ team, not to mention a Levante goal, would have further fueled a hostile climate which was palpable during much of the crash. Just the opposite happened. Not even three minutes into the game had passed before Espanyol was already dominating the scoreboard thanks, of course, to the First appearance of Martin Braithwaite. The Danish striker completed a long corner by Víctor Ruiz that allowed the storm to ease, although the chants continued from the most belligerent sector of the Perica fans.
“If you win it is because you do many things well. This team is not in the top zone by chance, we are going to continue in a straight line to achieve our goal”
The script was ideal for Ramis, who fulfilled what he promised in the preview. With the significant casualties by Brian Oliván, Puado, Melamed and Expósito, moved the tree with modifications in all lines. Victor Ruizwho had not played since November 9, entered the axis of the defense, Ian Furns He was located on the left side and Omar Sadik, Another player from the reserve team, made his debut in the eleven, partnering with Braithwaite in the attack. Jofre He also stepped in instead of Salvi, reinforcing that commitment to the youth team proclaimed by Ramis.
The controversy of the hands
The goal from the Second Division top scorer led to the usual performance of an Espanyol more concerned with defending its advantage than expanding it. Levante had more possession, but did not have great chances before the break. The Catalan bloc did not suffer excessively, but it showed imprecise and without ideas. The situation could be clarified at the beginning of the second half, but Sadik y Braithwaite, With everything in their favor in a clear header, they had no aim.
Levante, on the other hand, tied things up by punishing the classic Spanish apathy with a stopped balloon. New drama with half an hour ahead to avoid a schism. The pulse went to a face or cross, to a western with an uncertain ending with more danger from the visitors.
Ramis took the anger of the fans by replacing Aguado with Keidi Bare and the alarm it lit up in some possible Keita Baldé hands that would have caused a collective suicide. The VAR forgave the parrots and in the next action the saving penalty came due to other hands that were declared. Braithwaite did not fail. Ramis’ Espanyol is still alive.
Espanyol, 2; Lift, 1
ESPANYOL: Pacheco Omar El Hilali, Sergi Gómez, Víctor Ruiz (Cabrera, m. 66), Ian Forns (Rubén Sánchez, m. 76); Jofre, Pol Lozano, Aguado (Keidi Bare, d. 86), Pere Milla (Salvi, d. 66); Omar Sadik (Keita Baldé, m. 76), Braithwaite. Technician: Ramis.
LEVANTE: Andrés Fernández; Capa, Dela, Álex Muñoz, Álex Valle; Oriol Rey, Lozano (Romero, d. 66), Pablo Martínez (Rober Ibáñez, d. 89), Carlos Álvarez (Andrés García, d. 81); Bouldini (Clemente, d. 81) and Dani Gómez. Technician: Javi Calleja.
GOALS: 1-0 (m. 3), Braithwaite; 1-1 (m. 58), Dela; 2-1 (m. 99), Braithwaite, de penalti.
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