A tough question was repeated shortly after the match. “Is Espanyol a candidate for relegation?” the side Oscar Gil he responded forcefully. “Of course not. We have players to be up there. We are in a bad dynamicbut we have to keep working”, proclaimed the defender, one of the most accurate against Elche. “They are making us a lot of damage the balloon stopped. We must cut those problems Already. You have to keep believing and keep fighting because it’s the only way to get this out,” she added.
blue and white frustration
Then it was the turn of diego martinez, who appealed for calm to answer that problematic issue related to relegation. “I think the judgments must be made at the end of the season. I understand the frustration and that we should have more points. We have deserved better results, but errors have deprived us of them. We must continue fighting in that League of eight or nine teams They’re very even.”
The team has 10 points in 11 games, only two more than in 2019, the last year of relegation, in which there were four coaches
With 10 points, the parakeet box is one above the alarm zone, the one that inevitably leads to ghosts from the not-so-distant past. is the third worst score at this point since the premiere of the RCDE Stadium in the 2009-10 season. Last year, with Vincent Morenohad 14.
Espanyol suffered its last descent three seasons ago, in 2019-20, when he finished last, 12 points from salvation. In that campaign, the blue and white team was penultimate on matchday 11with 8 points in 11 games and Pablo Machin had already replaced David Gallego. They passed by the bench four coaches (Abelardo and Rufete would arrive later), but neither prevented the final failure. The team went down to Second 27 years after its last fall. Fortunately, and as in the five previous relegations, the club returned to the elite the following year.
Catastrophist tag
Since his arrival, Diego Martínez has insisted on recovering the virtues that distinguish the parakeet feeling, but the team has not quite settled down. Something always happens, to the point that this Sunday the coach stayed without explanation. “Unfortunately, on the second goal we made another mistake mistake that cannot be made in the First Division. We had worked on that action and we had two central defenders in that area and, even so, we conceded the goal. It is inexplicable”, valued the Galician technician.
“This is not the time to point fingers at anyone. We have to change that dynamic in which it seems that everything is negative. I understand the discomfort and any criticism must be accepted. I feel responsible”
Diego Martínez / Espanyol coach
With 27 days ahead, it is something catastrophist already put Espanyol the label of candidate for relegation, but the team let escape this Sunday a ideal opportunity to take oxygen. Above, Joselu did not score, but Puado y Braithwaite they prolonged the good offensive figures. Back the bleeding does not stop. The count again generated doubts under the sticks and the defense showed fragile. If you don’t improve your defensive baggage the team will suffer.
“We have not reached the consistency or regularity. One analyzes how the last games have been played and it’s frustrating. There are things that need us to put much more attention. I hope we learn from our mistakes”, reflected Martínez in a recurring speech since the start of the League.
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Espanyol will visit next Friday at Majorca by Javier Aguirre, a team used to fighting in the lower zone. Then curves will come with the match at the Metropolitano against Atlético and the duel with him Villarreal in Cornellà before the break due to the world.
The League will restart with a derby against Barça in the last game of the year. If Espanyol does not change the dynamic, 2023 can be stormy. “This is not the time to point fingers at anyone. We have to change that dynamic in which everything seems to be negative. I understand the discomfort and any criticism must be accepted. I feel responsible“, concluded the technician.