The Stage Front raised the curtain for fans this season with a drama that bordered on tragedy but turned into an epic at the last minute. Espanyol came back from two goals against and added their third consecutive win (3-2) to stay in the direct promotion zone. Of course, the warning is serious. As Amorebieta demonstrated, nothing should be taken for granted by this Espanyol in a highly even category.
Without Braithwaite, punished on the bench by Luis García for his intentions to leave until the last minute of the market, Espanyol boasted of a shield before football and that led him to the canvas in the first half. In front they found a rocky team and very hard work tactically, who always knew how to stop Luis García's men. Despite the good work of the unknown rival, rookie in Second Division but undefeated to date, the best chances were always parakeets. Like a shot by Brian Oliván, injured after 20 minutes, and several failed attempts by Puado and Nico Melamed.
Espanyol accused the lack of talent in the midfield that Lozano and Keidi Bare made up, something redundant at the start of the season. And the team caught that inconsistency with the ball. Only the debutant Ramón Ramos, Oliván's substitute, generated a positive consensus due to his animosity on the left flank to a stand that more than fulfilled. Almost 20,000 fans showed that the team will not walk alone in the hell of the Second Division.
Numb and not very tense at the back and hasty and erratic in attack, Espanyol began to think about the break too soon and an error by Calero was used by Eraso to score the first in minute 43. Without having understood what had happened to go below on the scoreboard, three minutes later Alvaro Núñez beat Pacheco with a shot from the top corner from the right.
Forced to react, the parakeets came out more determined and lucid at the restart and it didn't take long for them to close the gap. Calero corrected his mistake by pushing a dead ball into the goal after a corner. Braithwaite appeared in the match, forgiven by the stands, which received him with a loud and surprising ovation, but the Dane went completely unnoticed. Not so Salvi, author of the second goal in minute 78 after a great cross from Ramón Ramos, the star of the night.
Luis García went for the three points and made his debut for Keita Baldé, the last to arrive in this market, and who ended up injured. Calero brought ecstasy to the stands in minute 83 with his second goal of the game. The center-back forcefully finished off a cross from Salvi and with three goals he is already the team's top scorer this season.
3 - Spanish: Pacheco; Omar El Hilali, Calero, Cabrera, Brian Oliván (Ramon, min.21); Pol Lozano, Keidi Bare (Edu Expósito, min.76), Nico Melamed (Keita Baldé, min.77); Jofre (Salvi Sánchez, min.57), Puado (Braithwaite, min.58) and Pere Milla.
2 - Amorebieta: Paul Fields; Alvaro Nunez, Manu Hernando, Etxeita, Felix; Dorrio (Quintero, min.86), Carbonell (Aviles, min.86), Sibo, Rayco (Morci, min.62); Eraso (Edwards, min.79) and Jauregi.
Goals: 0-1, min.43: Eraso; 0-2, min.49: Álvaro Núñez; 1-2, min.51: Calero; 2-2, min.78: Salvi Sánchez; 3-2, min.81: Calero.
Referee: Orellana Cid (Andalusian committee). He admonished Carbonell (min.14), Nico Melamed (min.36), Ramon (min.76), Keita Baldé (min.81).
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourth day of LaLiga Hypermotion played at the Stage Front Stadium in front of 19,510 spectators.
