The night was difficult. Of those that usually leave deep scars. When one's life is at stake, everything acquires an emotional tension from which it is difficult to refrain. Espanyol did not succeed against Cadiz. Afflicted by a string of unbearable defeats, stage fright paralyzed the white-and-blue team in the first half. It wasn't like that in the second, when he seemed to find the path that leads to happiness, which is so elusive to this team. He didn't get there because of the stick on up to two occasions. The tie achieved adds up to less because it is a direct rival. Espanyol will continue in the relegation places.
From the start, the white-and-blues had the responsibility. On such an important night, the team's nerves got the best of them and nothing was heard from the green shoots of Villamarín. On the contrary, Luis García's team was completely disoriented both in attack and defence. He didn't know how to apply a solvent plan to get to Ledesma's goal, and at the back he resembled the Marx brothers' cabin again. Only Cadiz's lack of expertise allowed him to prolong the possibility of victory.
A sense of panic that was entrusted to the footballers in the first half hovered over the stadium. Overexcited, with anxiety and emotions running high, they were far from what the game needed. He began the road to salvation with a thriller. A scary movie from which footballers seemed to want to escape. And that Luis García repeated the script for Sevilla, with the entry of Pedrosa, recovered for the cause despite the fact that he will play at Pizjuán next season, in the left lane. But Darder did not appear correctly, Melamed was closed and the laners, the most demanded, lacked depth.
Cadiz, a team with craft and temperance in Cornellà, perfectly read the flawed preparation of the defensive balance of Peru. And he only had to double the wings to complicate life for the white-and-blue laners. Óscar Gil was photographed on several occasions. In the clearest way, Sergi Guardiola received a cross from Espino and Pacheco was able to shoot from the penalty spot. In the first he did not connect with the ball and in the second he sent it wide. The hearts of the parakeets suddenly sank, and once again they turned out in droves to support their team with the best innings of the season.
At half-time, the positive part was that Espanyol were not losing and, therefore, had not conceded. And the history of this team in its own stadium was not little known. The restart saw a much more determined and ambitious team. They all took a step forward in search of a triumph that was imperative. Joselu caused the first earthquake of the night with a shot to the base of the post that wandered along the goal line and away from the goal at the same speed. Braithwaite and César Montes then failed to find the back of the net. It was a triple occasion that made even the most incredulous of the attendees believe again. The second was a goal in a counterattack that the assistant annulled and that the VAR confirmed for offside.
The siege was constant and would not stop growing. The passage of minutes gave more epic to the clash. Cadiz rarely responded. Sergio González understood the point as a good booty. Braithwaite tried it in the race with no luck. The game was back and forth. Denis Suárez came on just before Joselu hit the crossbar. Espanyol's second goal and another rampage in the stadium. There was one more, but Ledesma took Joselu's shot away.
Espanyol did not win, although at least this time they deserved it, but without victories the end of this road will be fatal.
