Pucela knows how to play but doesn’t know how to win

Real Valladolid loses the final against RCD Espanyol and moves away from permanence. The good news is the improvement in the game, but insufficient to score.

RCD Espanyol y Real Valladolid they opened the matchday 20 of LaLiga EA Sport with an authentic final for permanence. The Pucelanos came from getting the victory after playing a very good game against Real Betis, For their part, the Catalans accumulated five games without winning and with very bad feelings.

RCD Espanyol: Joan Garcia; Omar El Hilali, Kumbulla, Cabrera, Brian Oliván; Tejero, Král, Pol Lozano; Roca, Puado, Véliz.

Real Valladolid: Hein; Luis Pérez, Juma, Javi Sánchez, Lucas Rosa; Mario Martín, Juric, Kike Pérez; Anuar, Marcos André and Raúl Moro.

Espanyol wanted to exercise their home favoritism and began the match trying to dominate the Pucelanos. At 7 minutes Cabrera crashed the ball into the crossbar after a corner. After the first ten minutes, Valladolid began to control the match and create danger. First Lucas Rosa missed a handball and later Marcos André could not take advantage of a pass from the death of Kike Pérez.

When it seemed like visitors could open the can Javi Puado invented something brilliant and made it 1-0 in favor of the parakeets.

Pucela did not give up and tried to find the tie in the boots of the Brazilian 9 and Raúl Moro. However, despite the good opportunities, the Castilians were unable to materialize them.

At half-time Espanyol went into the break with a minimal advantage that if it weren’t for Juma it could have been bigger.

Pucela dominated the match and in a fault in which Raúl Moro had to leave the field of play on a stretcher Javi Sánchez did justice and tied the match with a great goal. 1-1 and open match.

Valladolid wanted to take advantage of the momentum of the goal and was about to turn the match around, but Cabrera prevented a free shot from Kike Pérez. Just like in the first half when the blue and white team suffered the most Hilali put in a great cross and debutant Roberto Fernández put the hosts ahead again.

The goal left the Real Valladolid and in the remaining quarter of an hour the Espanyol I slept through the match and got three golden points to get out of relegation.

At the end of the game RCD Espanyol 2-1 Real Valladolid.

Main image via: Alex Caparrós/Getty Sport.

By David Aranda. You can follow me on Instagram: daviidaranda7.

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