Espanyolismo no longer hides its concern about the bad start of the year Manolo González Team Because despite remaining in the European position, sixth, the evil sequence that chained it (6 games, 5 defeats and a draw) penalizes it heavily, worsening the fall after the fall suffered in La Cerámica.
The conspiracy, from both the locker room and the fans, is to fly this Saturday by beating Celta, a direct rival in the fight for Europe, and resolving burning doubts and warnings in one fell swoop.
Few positive readings could be taken from the cruel defeat against Villarreal, in a game where the tremendous effectiveness and quality of the ‘groguets’ was lethal, without forgetting the key play (the goal disallowed for Omar) which, without justifying the disaster, could have been decisive in the final result of raising the target.
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Not everything was negative at La Cerámica. Cyril Ngonge made his debut, the only reinforcement from Espanyol in January. And left good feelings in the half hour he played after replacing Dolan. The Belgian winger, who left in a terrible context because Villarreal were already scoring and the parakeets were knocked out, left details that suggest he could be important for Espanyol.
In defense helped Omar and he pressed so that there was no more blood Miller and company. And in the attack it was deep when facing and when he tried one on one, he managed to shoot head on. And most importantly, in the 88th minute, he provided the assist, in a corner served with a zone, to score the goal that the ‘Lelé’ Cabrera He scored a header, the goal of honor.
Ngonge didn’t have an easy debut Well, the scenario didn’t help, quite the opposite. But he passed the exam and made it clear that Manolo You can count on a cool tool and features to do damage on the right. Time will tell if the reinforcement has been profitable, but on Monday it started to make good arguments.
