Raúl Tamudo experienced the descent of RCD Espanyol at the Camp Nou

In June of 2007, the FC Barcelona was playing win LaLiga in an intense fight with the Real Madrid. In the penultimate day, the whites played in The Romareda against the Real Saragossa and the Barcelona did it in the Camp Nou against the RCD Espanyol. Everything was in favour in this championship for the culés, but the team blanquiazul, that did not play at all, put all his soul to treat to mark in the derbi.

In thing of seconds, a goal of Ruud go Nistelrooy and another of Raúl Tamudo did that a League that almost was Barcelona tiñera of white. This derbi unimportant for the pericos with the goal of the ex captain of the RCD Espanyol was baptised like the 'Tamudazo' and celebrated by the fans blanquiazul as if it treated of a title of his own team, since they achieved to avoid that his eternal rival conquered a title suspender belt.

Little more than 13 years afterwards, produced an alike situation but totally to the reverse. The RCD Espanyol was to a step to be mathematically team of Second Division if it did not win against the FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. With 12 points at stake, the team of Rufete was to 11 of the salvation, by what his defeat in the derbi finish certifying his descent.

Curiously, the situation was fully resembled the one of 13 years ago: as him sucedía to the RCD Espanyol in 2007, the FC Barcelona practically did not play at all in the derbi, since the options to win LaLiga are almost invalid. It is thus that, almost in a situation of poetic justice, the culés prevented that the eternal rival achieved his aim, the permanence, certifying of mathematical form his descent.

The most curious of everything is that Raúl Tamudo, the hangman of the FC Barcelona in 2007, lived in direct the descent of the RCD Espanyol from the same lawn, since this Wednesday exerted of assistant of Rufete. Curiously, this last gave him the pass of goal to the own Raúl Tamudo 13 years ago, by what the two protagonists of the 'Tamudazo' assisted in direct and in first person to the 'Suarezazo', that commanded them to Second Division.​

An unexpected descent of the RCD Espanyol

The fall of the RCD Espanyol arrives precisely after a glorious season to the orders of Rubi. Nevertheless, the Catalan technician signed the past summer by the Real Betis -being sacked by the Andalusians does hardly some days- and the Catalan picture lost also to his goleador Borja Churches and to his defensive leader, Mario Beautiful. Three main drops that converted to a team of Europe League in a team descended.