Valencia consummates Espanyol's relegation to Segunda

Published:29/05/2023 - 00:18h

Updated:29/05/2023 - 00:18h

FC Barcelona sees how its maximum city rival will return to the Second Division, two years after having managed to return to the top category, where the end of 2022 has practically condemned it

Two seasons after returning to First Division the Espanyol has consummated a new descent and will play in LaLiga Smartbank the next season. The team perico was able to sustain his partial victory in Mestalla and finished equalising to two goals in which it supposes the sixth descent of category of his history, in a season in which the technical Luis García treated to correct derives it in the bench of the sacked Diego Martínez.

The Espanyol attained to trace back the momentary advantage of Valencia after the goal of Diego López with the so many of the Mexican César Montes and the Danish Braithwaite. The North American defender could have ensured the triumph of his team but the referee cancelled the so much after appreciating a supposed fault on the put Mamardashvili, one of the varied controversies that had the meeting.

A team that has not known to answer

The sentence for the ones of Luis García arrived already in the addition, in the minute 93, with Valencia taking advantage of a contragolpe in which Lino marked the definite goal. A desantención defensive, incomprehensible in a moment like that, finished him costing two points to the instrument parakeet, the one who is still in his process to impugn his tie of the previous week in front of the Athletic by a goal ghost conceded to Griezmann.

Of this way the Espanyol will accompany in Second to the Elche, and until six teams will play not being the last square of the descent the next week in the last day of the championship. To Cádiz, Getafe, Valencia, Almería, Celtic and Valladolid separate them two points, splitting the blanquivioletas like antepenultimate and being the only with 39 points in this list.

The barcelonismo remains with another victory more

The exit of the Espanyol of LaLiga leaves to the FC Barcelona without his main derbi for the next season, by what the culés will have to measure to the Girona like his duel of city more important. The fans culé celebrates the descent of his rival maximum Catalan, adding besides that the Barça could top this season in the field perico, thanks to a goleada culé.