As if the stop had not existed. That is the mentality with which Espanyol faces its commitment against Cádiz, in which trusts to give continuity to your good feelings shown before the national team commitments arrived. A good result would catapult the Blue and Whites into the table and give morale to face a stretch of the calendar relatively conducive.
In the next two weeks Espanyol will visit Elche, host Athletic and then travel to Getafe. Before the derby against Barça, Granada will also be measured at the RCDE Stadium. Earthly rivals against whom Vicente Moreno’s team dreams of accumulating a good booty of points and forget the tense calm that existed until the victory against Real Madrid. He hopes to give continuity to that victory against Cádiz, the first stone on the road.
Despite pretending that the stop had not occurred, the reality is that it has existed. For better and for worse. The team will not be able to count on Keidi Bare, injured after his commitments to Albania, although Yes, Yangel Herrera could participate. The Venezuelan is already recovered from his injury and there are chances that he will debut as a blue and white, as Moreno acknowledged in the previous press conference.
There are fewer doubts with Javi Puado and Aleix Vidal. Both have not yet exercised with the group since they began their respective recovery processes and except for surprise will not enter the call that the Massanassa coach will not give until late on Monday. It is his usual procedure at home games. Miguelón will not be safe on the list, still out of combat.
The important absences of Keidi and Aleix, who were enjoying a great moment of form, could be remedied with the entry of David López in the medullary and Melamed in the attack line. Espanyol clings to history, that of the 16 duels that it has played at home against Cádiz in all competitions, 11 of them ended with victory. To that data and to the one that says that Vicente Moreno has never lost against Álvaro Cervera.
Problems in Cádiz
The Cadiz coach arrives at the RCDE Stadium with more urgencies for distancing himself from the bottom of the table, although his players are not making it easy for him. After three days without winning, the spirits were heated in the locker room with the last extra-sport controversies that have splashed him.
If three weeks ago seven footballers were caught in a nightclub after losing 3-1 with Rayo Vallecano, in this one the Montenegrin striker Milutin Osmajic, who started last day’s 0-0 against Valencia, was involved in a brawl at dawn in a discotheque in Cádiz, which is why the club has opened a disciplinary file on him. José Mari and Jon Ander Garrido are low in the Cadiz team.
Probable lineups:
Spanish: Diego López; Óscar Gil, Sergi Gómez, Cabrera, Pedrosa; Darder, David López; Embarba, Melendo, Melamed; and Raúl de Tomás.
Cadiz: Ledesma; Carcelén, Haroyan, Fali, Espino; Alarcón; Jonsson, Salvi, Álex Fernández, Jiménez; and Negredo.
Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian).
Stadium: RCDE Stadium.
Hour: 21:00.