At 4:00 Beijing time on December 15, the second round of the 2021-22 King's Cup, espanyol won 2-1 at the Barastra Stadium to victory over Atlético Cristo. Surdya opened the scoring for the home team, Wu Lei pushed the goal to break the 342-day club drought, and substitute Serch Gomez scored a dead end.
Competition focus
In the last 5 matches, espanyol have won 4 and lost 1. However, Espanyol won both Copa del Rey games with a tough one, with Espanyol winning 3-2 against Solaris in the first round of the Copa del Rey this season, a campaign that did not score the winning goal until the 86th minute.
De Thomas, Pedrosa, Diego López and Cady Barry did not accompany the team, and four B players, including B team top scorer Svenssen, were called into the tournament list.
After scoring this goal, Wu Lei scored his first goal of the season, which also broke the club's ball drought that lasted for 342 days, and the last time he scored for Espanyol was at the Copa del Rey on January 6.
The key moment
In the 6th minute, Surdya's header from the middle of the penalty area burst through the top of the goal, 1-0!
In the 46th minute, Wu Lei's small penalty area pushed the goal to make it 1-1!
In the 86th minute, Gomez swept the goal, 2-1!
Moments of excitement
In the 6th minute, Cavrella's handball outside the box, Gallego took a free kick from the right and Surdya's header from the middle of the penalty area burst into the top of the goal, 1-0!
In the 12th minute, Mo long's ball was stopped in the penalty area by the defender, and Wu Lei's goal line was supplemented into the net, but the referee ruled that Mo Long was offside in the first goal.
In the 16th minute, Melen scored more and Wu Lei's right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area was slightly higher than the crossbar.
In the 22nd minute, Nbarba took a corner kick on the right, Didak nodded the ball across the crossbar and Moron fired high over the crossbar.
In the 33rd minute, Wu Lei did it back, and Didak's left-footed shot in front of the penalty area was blocked by the defender.
In the 41st minute, Perez was cautioned for a yellow card for bringing down Merida and Embarba's powerful right-footed shot from the centre of the penalty area was lifted off the crossbar by the goalkeeper with one hand.
In the 46th minute, Mo Long crossed from the left, and Wu Lei pushed a shot into the penalty area to make it 1-1!
In the 47th minute, after receiving a direct thrust from his teammate, Wu Lei's low right-footed shot was blocked by the goalkeeper after bursting into the penalty area with a single knife.
In the 49th minute, Didak's shot from a tight angle was blocked off the line by the goalkeeper.
In the 69th minute, the Spaniard counter-attacked quickly, Puado's clever pass, Vidal's right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area was high.
In the 72nd minute, Vidal crossed from the bottom line and Melendo's shot from the middle of the box was blocked by the defender.
In the 73rd minute, Gomez fired a powerful shot from a tight angle on the left side of the penalty area.
In the 81st minute, Vidal crossed from the right and Puado's shot from the centre of the box was blocked by a defender, missing a chance to break the goal.
In the 86th minute, Svensson swept inside the penalty area, the ball bounced off Puado, and Gomez swept the goal, 2-1!
Player ratings
Didak scored a game-high 7.6 points and Wu Lei scored 7.0 points.
Appearances line-up
Espanyol (4231): 34-Joan Garcia, 2-Miglon, 5-Calero (82 min. 24-Selch Gomez), 4-Calebreira, 17-Didak, 6-Moranes, 8-Merida (58 min. 22-Alex Vidal), 14-Melendo (75-min. 26-Svensson), 23-Embarba (58-min. 10-Dudel), 7-Wulei (58-min. 9-Puado), 16-Moron
Atlético Cristo (442): 13-Garcia, 18-Gallego, 3-Morante, 4-Pasquale, 12-Igor Perez, 14-Bueno, 5-Joshua Perez, 11-Garaldo, 8-Digito, 10-Adrian Perez, 9-Surdea (66 minutes 7-Alvaro Gomez)