At 23:15 Beijing time on December 31, the 19th round of the 2021-2022 La Liga season, Espanyol reversed 10-man Valen away 2-1, Substitute Carreras made points + sent assists, De Thomas scored penalties, and Puado won. Wu Lei sat on the bench for four consecutive rounds in La Liga, and the head coach did not give the Chinese striker even 1 minute to play.
Competition focus
Espanyol defeated 10-man Valencia 2-1 away from home to win the 2021 finale. It is worth mentioning that this is also the Spaniard's first away win this season. After this campaign, espanyol surpassed Villarreal with 26 points to advance to 9th place in the league.
Wu Lei still did not get a chance to play, this time he sat on the bench for 90 minutes, the last 4 La Liga Chinese strikers have played 0 appearances, Wu Lei in the Spaniard's foreign career fell into a low.
Raiders! The 20-year-old winger Carreras, who came off the bench, saved the team by first breaking into the penalty area to make points, and then sending a precise cross on the right to assist Puado's score, and he may become a rival of Wu Lei in the future.
Wonderful review
In the 9th minute, Costa's cross from the right was met by Douro, who shook his head in front of goal and the ball hit the upright and popped up! The Spaniards escaped!
In the 23rd minute, Valencia's corner kick was released and Vaz followed up with a right-footed attempt to send the ball flying with a long-range shot. Judging from the opening period, the Spaniard was passive on the pitch and did not have a single shot on goal. In the 33rd minute, Barry passed the ball and Moron's right-footed attempt to shoot the ball away with a long-range shot. The Spaniard was blocked in the 43rd and 44th minutes by Embarba and De Thomas.
In the 46th minute, Morón's cross was met by De Thomas' left-footed shot from inside the penalty area that was only slightly over the bar. Diego López then saved the ball off the line in the middle of the retreat, and The octopus brother performed solidly.
In the 51st minute, Gomez kicked directly into the penalty area, Costa crossed from the left and Aldret flew into the net, 1-0! Valencia take the lead.
In the 71st minute, Espanyol made two consecutive substitutions, Di Mata and Oscar Gill came on, and the referee still did not think of Wu Lei on the bench when the team was behind.
In the 73rd minute, Oscar Gill crossed, Puado fired a right-footed cannon directly at the top of the arc, and the ball rubbed against the upright and out of the bottom line! The difference is not a fraction of a centimeter!
In the 83rd minute, the field suddenly changed, Douro tripped behind him to form a single knife Carreras, the referee blew a penalty and showed the second yellow card to send Douro off, De Thomas took the lead, 1-1!
In the 88th minute, Carreras was slanted from the right side of the penalty area and Puado swept his header into the top of the net, 1-2! Espanyol scored 2 goals in 5 minutes to overtake the score! In the end, Espanyol beat 10-man Valen 2-1 away from home to win La Liga for the first time away from home this season! congratulations!
Statistics
Player ratings
Puado, who scored the winning goal for Espanyol, scored a high score of 7.8.
Appearances line-up
Valencia (442):
Goalkeeper: 13 - Celestin
Defenders: 2-Correa (39-Iranzo 78'), 6-Giramont, 15-Alderette, 32-Vazquez (24-Piccini 67')
Midfielders: 11 Kosta (27 Koindredi 84'), 10 Soler, 18 Vas (17 Cheryshev 84'), 19 Durro
Forwards: 9-Gomez, 7-Guedes
Spaniards (433):
Goalkeeper: 13-Diego López
Defenders: 22-Vidal (29-Carreras 81'), 24-Gomez, 4-Calfrela, 3-Pedrosa
Midfielders: 10-Dardel, 20-Barre (6-Moranes 81'), 21-Meramed (12-Oscar Gill 71')
Forwards: 23 - Embarba (9 - Puado 61'), 16 - Morón (18 - Di Mata 71'), 11 - De Thomas