In the early morning of February 14, Beijing time, the 24th round of La Liga ushered in a focus battle, with Espanyol playing barcelona at home. In the first half Garvey scored, Then Duddell equalized, De Thomas scored a one-handed goal in the second half, Luke De Jong scored a goal in the final moments, and finally Espanyol was forced to draw 2-2 by Barca, and the 3 points became 1 point.
After the loss to Bilbao in the last round, espanyol suffered five consecutive La Liga winless games, with a record of 1 draw and 4 losses, the performance continued to be sluggish, and now 27 points in 23 rounds, the ranking has fallen to 13th, and the advantage in the relegation zone has been reduced to 8 points.
The Spaniards returned home for the Catalan derby in this round, and fans are eager to break the curse of 23 consecutive winless games against Barca, the last time in 2009, and then 12 consecutive years without Barca.
In the starting lineup, Espanyol sent a two-striker duo of Puado and De Thomas, with Wu Lei, Embarba and Di Mata on the bench, while Cady Barre, Jangel Herrera, Dadel and Toni Villena were in midfield.
Just in the first minute of the opening, the Espanyol goal was breached, Alba crossed from the left to the goal, Pedri's unguarded volley from the back post scored, and Barca made a fantastic start 1-0.
In desperation, the Spaniard equalized before the end of the first half, De Thomas took the ball in the penalty area and returned, Duddell followed up directly to blast a world wave, imitating Ronaldo's classic celebration action after the goal.
According to statistics, this is the first goal scored by Dadel in the 13th career meeting with Barca, and it is also the spaniard's second goal after a gap of two years, and the last Espanyol player to break the Barca goal is Wu Lei in January 2020.
In the second half, Alba's long-range shot was blocked, Garvey's left-footed shot was scored, the referee signaled de Jong to be offside, and Barca's goal was invalid.
In the 63rd minute, Duddell sent a provocative pass, and De Thomas single-handedly faced Ter Stegen to help espanyol win 2-1. After the goal, De Thomas scored his 13th goal, rising to second place in la Liga's top scorers list, behind Karim Benzema, who scored 17 goals.
In the 96th minute of the match, The Spaniard did not hold the 2-1 score Barca relied on Luke De Jong's goal, 2-2 equalization, the Spaniard did not have the opportunity to win the two consecutive real sa in a single season, missing out on a record of 21 years.
Wu Lei, who came off the bench in the last game, did not get a chance to play in this game, sat on the bench and was once again abandoned, and La Liga scored for 611 consecutive days. Two years ago, Wu Lei scored barca's goal to help espanyol equalise 2-2 and is now a marginal man.