In the 35th round of La Liga, the Spaniards basically had no relegation pressure, and they scored 39 points early, according to the historical law of relegation, 39 points were basically relegated. For such a situation, the Espanyol players were clearly satisfied, so much so that they lay flat after scoring their 39th point in the 31st round. In the last three rounds, Espanyol's form has been bizarrely avalanche, starting with a 1-2 loss to Atletico and until the most recent 4-0 loss to Real Madrid, suffering three consecutive defeats, with a 0-1 loss to Vallecano in the middle.
Espanyol's avalanche is related to the manager's strategy, Espanyol coach Vicente Moreno is very stubborn, he still insists on 100% relegation, believing that although he is basically relegated, he has not yet been 100% relegated, and the current relegation zone team has a maximum score of 31 points. During the 3-game losing streak, Espanyol coach Vicente Moreno repeatedly stressed that the team's morale was problematic and needed to be adjusted as soon as possible, but the whole team seemed indifferent, and Moreno himself was also very stubborn, insisting on using the main lineup to deal with the game, resulting in the game becoming more and more negative, he did not seem to realize that rotation can stimulate the morale of the players.
During the 4-0 defeat to Real Madrid, Moreno's anger was detonated, directly grabbing De Thomas's collar and expressing his dissatisfaction with the players. At 00:30 Beijing time on May 9, Espanyol will usher in the 35th round of the match, the opponent is Osasuna, in the pre-match press conference, Moreno is still worried about the 0-4 loss to Real Madrid, he said that the team in the Bernabeu shot more than Manchester City in the Bernabeu, but the team's ability to seize opportunities is extremely poor, hoping to change this in the game of Osasuna.
Apparently, Moreno still wants to deal with the game with the full force, hoping to win and completely kill the relegation suspense. According to the historical results of the confrontation, this campaign is not only a relegation battle for Espanyol, but also a revenge battle for Spaniards, the last 3 times against Osasuna, Espanyol is not winless, 1 draw and 2 losses, starting from 2-4 loss to Osasuna in 2019, until the first leg of the season 0-0 Osasuna, in the middle of 0-1 Osasuna at the beginning of 2020.
In the face of espanyol manager's lineup to play the world's partiality, last season as an absolute main force to help Espanyol win the La Liga title merit player Merida direct showdown, the midfielder in the pre-match interview with the media, he expressed his desire to leave the team, confirmed that this summer to go, bluntly said that this season in Espanyol has too few opportunities, this summer must find other teams, continue their careers. According to statistics, Merida has only played 12 times this season, including 4 starts and 8 substitute games, and the game Wu Lei is still miserable, Wu Lei has played 24 games this season. You know, last season Merida played 39 games, both offensive and defensive, helping espanyol complete the promotion and win the title. I have to say that Merida's operation is tougher than Wu Lei's, and if Wu Lei wants to get more playing time, he may only have to choose to transfer.