The defeat against Betis has precipitated the end of the stage of Abelardo Fernández at the head of Espanyol. The Blue and Whites' club announced its dismissal this Saturday, as well as that of the rest of its technical team, Tomás Hervás and Iñaki Tejada . The entity argues the poor sports performance as a cause of the dismissal of the Asturian and pretends that his departure is a shock to try to achieve a salvation that has become increasingly complicated.

The person in charge of taking over from the Blue and Whites bench until the end of the season will be Francisco Joaquín Pérez Rufete , current sports director of Espanyol. "The objective of salvation can only be achieved from the commitment and unity of each and every parakeet and at the moment that is the only way to face the future," the entity reiterated in the statement that has officialized its new situation.

Abelardo, who joined Espanyol in December last year, is the third coach to have fired the club this season. Then, he took over from Pablo Machín , who in turn was in charge of replacing David Gallego on the parakeet bench. Currently, the team is eight points from salvation and the situation in the Blue and Whites environment has become especially tense. So much so that very harsh graffiti has appeared against the players at the RCDE Stadium.

Rufete, for his part, will direct his first training session at the helm of Espanyol today at 6:00 pm and will debut as coach in tomorrow's game against Real Madrid, the first of the especially delicate commitments that remain for the Blue and Whites team in these last seven league games. Among them, in addition, is the visit to the Camp Nou, which will take place at number 35.

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