Eibar went one step further to ensure their permanence against an Espanyol to whom even the certainty of the descent has not served to release ballast. The blue and white team was sentenced with two penalties as clear as they were unnecessary to a new defeat (0-2), the eleventh at home this season , which was in the end a summary of what their year is being: little aim in attack and extreme defensive fragility. Expósito, in this case, was in charge of scoring both goals. The gunsmith player transformed the first shot from 11 meters directly and later also sent the ball to the back of the net after Diego López, in the first instance, managed to block the second maximum penalty.

Espanyol, after completing their descent last Wednesday at the Camp Nou , were looking, surely, for a good result that would serve in part to alleviate their anxiety. Rufete, despite everything, bet on initially leaving the most expensive signing in the club's history on the bench, a Raúl de Tomás whose performance has plummeted in recent games. The presence of the young Campuzano in attack and the return of Calleri, sanctioned against Barça, did not give a new air to the Blue and Whites' vanguard. Again, the team accused the same lack of punch that so many times has condemned him throughout this campaign. And, what is worse, he also fell into his worst habits at the defensive level.

This is largely explained by the two penalties that condemned Espanyol to sink their knee again. The first, by a terribly clear hand from the young Víctor Gómez for whom Del Cerro Grande did not even need the VAR review. Expósito was in charge of materializing it, with a tight launch that made the fact that Diego López was right with the direction of the shot useless. Within five minutes to half an hour, the locals had already gotten uphill. And, 11 minutes later, what would ultimately be the final lace would arrive. In this case, after another hand from the veteran Bernardo. Expósito, taking advantage of Diego López's rejection after his powerful shot, was in charge of sending the ball back to the bottom of the net and, in practice, almost sentenced the duel.

It did no good for Espanyol for Calleri to send a shot to Dmitrovic's goal. Not a powerful free kick from Embarba that ended up in the hands of the goalkeeper. Nor, of course, that the Sebian goalkeeper of Eibar, after the break, measured his departure badly. The goal, again, turned its back on the parakeet team. Eibar, released by the two goals, felt tremendously comfortable on the field of play and once again circled the Espanyol area in danger. Rufete looked for a shake giving entrance to the attack to both Raúl de Tomás and Wu Lei, but his changes did not have the desired effect. And that the former Rayo, ten minutes from the end, had a very good option to, at least, cut distances. In the end, there was no way, and the locals added another stumble in Cornellà-El Prat that, in practice, condemns them to lose the category as the last classified in the table.

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