VALVERDE, To BREAK HIS BAD SERIES
The extra factor that motivates to Valverde in the Espanyol-Barça
Published:3/02/2018 - 09:28h
Updated:4/02/2018 - 17:52h
Ernesto Valverde will have an extra motivation to try win to the RCD Espanyol this Sunday in Cornellá-The Prat. And it is that the 'Txingurri' has not been able still to win to domicile to the group 'perico' in League, with five defeats and two ties
Although it is true that the FC Barcelona knows perfectly that the three points against the Espanyol will be vital when treating of one of the most complicated exits that it remains them to the culés this season in LaLiga Santander 2017-18, the one who safe that will wish still with more ahínco win in Cornellá-The Prat is Ernesto Valverde, that lives a particular drought against the 'pericos'.
And it is that, in seven seasons, has not been able in LaLiga Spanish to win to the Espanyol in his own stadium. In total, the balance of the 'Txingurri' in League against the Espanyol is of five defeats and two ties, some statistics achieved during six seasons in the Athletic of Bilbao and one in Valencia, that expects 'maquillar' to the control of the FC Barcelona.
Bad results for Valverde
Already it lost in the gone of quarter-finals of Glass of the King against the Espanyol does some weeks, and this sure that increased even more win them of Ernesto Valverde to win to the 'pericos' this Sunday in half of an environment that expects of the more caldeado.
In the seven commitments that Valverde has directed like rival technician of the Espanyol in the competition of the regularidadad, two in the Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys and five in the RCDE Stadium, the balance has been abysmal for the interests of the extremeño.
The current preparador culé lost his two first clashes like trainer of the Athletic (2-1 and 2-0), empató the third to the control of Valencia (3-3) and fell defeated in the three following as 'lion' (3-2, 1-0 and 2-1), empatando the party of the past season (0-0).
Valverde, to change his luck in Cornellá
The only good news that has had Valverde in his duels like visitor against the Espanyol was in the Glass of the King of the season 2014/15, when the Athletic achieved to win in the turn of the semifinals (0-2) and certified of this way his pass to the final, where finish falling vapuleado against the FC Barcelona (3-1) in the Camp Nou, in the final of the famous golazo of Leo Messi. This Sunday, Valverde wants to change his luck.
