On February 19, one of the matches of the 22nd round of the Spanish Football Championship took place. Elche (Spain) and Espanyol (Spain) met.
Spanish Championship, round 22
"Elche" (Spain) — Espanyol (Spain) — 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: Darder (90+3)
Warnings: Gil (43), Brian Olivan (44), Jose Angel Carmona (71), Jose Angel Carmona (82), Educational Exhibition (90+6)
The Manuel Martinez Valero stadium hosted the La Liga match between Elche and Espanyol. The teams met in a tense match, which remained scoreless until the 90th minute. With the score 0-0 at half-time, a series of substitutions and yellow and red cards were issued in the second half of the match, ultimately leading to a 1-0 victory for Espanyol. In the 43rd minute, Espanyol player O. Gil received a yellow card.
Literally a minute later, B.Olivan also received a yellow card. Elche made his first substitution in the 46th minute, when L. Magallan and P. Bigas came on as subs. Espanyol quickly followed in the 65th minute when R. Sanchez and R. Pierre-Gabriel entered the game. Another round of substitutions came in the 71st minute when J. A. Carmona received a yellow card. Shortly thereafter, Elche made a double substitution when E. Ponce and R. Nteka entered the field. Espanyol made a triple substitution in the 77th minute when B. Olivan, D. Suarez and Exposito were substituted. At the 82nd minute H.A. Carmona received a second yellow card, which resulted in Elche receiving a red card and being eliminated. . A few seconds later, G. Gumbau and G. Verdu came on to fill in the gap. Elche made another substitution and in the 88th minute Fidel and Josan came into play. Espanyol also made their last substitution in the 90th minute when O. Gil and N. Melamed came on. Shortly thereafter, the match was closed when Espanyol's S. Darder scored the winning goal. Espanyol's Expósito received a yellow card to end the match 0-1 to Espanyol.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Elche - Betis, Espanyol - Mallorca.
| Elche | Espanyol | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | shots on target | 4 |
| 19 | blows | eleven |
| 6 | Blocked punches | 3 |
| 14 | Kicks from the box | 9 |
| 5 | Kicks from outside the box | 2 |
| 10 | Violations | 12 |
| 10 | corner | 5 |
| 5 | offsides | 2 |
| 46% | Ball possession | 54% |
| 2 | yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Goalie saves | 5 |
| 334 | Total transfers | 407 |
| 251 | Accurate gear | 316 |
| 75% | Gear Accuracy | 78% |