One minute. One minute was separating Espanyol fans and a 15 years long wait for the win over a hated city rival. The referee decided that injury time was 7 minutes, and within that time, he also gave red cards to Gerrard Pique and Melamed after the pair were showing each other. Espanyol had the lead from the 64th minute and in the 90th minute, Luuk de Jong came in. Home team defenders knew that for the next 7 minutes, Dembele and Traore will cross the ball in the penalty area looking for the Dutchman, and yet, De Jong managed to jump over 3 defenders and score in the 96th minute for the final result: Espanyol – Barcelona 2-2.GOOOOOOAL Luuk de Jong with a special assist from Traore🔥😍 pic.twitter.com/jtOWTECTWS— FBFans (@PLFans22) February 13, 2022 21.02. 2009. That’s the date deeply rooted in the mind of every Espanyol fan. That’s the date of the last Espanyol victory over much hated rivals Barcelona in La Liga (they won in the Cup in 2018). And today, they failed again, even thou they deserved the victory. Xavi’s men took the lead after two minutes but brave Espanyol, who already defeated league leaders Real Madrid this season turned the game over. Xavi did everything, even introduced contract rebel Dembele, but it was De Jong who helped in the end. Adama Traore was useless for the majority of the match, but his only good cross was the right one, in the 96th minute. Barcelona had the chance to surpass Atletico at the table, but now they remain in the 5th spot, with a game in hand.Barcelona managed to score from the first attack of the game. Jordi Alba (who else) made a beautiful cross from the left, the ball passed Torres and onto the leg of Pedri, who was at the back post and scored with ease. There was not much going on for the next 30 minutes, apart from Adama Traore’s right wing sprints, which resulted in nothing, just like in Wolverhampton. The Spanish international moves like a thunder lightning, but every time he went into the penalty area, he either had a wasteful cross or just ended up shooting near the goal. Traore did have a wonderful chance in the 37th minute, when he got a pass from Gavi and suddenly found himself right in front of the goal, but sent the ball right to Espanyol’s keeper Diego Lopez. Jordi Alba’s cross into the box was headed back across goal by Ferran, but it went just wide, just second after Traore’s chance. The punishment came in the 40th minute, when Sergi Darder’s magnificent volley went into the far corner from the edge of the box.Jordi Alba até pode ter suas dificuldades defensivas, mas a quantidade de gols que ele entrega pro Barcelona compensa demais, belo gol do Pedri. pic.twitter.com/AGGIIsRvCy— Vitor Lautert (@vitorlautert) February 13, 2022 Raul De Tomas Goal Assist By Sergier DardierIs Barcelona FINISHED ?? 😫#EspanyolBarcelona #Espanyol #Barca #Barcelona pic.twitter.com/OW6zXE1gEh— Li (@Lifeofsniper) February 13, 2022 As expected, Barca took the initiative in the second half, but did nothing. Unlike the guests, Espanyol took their first and only chance until then, and even that one was ’created’ but Eric Garcia’s blunder. A big signing from City at the beginning of the season came as a sub after Araujo got injured and he misjudged the situation in the 64th minute, after which Raul De Tomas was left all alone in front of Ter Stegen, and players like him don’t miss those chances: 2-1 for Espanyol. But in the end, the hosts didn’t manage to hold on to the valuable lead.LA LIGA – ROUND 24FridaySevilla- Elche 2-0 (0-0)/Gomez 70, Mir 76/SaturdayCadiz – Celta 0-0Villareal – Real Madrid 0-0Rayo Vallecano – Osasuna 0-3 (0-2)/Moncayola 8, R. Garcia 40, K. Garcia 90+3/Atletico Madrid – Getafe 4-3 (3-3)/Correa 20, 45+5, Cunha 27 – Mayoral 30, Unai 37 pen, 42 pen/SundayAlaves – Valencia 2-1 (1-0)/Loum 14, Joselu 76 – Guedes 62/Levante – Betis 2-4 (1-3)/Gomez 43,47 – Fekir 14, 44, Gonzalez 29, Carvalho 42/Sociedad – Granada 2-0 (1-0)/Oyarzabal 37, Alcantara 74/Espanyol – Barcelona 2-2 (1-1)/Darder 40, De Thomas 64 – Pedri 2, De Jong 90+6/
