Another win and clean sheet for Espanyol eases La Liga relegation fears

Espanyol win eases La Liga relegation fears

Espanyol have climbed three spots to 12th in La Liga after beating Getafe 1-0.

Another win and clean sheet for Espanyol eases La Liga relegation fears

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Espanyol beat Getafe 1-0 in La Liga to record a third straight victory and ease its relegation fears on Friday.

Nigerian star under Eric Chelle's watch receives first straight La Liga red card as Espanyol stun Getafe - Soccernet NG

Nigerian midfielder Chrisantus Uche was shown a straight red card for the first time in his La Liga career as Getafe fell to a 1-0 defeat against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium on Friday night, Soccernet.ng reports. The 21-year-old, who has been one of the standout players in his debut season, saw red in the 60th minute following a reckless challenge on Espanyol winger Jofre. Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea initially issued a yellow card but …

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The Espanyol lives a constant dream, a fairy tale, a story of survival that looks like a fiction, a fable invented to forget a crude reality. But it is real. The Espanyol of Manolo González has discovered happiness and does not seem to give up on it. This Friday it was the Getafe, ungrateful rival as a visitor, who tasted the new skin of this team, solid in defense and much more cheerful in attack, that with his third consecutive triumph already…