Espanyol 1 - Deportivo La
Coruña 3
Espanyol: Gorka;
Lacruz (Julián 71'), Torrejón, Jarque, Chica; Rufete, Angel
Martínez (Ito 81'), Jonatas, Corominas; Luis García, Tamudo.
4-4-2. Deportivo: Dudu Aouate; Coloccini, Lopo, Andrade, Felipe;
Iago, Sergio (Verdú 69'), Juan Rodríguez, Cristian; Arizmendi
(Riki 81'), Bodipo (Manuel Pablo 46'). 4-4-2.
Team changes: Espanyol:
Gorka, Rufete, Angel Martínez, Jonatas for Kameni, Moisés
Hurtado, De la Peña, Riera / Depor: Felipe, Iago, Arizmendi, Bodipo for
Capdevila, Pablo Alvarez, Adrián López, Riki.
Goals: 0-1. 47. Tamudo
(penalty). After Lopo brought down Tamudo himself. 1-1. 60. Iago. Deflected
Cristian's shot past keeper inside area. 1-2. 62. Sergio. Picked up Felipe
pass and struck shot into far corner of net. 1-3. 83. Riki. Picked up pass
from Juan Rodríguez and lobbed ball over keeper.
On one of the most exciting
ends to a season there was only one match with nothing at stake, Deportivo
running out 1-3 winners against Espanyol at the Montjuic stadium. Both sides
had already made sure of spots in midtable, and the main point of interest for
the home fans was the presentation of a trophy to Tamudo as the club's all time
top scorer, the two he got against Barcelona the week before taking him on to
112 in all.
As expected though the game
was without much tension, the only real action in the first half the sending
off of Andrade with a quarter of an hour on the clock for insulting the
referee. Tamudo added to his tally from the penalty spot a couple of minutes
after the restart after his ex team mate Lopo tripped him in the area, and it
seemed a home win was on the cards.
But Depor spoilt the
captain's night, Iago deflecting Cristian's shot past Gorka to equalise and
another ex Periquito Sergio beating the keeper with a well placed shot into the
top corner just two minutes later. And although Torrejón headed a corner
against the bar, Riki rounded things off with another well taken goal to give
Caparrós a win in what is expected to be his last game in charge of the
Galician side. |