Espanyol served up another excellent high scoring draw at home following on the back of their recent 2-2 draw with Real Sociedad. On Saturday evening, the visitors were Valencia and an open and e...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/goals-galore-as-valencia-and-espanyol-share-the-spoils/
Liverpool Football Club have had a mixed bag when it comes to South American signings. Fabio Aurelio became the first player from the continent to sign for the club when he breezed into Anfield o...
With recent exports such as David Silva, Juan Mata, Sergio Aguero, Santi Cazorla and Michu taking little time to establish themselves in English football and with former Getafe boss Michael Laudr...
Barcelona turned in a rampant first half display, during which time they battered Espanyol and had the game wrapped up by half time courtesy of a four goal lead. This was a game in which Barce...
Things are currently somewhat difficult for Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol. Languishing at the foot of the table, the Barcelona-based side have won just two games so far this term and are already...
The words Spain and crisis seem to appear together with growing regularity as the country lurches on to the edge of the financial abyss. The current fiscal crisis has become a part of every Spani...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/10/things-go-from-bad-to-worse-as-espanyol-sink-into-the-mire/
It is 3.45 on a Sunday afternoon in late November, and I am standing outside the bar Monopol in the relatively upmarket district of Barcelona known as Poblenou (they even have their own Rambla...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/06/an-afternoon-with-the-pericos-of-poblenou/
I turned away this weekend. I know it’s disrespectful to turn aside a derby match and give it up for dead, there is no such thing as a foregone conclusion, and we all need to chip in to help...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/sick-as-a-parrot-why-the-future-looks-gloomy-for-espanyol/
GETTY IMAGES Pep Guardiola’s final home game in charge of Barcelona welcomed the visit of Mauricio Pochettino’s Espanyol side to Camp Nou. What turned out to be a very comfortable win for Bar...
When it comes to their rivalry with FC Barcelona, Espanyol supporters have never had much to brag about. Barça have always been the bigger club, have always had a better stadium, have more memb...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/04/when-the-heart-and-soul-of-espanyol-ruled-barcelona/
JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images Malaga’s Champions League aspirations came closer to fruition on Sunday after a devastating two-minute burst sunk Espanyol at the Cornella-El Prat. The 2-1 triumph w...
GETTY IMAGES Recent results had seen Espanyol slip from fourth down to 11th going into last weekends round of games in la liga, with their hopes of European qualification looking rather less posi...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/espanyol-re-ignite-their-european-dream-after-rayo-route/
GETTY IMAGES Most Espanyol fans believe it’s now or never for the club to make a push for the top six. With home games against Rayo Vallecano and struggling Racing Santander, a turn around in t...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/now-or-never-for-pochettino-and-espanyol/
GETTY IMAGES There could have been few Espanyol fans confident their team would return from Sunday’s game at Real Madrid with three points – after all they have only managed four victories in...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/espanyol-slump-as-the-european-dream-begins-to-slip-away/
Many people questioned the wisdom of RCD Espanyol when they revealed that their new stadium would be built on a strip of industrial wasteland by the banks of the Rio Llogbregat in the satellit...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/03/barcelonas-modern-masterpiece/
EFE/Albert Olivé Despite all expectations and in typically anti-climatical fashion, Espanyol managed to blow their opportunity to consolidate a place in the top four yesterday. After all the ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/02/eternal-dani-jarque-the-tragic-story-of-an-espanyol-legend/
Getty Images One of the more surprising stories to come from the whole ‘will he or won’t he?’ circus surrounding Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid, has been the suggestion as to who Floren...
It can’t be easy being a fan of a team who are constantly overshadowed by their city neighbours, especially when that team are the reigning Spanish, European and World champions. It would be ha...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/02/can-espanyol-reach-europes-promised-land/
Real Madrid thumped five past Malaga, Barcelona were held by neighbours Espanyol and a diminutive Argentinian was linked with a shock move to Andalucia – life it seems, is never dull in La Liga...
Barcelona’s hopes of retaining the La Liga title were dealt a serious blow in the Catalan derby last night as they were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw at neighbours Espanyol. The home side to...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/01/espanyol-1-1-barcelona-tactical-analysis/
If you’re outside of Spain you’d be forgiven for thinking that Christmas is over, but over on the Iberian Peninsula the festivities are still on going. With the three Kings taking a pit stop ...
La Liga is back this weekend after a busy winter break. Three managers gone and replaced; Reyes still heading to Sevilla; Kaka up for sale; and Freddy Adu is set to train with Rayo. Several Prime...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/01/la-liga-news-of-the-week/
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia. There were tired eyes and sore heads aplenty around Spain yesterday morning as people arose to the full effects of the previous night’s party antics. And while Engl...
As kick off approached at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the empty spaces amongst the stands suggested for a moment that there might be an unusually poor turnout. Yet as the whilstle blew...
Despite off-field problems, Espanyol found themselves in eighth place going into La Liga’s winter break – just six points off a UEFA Champions League spot. Mauricio Pochettino has got big p...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2011/12/espanyol-transfer-ta/
When it comes to youth development in Spain, Real Madrid have longed faced some rather unjust criticism. Observers claim the club fail in their focus on producing home-grown talent, instead turni...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2011/12/callejon-at-real-madri/