Manolo could stir up a hornet’s nest in important Mestalla duel

Espanyol will return to training from Tuesday this week. Visit Mestalla on Saturday (4:15pm). Still hungover from the controversial incident Fierce derby with Girona Until last Friday and the results are known (bottle throwing and possible sanctions against the Catalan club will be known this Wednesday). Manolo González and his team tighten the screws To prepare for the visit to Valencia, a duel that should be a turning point, return to winning ways and silence doubts after a sluggish start to 2026.

Manolo won’t be able to rely on Omar at Mestalla. He received his fifth yellow in the game against Girona and will be sanctioned. a priori Ruben Sanchez He will probably be on the right side of the eleven, where there may be further news. Pere Mila, especially DolanHe looked very pale in the game against Girona, but it is possible that he will come on and start on the bench. Joffre enters from the beginning. against Che

Probably a parakeet engineer Please move more wasp nests Well, he himself recognized that against Girona, especially in the first half, there were too many turnovers and triangle mistakes, the team lost its identity and lacked the subtlety to create and define. There is a possibility that there will be further substitutions of players who will pay the price for the KO against Girona, but we will not forget it. Manolo He asked not to burn all the ships. Espanyol are used to standing up.

“In the first half, we lacked pressure and rhythm with the ball. Even at 0-0, we weren’t in a good condition. In the second half, we had a good attack and got into a rhythm. But we have to finish our attacking situations. We have to improve on that.” Manolo insisted. At the end of a fierce duel with Girona.