Goals and Highlights: Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona in LaLiga 2022

It's over! Barcelona rescues the tie in the last minute.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Traoré's cross, Luuk de Jong rises inside the box and ties the match.

They are leaving! After a fierce confrontation, Melamed and Piqué leave the match with a red card.

The cross ends up in the hands of Diego López.

Change of Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Pedri

Traoré's cross, but Aubameyang fails to make contact with the ball.

Excellent intervention by Vidal, preventing Dembélé from entering the area.

Pedroza came close, but the blaugrana defense ended up preventing the third.

Barcelona changes. Gavi and Alba are replaced by Gabi and Dembélé.

Ferran's shot, but Traoré misses.

Pedri's half turn and shot at goal, but it ends up in the hands of López.

Goal, goal, goal for Espanyol! Tomás popped up inside the box just to put the home side ahead.

Espanyol change. Vilhena and Bare come off for Melamed and Morlanes.
Barcelona substitution. Aubameyang comes on for Frenkie de Jong.

It is cancelled! The referee disallows Barcelona's goal due to offside of de Jong

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! After a series of attempts, Gavi gets past the defenders and ends up firing a tremendous shot to put the visitors in front.

Ferran Torres arrived with danger, but the Espanyol defense ended up preventing him from shooting at goal.

Both teams will be looking for the three points.

Change for Barcelona. Eric García replaces Ronald Araujo.

At the end of the first half, in a hard-fought match, the score is tied at one goal.

Goal, goal, goal for Espanyol! Darder takes a delayed ball that ends up in the back of Stegen's net.

Goalkeeper! Traoré's shot ends up hitting López.

Alba's excellent shot, preventing Espanyol's move from growing.

Adama Traoré's shot, but the ball goes over the goal.

De Jong's cross, but the home defense eventually clears the ball.

Intense duel in Barcelona, Espanyol is looking to tie the match.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! After Alba's cross, Pedri appears to push the ball in and open the scoring.

Actions begin at the Espanyol Stadium

M. ter Stegen; J. Alba, G. Piqué, R. Araujo, S. Dest; P. González, S. Busquets, F. de Jong; Gavi, F. Torres, A. Traoré.

D. López; A. Vidal, S. Gómez, Cabrera, A. Giner;T. Vilhena, K. Bare, Y. Herrera, S. Darder; R. de Tomás, J. Puado.

The Espanyol fans were present before the match to welcome the Catalan team.

Barcelona is already at Espanyol's home, ready to play one more LaLiga match, looking for three points.

Espanyol is already at Cornella-El Prat, looking to emerge victorious against Barcelona and cut a positive streak of the opponent.

Espanyol comes into this match after accumulating seven wins, eight draws and four defeats, totaling 27 points, 11 points behind Los Culés.

Barcelona must pay special attention to Raúl de Tomás, the striker has twelve goals in the current season and is the third highest scorer of the season, so the visitors' defense must be very attentive.

Eric García is the novelty in the call-up list of the Barcelona team. The player received the medical clearance and will be able to play minutes.

Barcelona have beaten Espanyol in 23 consecutive matches, and if they win this match, they would have one of the best records ever.

There are 173 matches that these teams have played against each other, of which Espanyol has failed to win 101.

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This is the kick-off time for the Espanyol vs Barcelona match on February 13, 2022 in several countries:

Argentina - 17:00 hours

Peru - 15:00 hours

Colombia - 15:00 hours

Ecuador - 15:00 hours

Venezuela - 4:00 p.m.

Bolivia - 4:00 p.m.

Chile - 17:00 hours

Uruguay - 17:00 hours

Brazil - 5:00 p.m.

Spain - 9:00 p.m.

Xavi spoke before the match against Espanyol: "Today we have worked on it. When Messi was 20 or 21 years old he didn't shoot free kicks until one day Tito told him to shoot them. We have good shooters, Memphis, Alves... today Pedri, Eric, Frenkie... we will make a list for each game and decide the staff. It's a training thing."

"Now we are in a good moment of form and we want to consolidate it. We don't want the match against Atlético de Madrid to be a one-day event. It's another final and another litmus test."

"We'll see how far we're capable of going, but it's clear that we depend on the teams ahead of us and on achieving that necessary consistency."

"I already said that we were not ruling anything out, we are 15 points behind the leader, with a game in hand, but we are not ruling anything out. Our first objective is to be in the top four, but we don't rule out anything and the next matches will tell the whole story. We will see how far we are able to go, but we depend on the teams ahead of us."

"Continue with the results. We have to continue with this intensity. The ball circulates fast, with fewer touches. We have to continue in the same way. We have already reached the Champions League places, now we have to consolidate."

 "It is important to know how to attack the spaces without disconnecting in the strategy. The wingers must be able to score goals. On a tactical level we have gained a lot, we now play in a zone. In general we are improving in many aspects. We are growing because we are on top of the player.

"Alves makes me feel bad because he is a very important player for us. Tomorrow we will decide if we will change the system, but it is clear that we will miss him because he is giving us a lot. He is an important player, we will miss him".

He also spoke about Dembélé: "He is a team player and we have decided that he should be part of the squad. We can't shoot ourselves in the foot. We must use him, he can help us. He has been a good professional when he has been in the squad and when he hasn't".

Ter Stegen; Dani Alves, Ronald Araujo, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie De Jong; Adama Traoré, Ferran Torres, Gavi.

D. López; Adria Giner, Cabrera, S. Gómez, O. Gil; S. Darder, Manu Morlanes, T. Vilhena, J. Puado, Melendo; L. Dimata.

Barcelona comes to this match after beating Atletico Madrid four goals to two, giving a respite to the team led by Xavi, reaching the fifth position in the table.

Espanyol comes to this match after losing two goals to one against Athletic, the same reason why they are located in the thirteenth position of the general table.

The Espanyol vs Barcelona match will be played at the Cornella-El Prat Stadium, located in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has a capacity for 40,000 people. 

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