La Liga
March 3, 2013
Espanyol
0 - 0
Real Valladolid
La Liga
16:00 +00:00, March 3, 2013
Estadi Cornella-El Prat
No thrills at Cornella
Scoring Summary
| Espanyol | Real Valladolid |
|---|
Teams
| Espanyol | Real Valladolid |
|---|---|
| 13 Francisco Casilla | 13 Daniel Hernandez |
| 15 Héctor Moreno | 6 Jesús Rueda |
| 19 Diego Colotto | 5 Henrique Sereno Fonseca |
| 18 Joan Capdevila | 24 Mikel Balenziaga |
| 16 Javí López | 2 Antonio Rukavina |
| 10 Verdú | 15 Alberto Bueno |
| 4 Víctor Sánchez | 18 Alvaro Rubio |
| 3 Raúl Rodríguez | 16 Lluis Sastre |
| 9 Sergio García | 25 Manucho |
| 20 Simão | 14 Omar Ramos |
| 12 Samuele Longo | 11 Daniel Larsson |
| Substitutes | |
| 17 Martin Petrov | Óscar González 10 |
| 2 Felipe | Valdet Rama 23 |
| 1 Cristian Alvarez | Javi Guerra 9 |
| 22 Mubarak Wakaso | Baraja 8 |
| 27 Víctor Álvarez Delgado | Carlos Gonzalez Peña 17 |
| 23 Cristian Gómez | Jaime Jiménez Merlo 1 |
| 24 Alfonso | Juan Juan Neira 7 |
| Substitutions | |
| Cristian Gómez for Diego Colotto (38) | Óscar González for Alberto Bueno (67) |
| Mubarak Wakaso for Samuele Longo (45) | Javi Guerra for Manucho (80) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Daniel Larsson (48) | |
| · Squads: Espanyol | Real Valladolid | |
Espanyol and Real Valladolid played out a dull goalless draw at the Cornella-El Prat in a game where excitement and chances were in short supply.
Valladolid got the point they would have wanted from the clash but Javier Aguirre's side would have left disappointed after previously picking up 16 points from a possible 18 home points since the Mexican replaced Mauricio Pochettino at the helm.
It was the visitors who registered the game's first shot on target after eight minutes when Rafael Sastre's 30-yard effort was caught by Francisco Casillaby.
Five minutes later Julian Omar Ramos fired wide from the left before Espanyol came into the match.
Sergio Garcia's 21st-minute shot was blocked by Jesus Rueda, with Hector Moreno's close-range header from the resulting corner going wide.
Espanyol suffered a blow after 37 minutes when Garcia Cristian Gomez had to be replaced by Diego Colotto after what looked like a serious injury.
The long-distance efforts kept coming as Joan Verdu's right-footed effort which flew over the bar brought to an end an uninspiring opening period.
Samuele Longo was replaced by Mubarak Wakaso as Aguirre's side searched for the opening goal, but the second period began as the first ended. This time it was Manucho's effort which missed the target.
Wakaso failed to test Daniel Hernandez after 65 minutes, before Moreno somehow headed Simao Sabrosa's corner wide from close range.
There was little else to talk of in the remaining 20 minutes as Valladolid left with the point they had come for.