Surrendered in the title race, Real simply manages to postpone Barça's celebration, a celebration that can now come on May 10 in "El Clasico", for the blaugrana fans and not only, this would be a perfect ending. Without Mbappe, against Espanyol, it was Vinicius jr who became the leader, with the Brazilian striker scoring a "double" of goals.
The home team resisted strongly, they did so until the 55th minute, where Vinicius with a fantastic action, with a beautiful movement inside the area shook the net, giving Real the advantage. Almost in the same way, again from an action conceived by Vinicius, but this time in an even more spectacular version, the Brazilian scored the second goal, mortgaged the success of Real Madrid after the result remained unchanged until the end. 4 weeks before the end of La Liga, Arbeloa's team is 11 points behind Barcelona, now his next mission, perhaps the last at the helm of Real is to avoid Barça's celebration in "El Clasico".
After the 0-2 success against Espanyol, in the press conference, coach Arbeloa was asked about Vinicius' performance and Mbappe's absence from the stadium, with the Frenchman having decided to travel to Cagliari: "Vinicius is the player that all coaches would like to have, he is a fantastic person. Mbappe? The planning for injured players is done by the team's medical staff, as for their free time they can do what they want.", said Arbeloa, who finally made a comment about El Clasico: "It's a big match against a big rival who is doing well. This is a special match for the fans and for us. We will prepare it as best as possible," Arbeloa expressed.
