RCD Espanyol achieves its first victory in 2026 with a win against Athletic Club. The perico team takes possession of the match with a 63.3% against an Athletic that shot eight times against the 10 of the perico team. Pere Milla and Kike García are the scorers of the match. The red-and-whites team stays at the gates of European positions after falling to the perico club. The Athletic team was surpassed in the second part of the match. The coach of the Athletic, Unai Simón, acknowledged that his team was surpassed in the second part of the match. The match was electric from the start and was characterized by a great intensity and commitment from both teams. RCD Espanyol breaks its long drought and wins again 18 games later in a match of maximum tension and alternatives that ended up becoming a real liberation for the pericos.