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Forever condemned to live in the shadow of Barcelona, Espanyol's worst nightmare will come true on Wednesday if they are doomed to relegation from La Liga by their city neighbours.
It is a likely scenario. With four games remaining, Chinese-owned Espanyol are rock bottom, 11 points from safety. Even a win at the Camp Nou would therefore only delay the inevitable.
Los Periquitos (The Budgerigars) have not beaten Barcelona in La Liga since 2009, when Mauricio Pochettino was coach.
Wednesday therefore looks set to be the day of reckoning for a club who are one of the proudest names in Spanish football.
It is too much to bear for fans, with the Federation of Espanyol Supporters' Clubs this week issuing a statement to express their dismay at what has happened under the current ownership.
China's Rastar Group, which specialises in model cars, paid 60 million euros ($67.7m) for 54 per cent of the club's shares in January 2016. They now own almost 100 per cent.
"We have been deeply angered by this shameful season, the worst in our history," said the federation, which has called on president Chen Yansheng to hand over the reins to someone based locally.
"We want to express our indignation, our sadness, our disappointment, anger and feeling of helplessness at witnessing this pathetic relegation."
Espanyol have spent the season chopping and changing coaches, with David Gallego, Pablo Machin and Abelardo Fernandez all being sacked before sporting director Francisco Rufete was put in charge last month. He has been unable to halt the slide.
"The whole team are fed up with the situation, but they can't give up. We have to keep fighting until the end," Rufete said after a 1-0 defeat by Leganes at the weekend. "We have to go to the Camp Nou and play for pride."
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