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the parakeets have waited nineteen years to be chirpy

Wednesday offers Espanyol the chance to wipe out a painful memory

Come Wednesday night at Hampden, Ernesto Valverde will watch Espanyol try to win their first European trophy. He has been here before, perched at pitch-side, trying to will his team to victory in a Uefa Cup final.