Girona attacks the champion to be the leader of the League

Watch out for the new Primera leader. Keep an eye on the great team that has established itself at the top of the League, ahead of Madrid and Barça, which is leaving corpses along the way, adding points without stopping and giving off an aroma of a seductive game that only arouses admiration.

Michel said that Girona could not play Barça face to face. But he faced him without fear or complexes, disbelieving in the fame that accompanies him, in the greatness on which he relies, and defeated him with a football review, snatching away the story of the style and the game. He assaulted the champion and took the lead that leads you to another dimension. Girona can now be labeled as a title contender with the run it has had, 13 wins in 16 games, a scoring rate that only teams with the conditions and category to be champions achieve.

That other dimension in which he has shed the disguise of surprise, and now they will not wait for him anywhere with the sympathy that always arouses the modest who challenges the giants. Now it will be your turn to defend the fort that everyone will want to invade.

“Olé, olé” from Girona

Barça had to listen with blushing to the chants of “olé, olé” in the final dance, when Valery saved an exceptional victory with 1-3. So much so that Gündogan’s goal in added time did not cause concern, because Stuani immediately rounded it off. The historic night in which Girona was consecrated with a victory that will be remembered for generations, and not only for the white and red fans.

The mood that is talked about so much in football was observed in the face to face. Girona was confident and firm even when it was being squeezed and Gazzaniga was putting his hands and feet out, Barça became shaky after conceding the second goal because it accentuated the insecurity that they thought had been defeated. The course of the duel cultivated the visitor’s faith and the Barça’s uncertainty, finished off by Stuani in an appearance that was intimidating due to his competitive fierceness.

Chasing the ball

Barça spent long moments chasing the ball, moved from side to side by a Girona team that wanted to squeeze the width of the pitch to project itself forward rather than reduce it to protect itself. Even Gazzaniga dares to pass and not clear, another of the signs of the The hard-working team that Míchel created, with eleven players who know what they have to do at all times, wherever their coach puts them.

Michel drew more things on the board than Xaxi. He moved Tsygankov’s arrow inward, closer to Dovbyk and gave up his right wing to the distance duel between Yan Couto and Cancelo, with all the meters at both of their disposal. The two coaches wanted to find a free man in the central strip and that forced the players to pay extra attention so that no one was left unattended. But Miguel Gutiérrez, the presumed left back, flew like a little bird.

A thrilling duel

Girona’s theory was guessed correct and confirmed in the actions of the goals at 0-1 and 1-2: in the distribution of markings, Christensen had Tsygankov, due to proximity. Yan Couto’s vertical pass was not threatened by Cancelo and was not cut off by a tense Christensen, nor by Araujo, who extended the field by breaking the line, and the Ukrainian winger gave it to his compatriot Dovbyk. Balde relieved Christensen late in the second half.

Girona scored later and before Barça could do so in a hectic start to the match, mostly installed in the Girona half between the local push, emboldened by the good streak and the motivation to end the neighbor’s fame, although also some and others were trying to adapt to an unconventional duel.

“It’s about time,” Miguel shouts

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Miguel Gutierrez was an insider who started and finished plays – the third he started he scored and shouted “it’s time!” when freeing himself from the hugs -, and Blind left his area to squeeze Pedri. Both teams took risks to win, and It was a great game, very white glove, exquisite in form: four fouls (1 and 3) in the first half.

Barça immediately corrected the alleged lack of aggressiveness that arose from the only foul and committed two at the dawn of the second half. But that greater rigor did not repress Girona, much less intimidate him, who never felt intimidated nor did he feel at ease by dangerous actions. He did not know how to stop Barça from that friendly club that is no longer so friendly, due to the distance it has gained and how naked it has left it.