Girona took a giant step to consolidate their position in the play-offs on Saturday evening in Las Palmas. The victory (1-3) against Gran Canaria was of pearls for those from Michelwho took advantage of the setbacks of the rivals to open a hole with the seventh classified.
The game also left a few good news. The most notable, without a doubt, is the scoring resurgence of a Nahuel Bustos who, with the two goals, was the great protagonist of the match. The Argentine, in addition to causing the penalty Lemoswhich did cancel Or with root from the VAR, he sent a ball to the post and had more chances to have returned from the Canary Islands with more goals. A brilliant performance by the striker on loan from City, who has already scored seven goals in the League and another in the Cup this season.
In this sense, Las Palmas saw the most outstanding performance of the player who landed in Montilivi in the summer of 2020 with very high expectations. Still, in all of last season, busts he only scored two goals in the League, and two more in the Cup, in truly disappointing records.
Adaptation, pressure or any other reason have not allowed Montilivi to see the version of busts for which City paid 6.5 million euros to Talleres de Córdoba for 65% of its rights.
Even so, from Girona, especially from the property, they have insisted on having confidence with a player who is often errant and inoperative, but who finally showed on Saturday that he can be lethal. And most importantly, when Stuani is not, or is not at its best level, it can be a guarantee alternative.
In football, the mood goes a long way and buststhanks to his character and with the confidence deposits loaded, who knows if he can become the striker that the team needed so much and that did not arrive in the winter market.