Girona makes history and climbs to the top

The history of Girona was written in four beautiful minutes. Four minutes that placed him at the top of the League. Four minutes to overcome Villarreal’s 1-0 deficit thanks to his good head. Good header from Michel, the coach who has put the Catalan team at the top, and good header from Dovbyk, beautiful was the 1-1, and excellent header from Eric García in the 1-2, excellent header from his after an action to Perfect set piece. Corner and header from Eric to give Girona 19 points out of 21 and achieve their sixth consecutive victory.

This is how history was written in the La Cerámica stadium, now transformed into the temple of Girona, the place where it conquered the elite through the excellent play displayed in the second half that placed it above the great Spanish football clubs. It is a choral team, which previously lived off of Stuani and now, however, has up to 11 different scorers, something that no one has. Not even in Spain. Not even in Europe.

“The shame is that we are leaders on matchday 7 and not on matchday 38,” said Michel, the coach who has taken Girona to the top. “I am very happy for the club because they are committed to an idea and we are growing through it. The players are the true architects of all this, I feel very proud of this team,” added the coach.

The game, at least in its first half, seemed to have a fixed script. Girona dominated with the ball at their feet, but Villarreal generated danger. It already happened even before the first minute was up. A defensive imbalance caused a very clear opportunity for Pacheta’s team.

It was a goal or a goal because on Girona’s right wing there was an imbalance of such magnitude that neither Arnau (right back) nor Eric García (right center back) were where they should have been, allowing Álex Baena to ride down that flank until he was on the line. in the background, then detecting the lanky figure of Morales. Although the ‘Commander’ put his body so badly that the shot went into the stands. He was alone on the edge of the small area and his shot fouled the excellent play of his teammate.

Savinho, a demon

Girona took the warning well. Villarreal’s serious warning acted as a wake-up call, taking over the ball. There were moments when possession was insulting, approaching 90% in the first 10 minutes. 87% was reached, although it did not translate at times, despite the fact that the match turned towards Michel’s team. He turned basically because everything was born in the speed of Sávio, whose venom in every ball he touched generated fear in Villarreal’s experienced defense.

The game was actually played on the left wing. On the one hand, Pedraza, the left-handed back of the ‘yellow submarine’, became a torture for the Girona defense. He was the most powerful and, above all, most reliable weapon in Pacheta’s eleven. And at the other end, also the left, rode Savinho, that Brazilian devil who looked into the eyes of Foyth, that supposed right back that Barça pursued until he chose Cancelo because he didn’t have the money to pay for him.

After the first half, everything continued the same as at the beginning. The 0-0 score lit up the scoreboard at the La Cerámica Stadium, while Villarreal was tortured by the memory of that shot into the clouds by Morales. Girona, meanwhile, criticized itself because its stage dominance – it seemed, in many moments, that Pacheca’s team was playing away from home – had, however, no real translation.

Superb reaction in the second half

In the first chapter of the duel, not a single shot on goal was taken by the championship’s revelation team. Then, everything changed as we witnessed an extraordinary second half. And it started in a bad way because of a clumsy move by Iván Martín on Capoue, a maximum penalty signed by Parejo with little wisdom but a lot of luck because the ball, whimsically, slipped under the big frame of Gazzaniga, who thought he had it in his hands. But she slipped away.

Little did Villarreal know that that 1-0 was the prologue to the Girona storm, summarized in four superb minutes. Four minutes to enjoy, once again, Savinho’s display – what a cross he had at 1-1 as if the ball were remotely directed to Dovbyk’s head! – and that prodigious technique that Aleix García’s feet exude , who gave a delight to the head of Eric Garcia to seal the 1-2.

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Seen and unseen. Pacheta didn’t find out. Not even Villarreal. Two goals, both from headers. And head to the lead. There are evenings that are never forgotten. It happened in Vila-real. It happened on September 27, 2023. And that daring idea appeared at the top of the League. They are all below. Madrid and Barça look down on Michel’s revolutionary Girona, a team with indisputable football authority.

“This is no longer a coincidence,” said Aleix García, whose delicate but, at the same time, powerful center allowed Eric to open the door to history with the 1-2 scoreline. “It is a historic day for the Gironins,” said Michel.