In this season's La Liga, Girona's performance is very amazing, with an unbeaten record in the last two months of 23 years, they are in the first eighteen rounds, the same points as the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, only because of the disadvantage of goal difference, ranked second in La Liga, the first game of the new year Girona ushered in a tough battle, sitting at home against the third-place Sheets Army Atletico Madrid, both teams must hope to be able to give the New Year a good start, but from the perspective of the head-to-head record, Atletico Madrid is unbeaten in the face of Girona 3 wins and 3 draws, and the last 3 meetings have achieved a winning record, but this season's Girona is completely differentAfter the game started, Girona, who was fighting at home, took a 3-1 lead in the first half, although Morata's hat trick brought the two sides back to the same running line, but Martin's stoppage time stunner allowed Girona to end the winless spell in the face of Atletico Madrid 4-3!
In order to be able to win away from home, chasing the leader Real Madrid, the Sheets Army played with all the main force in this campaign, Simeone put on a 3-1-4-2 formation away, Oblak continued to start, became the last line of defense for Atletico Madrid, Witsel, Gimenez and Hermoso sat in the back, Koke played as a single midfielder, Riquelme, Llorente, De Paul and Lino formed a four-field midfield, and Griezmann partnered Morata to play double arrows in the front.
With the referee's whistle, the two sides of the inevitable attack towards the opponent's goal, the home team Girona broke the balance of the field in the second minute, Fernandes received a pass from his teammate, suddenly cut inside to shake off the defender, and pushed directly near the top arc, the ball grazed the post into the net, and the home team took a 1-0 lead.
However, Atletico equalized in the 14th minute, Griezmann received a pass from a team-mate, and the header was crossed to Morata, who dribbled into the Girona penalty area and hit the far corner to tie the score at 1, but the Atletico fans did not rejoice for long, and in the 27th minute, Koke was tackled at the edge of the penalty area, although Oblak saved Martin's shot, but could not do anything about Savio's follow-up shot, and could only watch Girona take the lead again 2-1.
Girona, who was greatly demoralized, extended the advantage in the 39th minute, after the tactical corner kick on the left side, Dovbek, who grabbed the point in front of the goal, made the ball with his back, and Blind at the back point pushed and made a contribution to help Girona rewrite the score to 3-1, before the end of the half, Morata counterattacked past the Girona defender, and then stabbed the score, chasing the score to 2-3.
After the start of the second half, the two teams continued to open up the attack, in the 54th minute Morata scored a hat-trick, De Paul dribbled to the front of the Girona penalty area, sent a very penetrating through ball, Morata took advantage of the situation to hit the hinterland, directly kicked the goal, let the two teams 3-3 back to the same running line.
Neither side could find the back of the net in the following moments, and just when fans thought the two teams would draw hand, Martin sealed Girona 4-3 at home to Atletico Madrid in the 91st minute of stoppage time.
In the first leg of this season's away match with Barcelona, Girona had the last laugh 4-2, and this one again slashed Atletico Madrid, once again making fans realize that their performance was not a flash in the pan, and in a game that ended earlier, Real Madrid beat Mallorca, and with Girona's victory, the two teams continue to be in the top two of La Liga with the same points, and Girona is temporarily second because of the disadvantage of goal difference!