3-0! Manchester City's Italian people doubled in stoppage time, the strongest dark horse overtook Barcelona, and Guardiola stole the fun
As the biggest surprise in La Liga, Girona rose strongly under the leadership of young coach Michel, once on a par with Real Madrid, and the outside world even imagined that they copied the fairy tale of Leicester City and beat the three giants to win the league title. However, in the last two rounds, Girona has suffered a wave of two consecutive defeats away from home, especially the 0-4 defeat at the Bernabeu, which has made them passive. However, the charm of competitive sport is that it will change until the last minute, and Girona will obviously not give up so soon. On this match day, Girona returned to their home stadium to face Rayo Vallecano, who has won one of the last six league games, which can be said to be more than lucky. In this game, Chavarria's elbow was red, Tsygankov scored, Savio scored twice in stoppage time, and Girona beat Rayo Vallecano 3-0 to overtake Barcelona and return to second place in La Liga.
Girona set up a 4-2-3-1 formation at home of the Devils, with Gasaniga continuing to defend the goal, Jan Coto returning from suspension to form a back four with Eric Garcia, David López and Miguel Gutiérrez, Herrera and Alex Garcia in the back two, and Tsigankov, Poto and Savio lined up to deliver shells for the single arrow Dovbik.
In the first 45 minutes of the game, Girona dominated possession, reaching 60%, but were at a loss in attack, completing only four shots on goal, one of which was on target. The only threat came in the sixth minute, when Alex Garcia sent in a long ball over the top, Savio cut in from the left, carried away the Rayo Vallecano defender, and met the ball from close range in front of goal, but Dimitlevski was very focused and fell to the ground in time to seal the ball.
In the 37th minute, it was Alex Garcia's corner cross, Portu stuck the opponent, Herrera inserted a header in the back row, but he was too upright, and the Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper easily hugged the ball. At the end of the first half, Girona and Rayo Vallecano exchanged scores.
In the 52nd minute, David López directly counterattacked in the midfield, Miguel Gutiérrez knocked back the bottom triangle on the left side, Tsygankov followed up and pushed the shot, Rayo Vallecano complained about offside first, but VAR verified that the goal was valid, 1-0!
The 22-year-old Miguel Gutiérrez is a Real Madrid youth academy, but unfortunately failed to gain a foothold in the Galaxy battleship, joined Girona for 4 million euros this season, but did not expect to play a good performance, contributing 1 goal and 6 assists in all competitions, and it is reported that Real Madrid intends to bring him back to the Bernabeu for 8 million euros.
In the 60th minute, Girona made persistent efforts, Jan Coto cut in on the right and crossed, Savio forced a cross in front of the bottom line, and Boto relayed the ball into the net with a header, but unfortunately the ball went out of bounds first. Unable to equalize, Rayo Vallecano was impetuous, and in the 76th minute, Chavarria elbowed Eric Garcia nonsensibly and received two yellow cards in a short period of time and was ejected.
In the 79th minute, Miguel Gutiérrez sent a low cross from the left, Stuani's header in front of the goal was powerful, and Dimitlevski made an incredible save on the ball. In the 91st minute, Pablo Torre counterattacked and split the ball, Savio used his personal ability, cut inside on the right side and passed continuously, and pushed the far corner in the middle, Girona sealed the victory 2-0. In the 95th minute, Savio took the ball on the right side, started the rampage mode again, calmly broke through as if entering no man's land, and stabbed the next city from a small angle, and the score was fixed at 3-0!
The 19-year-old has made 25 appearances in La Liga this season, handed over seven goals and seven assists, and has been directly involved in 14 goals, and has been confirmed in advance to join Manchester City next season for a transfer fee of 20 million euros. Seeing his performance, I believe Pep Guardiola will steal the fun.
A 3-0 win over Rayo Vallecano gave Girona a season double against the Lightning and ended a two-game losing streak in the league. In the La Liga standings, Girona once again surpassed Barcelona and returned to second place in the standings, but still six points behind Real Madrid.