Girona lost to Mallorca and lost the opportunity to get closer to Real Madrid
The match between the League and Cup revelation teams fell to the side Mallorca that breathes on the boardalbeit with great suffering in the final stages of the meeting, at the expense of the Catalan team.
Both teams had need to score points. Team Javier Aguirre it was a game with him where you had to put the earth in the middle reject and what of Michelle Sanchezopportunity to train more pressure on Real Madrid.
The Vermillions performed better, whose counterattacks with the Canadian duo Kyle Larin and Kosovar Vedat Muriqi created difficulties.
TO It took Girona the world to settle on the grass Moishe’s Dream. Constant gusts of wind and pressure from his opponent were factors that prevented him from showing his strengths. which led him to become championship surprise team.
Mallorca seemed oblivious to the enormous physical effort they had to make last Tuesday to reach the Copa del Rey final – with extra time and penalties – at Real Sociedad.
Almost always at least In the first period they beat Girona, who had already lost (3-2) in Palma. in the quarterfinals of the cup tournament.
An example of this was Jose Copete’s goal, his first of the season.
The ball reached the Mallorca central defender after bouncing off Larin, and he smashed it with an unanswered blow, but without No one from the crowded traveling defense was able to stop this.
lThe game was reviewed by VAR as the ball hit the Canadian’s hand before it entered Gazzaniga’s goal.
Once again, the Mallorcan defender’s goal went up the scoreboard after Nastasic scored against Rayo and Gio Gonzalez Real in the Cup.
In the second half, Mallorca gave the initiative to Girona. Aguirre replaced Valiente, who had a yellow card, and Antonio Sanchez, with Nacho Vidal and Manu Morlanes coming on in his place.
Vidal positioned himself on the right flank, and Gio Gonzalez moved to the defensive axis. As part of the Catalan team, Porto entered the field in place of Ivan Martin in search of strengthening their midfield.
Two teamsone pushing forward in search of a draw, and the other defending the 1-0 score, aiming for counter-attacks, In the last stretch they played their cards.
Mallorca had more chances to score at different points in the game, but Girona’s chances were clearerI went looking for a tie.
The epilogue of the match turned out to be dramatic for Javier Aguirre’s team; they reduced the gap as best they could and added three golden points in the fight to escape the relegation zone.