Girona beats Barcelona and continues to lead Espanyol

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City group team defeated championship favorites Real Madrid and Barça

Sensation of the Spanish Championship, Girona beat Barcelona this Sunday, 4-2, at the Lluís Companys Olímpico stadium, in the 16th round of the competition. The visitors’ goals were scored by Dovbyk, Miguel Gutiérrez, Valery and Stuani. Lewandowski and Gundogan scored for the home team.

With Real Madrid’s draw against Betis last Saturday (9), Barcelona entered the field and could close the gap to just two points in the table in relation to its biggest rival and take second place, but ended up not taking advantage of the opportunity. .

Barça will return to the field next Wednesday (13), against Royal Antwerp, from Belgium, in the Champions League. Girona, in turn, will only have a commitment on December 18th, Monday, against Alavés, in the Spanish Championship.

The game

Girona lived up to its status as a sensation in the championship and after just 12 minutes opened the scoring in a move created by a Brazilian. Right-back Yan Couto gave a beautiful deep pass to Tsygankov, who received it freely on the right and just passed it on for Dovbyk to hit inside the area, with no chance for goalkeeper Peña Sotorres.

However, Barcelona tried to respond shortly afterwards, more precisely in the 18th minute. After a corner kick from Raphinha towards the center of the area, Lewandowski rose above everyone and headed firmly, tying the match for the home team.

But, minutes before the break, Girona regained the lead on the scoreboard. In the 41st minute, Miguerl Gutiérrez received the ball in midfield, took the ball, invaded the area and hit it hard, with his tip, sending it into the corner to surprise the rival goalkeeper and guarantee the advantage for the second half.

In the complementary stage, Barcelona was forced to expose itself more in search of the result and went all out against Girona, who remained well positioned in defense and offered very few spaces for the opponent to exploit.

Even with an advantage, Girona tried to maintain possession of the ball to keep Barcelona away from their goal. In this way, the visitors were “cooking” the game, and when the rival increased their marking, they managed to find gaps to reach the last third of the field with danger. And that was exactly how they scored the third goal, in the 35th minute, with Valery, who won the challenge with Koundé after Stuani’s support, and hit the corner, with class, to guarantee the all-important away win.

What the fans didn’t imagine was that the additions would bring more emotions. At 46, Gundogan received the ball inside the area, dominating with his back to the goal, turned the ball around and hit the goalkeeper with no chance, as per the manual for a good center forward, reducing the score for Barcelona. But Girona was also not willing to let the result slip away and also went to the net, at 50, with Stuani completing the cross at the second post and completing the work in Catalonia.

*With information from Gazeta Esportiva

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