Girona responds with a Champions League victory

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Girona has not forgotten about winning after ceding the lead to Madrid and losing in San Mamés because Vivian risked her head on a Solis shot.

The challenge of the League was nice until we reached the Bernabéu.

The challenge, in any case, has always been Europe and, now, with the championship already advanced and also passing through Bilbao, it can already be achieved in the Champions League.

Athletic, in fifth place, is now 10 points behind Girona, which also overtakes Barcelona.

No second is remembered as worthy and acclaimed as Michel's team.

The white and red responded with three goals against Rayo to the three games they had not won in the League, after also adding a draw with Real Sociedad.

GIRGirona

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Gazzaniga, Yan Couto, Miguel Gutierrez, Eric Garcia, David López (Juanpe, min. 69), Aleix García, Sávio, Portu (Iván Martín, min. 73), Tsygankov (Pablo Torre, min. 89), Yangel Herrera (Jhon Solís, min. 89) and Dovbyk (Stuani, min. 73)

RAY Lightning

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Dimitrievski, Aridane, Luis Espino, Lejeune, Balliu, Miguel Silva (Trejo, min. 79), Unai López (Kike, min. 64), De Frutos (Josep Chavarría, min. 64), Óscar Valentín (Pathé Ciss, min. 58), Álvaro García and De Tomás (Sergio Camello, min. 58)

Goals

1-0 min.

51: Tsygankov.

2-0 min.

90: Sávio.

3-0 min.

95: Savio.

Referee

Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Yellow cards Aleix García (min. 54), Pathé Ciss (min. 64), Miguel Silva (min. 73), Kike (min. 80), Yan Couto (min. 84) and Sávio (min. 91)

Michel returned to the wing, once the suspension of two matches that resulted in two defeats had been completed, and David López also returned to the center of defense and Yan Couto to the right back while Iván Martín rested.

Girona was in a hurry to highlight its hallmarks, and the fans know that it is a signature team and therefore dependent on its coach, and it also wanted to remember that its good taste for the ball begins with having a clean exit from the penalty area. Gazzaniga.

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The red-and-white speed turned into precipitation and caused some losses that helped the Rayo settle down.

The Vallecano team appeared organized and emboldened at the start due to their draw with Madrid on the day of Íñigo Pérez's debut on the bench.

The intense rain, unprecedented for a long time in Montilivi, did not help the accuracy either, so the match went fast and uncontrolled, with no chances in the goals of Gazzaniga or Dimitrievski.

The passing line was interrupted prematurely, just when the decisive touch was imposed in front of the area, and the forwards barely came into play before Michel's desperation.

It took time for their players to join the lines and gain the wings to demand the Rayo defense.

Absent due to Isi sanction, a torment for Girona, the Vallecanos pressed themselves in their court and unsuccessfully sought transitions, reduced by the defense arranged by Michel.

In the absence of imbalance, recovery and pressure worked in tense Girona.

At half-time, only Yangel Herrera was in a position to score after finishing off a back pass from Yan Couto that Aridane rejected.

He didn't know how to attack Girona, determined on interior football or finding Dovbyk as soon as possible, and on the other hand, Rayo defended well.

The match changed radically at the end of the break after Michel's intervention.

Girona accelerated and from verticality and depth did not stop reaching and shooting at Dimitrievski's frame.

Dovbyk missed and Tsingankov needed two shots to make it 1-0 after an assist from Miguel.

The emergence of the side, projected last night by David López, tends to be as decisive as the connections of the three forwards to break games like the one proposed by Rayo.

Savinho pressed, Tsygankov chimed and the giant figure of Dovbyk emerged.

The striker, however, had his sights turned away and forgave the second goal while the round of changes began in Rayo.

Íñigo Pérez did not stop refreshing the attack, finally entrusted to Álvaro García and Camello, and condemned by the expulsion of Pep Chavarria, who took two consecutive cards without rhyme or reason, against the coolness of Montilivi.

The match entered into a mess that Savinho, one of the players who expresses the leap in quality taken by Girona, solved tremendously with two goals.

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