Girona spent yesterday calculating that the direct promotion was a real possibility to be forced not to be too distracted in order to ensure the lowest prize of the play-off. A victory in Lugo left the team two points away from promotion, but Cristian Herrera’s goal was a pitcher of cold water that still leaves everything in the air. And that’s all, because it is clear that making the jump to Primera by the fast track, not having won, is still utopian, but seeing the results of this day, with the defeats of Cadiz, Huesca and Zaragoza, go namely what can happen in the next two and final matches. At the moment those of Montilivi, with 60 points, have the promotion facing (with a pillow of 4 with respect to the Rayo, that is seventh), but today the margin can be shortened if the Madrilenians and the Elche win in Almeria and at home in front of the ‘Albacete, respectively. Depending on the markers of these matches, the distance can be 4 (which would flatten the classification for the qualifiers) or be reduced to two or three points. The consolation is that neither of them has it easy, some in front of an Almeria that can revive the options of direct ascent and the others in front of an Albacete with the water in the neck not to go down.
Completed the day tonight, the accounts may be a little clearer, especially when it comes to securing the play-off. And here will be the time to analyze the last two days with almost everything to decide, because for now, it is only clear that Cadiz goes straight up, and that Racing and Extremadura have already gone down. There is, therefore, one more ticket to Primera, to define the promotion, and to determine which other two teams will go down. The defeat of Zaragoza against Oviedo will make Cadiz, which already celebrated the promotion last night without playing, come to Montilivi on Friday with the job done. From this next day, Girona will have to be very attentive to what the teams ahead have to do, all against rivals who are playing for permanence: Huesca-Numancia, Albacete-Zaragoza and Ponferradina-Almeria; and he will also have to keep an eye on the pursuers, with special interest in a Fuenlabrada-Elche that can serve to slow down two of the teams that are going right now. Rayo, another direct rival, plays at home against Las Palmas, which suffers neither above nor below.
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