He said this 24 hours before the hardest emotional blow that Montilivi remembers: in stoppage time, when the fans were almost celebrating their promotion to the Primera Division, a Galician goal ruined the party. Cifu, who is now playing in Ibiza, the rival of the white-and-reds this Saturday (4pm, Movistar LaLiga), would pack his bags with a wound that at the time he did not know would end up healing. Because the Grenadian would return to the locker room two years later to become one of the members of the only Girona that has risen to the highest category of state football.
“The city shocked me, I wanted it to be part of me forever,” he repeated every time he was asked. Cifu, one of the most beloved footballers by the Girona fans, had less prominence in his second stage at the club than in the first (25 games against 41). He only scored one goal, at the Miniestadi, in a great 2-4 victory against Barça B. But when one closes his eyes, he still remembers him running tirelessly. And that effort, along with his involvement, was what made the difference in conquering people’s memory.
Days after the historic rise, Cifu was saying goodbye to his social media. “What can I say, I’m leaving Girona again. This year we closed the circle we left open a few years ago. I can only say that I feel like I’m leaving home, my second home, because I have Girona, Girona and you in my heart. I want to thank you for your love, especially to colleagues and friends. I couldn’t have been happier. ” Neither is Girona.
Michel recovers footballers
After Monday’s match against Leganés (3-0), Míchel continues to have good news and recovers Ibra Kebe and David Juncà. The Madrid coach is not relying on Ibiza, despite being a newly promoted team, because he is having a great season. Girona has a new opportunity to continue to grow and, if their rivals fail and he does not, cut even further the distance that separates him from the important part of the League: he has a direct promotion to eight points and the area of play-off to only three. Apart from Cifu, Ibiza has another hero of the promotion to Primera Girona, the striker Cristian Herrera. Germán Parreño also plays there, with a past in Montilivi.
