Míchel Sánchez, a renewed dressing room and a category that does not give rest. History repeats itself. Sort of already seen. This year’s Girona is experiencing a very similar situation to last season, despite competing a division higher. To the irregular sensations are added the emergencies and some calculated numbers. In mid-October, we live again in decline, after the first ten days of the League. The last season reacted in time, to the point of ending up playing in the play-off, adding the prize of final promotion. And now? Tomorrow, the first opportunity to break with an ominous inertia, which has led the team to sink in the classification.
Because Girona can’t get away, that’s obvious. It is no longer just the first half in the field of Almeria, last Thursday. They are the five goals scored against Real Sociedad at the stadium, the 0-1 concession by Cadiz also in Montilivi, or the ease with which Atlético de Madrid scored at the Metropolitano. To give some examples, because there are more. The mistakes accumulate from the first day and there is no way. To the point of reaching an uncomfortable situation. The team is eighteenth and if the League ended today, it would drop back down to the Second Division, making this new stage in the top category even shorter than the previous one.
Out of 30 possible points, only 8 have been added. One more than Cadiz (7), which is penultimate, and leaving behind the leather, Elche (3). No other set has such numbers. The remaining seventeen look down on him. More or less far, but above. Girona has won only 2 games (3-1 at Getafe and 2-1 at Valladolid), has added a couple of draws (1-1 at Palma and 1-1 with Cadiz) and has conceded up to 6 defeats (1-0 at Valencia, 0 -1 against Celta, 2-1 at Betis, 3-5 against Real Sociedad, 2-1 against Atlético and 3-2 against Almeria). Despite scoring 14 goals, more than Betis or Villarreal, two teams at the top of the table, they conceded 18. It is the second worst record in the competition, surpassed only by the 24 received by Elche. Nothing that can’t be improved, of course. The Montilivi team has plenty of opportunities when they haven’t even reached the halfway point of the championship. But he should get there soon.
Last year, the team reacted in the eleventh game. It was the starting point of a streak that took him to Primera. On Sunday, Osasuna arrives in the eleventh round. Will history repeat itself?
A good example to follow, the first-person protagonist is now a year old. Because the Girona of 2021 and the current one, despite the changes to the squad and playing in different categories, have many similarities. Not to mention many. Míchel took the reins of a dressing room that welcomed a good group of new faces. It took a certain amount of time to adapt and this had a direct impact on the results of the first quarter of the season. After 10 days, the situation was identical to the current one. 8 points had been added with the same balance: 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. And of course, relegation places were occupied. Criticism from the environment, doubts with the staff and a lot of complaints that are now also repeated.
But everything changed. Turn 180 degrees and dream. The start of this improvement, in the eleventh game. Just what will happen to him tomorrow, against Osasuna, in the Girona of the present. The most recent past, now a year ago, beat Anduva midweek (1-2) and was able to sign a more than good streak, with only two defeats in the next 16 games, of which they went win 12. Up to day 10, 26.7 percent of the points at stake had been added up. From that moment until the end of the course, 62.5 percent. An obvious and at the same time necessary change, key to securing promotion. Now, if what you want is permanence, it’s time to start soon.
