with riquelme touched, Míchel surprised everyone last Sunday by entering the starting eleven Borja Garcia. The Madrid midfielder went past Angel Herrera – especially against Barça – and saw how the coach gave him the alternative nine months after the second leg of the promotion play-off at Eibar in which he seriously injured his knee ligaments. Like that day in Ipurua, Borja García, who had already reappeared a fortnight ago Villa-real, responded to the coach’s confidence with a decisive goal that was worth the three points. The return of the former Huesca after such a long time is great news for Girona and for Míchel who, with him on the field, has magic and pause at the same time, two very complicated virtues to mix. And if not, ask Samu Saiz. On Sunday, Montilivi eagerly awaited the debut of Tsygankov – who still lacks a lot to see the best version – but they found themselves with a winter reinforcement of the house and in whom some no longer trusted. Míchel yes, and Borja answered in the field.
Flight Castellanosin midfield, or sometimes exchanging with ivan martin to fall into one of the gangs, Borja García did what Míchel had asked him. He found the spaces and directed the white-and-red attack with judgment. “He is the one who does it best in the squad”, said the coach at the end of the game. In this sense, it was difficult for him, but when the Madrid player came into contact with the ball, Girona noticed it and started to carburate. From there and after trying from distance and Castellanos missing a couple of clear chances, he appeared to break the tie at nil with a rasping shot at the base of the post of the goal of a Mamardashvili giant until then. A joy, contained for a couple of minutes by the review of Riquelme’s possible hands and rounded off with the final victory that put the icing on a perfect afternoon for Borja García. The Madrid player has not been in the starting line-up since, precisely, the second leg of the semi-final of the play-off a Eibar, where curiously, he also scored his last goal. “After so much time, returning to the team fills me with pleasure. I felt a lot of joy for the goal”, said Borja García at the end of the match.
Former company in Ray during his time as a player, the confidence he has Michel Borja García is the best. He wants to bring him back to help the team from inside the field and, for now, he is getting it. In fact, the midfielder may be the third winter signing of a Girona that has let go, this January, Samu Saiz in a clear message of the coach’s footballing preferences. In this sense, on Sunday evening, Borja García set himself the challenge of becoming the player who dazzled Montilivi in his first stage at the club. “Last year I was coming from a lot of inactivity and I had an injury for two months. I didn’t deliver the level that people were used to. Now I’m on the right track and I want to recover it or even improve it”, he emphasized.
After so much time out of action, Borja still needs days to get into the ideal competitive rhythm. He is aware of it and is confident of taking it to copy matches. “I haven’t competed in a long time and the truth is that it was difficult for me at the beginning. After that I started to feel comfortable. We all need minutes to get the right rhythm,” he added.
