Girona-Espanyol de Liga: Chronicle, goals and summary

Girona won the prize, because they tried harder; Espanyol has given him absolute control, knowingly and hoping that fortune would smile on him. bad tactic He was lucky, at the beginning, of little white-and-red malice, unable to overflow with meaning beyond occasional appearances by Tsygankov. The white-and-blues have not had any kind of appearance in attack, despite the presence of Darder, Braithwaite and Joselu, who had just shone with the Spanish selection. What an eyesore not to want to be the protagonist with these three talents wearing your colors.

Both have taken different paths lately. While Girona, with Míchel, shows off a very clear offensive identity, protecting association football; Diego Martínez, little by little, continues to lose credibility. And if Espanyol is not in a worse position in the championship, it is because there are rivals who do worse. Defensive and closed in his field, he has bet more on destruction than construction. Everyone thinks they have the template for so much more. Girona, on the other hand, gets all the juice out of it and a little more.

Tsygankov has driven Óscar Gil crazy, who has performed on a changed side due to the absence of Brian Oliván. Espanyol didn’t have Cabrera either, so it was the turn of the pair Sergi Goméz – Montes, who tied Castellanos short. The Argentine has run a lot, yes, but he doesn’t have as many goals as Stuani. And so it is difficult. Girona had peaks of possession of up to 75%, but the danger was not sensed until, due to inertia, they ended up kicking. Logical, if they had the ball all the time.

The Mossos take away fans

He had to spend half an hour to see the first shot between the three posts. Half an hour in which nothing happened – they saved it for the end, because what an end – and in which you often had to look more towards the stands than the pitch. Security personnel have relocated a number of spectators, due to the mix of fans between the two clubs in the north goal. In fact, there have even been moments of great tension with fights between the two fans and the Mossos taking people out of the stadium which, fortunately, have not gone further. The rivalry between Girona and Espanyol is growing over time, this is evidence. They should come to their senses and sign the peace. The white-and-blue fans, with their chants of “Puta Barça” and “Puta Barça G”, referring to Girona, spent the game having a blast. When Arnau scored, the home fans returned with a “A Segona, a Segona” that was repeated with the victory.

Let’s go back to the grass, which is the important thing. Míchel’s have raised the tone. Espanyol, unable to assume any kind of football leadership, has begun to smell that this could end badly. And Girona took advantage of it with a delight from Arnau Martínez, who, from the front, controlled with his right to finish with his left in the back of the net. One more step for Diego Martínez’s project to be completely derailed.

But when the red-and-whites saw their rival injured and lacking in confidence, they went into a garden, managing in a worrying manner in a few minutes when they should have shown more judgment. This is not the first time this has happened to him. In this aspect, Girona has shortcomings and this is precisely where Espanyol, who had not shot on goal when they scored, move better. Braithwaite, Murri, has tied the derby. The draw lasted very little, because if Girona made bad decisions, Espanyol made even worse ones. First bad decision, by Sergi Gómez, with a direct, incoherent and untimely expulsion after a criminal tackle on Castellanos that has conditioned the possibilities of a team that has tried to revive, but that may not remember how to do it. The second bad decision, from Vini taking an absurd penalty on Santi Bueno that has transformed Stuani, an emergency resource. The Uruguayan never fails, Girona rarely fails and Espanyol is getting used to it.