What a pity that it ends, this 2023. For the Girona, without a doubt, is the best year in its history. After a formidable permanence achieved early last year, he has now hit the lottery, looking into the eyes of giants whom he convincingly overcomes. Installed in the first position of the state football elite, he wants to close the year with a laugh, in the complicated journey to Benito Villamarin (19 hours, Movistar LaLiga). Betis, ranked seventh, the team that marks the frontier of European competitions, is seventeen points behind. A true barbarity.
But if you think that Míchel’s team, which has not yet lost away from Montilivi, where it has won seven consecutive victories, has a full stomach, then you don’t know the hunger of the white-and-red dressing room, which has the victory twenty-four hours a day. The collective discourse, raised a few weeks ago when salvation was a palpable reality, focuses on European competitions. More specifically, everyone dreams of the next Champions League. But it is that the mistakes of all the direct rivals and the reliability demonstrated by Girona, invites us to believe, each week with more arguments, that the title of Leaguefar away today, maybe in May it will be possible.
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He won’t be there this evening either Tsygankovas already happened against theAlabès. Unlike on Monday, Cristhian Stuani will be there, a reference from the bench. Yan Couto, who finished the duel with discomfort, will not miss it, and Michel has many numbers to repeat the line-up that resolved the game of the seventeenth day in a three-and-nothing. Betis, weakened by the great absence ofIscowill not count on the injured either Guido Rodriguez, Youssouf Sabaly, Nabil Fekir, Marc Bartra i Claudio Bravo.
It is not necessary to refer to the precedents between both teams, which explain that between Betis and Girona, history has always been in favor of the Andalusians, to know that it will be very complicated. Last year, without going any further, the set of Pellegrini won both direct duels. Broadening the view, thirteen of the sixteen games played have fallen on their side. But Girona’s only victory was scored: 0-1 in the 2009-10 season with a goal from David Canas. How it has all changed.
Feelings, however, can tear apart any game that has been played in the past. Because nothing is worth more than a present in which the people of Girona are leaving the world of football with their mouths open. The admiration he generates and the level of confidence he conveys forces us to feel that Betis is also clear that he will not have a comfortable night. And this, plays in favor.
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The offensive proposals of Betis and Girona would not be possible without the enormous talent of the members of their squads. In Montilivi, as you know, Savinho i Dovbyk they lead the command in terms of imbalance in the last meters. The Ukrainian does not seem to have been in the League for four days. In a choral idea in which everyone feels like a protagonist, Aleix Garcia and Ivan Martin they also stand out. Like fullbacks/insides/wings/whatever it takes, Yan Couto and Miguel Gutierrez. The defense, led by Eric Garcia, David López and Daley Blindis also on the up: they have kept five clean sheets, one more than in all of last year.
The unquestionable commitment of Portu
And let’s go to Benito Villamarín, who without the magic of Isco will be entrusted, among others, withAyoze o Go away and the goal-scoring smell of Willian José. Borja Iglesias, more muted, also aims to have its moment. In the engine room, Marc Roca i Altimira, one of the surprises of the course. In the defensive axis, the strong pair Pezella–Chad Riad. And repulsive, names like Luiz Henrique, Saved, Rodri o Carvalho. He has resources, Pellegrini. And so much that he has them.
Míchel Sánchez may not have many in terms of quantity, but he does have enough to generate immense respect. Girona’s gear is so well studied that any piece that comes out on the pitch fits perfectly. As an example, the minutes of Port Monday against Alabès, with a goal included. The Murcian is only the fifteenth footballer to start in the white-and-red lineups this season. But they all deliver, no matter what role they play.
Forty-four points. Fourteen wins in seventeen days. Forty-one goals in favor. One defeat is enough, and against him Madrid. Constant football exhibitions. Two stays in a few months. Girona lowers a beautiful curtain that they are ready to overcome.
2023-12-21 05:30:20
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