Sixteen days after the victory against theAlabès (3-0)football returns to Montilivi. Gone are lunches, dinners, strokes of the cane on the uncle, quines, a lot of family gatherings full of laughter that are not quite over. The Kings still have to play on Friday night and I’m sure many Girona fans have asked them for a shirt, a scarf or any club merchandise. In the letter of many white-and-red supporters there is also written “to play in Europe next year” or “to be winter champions”. These desires are not misguided. In fact, for the first time in history, they are very real goals and within the reach of the team. To get there it will be necessary to maintain the great dynamic with which Míchel’s team closed 2023 and which have made them co-leaders during the Christmas holidays this evening in one of the most anticipated matches of the course: the visit ofAtlético de Madrid. It will be the second big visit Montilivi this year after the bowl of cold water against Madrid (0-3). That defeat, however, did not mean any kind of brake on the dynamics of this machine of making football and devouring rivals that Girona has become. Today, if Madrid doesn’t win Mallorca and Míchel’s scores, they will be winter champions.
Only Atlético remains
In the last game in the field of Betis (1-1), the team got there with the gas light on. Now, with the batteries charged, it’s time to get back to it with a big challenge like the visit of Atlético. The difficulty will be maximum and more considering that David Lopez is out due to injury and what Viktor Tsygankov i Yangel Herrera they are not one hundred percent and it is very difficult for them to play. In addition, Borja Garcia -he is expected for Saturday in Elche or against Almeria, Toni Villa, arteroRoca and Jastin are injured and Bernardo he has not joined Atlético Nacional colombian Those who will be there this evening are the players who have heard siren songs these days like Dovbyk, Miguel Gutierrez o Alex Garcia. “It’s the new dimension we’ve entered”, Míchel said yesterday in reference to the avalanche of news and rumors that have appeared these weeks. All three are expected in the eleven, despite the fact that the Madrid left back has been ill for a few days.
With David López injured and without Bernardo, the natural choice to accompany Blind in the center of defense is Juanpe. It is the natural one, but not the only one. And the fact is that there is also the option of placing Arnau on the right and moving Eric Garcia on the axis From there, the team should vary little from the eleven types of the last few weeks. Blind and Miguel Gutiérrez they have a fixed place in the rear. The engine room will be for Aleix Garcia and Ivan Martin, behind the line of three midfielders where a doubt also appears. Couto and Savinho are secured on the wings, but if Tsygankov, as it seems, does not recover in time and without Herrera, Pablo Torre i Portu they play a place. Míchel opted for Porto against Alabès and for Torre in the Betis field with a remarkable performance from both. In attack, Artem Dovbyk will be the point.
Meanwhile, Atlético de Madrid arrive with the loss of the Turkish central Süyüncü by suspension, without Lemar or Barrios, injured and neither Reinildo, in the Africa Cup. Who will come is Rodrigo Riquelme, one of Girona’s most outstanding players last season and who this year, on his return from loan, has become an important piece for Simeone. The doubt of the Argentine technician is whether to place Axel Witsel in the middle of the field or in the axis of the defense. in attack Antoine Griezmann i Álvaro Morata they are the big dangers, with the danger of an Ángel Correa who always makes a fool of Girona.
2024-01-03 05:30:21
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