The small Catalan club of Girona took another step towards a historic first qualification for the Champions League on Saturday by correcting the poorly classified Cadiz (4-1) during the 32nd day of La Liga. This large success allows the Catalans (3rd, 68 points) to temporarily return to two points behind their neighbors FC Barcelona (2nd, 70 points), before Sunday’s Clasico which could allow Real Madrid (1st, 78 points) to advance. definitely fly towards the title.
Long in the battle with the Madrid giant before collapsing in 2024, Girona is now almost guaranteed to be among the top four and to participate in the C1 for the first time in its history, ten steps ahead of the Athletic Bilbao (5th) and seven on Atlético Madrid (4th), six days before the end of the championship. Michel’s men took off in the first half with two goals from Eric Garcia (9th) and Ivan Martin (22nd), before the 18th goal of the season from the Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk (71st), best championship scorer. The veteran Portu (81st) then responded to the reduction in the score of the Andalusians (80th) at the end of the match.
