After the holidays, Míchel Sánchez joked that this one Nadal surely he would eat the nougats. The coach was alluding to the suspension of the competition for the celebration of the World Cup in Qatar 2022, which has directly affected his squad with Taty Castellanos and Paulo Gazzaniga overflowing with happiness for the victory ofArgentina to the penalties against Francewith only two games this December, but the truth is that al Girona the sensations are better than ever this season.
The team has confirmed progression in the last league matches with two consecutive victories against Athletic (2-1) and Elx (1-2) and one in front of the Quintanar del Rey (1-2) in the first round of the Copa del Rey. In the second pre-season, he took a positive balance from the friendlies contested with two victories againstStandard of Lieja (1-0) and the OGC nice (2-1), a draw against Osasuna (1-1) and a defeat against Manchester City (2-0) in which he showed a very good image despite the result.
In this sense, Girona started a new week of training yesterday to prepare, now yes, the resumption of the competition. The white-and-red team will visit this Thursday the cacereño from Second Federation on the occasion of the second round of the Cup. In principle, it should be a formality considering that there are three categories of difference, but Girona already know what it is to suffer against a lesser opponent considering that Quintanar del Rey tied them in the 76th minute and Cristhian Stuani went have to resolve in overtime. This time the stadium grass Prince Philip will be favorable to them because it is natural, although it will be necessary to see in what condition he is because last weekend Cacereño had to postpone his league duel against choria due to the rains that fell in extreme lands and that caused the field of play to be impassable. However, the turf is expected to be noticeably better.
Míchel will have the entire squad available except for the injured Javi Hernández, Juanpe Ramírez, Ibrahima Kébé, Borja García, Roro Riquelme and Yangel Herrera. The coach, in principle, will be able to count on Reinier Jesus, who did not travel to Manchester as a precaution. While the rest will have to wait a little longer. With the exception of Javi Hernández, Juanpe and Kébé, who have more time, the intention is that Riquelme, Borja García and Yangel arrive in time for the return of the league on Thursday next week in Montilivi.
The visit of Rayo Vallecano, who tomorrow also has a commitment in the Cup againstAtlético Saguntino of the Second Federation, will be used to dismiss the year 2022. Girona is confident of maintaining the good dynamics to take a step forward in the classification, currently it is 13th with 16 points, and in this way on track to stay in First Division as soon as possible
