THE LEAGUE
ROUND 34
GIRONA–BARCELONA 4–2 (1–2)
Girona, Montilivi Stadium, 14 090 viewer. Led by: A. Hernandez
GIRONA: Gazzaniga – Eric García, David López (Portu, 65.), Blind, Miguel Gutiérrez – Cihankov (Yan Couto, 65.), Herrera, Aleix García, Iván Martín, Sávio (Valery Fernández, 86.) – Dovbik. Head coach: Michel
BARCELONA: Ter Stegen – Koundé, R. Araújo, Cubarsi, Cancelo – Sergi Roberto (Robeu, 79), Christensen (Pedri, 69), Gündogan – Lamine Yamal (Joao Felix, 84), Lewandowski (Ferran Torres, 79). , Fermin Lopez (Leaf, 69.). Head Coach: Xavi
Scorer: Dovbik (4th), Porto (65th, 75th), Miguel Gutiérrez (67th), or Christensen (3rd), Lewandowski (45+1st – from 11th)
Girona performed another feat (Photo: AFP)
From Barcelona’s point of view, the meeting was important from several points of view: due to the Royal Guard’s victory in the afternoon, it was decided that if the Catalan star team did not win, Real Madrid’s championship title would become certain, and in addition, in the event of a defeat, Girona would also have overtaken the garnet-red-blues. Barca started well Andreas Christensen already in the third minute, he took the lead with a nice strike, but the guests could not be happy for long, because the home team equalized within a minute, from the first attack after the start of the middle Artem Dovbik with his header.
Barca remained on the attack, but Paulo Gazzaniga made several brave saves, and Ilkay Gündogan headed over the crossbar. Meanwhile, Girona tried counterattacks and was able to break the opponent’s defense several times on the left wing, but they did not create a great situation. Then, at the end of the half, the guests regained the advantage: Miguel Gutiérrez brought down Lamine Yamal on his penalty line, and the penalty awarded with the help of VAR Robert Lewandowski sold it.
Robert Lewandowski’s goal gave Barcelona the lead at the break (Photo: AFP)
Girona’s defense didn’t play well in the second half either, but the visiting team couldn’t take advantage of this, even though Lamine Yamal was in his element, but there were mistakes in the finishing touches. For a long time, the domestic offensive section did not excel either, and then everything changed in a few minutes. Port he started, and after a few seconds he equalized from a pass by Dovbik, and two minutes later To Miguel Gutiérrez provided a goal assist – translated by Girona.
Barca couldn’t get up from the floor, and although Marc-André ter Stegen made a great save on Yangel Herrera’s shot, but Port even he couldn’t block his bomb anymore. The Barcelona substitutions came, but the guests could not make it better, in fact, Dovbik and Yangel Herrera could have scored in the first half, but first Jules Koundé saved from the goal line, and then Ter Stegen showed a feat.
The biggest feat, however, was presented by the surprise team of the season, Girona, which – just like in December – again 4–2defeated Barcelona on , moreover, this is how he moved up to second place in the table, and thus mathematically entered the Champions League – the Hungarian Antal Yaakobishvili played in a league match for Míchel’s team. With Barca’s defeat, it was also decided that Real Madrid is the champion for the 36th time in its history, as it cannot surrender its 13-point advantage in four rounds.
Antal Yaakobishvili (with number 35) is also a member of the team that will qualify for the Champions League. Girona is already a guaranteed Champions League qualifier (Photo: AFP)POSITION OF LA LIGAMGyDVL–KGk P 1. Real Madrid34276174–22+52 87 2. Girona34235673–42+31 74 3. Barcelona34227570–43+27 73 4. Atlético Madrid34214963–39+24 67 5. Athletic Bilbao341710755–33+22 61 6. Real Soci edad341412848–35+ 13 54 7. Betis331213841–39+2 49 8. Valencia331381237–38–1 47 9. Villarreal331291254–55–1 45 10. Getafe3410131141–47–6 43 11. Osasuna331161637–49–12 3 9 12. Sevilla339111342–46–4 38 13. Alaves331081531–38–7 38 14. Las Palmas341071730–43–13 37 15. Rayo Vallecano337131327–42–15 34 16. Mallorca346141427–40–13 32 17. Celta Vigo337101637–50– 13 31 18. Cadiz344141623–49–26 26 19. Granada33492036–61–25 21 20. Almeria331112132–67–35 14
