Girona took the lead in the Spanish football league in style today, with a 4-2 victory at the stadium of champions Barcelona, on matchday 16, confirming the title of sensational team of the competition.
Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbyk put the visitors ahead in the twelfth minute after a quick counter-attack, and although the home side equalized shortly afterwards in the nineteenth minute through Pole Robert Lewandowski from a corner, they never gave up threatening to come.
Just before half-time, in the 41st minute, Miguel Gutierrez took advantage of the passivity of the Catalan team, FC Porto’s opponents in the Champions League, to put Girona back in control of the scoreboard, which practically condemned the match in the 80th minute by Valery, who had entered the field two minutes earlier.
The late goal of the German Ilkay Gundogan, in the 90+2 minute, could have revived ‘Barça’ for a draw, but the Uruguayan Cristhian Stuani scored in the 90+5 minute, in the last ‘gasp’ of the match, Girona’s first victory complete. over Barcelona, in the eighth match between them.
Portuguese internationals João Cancelo and João Félix were starters in the Catalan team and the defender came close to scoring in the 32nd minute, after a pass created by the striker, who was replaced in the 65th minute by the young Lamine Yamal, 16 years old old.
The Michel-coached team, which entered this round on equal terms with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, took advantage of the 1-1 draw conceded to the capital side at the Betis Stadium on Saturday and isolated themselves in the lead, two points ahead of their opponents Sporting de Braga in the Champions League.
Girona also confirmed its status as the best attack in the league, now with 38 goals scored, after a clash between two teams that had in common that they suffered the only defeat in the championship at home to Real Madrid (Barcelona lost 2-2). 1 and Gerona 3-0).
The Spanish champions dropped to fourth, seven points behind Girona and level with third-placed Atlético de Madrid, who won 2-1 against bottom-placed Almería in the early afternoon with a game in hand.
The capital side looked on their way to a quiet victory and easily made it 2-0 with goals from Alvaro Morata in the 17th minute and Argentine Angel Correa in the 22nd minute, but the visitors never gave up and reduced the score. through the Brazilian Leo Baptistão, at the age of 62.
The day was also marked by the suspension of the Granada-Athletic Bilbao match, after 18 minutes, due to the death of a spectator, victim of cardiac arrest, at a time when the Basques won 1-0, with a goal scored by De Ghanaian Inaki Williams at the age of six, who could not avoid the Portuguese André Ferreira, the goalkeeper of Granada.
Source: DN
