Of course, everything was overshadowed by the first decision of the white-and-red coach, who after half an hour pointed out Samu Saiz and showed him the locker room tunnel. Montilivi froze as he checked the midfielder’s response, who told his coach “clown, you’re a clown, that’s who you are,” took off his shirt, and walked away saying even less nice things. A misunderstanding between the visitors ‘keeper Samu Saiz and his left defense could have resulted in a goal for FC, but’ s finish was way too lame. Rather, Girona missed a compass to guide him, because playing with Aleix García is not the same as surviving with Víctor Sánchez, who was also substituted in the half. On a night when the only possible result was victory, expectations set their sights on it. Malaga, doomed to suffer at the bottom and with the coach hanging by a thread, saw an affordable rival. As if Girona had the usual facilities. Luckily the fifth win in a row did not escape.
Juan Carlos, also savior
Too many scares gave the Andalusian team an electric start that already hinted that more stone should be chopped than expected. Paulino, Febas and Brandon, the latter repeating in the second half with two very clear chances, made Juan Carlos work, again impeccable. Girona were not there and, with few reliable replacements, the stadium tried to get where the team did not reach. Without the ball providing solutions, isolated crossings and strategy did not work: Stuani and Bernardo generated little in the aerial game.
Without Alex, Samu or Borja, Michel also took out Baena and Stuani. It’s hard to create when the artists who have allowed the climbing and the qualifying reaction aren’t there. But when the nerves were evident, Bustos, one of the footballers destined to shake the final minutes, had the cold blood needed to control a ball, not rush and send it to the bottom of the net to burst with joy the whole city.
