Girona’s commitment to the talent of the base is very firm, but the lack of experience of the youth sometimes leads to situations like the one the white-and-red subsidiary is currently experiencing. The team led by Axel Vizuete is going through the worst streak since the coach from Besaul arrived at the club in the summer of 2017, coinciding with the relegation of what was then the second subsidiary, behind Peralada, to Segona Catalana. Last Sunday’s defeat precisely against the Champagners, who have been competing on their own in Tercera since the 2019-20 season, in Riudarenes (0-1) triggered an unusual image in the classification. And it is that Girona are second with 9 points; they have two margins with respect to relegation.
Vizuete completes his sixth year at the head of Girona Bachieving three promotions (from Segona Catalana to Primera Catalana in the 2017-18 financial year and two from Primera Catalana to Tercera Federació in 2018-19 and 2019-20, bearing in mind that the first time he was not able to go up due to relegation of Peralada which was still affiliated to those of Montilivi. In addition, in the last two seasons he has been on the verge of promotion to the Second Federation. In his first year at the club he had added 20 points in the eighth day; the second, also 20, the third, 22, the fourth, 15, and the fifth, 16. Numbers that contrast with this year’s 9.
It is worth saying that the players that make up the squad of the subsidiary are getting younger and younger. Against Peralada, for example, winger Kim Minsu, a first-year youth at just 16, made his debut. And Juan Arango, of the same age, also played. “The club’s objective is none other than to continue training players, at no time has there been any attempt to try to move up. The only thing that is asked is that we bet on young people. We must continue to train the players so that individual improvement translates into results for the collective,” said Vizuete.
