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The football season continues and a new European event arrives. The league of the Champions League faces his day number three. In total, four Spanish teams will fight to add three points to the scoreboard and everyone will do it from home. He Real Madrid will host Borussia Dortmund, the Barça will host Bayern Munich and the Atlético de Madrid They will face Lille.
For his part, the Girona will have to face Slavic Bratislava. Míchel’s team is obliged to win this match if they want to stay alive in the continental competition. Montilivi will open the doors, for the second time, to play a European Cup match.
He October 2 They already did it against him Feyenoord Dutch. That night the scoreboard closed 2-3 after several errors by the albirrojos. David López Silva He was in charge of opening the match in the 19th minute, although their joy did not last long. Yangel Herreraalso a Girona player, equalized by scoring an own goal. Antoni Milambo They put the Dutch ahead on the scoreboard and, for many minutes, the match looked like it was going to end at 1-2. Nevertheless, Donny van de Beek tied again in Montilivi. Although, again, Ladislav Krejci He broke the tie by scoring an own goal.
His first foray into the Champions League was September 18. The Girona expedition visited the Parque de los Príncipes to face the PSG by Luis Enrique. The French managed to take the three points, although without much of an advantage. The match could have ended with a goalless draw, however, bad fortune accompanied those of Michel. Gazzaniga scored his own in the 90th minute giving victory to the Parisians.
The Spanish occupy the position number 30 of the table of classification, they have not added a point and have a negative goal difference after having scored two goals and conceded four. Their rival is somewhat worse, the Slovaks are 35th (36 teams compete). They have not won in any match either, but they have conceded nine goals and scored only one.
In total, the Champions League is decided in eight games. After the two initial stumbles, Girona has the perfect opportunity to close distances and get into the stretch of playoffs. However, they are practically forced to win if they want to stay alive in the competition.
The calendar is taking its toll on the Girona team. After the brilliant previous season, the departure of several of their star players is being noticed on the field. The set comes from losing against Real Sociedad 0-1which has made them drop to thirteenth position in the championship, where they only have 12 points of the 30 that have already been disputed.
“From the inside, everyone knows that it has taken a lot to get here.” and it will be a historic match that must be enjoyed and valued, like the previous two. “It will be a very special day.” the Madrid coach remarked in the previous press conference. The Spanish team must win “yes or yes,” indicated its coach.
The Madrid native highlighted that Girona is “the most humble team in the competition”, but they do not want their passage to be brief. He pointed out that it is “very valuable” that the Catalan team is competing in the tournament, but that he does not know if it is being recognized. He revealed that he has told his players that they are now in a moment of “just seeking salvation,” but that They will finish “up” in the LaLiga EA Sports classification. In the previous year, they finished third, only below Real Madrid and Barça, although there was a time when they were fighting for first place with Real Madrid, before they fell completely behind.
The team must regain depth to generate more “sense of danger” and praised Arnau Martínez, a defender relocated to the midfield position due to the plague of injuries, whom he highlighted as “one of the most intelligent young players in the world of football.” Girona will have to press “very well” and impose “a very high pace of play” to make the rival players, “very physical”, feel “overwhelmed” and “pressured” and be able to win, he stated.
The Slovaks are also on the tightrope in the European Cup. Those of Vladimir Weiss They couldn’t beat Celtic on September 18 (5-1), nor could they beat Manchester City. The British team won 0-4 on October 1 thanks to goals from Gündoğan, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland and James McAtee.
With such a high negative goal balance, they only need to start adding points in the six games they have left. And, despite playing away from home, they will have to show their best version. Weiss is aware that “this is the Champions League”, But he commented during the pre-match press conference that he wants his team to attack and press more than in the first two days and show “determination and discipline.”
Even so, he did not want to miss the opportunity to praise his rivals and stressed that they did “a fantastic season that impressed all of Europe”. “They have lost players who have gone to teams like Manchester City and that speaks of their quality, but they have bought players for 50 million. That’s something the Slovan can’t even imagine. They have lost quality, but they have gotten very interesting players,” he added. “Girona is part of the City group and there is a direct connection there. “It is not a direct copy, but there are similarities in some phases of the game,” he remembered.
The match between Girona and Slovan Bratislava will be played on Tuesday, October 22 at 9:00 p.m. Fans who have not been able to get a seat in Montilivi will be able to follow the match on Movistar + Champions League.
