tHey, the football team is so good and so fun that Luis Enrique announces himself as a fan and watches them every week. But that's when, now is now, even their actual fans aren't sure they want to watch again. Montilivi has 11,048 people this Saturday, outside the city center, south, outside the liberal city Braavos and Kings Landing. Anyway, there is a beginning. By the time Girona FC (the last and shortest of the Great Swaggers), they had admitted to another tragic afternoon's fourth goal, most of which had disappeared. A handful of those who stay on the board of resignation can almost hear the most popular club anthems in La Liga, which hang from scaffolding on giant speakers.
This is the fifth time Girona supporters have seen their team lose to May here, a summer break, a new start, with no rest at all. Instead, they were the bottom of the table and were beaten again. Sevilla came two, Rayo Vallecano three, and now there are four. They went to Villarreal and made it five years old. Girona, the best in Spain owned by Manchester City Other teams A year ago, the Champions League National Anthem was clamoring for a few months ago, starting with them 1-1 with Celta de Vigo, which was nothing special: Celta was 1-1 with everyone, their last five games. all Ended with the same score.
This is not the way it should be. Maybe it was; maybe it was an abnormal good time, and the victim of Girona's success quickly slipped again. In a 98,255 city, it provides a set for Game of Thrones, which sometimes seem to have better things to do than football, and those who traditionally tend to be Barcelona fans, Girona made history. It is difficult to live up to it.
A club that didn't enter the first division until 2017, which looked like their belongings, fell again two years later and hadn't even entered yet second Girona has returned to the teacher for half a century Primera In 2022, after three years of attempts, entering the playoffs, he finally got into the playoffs. Twelve months later, they entered it for the first time. Over a lot of years, it looks like they might actually be there. People dare to use magic word: Leicester.
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Real Betis 3-1 Real Sociedad, Girona 0-4 Levante, Real Madrid 2-0 Espanyol, Alavés 1-2 Sevilla, Villarreal 2-1 Osasuna, Valencia 2-0 Athletic Bilbao, Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Celta Vigo, Real Mallorca 1-1 Atlético Madrid, Elche 1-0 Real Oviedo, Barcelona 3-0 Getafe
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They don't. When they are released in February, real-life intervention, they no longer need to stick to fantasy and expect that they are no longer caring about their expectations, which is almost a relief, just like they are released. “This,” coach Míchel Sanchez said at the Bernabéu, “not our league”, but the Champions League will be an extraordinary, historic third, bringing them into Europe, starting with the prince.
That was the day a year ago, the PSG coach said they were the “most pleasant” team to watch in La Liga and played “awesome football” with “awesome managers”. He was not wrong: it wasn't just what Girona did, it was their way. “It doesn't need to be rare,” Mitchell said. Champions League football is the reward. There is also a promise: Cristhian Stuani, the club's greatest player of all time, but not expected to appear much, which will start with the captain's armband. “Come here reminds me of it [promotion against] Tenerife and the second division for a few years,” Mitchell said. “We did it on a great day. I told the players they should be here and enjoy it. We came to a dream place. ”
“I don't have representatives of these players; it's hard to accept and very painful. Photo: Javier Borrego/AFP7/Shutterstock
The problem with dreams is that sometimes they come true. Paulo Gazzaniga's last-minute goal meant they lost 1-0 in Paris, the first moment at the time when they didn't shoot themselves so much, it was a little bit of a bazooka and blow things into pieces. They scored two goals, missed the free throw and targeted a 3-2 loss, while the Finiod team shot only two shots at the target. The further goal for PSV is two other fines for Liverpool and Arsenal. They were unfortunate, and the opposition coaches kept insisting – Arne Slot came and said Mikel Arteta did – but they were ranked 33rd by the table. Only the young boy and Slovan Bratislava won fewer games.
It wasn't the worst either: back in Spain, Girona was eliminated by the fourth-tier udlodroñés. In La Liga, they found themselves gliding towards trouble, the unexpected part of the problem, eventually avoiding a point relegation. Now, worrying that they do it again, a terrible starting point is not just flush. It's not just that they haven't won five games this season. This is only two of the last 21 they have won.
On one level, it’s a classic super-result story, bringing them into the Champions League team to break apart in a way that suppresses the inevitable and quickly retreats to where they belong. At the end of the third-place season, Artem Dovbyk, Aleix García, Eric García and Savinho were the players who left, their top scorers, top assistants, top passers, top dribblers, top dribblers and top tackles were all gone. Five of the seven outfield players remained, leaving huge loopholes and it was difficult to determine the infinite success between the substitutes. Six this The summer departure was only 12 months ago and it was abandoned. Miguel Gutiérrez and Yangel Herrera also left, meeting Been missed. Míchel also did not classify it in time, and Míchel complained that uncertainty affected everything when their team left the idea elsewhere. “For someone, the program this year hasn't started yet; I don't know if the club thinks the top nines aren't important, but they are for me,” he said.
However, there were other things, deeper things, a little unrealistic – it ate him. On the eve of the PSG game, he insisted on enjoying the Champions League there, and they will always have Paris – yes, he really said that – but it was La Liga that could define them. The Champions League can only be positive. This won't be distracted, nor will it change their focus. But that's exactly what happened, Girona was blinded by the lights, dizzy new heights. Míchel is increasingly aware that it seems as if the Champions League is most important, the league is abandoned until suddenly, Europe disappears, and it also looks dangerously slipping away from them. He is getting more and more ready to say this about his despair, and a coach loses control.
After his defeat against Betis, he announced they hit the “bottom of the rock” but fell further. “I don't have representatives of these players; it's hard to accept, it's very painful,” he said. He said he's seen “a dead team on the court, I need a team full of passion.” When he left the press room after entering 1-1 with Leganés in Week 33, he said something more compelling: Turning to the press officer, he murmured, “I want to die, partner.” The coach is committed to a style, playing, enjoying, insisting that the game is first. “We lack soul; it's not a football problem, it's an emotional problem, it's a mental problem,” he said. It's about stress or lack of casting. Failed to see where they are, World Health Organization They really are.
Cristhian Stuani's goal was crucial to keeping Girona last season. Photo: Javier Borrego/AFP7/Shutterstock
What he said is more eloquent than what he said. In the last few weeks he turned to the old guards, Stuni and Bostu, who could trust those who care to rescue them. Stuani scored the only goal against Mallorca in Week 34 and Valladolid in Week 36, which made them safe. Stuani, 38, scored another in the last five goals of the season (seven of the last nine), and Porto got another one. Stuani ended with the highest scorer, less than a third of the time.
Something is broken, and that's all the most basic things. Everything they did collapsed and dreams destroyed them. This is not easy to fix and the fault lines are becoming increasingly open. Mitchell said that if they didn’t leave their skin outside, fans wouldn’t support them. When they acknowledged the five to Villarreal, he insisted: “We are playing with people's pride. Today, I don't think we're a team.” Then another Saturday happened: Two red cards didn't help, they were actually doing poorly, but by the end it was another bad day with four other goals acknowledged. This very interesting team is no longer worth watching, it is not a team at all. At the bottom of the table, no victory, the goal is -13.
“I’m the one who fears the most, but I fight fear with work,” Mitchell said, the place is now empty. “Everything is dramatic, sad, terrible, but I've seen the green shoot. We see the lack of humility. They are not playing in the Champions League right now. If anyone thinks they're wrong. I'm terrible right now.