Still as attractive in the game, Girona signed a prestigious victory on Sunday in the Catalan derby on the pitch of FC Barcelona (4-2) to regain the sole lead of La Liga during the 16th day. The dream continues: three days before the end of the first leg, the small club from the Catalan city located a hundred kilometers north of Barcelona, bought in 2017 by the City Football Group, the Emirati parent company of Manchester City, is first in La Liga ahead of the greats of Spain.
This 13th victory in 16 days allows the Gironistes to regain their leadership position with two lengths ahead of Real Madrid, held in check on Saturday by Betis Sevilla (1-1) and seven ahead of Atlético Madrid (3rd). ) and Barça (4th).
“We are capable of beating any team”
“I don’t know if we are capable of winning La Liga, but we are capable of beating any team,” assured coach Michel Gonzalez at a press conference. “We were not good with the ball, it cost us the match… We are seven points behind, which is a lot, but there is still more than half the season to go,” said his side Barça midfielder Frenkie de Jong at the microphone of DAZN.
In a pleasant match where the ball passed from one goal to another, Barça had possession of the ball but trembled on each of the offensives of its neighbors, much more enterprising and sure of their collective game. In certain sequences, the visitors simply gave the great Barça a lesson in total football, the playing philosophy of Johan Cruyff, which has become the “DNA” of the Blaugrana club.