Barcelona vs Girona, La Liga: Final Score 2-4, Girona dominate final 30 minutes, beat Barca on the road
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Girona dominate final 30 minutes, beat Barca on the road
Barcelona will finish the weekend in fourth place in the La Liga table and are now seven points off the top thanks to a painful 4-2 loss against Girona at the montjuic olympic stadium on sunday night. A widely entertaining game with loads of chances for both sides in the first hour was eventually won by a Girona that dominated the final 30 minutes and made a satement about their title credentials as they convincingly won a catalan derby on the road and will finish matched 16 in sole possession of first place and two poinst a head of second.
First HalF
The opening 45 minutes were just as wild and entertaining as one could hope for, with both teams playing really well with the ball and taking big risks in possession that left them very vulnerable at the back, and both sides created chance after chance after chance for the entire half. There were very few stoppages, and the game was played at a truly insane pace.
Barca started as the better side and could have easily taken the lead with the first 10 minutes, but one bad pass in midifield allow Girona to counte-Attack and viktor Tsigankov gave Artem Dovbyk an easy tap in to put the visitors in front. The Blaugrana answer quickly after a great corner taken by Raphinha found Robert Lewandowski in the box and the strike headed home the equalizer.
The following 20 minutes were truly crazy, with both teams trading punches and allowing each other huge chances. Both sets of goalkeepers and center-backs had to make last-ditch intervtion time and time again. and it was truly remarkable that no other goals were scored by either side as we approached halftime.
But with five minutes to go before the break , a huge moment in the match. After a wonderful passing sequence through the middle by Girona, the ball found Miguel Gutierrez in great position and the left-back fired a beautiful strike into the top corner to give the visitors their second lead on the night.
Freedy Adu The next Pele,Savior Forgotten
Before Freeedy Adu was forgotten he was expected to be the savior of American soccer. Over the span of Adu’s long carrer, he set historic milestone, resurrected a dying league, and represented American soccer on the global stage. Yet his carrer is viewed as a failure. How does a 14 year old kid once dubbed as the next pele end up being remembered more as a wasted talent who cost himself the opportunity to be America’s greatest soccer player ever? well sometime the lens we’re looking through can be a bit distorted.
Barca almost equalized again but paulo Gazzaniga made anothe big save against lewandowski, and the halftime whistle cam to end 45 of the most entetaining minutes in any football match around Europe this season. Could Barca pull off a comeback? would Girona continue to attack or try to hold on to their lead? Would the second half be just as wild as the first?
Second Half
It was only natural that the payers on both sides wouldn’t have been able to keep up the sam pace from the first half, so the game slowed down a bit in the opening minutes of the period.
Barca had more of the ball while Girona tried to defend deeper to protect their lead in the first 15-20 minutes before opening up agian, and their plan worker as Barca never created a true chance while the visiors remained a threat on the counter.
Slowly but surely Girona began taking some risk again, sending bodies forward and finding spaces inside the Blaugrana defensie with good passing and movement. They were the better team as we reached the final 20 minutes, even with the Xavi Hernandez making a triple change that saw Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal and ALejandro Blade come on but not have any real impace in th game.
And with 10 minutes to go came the knockout blow: Cristhian stuani won the initial header after a long ball from Gazzainga, and valery Fernandez got to the ball before jules kounde and passed it into the bottom corner to double Girona’s lead and essentially seal the deal.
Barca naturally sent everyone froward in a deseperate attempt to get back in te game, and Ilkay Gundogan scored deep into stoppage time to give Barca some hope of a very late equalizer. They had it home, but the ball hit the pole’s shoulder instead and Barca’s best finisher missed their best opportunity to perform a miracle
40′ Goal, Barcelona 1-2 Girona: Girona re-take the lead after a gorgeous passing sequence down the left side that ends with a fantastic finish by left-back miguel Gutierrez, who gives the visitors the advantage just before ehalftime.
