Girona gave him the little push he was missing real Madrid to become LaLiga champion this Saturday after achieving an impressive victory against FC Barcelona (4-2) that also assured them qualification for the next edition of the Champions League.
The team led by Carlo Ancelotti He had done his homework earlier by beating Cádiz (3-0) at the Santiago Bernabéu and they depended on the Barça team not winning to win their 36th title in the Spanish championship and that was precisely what ended up happening in Montilivi.
Girona, one of the great surprises of the season, did not fail against FC Barcelona, who although they took the lead on the scoreboard a couple of times ended up giving in to the offensive of the team led by Míchel who achieved the unthinkable at the beginning of the campaign by put them in European competition.
A double from Portu led to Girona’s 23rd victory this season, which at home has not known what it is like to lose since last September. With the Blaugranas ahead thanks to goals from Andreas Christensen (m.3) and Robert Lewandowski (m.45+1) in the second half, the local reaction came.
Girona had scored in the first half through Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk (m.4), who established himself as the championship’s top scorer with 19 goals, two more than Real Madrid’s Englishman, Jude Bellingham. But Portu had a great demonstration prepared later.
The Girona attacker leveled the game in the 65th minute after a pass from Dovbyk and just two minutes later he assisted Miguel Gutiérrez to take the lead on the scoreboard. At 74 he finished giving the Blaugranas the blow with the final 4-2 that closed the win.
This defeat had a double negative effect on FC Barcelona, which had recently confirmed the continuity of Xavi Hernández as its coach for the next season. On the one hand they saw how Real Madrid was crowned and on the other they were displaced from second place in the standings.
And with this victory, Girona placed themselves as the second team behind the meringues in the table and they dropped the culés to third place. With four dates left until the end of the season, those led by Míchel reached 74 points, 13 less than the new champions.
In this way, Girona, which is in only its fourth season in the highest category of Spanish football, made sure to be among the first four classified, sealing its ticket to the next edition of the Champions League since it has an advantage of 13 units. to fifth place.
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