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Míchel’s team stood up to Simeone’s in Montilivi, but ended up falling at the last breath after an eternal VAR review.
Soccer could not be more cruel with Girona in his duel this Monday against Atlético (0-1). The fourth visit in the history of the colchoneros to Montilivi was close to ending like the previous three, but the boards they broke up with a controversial goal by Morata in the last breath. The Madrid goal was initially annulled by offside, but the VAR ended up validating it after an eternal review.
There were no surprises in the staging of both teams. Míchel introduced two novelties with respect to the last game in Getafe. David López and Miguel They took the places of Juanpe and Javi Hernández, while Simeone used the eleven that he had tested in rehearsals, with Griezmann and Memphis up. Morata, always more efficient as a revulsion, started again on the bench.
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Had a exciting start Girona, who controlled the game with great personality during the first 20 minutes. A shot of Griezmann stopped by Gazzaniga woke up the mattresses, who improved their performance little by little. The Catalan team began to suffer before the pressure from Atlético, who was able to get ahead perfectly in a couple of high shots from Memphis (m. 23 and 36), a missile of Carrasco repelled by the local goalkeeper and a deflected header from Beautiful (m. 40).
“There are some strategists of the beautiful game who now say that winning 0-1 is also beautiful. Of course it is beautiful!
Diego Simeone / Atlético Coach
The bad memphis aim, who had scored three goals in just three shots in previous games, gave life to Girona, who kept the goal to zero in the first half. It was up to Míchel to readjust some concepts, not at all convinced with the performance of his team in the minutes before the break.
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He fright seized the stands in a set piece play reviewed in the VAR for possible hands of Oriol Romeu The previous push beautiful mario saved Girona. Tsygankov put Oblak to the test and Cholo opted for a triple change at match time. Morata, DePaul and Correa they replaced Lemar, Memphis and Llorente. The last two left a noticeable anger.
Aleix García and Oriol Romeu, KO
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Míchel added more speed with the entry of Valery for the talented Borja Garcia. The decisive stretch was approaching and Girona recovered its good tone. It was about to surprise David Lopez a cloud from midfield, but the goalkeeper reacted in time and sent a corner. The panorama was complicated with a quarter of an hour from the end with the Oriol Romeu injury, vital footballer in the Catalan team.
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Far from settling for a tie, Míchel pulled Stuani in his 200th game with Girona. The point did not satisfy anyone, the order cracked and riquelme caressed the goal in a round trip context. again emerged cloud (d. 83) to avoid it. Aleix García also broke and the accumulation of misfortunes culminated with the goal of Morata in the third minute of the eight additions.
Girona, 0; Athletic, 1
GIRONA: Gazzaniga; Arnau, Santi Bueno, David López, Miguel; Borja García, Oriol Romeu, Aleix García; Tsygankov, Taty Castellanos, Riquelme. Technician: Michel. Changes: Valery for Borja García (m. 64); Iván Martín by Oriol Romeu (d. 74); Stuani by Taty Castellanos (d. 75); Bernardo by Aleix García (d. 86); Toni Villa by Tsygankov (m. 87).
ATLÉTICO:Oblak; Molina, Savic, Gimenez, Hermoso, Carrasco; Llorente, Koke, Lemar; Griezmann, Memphis Depay. Technician: Diego Simeone. Changes: Correa for Lemar (m. 61); Morata for Memphis (d. 61); From Paul for Llorente (d. 61); Saúl for Carrasco (d. 76); Witsel for Koke (d. 80).
GOALS: 0-1 (m. 93), Morata.