2023-12-11 18:39:27
Girona falls in love. And Girona too. Yesterday, Míchel’s team achieved an unprecedented victory against Barça (2-4) to return to position sole leader of First Division. The celebration was felt throughout the province, but especially in Barcelona. Where, hundreds of fans traveled to witness live the feat of the white-and-reds in theLluís Companys Olympic Stadium. In Montjuïc, in two seats located on one side of the Blaugrana stadium and surrounded by thousands of fans, theAndrew Pascual that day Marta Soldevila they were very happy to see their team stand up and beat Xavi’s team.
“It was brutal. A pass. It was hard for me to sleep because what we experienced was historic. It was a bath. We played much better than the Barçawith one tactical review from Míchel to Xavi. I would never have imagined everything we are doing. I still can’t believe it,” Andreu exclaims. These are the feelings that so many Girona residents have felt since the last five months, when the league started with a Legendary Girona.
In his case, he went to Montjuïc with their parents’ subscriptions, which “are of Barça all his life“. “They did us the favor of staying at home to let my partner and I go to the derby. Their seats are on the side and we were among the fans Barça with our scarves and flags of the Girona. There was no problem,” says Pascual, referring to the brotherhood between the two Catalan clubs.
Considering that Andreu was born into a Culer family, he was also a Culer as a child. Specifically, it was until 2014 when he fell in love with the Girona and later he would also do it for Soldevila, his partner, in a match in Montilivi.
Next, he explains the beginning of his particular love story: “I’m from Barcelona, from the Corts neighborhood, which is five minutes from the Camp Nou. I am – or was – from Barça since I can remember. My father even took me to see Messi at the Miniestadi when he was a juvenile and I was 14 years old… But when Guardiola he left, I stopped being from Barça. Not just for the game, with an obvious decline after the era of Xavi, Iniesta, Puyoletc., but because the Camp Nou was unfamiliar. There are photo cameras everywhere, lots of tourists… In my area, which was the third side stand, I could never make out with the people next door. Different people came every day… On the other hand, this doesn’t happen in Girona.”
Pascual stepped Montilivi for the first time in the 2012/13 season in the play-off final against Almeria, when the Girona side lost. “There was Rubi on the bench I went up with a friend to Girona and that day, without knowing it, I fell in love with that small, familiar and humble club. Since then, I have been able to live the best years of the Girona. We are leaders of the First Division. I have no adjectives to describe what we are doing because there are none. Not even the journalists will know how to find them. It’s a beast,” he points out. Apart from meeting Girona, in Montilivi his fate would also cross with that of Marta. “We already 5 years together. Now I live with her in Roses…”, he adds.
The joy they feel at present is immense. “Whenever I go to see the Girona I suffer, as I suppose many people do, because a Montilivi we have had many misfortunes and huge disappointments. That’s why, when we go to teams that are theoretically better than us, I sign the draw. If drawing at the Camp Nou was already a dream, winning at Montjuïc with a fan was… Many culers congratulated us at the exit of the field, even in the subway. They were resigned to Barça’s game and told us that ‘at least you win the league’. They also kept telling us ‘what a great coach you have, not like ours’,” he says.
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After everything and so much, Andreu is clear: “My heart says that we should be champions. Why not? For play and sensations we totally deserve it. My boss says that we could hopefully get into the Champions League. If not, in the Europa League. I would have signed it with my eyes closed at the beginning of the season. Mother of God. Hopefully Girona in Europe and what Míchel wants to stay and continue with this ambition to overcome yourself more and more every day.”
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