2023-09-23 16:38:13
Míchel Sánchez’s Girona swept Mallorca 5-3 this Saturday in Montilivi, with a comeback included, to record their fifth victory, an unprecedented number for the club in the First Division, consolidate their place in the Champions League and become leaders while waiting for the matches. of Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The goals of David López, Artem Dovbyk, Iván Martín and Yangel Herrera, in the first half, and from Savio Moreira At the beginning of the second act they continued the excellent start to the season of the Catalan team, which has added 16 points out of a possible 18 and has scored 16 goals in six games.
Abdón Prats made up for the result and Mallorca’s poor game with two goals in the final stretch, with his right foot in the 88th minute and a header in the 95th.
Mallorca started the game in the opponent’s field, with a first shot, by Sergi Darder, and two corner kicks in the first three minutes.
He got the reward at the start in the second corner: the ball touched the hands of Viktor Tsygankov and González Fuertes awarded a penalty. Vedat Muriqi deceived Paulo Gazzaniga with a shot to the right of the Argentine goalkeeperadjusted to the stick.
Girona’s reaction was extraordinary, against a Mallorca that handed over the key to the duel and found itself overwhelmed. Mallorca, locked behind with a line of five men and another of four, survived the first local chances, from Dovbyk, Iván Martín and Yan Couto, but the unappealable dominance of the Catalan team was soon rewarded. Possession exceeded 75%.
It seemed that the local goal was inevitable and that it would end up falling under its own weight, due to the merits of Girona. He fell in the 26th minute: in a messy play in the area after a lateral foul served by Aleix García that David López resolved from the front of the small area with a powerful shot.
The 1-1 finish gave Girona wings, which attacked with many players and monopolized the ball. Míchel’s pupils turned the score around in the 33rd minute, with a penalty for Samú Costa’s brothers signaled at the request of the VAR after several minutes of review. transformed it Dovbyk with a low finish.
The 3-1 was born from the boots of young Sávio Moreira: he escaped from Pablo Maffeo with a beautiful dribble, ran to the baseline and set up Iván Martín with a pass of death to beat Predrag Rajkovic (37′). Girona had scored three goals in the first 40 minutes for the second game in a row.
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Y in the 45th Yangel Herrera, new to the eleven, achieved the fourth both from Girona in the afternoon with a strong cross shot with the right.
Javier Aguirre tried to change the script of the match at half-time, going from 5-4-1 to a 4-4-2 withn Amath Ndiaye replacing Siebe van der Heyden, but Girona continued to control the situation. With one gear less, but he continued looking for the rival goal and celebrated the 5-1 score in the 57th minute.
He signed it Savio, arrived this summer on loan from the French ESTAC Troyes (City Football Group) and has already become an idol at 19 years old. It was a great combination that was rounded off with a pass from Dovbyk to the Brazilian winger, who beat Rajkovic’s exit with a cross kick.
At the hour mark the match was resolved. Montilivi was already making the wave and Míchel distributed breaks, thinking about the weekday. In the final stages of the match, Abdón Prats appeared with two goals to make the final 5-3.
Datasheet:
5 – Girona: Gazzaniga; Yan Couto, David Lopez, Eric (Juanpe, min. 65), Blind, Miguel; Aleix García, Herrera (Pablo Torre, min. 75); Tsygankov (Portu, min. 62), Iván Martín, Sávio (Valery, min. 76); and Dovbyk (Stuani, min. 62).
3 – Mallorca: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Valjent, Van der Heyden (Amath, min. 46), Jaume Costa (Lato, min. 65); Morlanes (Larin, min. 65), Samu (Antonio Sánchez, min. 78); Dani Rodríguez, Sergi Darder; and Muriqi (Abdón, min. 78).
Goals: 0-1, min. 4: Muriqi, penalty. 1-1, min. 26: David Lopez. 2 -1, min. 33: Dovbyk, penalty. 3-1, min. 37: Iván Martín. 4-1, min. 45: Yangel Herrera. 5-1, min. 57: Sávio. 5-2, min. 88: Abdon. 5-3, min. 90+5: Abdon.
Referee: González Fuertes (Asturian committee). He admonished the local Iván Martín (min. 79) and the visitors Samu (min. 31), Jaume Costa (min. 31), Morlanes (min. 33), Dani Rodríguez (min. 38), Javier Aguirre (min. 39) and Nastasic (min. 90+1).
Incidences: Match of the sixth day of LaLiga EA Sports, played at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi in front of 11,511 fans.
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