Castellanos drowns out the pain and brings Girona’s stay closer: Time.news, goals and summary

2023-04-16 15:50:48

GIRONAOn Monday, in the Spotify Camp Nou dressing room, Taty Castellanos was crying. The Girona striker had wasted a great opportunity that would have allowed Míchel’s team to take the lead at the start of the second half. Girona added a point, but the Argentine was morally shattered. He felt guilty. He even deleted his social networks. Against Elche, however, he got his revenge by scoring the first goal, which brings the permanence closer (2-0). It has not been the most beautiful of his career and not the most important, but perhaps the most meaningful. Montilivi had given him a standing ovation in the minute of his number, the ninth, calling his name to cheer him up. He has also done it when he has left replaced, with the job done. Castellanos responded by leaving his skin on the field, as he always does. And with the goal, he drowned out the sorrows. In Girona they take care of the people who get involved.

And lucky for Castellanos’ sense of smell, because the stadium was already starting to worry. The white-and-red have not offered the same bold symptoms that they have shown in a year that is being bestial and in which they have permanence is getting closer. A success for which, without a doubt, they have made merits. Before Castellanos’ goal, who took the reins of the game, surprisingly, it was Elche, a rival that has both feet in Segona even if the maths didn’t confirm it. Then he continued to do it. It’s a good thing you can’t trust anyone.

Because when you take something for granted, it goes wrong. Míchel has warned both actively and passively this week: nothing to lift your foot off the accelerator. But Girona has not paid attention to him and has gone from showing its personality against the leader to being a vulgar team against the leather. It was a match full of emotion, beyond Castellanos’ personal situation. Gumbau has returned to the city, after saying goodbye to the club with two failed attempts at promotion to Primera on his shoulders. He had three chances, the Campllong one, well neutralized by Gazzaniga. Elche, in fact, had not set foot in Montilivi since that cursed night in 2020, when Pere Milla spread as much happiness as he broke hearts. It has also been a special day for Borja García, who has caught Àlex Granell as the footballer who has worn the club’s shirt more times in professional categories. Seven seasons, 233 games and two promotions to the elite; it’s called soon However, the Madrid player, who has been playing for weeks with a small fracture, had to ask for a change at quarter time. The party is never quite complete, even if the stadium is done rocking.

Gazzaniga, second goal to zero in a row

The victory, which places the team within the top-10 of the classification, does not hide the poor game of the Girona players, who have been outclassed even in intensity. Gazzaniga, in his second consecutive clean sheet, continued to do his thing in goal, denying Collado’s equalizer at the start of the second half in which even the advantage did not change the mood of the Catalans, who today they haven’t been until It is not that Elche has not resisted, but that it has become the protagonist.

Far from getting excited, Girona have been speculating for many minutes. But touched by a magic wand, he has won as the greats do, striking at the most important moments. Oriol Romeu, with a cocoa from the front, has sealed the victory and who knows if almost salvation. Ulldecona needed just that to complete a sensational season. He can get away with it.

• Girona: Gazzaniga, Arnau, Bueno, Juanpe, Javi Hernández (Miguel Gutiérrez, 58′), Romeu, Iván Martín (Couto, 78′), Borja García (Aleix Garcia, 14′), Tsygankov, Toni Villa (Valery, 58′ ) and Castellanos (Stuani, 78′). Coach: Míchel Sánchez.
• Elx: Werner, Palacios (Pol Lirola, 46′), Mascarell, Bigas, Clerc, John, Gumbau, Morente (Nico, 78′), Raúl Guti (Collado, 46′), Lucas Boyé (Nteka, 76′) and Pere Mile (Ponce, 78′). Coach: Sebastian Beccacece.
• Goals: 1-0 Castellanos (45′) and 2-0 Oriol Romeu (70′).
• Referee: Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian Committee).
• Yellow cards: Castellanos (17′), Pere Milla (22′), Santi Bueno (44′), Oriol Romeu (47′), Lucas Boyé (57′), Gumbau (73′).
• Red cards: Ponce (90′).
• Stadium: Montilivi, 11,114 spectators.