2023-05-23 21:36:37
GIRONAIt is possible that with this point Girona will not have enough to go to Europe. Míchel’s team put in a poor display against Celta and only conceded two penalties and Gazzaniga’s interventions prevented them from being defeated. They are now eighth in the standings, one point behind seventh, but have one game more than the rest of their rivals. They will need a miracle.
But even in the worst matches, positive things can be salvaged, if one wants. Gazzaniga aside, the first good news in Balaídos was the minutes of Ricard Artero, the young midfielder of the Bisbal d’Empordà who is clamoring for presence thanks to his performances. Míchel, who made his debut this year in Primera, did not hesitate to choose him when Iván Martín was injured, after half an hour of play. And the Girona player, disciplined in defensive tasks and judicious in offensives, did not disappoint. In fact, he was close to scoring on the stroke of half-time, but Iván Villar thwarted his desire.
Because Artero, in a fit of nostalgia, represents the Girona spirit with which Girona made their debut in professional football fifty years after the last time, in 2008, precisely at the Celta stadium. That generation led by Raül Agné on the bench and José, Migue, Serra, Dorca, Matamala and Xumetra on the field prevailed with a goal from Jaume Duran in the second half. Without that day, this would not have been possible.
Born in 2003, Artero is a product of the white-and-red school, which he arrived at at the age of ten, in the youth category, coming from Atlético Bisbalenc. Next to the second big news, the promising Joel Roca (2005), completely uncomplicated and for whom Iván Villar took a spectacular hand from the discount, is one of those pointed out to end up fully integrated into the first team, with whom he has lived all season under the number 36. The one in Vigo is his seventh match in the First Division, where at most he had played half an hour in a row, with which he has gone through another phase. Roca’s, who wears 33, is the fifth. The baby climbs hard.
Mateu’s injuries and decisions
Iván Martín’s was not the only injury suffered by Míchel’s team, who in the second half, when they were already losing, also lost Santi Bueno. Someone in Montilivi should explain why this is all happening, because there has been more than enough lately. Carles Pérez, who has spent time at Barça, put Celta ahead in the first half, with a goal at the end, after a shot from the front touched Oriol Romeu and deceived Gazzaniga. The result was fair, because the Galicians, who are playing for permanence, were the ones who wanted it the most.
Mateu Lahoz, who retires at the end of the season, will be a protagonist until the end of his days on a pitch. He whistled a clear penalty on Tsygankov which Stuani missed, and had it replayed because several Celta players had advanced on the Uruguayan’s shot, which did not miss twice. Balaídos was angry, of course, but it cannot be said that the decision was unfortunate. Nor the result, although Yangel Herrera made it 1-2 and Gazzaniga dressed as a saint with three meritorious saves in the final stretch.
- Celtic: Iván Villar, Hugo Mallo, Nuñez, Aidoo, Javi Galán, Tapia, Gabri Veiga (Iago Aspas, 81′), Óscar, Carles Pérez, Miguel (Cervi, 71′) and Strand Larsen (Seferovic, 81′). Coach: Carlos Carvalhal.
- Girona: Gazzaniga, Arnau, Bueno (Callens, 54′), Bernardo, Miguel, Romeu, Yan Couto (Yangel Herrera, 54′), Valery (Joel Roca, 74′), Iván Martín (Artero, 34′), Tsygankov i Stuani (Castilian, 74′). Coach: Michel Sanchez.
- Goals: 1-0 Carles Pérez (42′) and 1-1 Stuani, penalty (60′).
- Referee: Mateu Lahoz (Valencian Committee).
- Yellow cards: None.
- Red cards: None.
- Stadium: Abanca Balaídos, 14,117 spectators.
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