Montilivi pinched himself, unable to distinguish between reality and fiction, wondering if what he was seeing was Primera football. Is it really happening?, they said to each other. Mobile phones were blowing smoke, at the two goals, in Preferent and in the Tribuna, where the Girona fans immortalized the moment to be able to say, forever, that they were part of the first second day. That they were there on the day of Girona’s thrashing of Getafe (3-1). Where, things of fate, Cristhian Stuani, who has shed so many tears for the Girona shield, was the author of the first goal in the return to the elite. Football was in debt. The victory was completed by a Duarte own goal and a delight by Taty Castellanos.
The stadium was full of joy on a Monday at 10 p.m. Because you have to brag about being in the First Division until infinity, since the vast majority of fans, during the three seasons that separated them from the elite, came to feel that the club they love would never return. And since the category was once lost, it needs to be squeezed as much as possible while it lasts. Because even if it hurts my nose, it has already been proven that it may not be eternal.
Girona, oblivious to the crowd, decided that the day would be a party, but a party in which points would be added up. The intensity of Míchel’s men was much higher than in the premiere in Valencia and the manners that were pointed out stood out. How beautiful it is to believe in a project, that the template is making it its own as if it were the ten commandments. Well, actually there are seven, because seven is Stuani’s number and for Montilivi, the Uruguayan’s influence is supernatural.
Pep Guardiola did not miss the game
Before a shot of his decided everything, more things happened. It was interesting to check the team’s response to the defeat on the first day. No weakness or doubt in the eyes of the City boss and Pep Guardiola, present at the box office. Girona remained faithful to the proposal seen in Mestalla, sure of what it was doing. With changes to the eleven, with the entry of Miguel, Yangel in midfield and Stuani up front. But with the same identity as if it were others who played. This is the key and where the good work done is demonstrated.
Riquelme claimed that he is a different footballer and the Girona side monopolized the game, facing a Getafe unable to respond. Montilivi must be a stronghold if it wants to achieve permanence, and for now it is. The first goal did not arrive until half-time and with a bit of luck, because Stuani’s shot bounced off Djené before piercing the net. Earlier, he had wasted a one-on-one that Soria spat well, covering the angle. The Madrid players had a crossbar after a bad rejection by Yangel Herrera in his own goal. Even fortune wore its colors.
Because if there was any doubt as to who would win, a misunderstanding between Soria and his defense just at the start of the second half ended with Domingos Duarte’s own goal. There was time for suspense, in a penalty in favor of Girona and disallowed by VAR, a goal disallowed for Ünal, the ovation for Porto and for the stadium to make waves. Taty, with a peck, certified a goal cut by Ünal himself. Nothing prevented Girona from winning a Primera Division game again. Because yes, it really happened.