2023-09-03 16:42:17
What about Cristhian Stuani? “I don’t know anything, really. I think he won’t leave, I said it the other day. I think it will continue. He hasn’t said anything to the club or to me, personally,” explained Míchel, when asked about the news of the day: the Uruguayan’s famous tweet and his future, which everyone throws balls out of. “I don’t give much importance to tweets. Because in the end the most transcendent thing is the person, when I’m close to him, and I see how he trains. We have no news. It is important that he continues, because he is one of the best players in the history of Girona. We talk about football, about personal life, and at no time has he told me that he wants to leave here. I’m calm”, he assured, a reflection that is also made by the same entity, which assures, repeatedly, that it has no evidence that Stuani can really leave Girona. The striker has an offer from Saudi Arabia, where the transfer market is open until the 7th. All scenarios seem possible, despite the coach’s confidence.
The merit of the triumph
“We have made a difference, I do not agree with the fact that it is said that we were not ready. We both wanted to win and, at times, I thought Las Palmas would win. There have been moments of everything, also of suffering, because we wanted possession, which has been fifty to fifty. We had eleven shots, they had ten. Gazzaniga has stopped three chances, we were denied a goal that looks like a goal… We already knew it would be a complicated game. I’m very happy with the team’s attitude”, analyzed Míchel, satisfied with the great start to the season, adding 10 points from the 12 in play. The white-and-red coach, who is chaining three consecutive victories in an immense championship start, also gave a small touch of attention to his men. “It could be here with zero points, because there are players who are not well and it shows on the pitch. It’s much better to have ten, of course. In Seville we suffered. The League is very equal.”
The role of substitutes
The changes played their part. “With Couto I wanted depth, because the right wing was not well. He and Portu gave us some, and we had some great last minutes.” Precisely, the Murcian returned in the best possible way: he scored in his debut, more than four years after the last time. Portu said goodbye to Girona by scoring in Vitoria, against Alabès, in the last game of the Girona’s first stage in the elite. “He has the heart of Girona, he has forgiven money to be here. He is eager and we need this kind of footballers. I am very happy for him”, expressed the Madrid native.
To Couto and Portu, you have to add the performance of Valery (between all three they made the play for the goal), a fact that feeds that there is more of a team than just the starting eleven. “At first I was tense, because I didn’t like the game. But I looked at the back and there were many footballers who could enter. This is competition for everyone. Valery has had a very good pre-season and is very well. But Savinho too, and Porto. This is good for me and for the team. I expect the best version of everyone.”
Exploit the virtues of Dovbyk
Míchel also described Dovbyk’s moment. “From his back to the goal, he is able to keep the ball. It has unmarking, we have to know how to find it. This is to adapt to the talent of the footballers. Look at Portu, he doesn’t have the combination play characteristics, but he breaks, he’s deep. We have to take advantage of Dovbyk in spaces, in the fact that he stays on the ball. It has a brutal quality. And this gives me a very good tactical wealth. Because there will be moments of everything: that we will be anxious, that we will dominate, that we will want to play with two points or with Pablo Torre… I am very happy with Dovbyk, he is in the process of improvement”, concluded the coach of a team that , to be in the ranking table, you have to look at the top.
Porto keeps Girona in a cloud (1-0)
García Pimienta regrets the mistake in Portu’s goal
The coach of Las Palmas, García Pimienta, confessed that “the defeat is not fair. Girona played well, but so did we. We had clear opportunities, I would be worried if we hadn’t had them. And in the end, an error has penalized us.” Pimienta spoke highly of the white-and-reds. “At times, they’ve subdued us. We knew it was going to happen, because not only are they a great team, but they’re having a really sweet time.” The visiting coach admitted that “if Girona had lost, it wouldn’t have been fair either. I think the most normal thing was a draw. But we have to take into account that Míchel’s are a great team, that’s why they are at the top of the table “.
Pimienta reiterated that Porto’s goal “is our mistake. We knew that with the quality of Girona’s footballers, if we didn’t score, we could pay for it. And that’s how it was: their changes have revolutionized the game. If we had scored on some occasion of which we have had, especially that of Araujo, that with the sensations that were there it would have been very good for us”. At Girona, everything is going their way. “Football is dynamic, but it makes merit, because no one has given him anything. With the two disallowed goals, it seemed that today was not the case, but in the end, with the game broken, they had a small fortune. Girona believes in that that they are doing, they have a very clear line to follow, starting with the offices, and I think they will do very well”, he concluded.
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