Giant step
It was vital to leave Valladolid with the three points, and the team did just that. Despite the fact that the match was difficult and the goal was difficult to score, the team from Girona relied on Stuani once again to celebrate in the final stretch a vital goal to continue in the First Division for another year. Gazzaniga was also the protagonist with saves against a Valladolid that did not arrive much, but when they did it was with danger. Thirteenth with 41 points, Míchel Sánchez's men would mathematically achieve their objective if Leganés do not win tomorrow at Villarreal.
The start of the match was difficult. Girona did not manage to take control against a Valladolid who, despite being relegated, went for the game from the start and competed with pride. Despite not playing their best soccer, Girona did generate clear chances to score, but could not take advantage of them. Portu scored the first, but it was disallowed for offside, and Tsygankov twice demanded a save from Hein, who saved two good hands to prevent the goal. Asprilla, with numerical superiority, was not precise in the pass to a Portu who was waiting alone, and the Colombian had the clearest chance in the restart with a one-on-one that he could not solve correctly in front of the goalkeeper. In a crazy few minutes, the locals saw shortly after how they were awarded a penalty for some hands of Francés that, after consulting the monitor, the referee understood that they were hooked to the body and annulled it.
In a last third of the match with more ball for Girona, but without many arrivals to the area, Stuani appeared providentially once again to take the game forward. In a direct free kick from Tsygankov that bounced off the defenders, the Uruguayan was the smartest to receive alone in the area the pass from David Lopez and push the ball into the back of the net. A goal that unleashed the euphoria of the Girona expedition, multiplied at the end of the match after seeing Gazzaniga save a dangerous header on the line in the added time. The team will close the season with a visit to Real Sociedad and a visit to Atletico Madrid.
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