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3 days ago
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Nightmare game for Girona goalie Gazzaniga as La Liga starts with Rayo Vallecano win
MADRID -- The first game in La Liga is already one to forget for Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga. His two embarrassing first half mistakes — one leading to a goal and the other to a penalty and his ejection — helped Rayo Vallecano win in Girona 3-1 in Friday's season-opener. 'The way I see it, they were mistakes by Girona, we all made the mistakes together,' Girona coach Miguel Ángel Sánchez said. 'The mistakes were so bad that we can only see them as accidents." The first blunder came in the 18th minute when a defender passed the ball back to Gazzaniga and the Argentine goalie couldn't properly control the ball, which slipped passed him and allowed Rayo forward Jorge de Frutos to find the open net. Gazzaniga's second mistake came in the 43rd, after Rayo added to the lead through Álvaro García. The goalkeeper was pressured by De Frutos and tried to dribble past him at the edge of the area instead of clearing the ball away. De Frutos ended up with the ball and Gazzaniga had to grab him to keep the forward from scoring into another open net. The foul led to a penalty kick and to a red card to Gazzaniga. Isi Palazón converted the penalty and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead by halftime. Ten-man Girona pulled one closer with Joel Roca in the 57th. The victory allowed Rayo to pick up from where it left off last season, when it earned a European place for the first time in more than two decades. Rayo could have added to the lead in the second half but Pathé Ciss' late goal was disallowed for offside. Girona's former Atletico Madrid player Thomas Lemar debuted as a second-half substitute. It was without Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani because of the death of his father. Defending champion Barcelona opens at Mallorca on Saturday. Atletico Madrid is at Espanyol on Sunday, while Real Madrid hosts Osasuna on Tuesday for its first match of the season. A missed penalty and a red card early in the game marred Oviedo's return to the first division after a 24-year absence. It lost to Villarreal 2-0 after Salomón Rondón missed from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and midfielder Alberto Reina was sent off in the 27th. Etta Eyong and Pape Gueye scored for Villarreal in the 29th and 36th, respectively. There was a mix of jeers and applause by Villarreal fans when midfielder Thomas Partey came off the bench in the 82nd. granted bail on rape charges in England.
San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Nightmare game for Girona goalie Gazzaniga as La Liga starts with Rayo Vallecano win
MADRID (AP) — The first game in La Liga is already one to forget for Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga. His two embarrassing first half mistakes — one leading to a goal and the other to a penalty and his ejection — helped Rayo Vallecano win in Girona 3-1 in Friday's season-opener. 'The way I see it, they were mistakes by Girona, we all made the mistakes together,' Girona coach Miguel Ángel Sánchez said. 'The mistakes were so bad that we can only see them as accidents." The first blunder came in the 18th minute when a defender passed the ball back to Gazzaniga and the Argentine goalie couldn't properly control the ball, which slipped passed him and allowed Rayo forward Jorge de Frutos to find the open net. Gazzaniga's second mistake came in the 43rd, after Rayo added to the lead through Álvaro García. The goalkeeper was pressured by De Frutos and tried to dribble past him at the edge of the area instead of clearing the ball away. De Frutos ended up with the ball and Gazzaniga had to grab him to keep the forward from scoring into another open net. The foul led to a penalty kick and to a red card to Gazzaniga. Isi Palazón converted the penalty and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead by halftime. Ten-man Girona pulled one closer with Joel Roca in the 57th. The victory allowed Rayo to pick up from where it left off last season, when it earned a European place for the first time in more than two decades. Girona's former Atletico Madrid player Thomas Lemar debuted as a second-half substitute. It was without Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani because of the death of his father. Defending champion Barcelona opens at Mallorca on Saturday. Atletico Madrid is at Espanyol on Sunday, while Real Madrid hosts Osasuna on Tuesday for its first match of the season. Oviedo hurt by penalty miss and red card A missed penalty and a red card early in the game marred Oviedo's return to the first division after a 24-year absence. It lost to Villarreal 2-0 after Salomón Rondón missed from the penalty spot in the 14th minute and midfielder Alberto Reina was sent off in the 27th. Etta Eyong and Pape Gueye scored for Villarreal in the 29th and 36th, respectively. Mixed reaction for Partey There was a mix of jeers and applause by Villarreal fans when midfielder Thomas Partey came off the bench in the 82nd. Villarreal signed the Ghana international — who became a free agent when his Arsenal contract expired in June — last week, just days after he was granted bail on rape charges in England. ___
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Nightmare game for Girona goalie Gazzaniga as La Liga starts with Rayo Vallecano win
MADRID (AP) — The first game in La Liga is already one to forget for Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga. His two embarrassing first half mistakes — one leading to a goal and the other to a penalty and his ejection — helped Rayo Vallecano win in Girona 3-1 in Friday's season-opener. 'The way I see it, they were mistakes by Girona, we all made the mistakes together,' Girona coach Miguel Ángel Sánchez said. 'The mistakes were so bad that we can only see them as accidents.' The first blunder came in the 18th minute when a defender passed the ball back to Gazzaniga and the Argentine goalie couldn't properly control the ball, which slipped passed him and allowed Rayo forward Jorge de Frutos to find the open net. Gazzaniga's second mistake came in the 43rd, after Rayo added to the lead through Álvaro García. The goalkeeper was pressured by De Frutos and tried to dribble past him at the edge of the area instead of clearing the ball away. De Frutos ended up with the ball and Gazzaniga had to grab him to keep the forward from scoring into another open net. The foul led to a penalty kick and to a red card to Gazzaniga. Isi Palazón converted the penalty and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead by halftime. Ten-man Girona pulled one closer with Joel Roca in the 57th. The victory allowed Rayo to pick up from where it left off last season, when it earned a European place for the first time in more than two decades. Rayo could have added to the lead in the second half but Pathé Ciss' late goal was disallowed for offside. Girona's former Atletico Madrid player Thomas Lemar debuted as a second-half substitute. It was without Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani because of the death of his father. Later Friday, Villarreal hosted promoted Oviedo. Defending champion Barcelona opens at Mallorca on Saturday. Atletico Madrid is at Espanyol on Sunday, while Real Madrid hosts Osasuna on Tuesday for its first match of the season. ___ AP soccer:
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
Nightmare game for Girona goalie Gazzaniga as La Liga starts with Rayo Vallecano win
MADRID (AP) — The first game in La Liga is already one to forget for Girona goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga. HT Image His two embarrassing first half mistakes — one leading to a goal and the other to a penalty and his ejection — helped Rayo Vallecano win in Girona 3-1 in Friday's season-opener. 'The way I see it, they were mistakes by Girona, we all made the mistakes together,' Girona coach Miguel Ángel Sánchez said. 'The mistakes were so bad that we can only see them as accidents." The first blunder came in the 18th minute when a defender passed the ball back to Gazzaniga and the Argentine goalie couldn't properly control the ball, which slipped passed him and allowed Rayo forward Jorge de Frutos to find the open net. Gazzaniga's second mistake came in the 43rd, after Rayo added to the lead through Álvaro García. The goalkeeper was pressured by De Frutos and tried to dribble past him at the edge of the area instead of clearing the ball away. De Frutos ended up with the ball and Gazzaniga had to grab him to keep the forward from scoring into another open net. The foul led to a penalty kick and to a red card to Gazzaniga. Isi Palazón converted the penalty and gave the visitors a 3-0 lead by halftime. Ten-man Girona pulled one closer with Joel Roca in the 57th. The victory allowed Rayo to pick up from where it left off last season, when it earned a European place for the first time in more than two decades. Rayo could have added to the lead in the second half but Pathé Ciss' late goal was disallowed for offside. Girona's former Atletico Madrid player Thomas Lemar debuted as a second-half substitute. It was without Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani because of the death of his father. Later Friday, Villarreal hosted promoted Oviedo. Defending champion Barcelona opens at Mallorca on Saturday. Atletico Madrid is at Espanyol on Sunday, while Real Madrid hosts Osasuna on Tuesday for its first match of the season. ___ AP soccer:
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14-05-2025
- Sport
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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.
