Míchel Sánchez’s Girona defeated Mallorca 5-3 in Montilivi this Saturday to record their fifth victory, an unprecedented tally for the club in the First Division, cement their place in the Champions League and move into the lead awaiting matches. Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Goals David López, Artem Dovbyk, Iván Martín and Yangel Herrera, in the first half and from Savio Moreira At the beginning of the second act, the Catalan team continued its perfect start to the season, collecting 16 points out of 18 and scoring 16 goals in six matches.
Abdón Prats compensated for Mallorca’s poor play by scoring two goals in the final stretch, with his right foot in the 88th minute and his header in the 95th minute.
Mallorca started the match on the opponent’s field with Sergi Darder’s first shot and two corner kicks in the first three minutes.
He received his reward in the second corner: the ball touched Viktor Tsygankov’s hands and González Fuertes awarded a penalty. Vedat Muriqi deceived Paulo Gazzaniga with a shot from the right of the Argentinian goalkeeper.adjusted to the bar.
Girona’s reaction to Mallorca, who handed over the keys to the duel and found himself overwhelmed, was extraordinary. Down with a five-man and four-man bench, Mallorca survived early domestic chances from Dovbyk, Iván Martín and Yan Couto, but the Catalan team’s overwhelming superiority was soon rewarded. Ball possession exceeded 75%.
It seemed that the local goal was inevitable and would eventually collapse under its own weight due to Girona’s merits. Dropped in the 26th minute: In a messy play in the area after a side foul by Aleix García David López finds solution from front of small area with a powerful hit.
The 1-1 result gave Girona wings, who attacked with many players and monopolized the ball. Míchel’s students reversed the score in the 33rd minute. Samú Costa’s penalty After a few minutes of review, the signal was given at the request of VAR. transformed him Dovbyk low finish.
3-1 was born from the boots of young Sávio Moreira: with a beautiful dribble he evaded Pablo Maffeo, ran to the baseline and set up Iván Martín. He beat Predrag Rajkovic (37′) with the death pass. Girona scored three goals in the first 40 minutes of the second consecutive match.
AND Yangel Herrera, who had just entered the eleven in the 45th, finished fourth Both from Girona in the afternoon with a powerful cross from the right wing.
Javier Aguirre tried to change the scenario of the match at halftime and switched from 5-4-1 to 4-4-2.Amath Ndiaye replaces Siebe van der Heydenbut Girona continued to control the situation. Even though a gear was missing, the opponent continued to look for the goal and celebrated the score 5-1 in the 57th minute.
Signed Savio, arrived on loan from French ESTAC Troyes (City Football Group) this summer and has already become an idol at the age of 19. A brilliant combination was completed by Dovbyk’s pass to the Brazilian winger, who beat Rajkovic’s effort with a cross.
At the hour mark the match was resolved. Montilivi was already making waves and Míchel divided the breaks by thinking about the weekdays. In the final stages of the match, Abdón Prats made the final 5-3 with two goals.
Data sheet:
5 – Girona: Gazzaniga; Yan Couto, David Lopez, Èric (Juanpe, min. 65), Blind, Miguel; Aleix García, Herrera (Pablo Torre, min. 75); Tsygankov (Portu, min. 62), Iván Martín, Sávio (Valery, min. 76); and Dovbyk (Stuani, min. 62).
3 – Majorca: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Valjent, Van der Heyden (Amath, min. 46), Jaume Costa (Lato, min. 65); Morlanes (Larin, min. 65), Samu (Antonio Sánchez, min. 78); Dani Rodríguez, Sergi Darder; and Muriqi (Abdón, min. 78).
Goals: 0-1, min. 4: Muriqi, penalty. 1-1, min. 26: David Lopez. 2 -1, min. 33: Dovbyk, penalty. 3-1, min. 37: Iván Martín. 4-1, min. 45: Yangel Herrera. 5-1, min. 57: Savio. 5-2, min. 88: Avdon. 5-3, min. 90+5: Abdon.
Judge: González Fuertes (Asturian committee). Local Iván Martín (min. 79) and visitors Samu (min. 31), Jaume Costa (min. 31), Morlanes (min. 33), Dani Rodríguez (min. 38), He warned Javier Aguirre (min. 39). ) and Nastasic (min. 90+1).
Events: The match of the sixth day of LaLiga EA Sports was played in front of 11,511 fans at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.