Orihuela resisted Until Stuani’s fist appeared. In the first half he even dreamed of 2-1, but in the second half the logic came true, the figure of Girona’s experienced striker emerged with two goals, Míchel brought his usual starters into the game and the match had a clear visitor colour. Orihuela showed very good football at the beginning of the second half, but when Girona took it seriously and entered the field, they disappeared from the map. Gutiérrez, Savinho and Couto. From then on the monologue was complete and the Scorpion group took no advantage. Orihuela’s goals came from two sets in the first half. Mendi and Booker. They dreamed until Stuani woke Oriolanos.
Orihuela only withstood the siege of Girona for six minutes. Pablo Torre, one of the best players of the match, opened the scoring with a hard shot from the edge of the penalty area and the Scorpion team had to open the game in search of an equalizer. He showed his quality at Los Arcos, the co-leader of the First League. He was the man in possession of the ball against a very feisty Orihuela team who looked for opposition mistakes to seize their chances.
In the 23rd minute, Sergio Camacho’s great shot almost took Girona by surprise, but the goalkeeper turned the ball away for a corner after a great dive. The action encouraged Orihuela and three minutes later, from a set down, Mendi combs Armando’s center perfectly to tie the tie. Start again.
When Girona was about to take the lead again, Aitor Arias prevented the goal with a wonderful intervention. Míchel’s team’s siege was complete but Orihuela managed to thwart any approach. Salinas, who made a perfect counter attack during the half-time, came very close to scoring a goal, but the Girona goalkeeper prevented the goal. A short while later, it was Bernardo who got his chance in the opposite area.
In the last play of the first half, there was an explosion of joy when Booker made a magnificent header on another set piece and the score became 2-1. No one could have predicted such an outcome after Girona’s dominance, but two expertly executed set pieces tipped the balance.
Orihuela started the second half very well, in a safe and good position He was on the field against the Catalan team and was getting bigger as the minutes went by. Míchel introduces three of his starters to try to straighten out the draw that has become complicated.
Girona stepped on the gas and came after a long combination Stuani’s goal was to silence Los Arcos. The match took another dimension and Stuani scored the third goal with a header in the game where the striker was fouled. Girona completed the comeback with 20 minutes remaining.
Orihuela couldn’t find a way to do damage and Portu secured the draw with great play from the Catalan side. There wasn’t much Óscar Sánchez’s side could do against a vastly superior opponent who at least gave them a scare at half-time. Valery scored the fifth goal for Girona, which ended the cup duel.