You once dreamed of the province of Alicante. Girona moved to the next round in the Cup with surprises, the two provided by Orihuela with two goals that forced the Catalans to react in the second half to turn the contest upside down.
The Municipality of Los Arcos is full and, with it, the balconies that embrace the Alicante fiefdom. The residents of Girona, wearing their second kit, formed a chorus led by Stuani, who warned of the seriousness required to pass a new round. The message arrived.
It was halted as Pablo Torre saved the visitors’ first goal after a start of absolute dominance. Almena, the only young player present in the eleven full of irregulars, gave a wonderful help to the Cantabrian, who raised his finger in the race to win the starting position with Míchel after the sensitive loss of Yangel Herrera, hit mercilessly. in the corner of the goal defended by Arias (7′). The goal is important, both for Pablo’s confidence and for Girona, who need the best version of the midfielder with the ‘blanc-i-vermella’ jersey.
Dominance provided peace of mind until the first 25 minutes. The rain, which drenched in the first half, witnessed the step forward taken by the scorpions. Toni Fuidias had to show his fingers with a shot from the edge of the area, although the surprise came two minutes later, with a dangerous free kick by Amando. If in some situations the forces are equal, those are set pieces. Mendi, relying on Kebé, puts a tie in the light, which reveals ‘Yes we can’ in the stands (27′).
The setback of the Alicante team woke up Míchel’s team a little more, who raised their gears to make their rival a little more. It involves some risky actions, even without the greatest luck. The locals did get it, as they took the lead again from a set piece in the final action of the first half. Booker expected the near post to finish a corner kick with his head, impossible for Fuidias (45′).
It was curious to see a good portion of the top players in the Catalan team and see two goals from set pieces. In the same tone at 9:00 pm, Girona came out to reverse the situation. There was not much trembling in the legs of the Girona men, but they did not easily sink their teeth into the scorpions, which encouraged Couto, Miguel and Savinho because of the difficulties they showed in the clash.
With the ‘gironin’ focused on the attack, the head appeared, the legendary leader of the Stuani. The Uruguayan was in charge of signing a new double in the Cup and took advantage of the sweets of Valery and Miguel to round the score with two plays on the left wing, almost identically (66′ and 74′). Óscar Sánchez, seeing how his team’s efforts began to consume their energy, decided to be busy on the bench and provide oxygen with changes.
Miguel, not satisfied with a single assist, did not give Orihuela a break, regretting another goal that put the team slightly ahead. The man from Madrid gives the ball to Portu to seal the tie and think, however little, about Sunday’s derby against Barça (82′). Soda gas also splashed Valery, who added the fifth with a new cross (86′).
With the four on the poster gone, Girona bid again to bounce back after an initial scare at Orihuela and progress to the third round of the Cup hours before facing the Blaugrana at Montjuic.
match lineup
1
2
3
4
twenty-one
22
8
6
Eleven
17
12
26
30
Eleven
fifteen
2
4
22
18
7
24
6
The arches
Tony Fuidias26
77′
Iker Almena30
57′
Valery FernandezEleven
86′
Juanpefifteen
47′
Bernardo Espinosa2
26′
84′
Arnau Martinez4
57′
68′
John Solis22
87′
Pablo Torre18
6′
48′
67′
Christian Stuani7
65′
69′
73′
77′
For your24
81′
82′
Ibrahima Kebe6
57′
Replacements
Juan Carlos1
Miguel Gutierrez3
57′
77′
That’s Coutotwenty
57′
Eric Monjonell27
Eric Garcia32
87′
67′
Juan Arango3. 4
77′
Victor Tsygankov8
82′
Savio16
57′
68′
Alex Almansa29
84′
coach
Oscar Sanchez
Michel Sanchez
Source: La Verdad
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