Barcelona 2-4 Girona: Nothing can stop the Catalan coach, historic victory and leader in La Liga

Spain’s top team of the last two months, Girona, has proven that he is on his way to the La Liga title by no accident. The 4-2 against Barcelona was their first ever win against the Blaugrana and then brought them back to the top of the table 16 gamesin a clear statement of intent for this season.

The home team had the ball at their feet for most of the early stages of the game, but too open defense cost them Artem Dovbyk’s goal in the 12th minute. The answer came immediately with a header from Robert Lewandowski, who also scored his 8th goal in this year’s championship.

Xavi’s men had three good chances to turn the game around in the first half but were unable to beat Paulo Gasaniga and paid for it in the 40th minute. Miguel Gutierrez reached the penalty area with individual energy against Barcelona’s static defense and regained the lead for the visitors with a clever shot with his nose.

Xavi didn’t make any changes and trusted his players, who performed worse in the 2nd half and didn’t pose a threat. The big moments dried up and the introduction of Ferran Torres, Alejandro Balde and Lamine Yamal didn’t help.

The change that made the difference came from Mitchell, who substituted Valeri in the 78th minute, and two minutes later, with a volley from the goalkeeper and a header from another attacking change, Cristian Stuani brought the ball to the Spaniard, who slotted it under him Legs from Gilles Coute and like in training he made it 3-1.

Barcelona were so desperate that they risked conceding a fourth goal by crossing. The unimaginable gaps in defense were a challenge for Girona’s players, who created scoring chances in the final against a helpless Spanish champion.

Ilkay Guidogan’s stoppage-time equalizer wasn’t enough for Barcelona, ​​who conceded another stoppage-time goal from Stuani and fell to 4th place in the table, seven points behind the leaders and with a rather bleak outlook on the horizon.

• BARCELONA: Pena, Cute, Araujo, Christensen (65′ Balde), Cancelo, De Jong, Guidogan, Pedri (80′ Fermin), Rafinha (66′ Torres), Lewandowski, Felix (66′ Yamal)
• GIRONA: Gasaniga, E. Garcia, Lopez, Blind, Couto (78′ Valeri), Martin (87′ Solis), A. Garcia, Gutierrez, Chigankov (78′ Porto), Donbic (74′ Stuani), Savio

The results of the 16th round

• Getafe – Valencia 1:0 (87′ Mayor)
• Alaves – Las Palmas 0-1 (31′ Rodriguez)
• Betis – Real 1-1 (66′ Ruibal / 53′ Bellingham)
• Villarreal – Real Sociedad 0-3 (38′ Merino, 41′ Thubimendi, 45+4′ Kumbo)
• Mallorca – Seville 1:0 (11′ Larin)
• Atletico – Almeria 2-1 (17′ Morata, 22′ Correa / 62′ Baptistao)
• Granada – Sporty Vacation
• Cadiz – Osasuna 1-1 (19′ Roher / 70′ penalty. Budimir)
• Barcelona – Girona 2-4 (19′ Lewandowski, 90+2′ Guidogan / 12′ Dobbik, 40′ Gutierrez, 80′ Valeri, 90+5′ Stuani)
• 12.11. 22:00 O’clock Rayo Vallecano – Telta

The program for the 17th matchday

• 12/15 22:00 O’clock Osasuna – Rayo Vallecano
• 12/16 3:00 p.m Celta – Granada
• 12/16 5:15 p.m Sporty sporty
• 12/16 19:30 o’clock Seville – Getafe
• 12/16 22:00 O’clock Valencia-Barcelona
• 17.12. 3:00 p.m Almeria – Mallorca
• 17/12 5:15 p.m Real Sociedad – Betis
• 17.12. 19:30 o’clock Las Palmas – Cadiz
• 17.12. 22:00 O’clock Real – Villarreal
• 18.12. 22:00 O’clock Girona – Alaves