Girona celebrates the carnival in Montilivi on the coast of Almería

After playing the worst game of the season in the Cádiz field, Girona was transformed from start to finish to complete their best performance of the season with a scandalous win against Almería.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
17 February 2023 Friday 16:25
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Girona celebrates the carnival in Montilivi on the coast of Almería

After playing the worst game of the season in the Cádiz field, Girona was transformed from start to finish to complete their best performance of the season with a scandalous win against Almería. The people of Girona continue to become strong at home, where they are among the best in the First Division, against an opponent who gave clear signs of why they are one of the worst away from their stadium, where they still do not know what it is to win. Taty Castellanos, Tsygankov, Rodrigo Riquelme and Javi Hernández in the first half, and Ivan Martín and Stuani in the second, were the authors of the six Girona goals while Ramazani and El Bilal were in charge of making up the result for Almería.

Things started in the best way for Girona since after 8 minutes, Castellanos, free of markings, took advantage of a cross from Arnau to make the first header. The same Argentine forward saw the goal again moments later but the VAR annulled it due to Aleix Garcia's previous offside.

Without Almería showing any kind of reaction capacity and with Girona playing at their leisure, Tsygankov, in his first start, made his debut in the Girona shirt pushing a drop shot from Riquelme to score the second just after half an hour. And without time to get up from the blow, the Andalusians saw how the third fell on the following play thanks to a Riquelme who, just after assisting, put on the goal scorer's cape, although Pizarro Gómez invalidated him first for offside. Before the break, Míchel's men still had time to make the fourth, the work of Javi Hernández, finishing off a masterful spur assist from Tsygankov from point-blank range.

The break caused Míchel's men to take their foot off the accelerator at times, which Almería took advantage of to close the gap with a goal from Ramazani, who beat a too-soft Toni Villa on the run. Girona, however, answered with two more targets from fresh players who had just entered: Ivan Martín, thanks to a cross-shot that turned into a millimeter chip that surpassed Fernando, and Stuani shooting the goalkeeper after another left spur from Ivan Martin himself. Minutes before the final whistle, El Bilal made the final score 6 to 2 in the middle of the "oé" of the local fans.