Girona started this year's Fairs in the best way by sleeping the first night of Barracas as the solo leader of Primera. Míchel's team added their third consecutive victory against a Celta in low hours that, led by Rafa Benítez, still cannot raise its head. A goal by Yangel Herrera in the 91st minute of a gray game ended up giving them three very valuable points.
A match that already began with a setback at home due to the absence of Eric Garcia who could not recover in time from some discomfort he had from the last match. This forced Míchel to change the drawing, bringing on Arnau Martínez and advancing Yan Couto's position, occupying the theoretical place of Tsygankov who, after a month of injury, remained on the bench.
Unlike other occasions, the game started very cold, partly due to the various interruptions that occurred at the beginning. Among them, the medical attention that a fan from the visiting zone had to receive and the withdrawal of the Jovent Gironí entertainment group, which stopped occupying its position in the south goal due to the problems that one of its members had with the local fans when They punctured a typhus that they had displayed. The chants from this sector of the stands were missed and Savinho on the left and Ivan Martín on the right were the only sparks for a very subdued Girona in the first half. He also saw how David López was injured, giving way to Juanpe before the break.
Celta had the clearest chance with a good counterattack that ended with a Baba shot that Gazzaniga was able to neutralize.
The passage through the locker room did not change the tone of a match that Girona continued to control but barely had a chance to score against a Galician team that continued to give up the ball, waiting patiently behind. But it was the people from Girona who surprised the Celta defense on the counterattack and Yan Couto, midway through the second half, could have opened the scoring with a deflected shot.
It was just after Míchel brought on Portu and Stuani to give the team another look. And he achieved it. First Stuani tried with a half volley that came off the post and then Miguel, thanks to a drop shot from Yangel Herrera. The Venezuelan minutes later became the hero of the night when he took advantage of a spur assist from Aleix Garcia to adjust a ball to the base of the sky goal post.
A few minutes earlier (83) the referee annulled a goal by Fran Beltrán due to an alleged prior foul by Dotor against Gazzaniga, to the anger of Benítez and his players.
