The Champions League extends its arms to Girona. The Catalans got a little closer this Saturday by winning on the field of Las Palmas (2-0). A match that could be summed up as a story of penalties. The first was in favor of the locals. But Sandro missed his attempt, stopped by Paulo Gazzaniga (8th).
The visitors, for their part, did not miss their chance, even if they had to do it twice on the opening score signed by David Lopez, who followed Artem Dovbyk’s penalty saved by Alvaro Valles (1-0, 26th). The Ukrainian, top scorer in La Liga, benefited from a new opportunity after returning from the locker room and, this time, did not miss (2-0, 57th) to score his 19th goal of the season in the Championship and allow his family to take a break.
Not flamboyant in the game, Girona provided the essentials and this success allows it to climb to provisional second place in Liga, while waiting for the FC Barcelona match (against Valencia, Monday). But also to distance itself (10 points) from the fourth place currently occupied by Atlético de Madrid, which hosts Athletic Bilbao (5th) this Saturday (9 p.m.) in a decisive match in the race for qualification for the C1. For its part, Las Palmas is slipping in 13th place, with a comfortable lead (12 points) over Cadiz, 18th and first relegation.
