life It remains the same for Deportivo Alavés in 2025. The babazorros, serious once again, left moments of good football and created two clear opportunities to add against Girona the first victory of the ‘Coudet era’, but Their lack of punch condemned them to start the year with defeat. A result that, depending on what the direct rivals do, could make the Gasteiz team start the year on the decline.
There were no surprises, but yes great news in the eleven of the Argentine coach for the visit of Michel’s team. Jesús Owono, the protagonist, He formed in goal in place of the injured Antonio Sivera; Nahuel Tenaglia recovered the right side; and Manu Sánchez occupied the opposite lane so that Moussa Diarra will act in the core of the rear. The remaining eight albiazules were the same ones who played at Mestalla.
The initial minutes were score. Neither Alavés nor Girona dared to take more risks than they should and that led to a safe exchange of possessions. The lack of success in the combinations did not help either. A deflected shot by Abel Ruiz just get out of the center, which wasn’t even worth it, and an interesting center from Antonio Blanco that Kike García did not head well It was the least notable during the first 25 minutes.
Before half an hour, yes, there were incidents that They forced Coudet to look at the bench. Joan Jordán and Carlos Martín felt a puncture in the same play and both asked for the field, leaving his place to Ander Guevara and Tomás Conechny. This crash section was very bumpy, since Michel also had to exhaust one of his windows to enter Danjuma by Miguel Gutiérrez. The lack of activity was very noticeable.
After the changes, coincidentally, came the best minutes of Alavés until that moment. The counterattacks were deeper and he himself Conechny missed a very clear opportunity Carlos Vicente’s low center. At goalmouth, the Argentinean’s ball went high. It was curious in that play that Busquets Ferrer awarded a penalty for a slight push by Arnau to ten babazorro. The referee corrected it with the help of the VAR.
-Thus, Glorioso and his fans left for the intermission with the feeling of a lot of equality during the first half, but satisfied for the sweet aftertaste of the last stretch. Those of Chacho did not suffer too much, weighs on Girona’s talent of the midfield forward, and tried to create danger on the counterattack on some occasions. 16,464 were, specifically, the followers who gathered in Mendizorroza.
ERRORS AND SETbacks
The second half began with the same script, but with Alavés even more dominant at first. The problem was that the babazorra presence in the Gironí field It took a while to bear fruit. It was not until after the hour of play that, again, Conechny, He sent the shot high for 1-0. This was clearer than the first part, with Vicente again as assistant and the Gasteiztarras stands putting their hands to their heads.
To try to give his team a plus, Coudet decided bring on Toni Martínez for Kike, maintaining the drawing. He didn’t want to risk with two forwards, and he paid for it. Already in the final stretch of the match, the chances were conspicuous by their absence until, in an action, with hardly any danger, Solís took advantage of an error by Diarra to score 0-1. A shame for the Frenchman, who I hadn’t done anything wrong until then.
Already behind on the scoreboard, the Argentine coach Asier Villalibre entered in desperation, replacing Manu Sánchez. The change was not successful. Girona did not get complicated in the last minutes and ended up taking the three points from Mendizorroza without needing much, really. It remains to be seen if this result does not cause Alavés to start the year in relegation positions, something unprecedented since he returned to the elite.
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