Girona returns with its sights set on Europe against Alavés

Girona is in eighth place and, after Christmas, returns with its sights set on the European positions. They will face an Alavés team very close to relegation in Mendizorroza.

After the break for the Christmas holidays, Girona returns to the league competition with its sights set on Europe. Deportivo Alavés and Girona will open the day on Saturday in a match that will confront two teams without the best of streaks in terms of results. The local team, Eduardo ‘El Chacho’ Coudet’s Alavés, will open the year having accumulated 4 draws and 2 losses in the last 6 games. In addition, having been eliminated in the middle of the Copa del Rey by Deportiva Minera in the penalty shootout.

For its part, Míchel’s Girona has just closed the year with a resounding 3-0 victory against Real Valladolid in Montilivi. Although if we leave that match aside, the month of December for Girona was not good at all in any of the three competitions it has played in. Of the six games they have played in all competitions in the past month, they have accumulated two defeats in the League against Real Madrid and Mallorca, a draw against Villarreal, elimination in the Copa del Rey on penalties against UD Logroñés and a defeat in the Champions League against Liverpool, which virtually left them out of the competition.

New year, new life

That is what the entire babazorra community will think to predict a change of course in their team this 2025. An Alavés that does not finish getting away from the lower-middle zone of the classification. And that is due above all to the lack of victories of a team that has not won since last November 1 in ‘Mendi’ against Mallorca by 1-0. In fact, along with Valencia and Osasuna, it is the only team in the classification that has not won any victory in the last 5 days. It is since the dismissal of Luis García Plaza and the hiring of Coudet, that the Basque team has not lost in the League, having accumulated three consecutive draws against Osasuna, Athletic Club and Valencia.

Girona, with its sights set on Europe

Míchel already said it in the press conference before the game, the team’s objective has to be built with an eye toward Europe. And that happens, today, for winning in Mendizorroza. Girona had an almost perfect month of November, but the irregularity of results last December, added to the eliminations in the Copa del Rey, and virtually in the Champions League, took their toll on the team. Even so, with the return of Viktor Tsygankov after a double consecutive injury, Girona recovers a large part of its attacking force, something that predicts a substantial improvement in a team that will seek to fight with Mallorca, Villarreal and Real Sociedad for the European places. .

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