La Liga is one of the world's most popular Spanish club football tournaments. La Liga is one of the world's top three club-level football tournaments. Several teams participating in this league are well-known throughout the world. Among them, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Sevilla are some of them. Every year these teams are seen participating in popular global football tournaments. The achievements of Spanish La Liga teams in global tournaments are also very rich!
A total of twenty teams, including Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, and Sevilla, compete for the La Liga title every season. This time too was no exception. However, the exception is the point table fight. While the fans were dreaming of winning the title around the champions of the last seasons, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid, in this season, Girona has shown quite a surprise in the race for the title.
The team, which was eliminated from La Liga due to poor performance in the 2018/19 season, made it back to La Liga in the 2022–23 season. Girona finished the La Liga season in the tenth position of the points table with 13 wins out of 38 matches. But the next season i.e. the current 2023-24 season, the team has shown an incredible surprise. Girona is at the top of the points table with 13 wins from 16 matches in the 2023-24 season. What is the secret behind the incredible performance of the team?
Girona played their last match against defending champions Barcelona. The tradition and history of Barcelona is more or less known to all of us. The team has achieved everything in the world. Barcelona fields a strong team every season. This time was no exception. Barcelona's XI against Zirna included Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, Lebedowski, Gundogan, Fikis, and Rafinha. On the other hand, Girona's team did not have so many famous players like Barcelona. But in the end, the current champion Barcelona did not win the match.
The match between Barcelona and Girona is played at home in Barcelona. Where Barcelona was supposed to dominate the match from the start, the team conceded the first goal in the 12th minute. Barcelona equalized with a goal from Lewandowski in the 19th minute of the match, the hosts. However, the match did not remain equal for long. Girona took the lead in the 40th minute of the match. If there were no more goals before the break, the first half ended 2-1.
After the break, Barcelona were desperate to get back into the match. Continued to attack the opponent's goal one after another. But always failed Barcelona. On the other hand, in the 80th minute of the match, the team went on the back foot by conceding the third goal Iker Gundogan scored the second goal for Barcelona in extra time of the match but it was not enough to win. In the 95th minute of the match, Girona dramatically scored the 5th goal and Barcelona left the field with a 4-2 loss. Girona beat Barcelona for the first time in their football history.
As a result of this win, Girona is at the top of the points table with a maximum of 41 points in 16 matches. On the other hand, as a result of this bone, Barcelona has dropped to the fourth position in the points table. In the end, will Girona be able to continue their performance?
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