Girona is the leader of the First Division for the first time in its history
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He Girona has been positioned as leader of First division by first time in its history, after the victory they achieved this Wednesday against Villarreal (1-2). In the seven LaLiga EA Sports matches of the 2023-24 season that have been played so far, Miguel Ángel Sánchez’s team, Míchel, has obtained 19 pointswith six wins and one draw, and has climbed, in this way, to first place in the classification, with one point more than Real Madrid, which has 18, and two points above FC Barcelona, which has achieved 17.
Founded in 1930, Girona debuted in the First Division in the 2017-18 season. In that campaign, the Catalan club achieved a creditable tenth place finish, which it could not ratify, however, in the 2018-19 campaign, when, after qualifying in eighteenth position, it was relegated to the Second Division. In the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, he played in the second category of football in the Spanish State, achieving promotion in 2020 and in 2021 that he finally achieved in 2022. In the last campaign, the 2022- 23, the team from Girona finished the competition in tenth place, and remained with a chance to play in the Conference League until the last match of the championship.
In the season that has just begun, Girona started the League at the Reale Arena, where they achieved a point, after drawing 1-1 against Real Sociedad. Since then, the team coached by Míchel He has only added victories; They have six in a row, and they have obtained them against these teams: Getafe (3-0), Sevilla (1-2), Las Palmas (1-0), Granada (2-4), Mallorca (5-3) and Villarreal (1-2). These excellent results have taken Girona to first place in the standings, with a brilliant record of 18 goals scored and only eight conceded.
In this way, Girona is the twenty-seventh team in the history of the League to rise alone to the top of the standings. Currently, it is the highest scoring team in the five major leagues in Europe, with the same record as FC Barcelona, Brighton (from the Premier League) and Bayern Munich; In addition, up to eleven Girona players (Stuani, Dovbyk, Sávio, Iván Martín, Yangel Herrera, Aleix García, Tsygankov, Portu, Yan Couto, David López and Eric García) have managed to score goals so far in the League, a fact which only FC Barcelona and Newcastle come close to, both with ten.
The coach, Míchel, has indicated that his team has to “enjoy” this historic moment for the club: “It is not easy to achieve six wins in a row in the First Division,” said the Madrid coach, who is already thinking about the upcoming game. to face, at the Montilivi stadium, on Saturday, at 6:30 p.m., Girona and Real Madrid, the first two classified: “It will be a beautiful match, against one of the best teams in the world, and we are going to go as leaders,” he indicated.
Source: Eitb
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