BARCELONA, Nov. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Estadi Municipal de Montilivi opens matchday 13 of LaLiga Santander this Friday with a match between Girona FC, which has just drawn at the Santiago Bernabéu, and Athletic Club, which is sixth and experiences one of the best league starts in recent seasons .
In Girona they breathe and celebrate. In the midst of the Sant Narcís festivities, they celebrated the draw against Real Madrid (1-1), against the leader, as a triumph. Now, and being out of the relegation zone, they want to break another historic First to continue giving wings to that euphoria.
The return to LaLiga Santander is not being easy for a Girona that plays more and better than the table can reflect. However, and despite Sevilla and Cádiz having the same 10 points –both in decline–, the mood is good with that draw at the Bernabéu and Montilivi dreams of putting more ground in between with the red zone.
It will be a disputed duel in many ways. It is clear that the ‘lions’ of LaLiga are the players of Athletic Club, but in Girona the ‘lleona’ is famous whose ass you must kiss to return to the city and have a fortune. So not even that felinity from Bilbao will be respected in the beautiful Catalan city.
Those of Míchel, a coach who has a good part of his fans in love, have not won since 2-1 against Valladolid on September 9. He is far away, but the draws against Osasuna and Real Madrid in the last two days make them go, little by little and point by point, improving in the table.
Now they have a difficult challenge, because Montilivi is visited by an Athletic Club that started the season very well and that, after a small bump, has just beaten Villarreal to continue in Europe, sixth with 21 points –11 points more than the ‘gironins’ –.
Ernesto Valverde, on his return to Athletic, is stringing together a versatile team, which is still upright and physically powerful but plays the ball well in attack. And, above all, that he has a goal in the brothers Iñaki and Nico Williams.
In addition, of the four games played between both teams, Athletic came out victorious in three of them. The ‘lions’ already know what it’s like to win in Montilivi, and after four days without winning they were able to knock down the ‘Yellow Submarine’ (1-0) at home to arrive in a better state of mind for this ‘claw’ event.
-Friday 4.
Girona FC – Athletic Club 21.00.
-Saturday 5.
Getafe CF – Cádiz CF 14.00.
Real Valladolid CF – Elche CF 16.15.
RC Celta – CA Osasuna 18.30.
FC Barcelona – UD Almeria 21.00.
-Sunday 6.
Atletico Madrid – RCD Espanyol 2:00 p.m.
Real Sociedad – Valencia CF 16.15.
Villarreal CF – RCD Mallorca 18.30.
Real Betis – Sevilla FC 21.00.
-Monday 7.
Rayo Vallecano – Real Madrid 21.00.
