Andorra's gifts give life to Girona

GironaGirona needed life and Andorra gave it to them. The Gironins could not have had it easier and took advantage of two unfortunate actions by goalkeeper Owono to secure the victory before halftime (2-0). With this result, they are five points away from the direct promotion zone.

The match lasted half an hour, but the first visiting gift arrived in the fifth minute: Owono could not stop a strong direct free-kick shot from Bryan Gil at his near post. The winger had not scored since January 2025 in a Rayo Vallecano - Girona match placed in the calendar between two Champions League fixtures against Milan and Arsenal. Such times.

The false comfort of Quique Álvarez's men did not translate into visiting chances, beyond a well-disallowed goal by Jordi Cano for offside and a shot by the same player at the edge of halftime deflected by Gazzaniga, already recovered from his discomfort. Before that, Owono got tangled up with the ball at his feet and Vanat, alert in the pressure, stole it from him and certified that the final destiny was written.

Piqué, annoyed in the VIP box

Gerard Piqué watched it with an unhappy face from the Montilivi VIP box. The former Barcelona player, who was gesturing angrily, did not like at all the image of his Andorra side, which made a triple substitution at halftime trying to shake things up, but it was already too late.

Girona did not need to step on the accelerator or have a good afternoon to pick up a win they desired to boost their self-esteem after two consecutive draws. The momentum of the red-and-whites, however, is quite decent: they have only lost one of their last eight duels and that defeat was conditioned by an expulsion against Castellón when they were winning.

Something else is the gameplay, which continues to go in fits and starts and conveys very little. The tweaks made by Quique Álvarez did not provide fluidity and the team was constantly outnumbered in the creative zone, an ailment that has been haunting them for matchdays. It is being hidden by the fact of being effective in front of the opposing goal, a virtue that did not even need to be squeezed against Andorra, affected by Owono's errors.