Girona thrashes Alavés, regains the lead and leaves Barcelona nine points behind

Eight days after showing off against Barcelona at the Lluís Companys, Girona beat Alavés at home, in a demonstration of their ability to metabolize their unexpected role in the championship. He is once again a leader, a rank that Real Madrid had temporarily deprived him of, without any threat of implosion. Against a rival from what was supposedly their League, they functioned with the ease and authority of a team that assumes its new hierarchy without vertigo.. [Narrative and statistics (3-0)]

Until their left wing began to get oiled, with Savinho running over, with Miguel Gutiérrez less vertical than usual, Girona knew how to turn the wing game. From there, from the right, the three goals came, all of them with the participation of Yan Couto, brilliant and hyperactive all night, until he retired injured in the final stretch.

A shot by the Brazilian that bit a defender was rejected short by Sivera, giving Dovbyk the opportunity to head in the first goal.. It was also Couto who offered Portu, once again a starter due to absences, the possibility of a cross shot that turned out to be accurate and left his team with a comfortable lead before the break.

Different alternatives

The leader needed patience to find air among the crowded Alavés midfield, which in principle was content with appealing to Samu's speed on the counterattacks.. The player from Melilla hit with a header to provoke Gazzaniga's only intervention in the first half, a simple one, firmly catching the ball.

There is no rush when it comes to generating play for the Catalan team, which, as they already demonstrated against Barcelona, has different alternatives to search for the opposing goal.. The calmness of the night allowed Míchel to move the bench, after another great individual action by Couto, the best of the match, ended in a penalty converted by Dovbyk, in what was his tenth goal of the championship, in the 58th minute. A shot by Duarte against the crossbar was the most accurate testimony of the visitors, who passed almost on tiptoe.

After almost half the League, far from declining, Girona is still the best team in the championship, playing with freshness and joviality, as if its performance were not worthy of astonishment.