Kickoff: 21:00 CEST / 20:00 BST / 3:00 PM EDT / 12:00 PM PDT
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Montilivi
Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos
Lineups:
Girona: Paulo Gazzaniga - Miguel Gutierrez, Daley Blind, David Lopez, Arnau Martinez - Aleix Garcia - Savio, Ivan martin, Yangel Herrera, Yan Couto - Artem Dovbyk
Subs: Toni Fuidias, Bernardo Espinosa, Juanpe, Ibrahim Kebe, Pablo Torre, Jhon Elmer Solis, Cristhian Stuani, Viktor Tsygankov, Iker Almena
Celta: Vicente Guaita - Manu Sanchez, Unai Nunez, Carl Starfelt, Kevin Vazquez - Jonathan Bamba, Carlos Dotor, Renato Tapia, Luca de la Torre - Jorgen Strand Larsen, Iago Aspas
Subs: Agustin Marchesin, Coke Carrillo, Oscar Mingueza, Carlos Dominguez, Fran Beltran, Williot Swedberg, Hugo Sotelo, Franco Cervi, Anastasios Douvikas, Miguel Rodriguez
Match Events:
45+2’ - Substitution for Girona: Juanpe on for David Lopez
45+7’ - Yellow card for Couto
45+10’ - End of half
55’ - Yellow card for Kevin Vazquez
66’ - Couto with all kinds of space but shoots the ball over the net
67’ - Substitution for Girona: Portu and Stuani on for Ivan Martin and Dovbyk respectively
73’ - Substitution for Celta: Mingueza on for Bamba
77’ - Yellow card for Starfelt
77’ - Yellow card for Stuani
78’ - Substitution for Girona: Tsygankov on for Arnau Martinez
82’ - Yellow card for Juanpe
83’ - Gazzaniga makes a huge blunder on a cross and Luca de la Torre passes the ball into the empty net. However, the goal is disallowed due to a foul on the goaltender
84’ - Substitution for Celta: Beltran on for Dotor
90+1’ - Aleix Garcia sets up Yangel Herrera with a backheel pass and the latter banks a long-range shot in off the far post. Girona 1, Celta 0 – link
90+8’ - End of game. Girona 1, Celta 0
Match Stats - via Livescore.com
| Girona | Celta :–:|:–:|:–: xG | 0.58 | 0.18 xA | 0.78 | 0.32 Possession | 66% | 34% Shots on target | 2 | 2 Shots off target | 7 | 0 Blocked shots | 3 | 2 Corner kicks | 10 | 1 Offsides | 0 | 0 Fouls | 15 | 12 Yellow Cards | 3 | 2 Red Cards | 0 | 0
Standings:
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girona | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 28 |
| Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 25 |
| Barcelona | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 24 |
| Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 22 |
| Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 |
| Athletic Club | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| Valencia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 14 |
| Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 11 |
| Las Palmas | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 9 |
| Villarreal | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 9 |
| Alaves | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
| Cadiz | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
| Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 8 |
| Celta Vigo | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 6 |
| Granada | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 6 |
| Almeria | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 3 |
Upcoming Fixtures:
Girona: at Osasuna, 11.04, 14:00 CEST
Celta: vs Sevilla, 11.04, 18:30 CEST
Let me know if there are any mistakes, or if there’s something you want me to change
There is nothing wrong with the quality of football, La Liga is currently quite comfortably ahead of Serie A in goals per game despite everyone wanking over the brilliant football being played over there. And even besides banal statistics like that the tactical and technical level is extremely high. I genuinely don’t think the league has ever been better from top to bottom if we are not only looking at the top teams
The refereeing I fully agree with though, they actively have made games worse for years now by blowing their whistle constantly and stopping play. It feels like games are more free flowing this season though but I have no idea if that is the refs letting more go or the teams are simply playing better football in spite of the officiating