There are many ways to measure Girona’s sweet moment. One is with marketing because the club has already sold the same shirts as all of last season (9,000). Another is with the classification. Taking advantage of the fact that Madrid is in Riyadh, the team can once again be the leader alone. A draw at the home of the bottom team, Almería, would be enough for them. But if Míchel’s team wins at the PowerHorse Stadium they will achieve a record score: 51 points.
Girona 2017-18, directed by Machín, is the best in history to date. At least numerically. Then he finished the course with that figure that Míchel can now add in just 20 days.
The current Girona is a very offensive team, capable of scoring four goals against Atlético and Barça and a total of eleven in their last two duels with the Almería team. But the last visit to Almería (3-2 for the locals), on October 20, 2022, changed everything for Paulo Gazzaniga, their goalkeeper. He went from not playing to being a starter ahead of veteran Juan Carlos. In the next match, with the team in the relegation zone, Míchel opted to change goalkeeper and the Argentine, who did not settle at Tottenham, Elche or Fulham, has no longer moved. There are now 47 consecutive league games.
Along with Aleix García (the captain) and Savinho (the revelation), Gazzaniga is the only one who has started every matchday. He has kept a clean sheet five times, only one away from Montilivi, in Cádiz.
The son and brother of goalkeepers, Gazzaniga, who celebrated his 32nd birthday on January 2, is the quiet man of Girona who breaks records. Just in case, he is one of those who already has experience in the Champions League.
