Girona 4-2 Barça: Recap
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Girona win a wild game to complete the season sweep and move ahead of Barça in the table Barcelona will finish the weekend in third place in the La Liga table with four games remaining thanks to a 4-2 defeat to Girona in Saturday?s Catalan derby at the Montilivi Stadium. The game delivered plenty of entertainment and Barça had multiple chances to win it early in the second half, but a 10-minute implosion in the final period led to another heavy loss to their local rivals as Girona completed the season sweep of their famous neighbors to move to second place and guarantee a spot in next season?s Champions League.
FIRST HALF
The start of the game was absolutely wild: before fans in the stadium or people watching on TV could even settle down in their seats, two goals were scored as Andreas Christensen scored a spectacular volley and Artem Dovbyk equalized with an easy header before the clock had even hit four minutes. Barça and Girona were wide open to begin the game and big chances were created on both ends, and each side came close on multiple occasions to scoring a second. After 10 minutes of insanity the game finally settled down a bit, with Barça taking control of the ball while Girona decided to sit back and try to create problems on the counter.
The Blaugrana moved the ball quickly and with purpose, and FermÃn López, Ilkay Gündogan and Lamine Yamal offered constant threats with their movements in the final...
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