Girona visit Rayo intending to extend shock Liga lead

Girona visit Rayo intending to extend shock Liga lead Carlo Ancelotti’s side

were held to a goalless draw at the Santiago Bernabeu by their neighbors.

Girona get the opportunity to extend their lead at the highest table

of the table to five points on Real Madrid, second, and seven above Barcelona,

third, traditional Spanish giants are in action.

Real Madrid have Valencia on Saturday night,

while Barcelona, actually staggering from their defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk

in the Champions League, welcome Alaves on Sunday.

Some are beginning to wonder in Spain Girona can rehash the wonder English club

Leicester City pulled off in the Premier League in 2016,

when they amazingly lifted the title.

Girona were advanced in 2022 and are in just their absolute fourth season in Spain’s top flight.

They enjoy a benefit on a portion of the league’s different teams,

form part of the City Football Group, the UAE-based parent organization of Manchester City,

who purchased the club in 2017.

Anyway at Girona, key figures including coach Michel Sanchez and sporting director

Quique Carcel are keeping their feet on the ground.

“Inside, we are extremely clear that what Leicester did is an exceptionally large accomplishment

and clearly these are extremely decent circumstances,” Carcel let AFP know this week.

“In any case, we don’t contemplate that. We know the truth that we are in.

We realize that here, Barca, Madrid and Atletico Madrid are clubs that are

exceptionally huge and have an extremely high budget.”

Michel recently said Girona are not rivaling the competing three,

and on second thought battling with the teams behind them – – any Real S

“At the point when the league begins, no one can tell which teams will be at the top,” Carcel proceeded.

“Obviously, Barca, Madrid and Atletico Madrid,

however for instance Sevilla or Villarreal are teams that you thought

would be at the top and presently they are at the bottom.

“We need to take it game by game. Presently we play against Rayo

and Real Betis. Sociedad and Real Betis.

and we don’t need to think much past that. I believe it’s an extreme,

troublesome game against a team that drew at Madrid.”

Girona have outscored each and every team in the flight class with

29 goals in12 matches – – 10 wins and only one defeat – – yet Rayo are strong at the back.

Rayo have six clean sheets, the joint most in La Liga alongside Madrid and Barca.

Girona playmaker Aleix Garcia will be tasked with picking the locks at

Vallecas, as he has done with enviable quality and consistency this season.

The midfielder moved to Girona on loan from Man City in 2017,

but later signed for Dinamo Bucharest and Eibar before returning to Catalonia.

“Aleix has made a very big evolution, five or six years ago he was coming from City,

he was a bit immature in football terms,” added Carcel.