Girona wrote one more chapter of its dream season this Saturday, by beating 4-2 Barcelona in the Catalan derby and, in addition to giving it the title of The league to Real Madrid, secured its place in the next edition of the UEFA champions league.
Thanks to an early goal from the Ukrainian Artem Dovbykwho is on his way to becoming the new Pichichi (he has 20 goals), and the magnificent entry of For yourwho in 10 minutes scored a double and gave an assist (to Miguel Gutiérrez), the team led by Míchel surpassed the Blaugrana team itself and regained second place in the championship.
But perhaps the most expected thing for Girona was to confirm qualification for the Champions League, and they achieved it this Saturday. In this way, in the next semester he will not only debut in European competitions, but he will do so in the most important one.
According to MisterChip, Only four Spanish teams had done this before, without any achieving it in the last 66 yearsnamely: Real Madrid (1955), Athletic Bilbao (1956), Seville (1957), Atlético Madrid (1958) and Girona (2024).
And furthermore, this historic record came after dealing a very hard blow to one of the most important teams in the world, something that is not new in the Montilivi team’s season: on December 10, 2023, they had taken the three points from Montjuic by the same result (2-4).
Along the history, Only five teams had scored four or more goals in both LaLiga games against Barcelona: Real Madrid (1929/30), Espanyol (1929/30), Atlético Madrid (1940/41), Valencia (1941/42) and Salamanca (1997/98). Now, there are six who have achieved it, and only two in the last 82 years, according to the ESPN Data Department.
Finally, in the last six decades, only four teams had beaten the culé team twice by multiple goals in the same season (Real Sociedad 1978/79, Atlético Madrid 1995/96 and Deportivo La Coruña 2002/03).
