Girona 2-0 Albacete: Girona keep piling misery on Alba | OneFootball

Girona took all three points against Albacete (2-0) in a match where the visitors’ lack of cutting edge ultimately made the difference. The side from La Mancha created chances and showed enough to compete for the result, but once again came away empty-handed. The defeat extends their poor run and keeps them in the lower reaches of the table, while Girona confirmed their fine form with a fourth win in their last five matches.

Albacete started bravely, pressing high and trying to disrupt Girona’s build-up. However, the first blow came from the visitors. Álex Moreno sent a ball to the back post, Boñar headed it back into the heart of the box, and Abel Ruiz popped up to open the scoring with the Catalans’ first clear chance.

The goal did not change the expected script. Girona began to take control and started finding spaces with ease. Álex Rubio and Víctor Valverde had chances to equalise, but they came up against a particularly inspired Gazzaniga. Corpas also came close after pouncing on a rebound.

Just when Albacete seemed set to reach half-time still alive, the second blow arrived. Carles Pérez got past Agus Medina on the right and found Van de Beek, who controlled, turned and unleashed a left-footed strike that clipped the crossbar before ending up in the net.

After the break, Gazzaniga once again played the hero. First he denied a powerful shot from Soberón, then he won a one-on-one against Corpas. Albacete kept pushing, but between the goalkeeper, their lack of accuracy and the woodwork, they gradually ran out of answers.

Girona could also have extended their lead, although Neva cleared a Carles Pérez effort off the line. In the final stretch, the match turned into an exercise in local frustration: a goal ruled out for offside, an Ortuño effort off the crossbar and, deep into stoppage time, the sending-off of the midfielder himself. Higinio had the last chance, but he too failed to hit the target.

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