The first step towards the elite, in Montilivi

The moment of truth has arrived after many weeks of uncertainty, tension and unknowns, and this afternoon Girona and Almeria will face in Montilivi in the first leg of the semifinals of the “play off” for promotion to the First Division.

It has been many days of training with nothing on the horizon, several weeks that passed and where the light at the end of the tunnel still did not appear, but finally it came out. He Girona put an end a year ago to a first adventure in LaLiga Santander two seasons and now he is eager to make his goal of returning to the elite a reality, although he was unsuccessful in all four times he made a promotion for promotion.

To achieve this, he is aware that today he must achieve a good result, especially taking into account the difficulties he had this season away from home, since he only celebrated three wins in 21 away games.

In the Catalan team the only two casualties will be those of the injured Brian Olivan (sprain ankle) and Brandon thomas, which broke the crusader in the month of March.

FRIGHT BEFORE TRAVELING

The first stone on the road to Girona to return to First is the Almeria, who faces the game faces the game surrounded by unknowns. The first is knowing which approach you will use and with which players. On Monday, the Portuguese Jose Gomes indicated that he will neither be a continuist nor will make a revolution in Montilivi, where he fell on his last visit after a penalty committed by David Costas and what transformed Stuan
i.

He Almeria, on the other hand, he moved to Girona Without one of his players, whom he isolated before the “inconclusive” results of Covid-19 in the tests last Tuesday, in which the rest of the group tested negative. The Andalusian club reported that it communicated the incident to the health authorities, in addition to LaLiga, CSD, RFEF and Municipal Sports Board.

Girona: Risk; Maffeo, Juanpe, Ignasi Miquel, Mojica; Granell, Gumbau; Aday, Borja García, Samu Saiz; and Stuani

Almería: Sivera; Balliu, Maras, Ibiza, Martos; Corpas, De la Hoz, Vada, Fran Villalba; Juan Muñoz and Darwin Núñez

Referee: Iglesias Villanueva (Galician Committee)

Stadium: Montilivi

Time: 7.30pm. (Movistar LaLiga)