Girona 0 – 2 Rayo | Rayo destroys Girona and is First

The Strip defends itself, sweats, shows and shines. Rayo made his own that the finals are won, they are not played and it is a new First Division team. The Madrid team made a demonstration of trade, quality and honor to a Girona who chose a bad day to capsize and lose again. Álvaro and Trejo, with their goals, turned the final around and repeat the feat achieved by Elche in Montilivi just 301 days ago. Lightning touches the sky.

Girona no longer know what else to do to end their jinx in the playoffs. The people of Girona add a new failure to their curriculum in promotions and it is that it is the fourth final they lose. In this way, El Rayo joins his list of black beasts and accompanies Almería, Osasuna and Elche. But it is that if someone made merits in Montilivi to smile and cry with joy, it was Rayo. And more taking into account that it gave the sensation that the Catalans did not learn the lesson of the first minutes of Vallecas and, this time, in their stadium they came out again with a changed pace. Much merit must be given again to Iraola, who placed Óscar Valentín as a pivot so that, when defending, he was a third center-back and gave Álvaro a lot of air in attack. This was undetectable for Girona's rear and showed him the seams already at 7 ’. Velázquez invented a long pass that the attacker picked up in an excellent way and his definition, before the timid exit of Juan Carlos, delicious. The final was already upside down and Girona could not take the pulse of the game. He had no vital signs and to show Juan Carlos's error, in the 12th minute, which could have caused the 0-2. As the minutes passed, the people from Girona became a little intoned, but the Strip weighs heavily and Álvaro took it upon himself to give it even more shine. On the brink of halftime, he disarmed, again, the entire defense of the rival and put a candy on Trejo that, despite putting suspense to the action, ended up eating it. 0-2 and Rayo, with that result, managed to overcome the final and be only 45 minutes away from being a First team.

After the break, with Girona against the ropes, Velázquez chose to spice up the final and, in the 56th minute, he saw the second yellow. Then Montilivi had it clear: “Uruguayan, Uruguayan.” Stuani appeared on the scene and, in the first one he had, he sent the ball to the post. The goal would not have risen to the scoreboard because in the control he helped his arm, but it was what Girona needed to dream. Although what the rojiblancos did not have was the office of a Rayo who slept the game and did not let anything happen on the pitch. In the 86 ', the rojiblancos despaired asking for a penalty by Saveljich, but it was not his day. And yes the Lightning. It is back to First.

Changes

Samuel Saiz (45 ', Gumbau), Ramon Terrats (45 ', Cristoforo), Esteban Saveljich (57 ', Andrés Martín), Stuani (59 ', Arnau Martinez), Aday (65 ', Yan Couto), Yacine Qasmi (76 ', Trejo), Luis Advincula (76 ', Mario Hernández), Ivan Martos (84 ', Oscar Valentin), Mario Suarez (84 ', Álvaro García)

Goals

0-1, 6 ': Alvaro Garcia, 0-2, 46 ': Trejo

Cards

Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva
VAR Referee: Santiago Varón Aceitón
Joel barcenas (30 ', Yellow) Velazquez (39 ', Yellow) Velazquez (55 ', Red) Trejo (75 ', Yellow) Juanpe (84 ', Yellow) Catena (95 ', Yellow