He Girona outnumbered (1-0) the Almeria in Montilivi in a match that had a part for each team but was decided thanks to a penalty that Cristhian transformed Stuani with a quarter of an hour to go. With this victory and the punctures of the pursuers, Francisco's men are placed four points from the seventh place and secure a half playoff. He Almeria, with 60 points, four from direct promotion.
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The locals, with the usual gala eleven, jumped onto the pitch with the usual character and intensity that they print since Francisco's arrival on the bench. However, the tonic was also the usual one in recent days. The people of Girona dominated their rival and managed to have him locked up in his field with high pressure after loss and with a good circulation of the ball when they owned the possession, but without being able to be decisive from three quarters of the field.
At Girona, an action of Aday, who stirred well inside the box, was the clearest opportunity, but his shot, crossed, went out. In the somewhat conservative and intimidating visitors, his clearest approach was a header from Darwin after a corner kick.
In the restart, Almería took a step forward. The Almeria box took the pressure off and displayed a somewhat more offensive game. Darwin, the most active in the visitors, tried twice and forced Riesgo to intervene to avoid the goal. He Girona It was clearly from more to less, it faded in the second period at times and saved Samu Saiz's imagination.
Only an isolated action seemed that it could unbalance such an even encounter and it was so. Costas committed an absurd penalty on Valery with an elbow inside the area and who, if not, Cristhian Stuani, was in charge of transforming it with just over ten minutes to go.