GIRONA-CÁDIZ | Valery submits to Cádiz and invites a good Girona to another round

Girona showed more enthusiasm to stay alive in the Copa del Rey and obtained its reward. He passed over an apathetic Cádiz and that took worse news than the elimination: Akapo's serious injury to his right knee (He left the field of play on a stretcher). The rojiblancos are the ones who advance towards the round of 16 and they did leaving a great image and with Valery, who signed a double, as the main protagonist.

And that Girona appeared on the scene with a changed foot. It was Cádiz that tried to set ground, but failed to translate it on occasions. Pombo, Jairo and Adekanye did not know how to overcome a red-and-white defense in which the young Arnau stood out on the left-handed side. He tries to knock on the door of the first team and win and football are not lacking. As the minutes passed, Samu Saiz managed to get into a little more game and Girona began to have more presence in the opposite field. With little he prowled David Gil's area and, after a warning from Valery, Ramalho was annulled, in the 28 ', 1-0 for offside. There were no excessive protests, there is also no VAR, and that was the unremarkable of a first half in which it cost Cádiz, and a lot, to be comfortable and the scarce lucidity in attack and the slowness in the circulation of the ball prevailed.

The second half barely left minutes to settle because, in 48 ', Girona signed the 1-0. Nahuel Bustos, who disappeared in the first 45 ', retaliated with an excellent assist for a Valery who defined heads-up with David Gil with great quality and success. This rojiblanco goal knocked out Cádiz, which said goodbye to the Copa del Rey in just ten minutes. After a failed counterattack, Samu Saiz rebelled and led the 2-0 action that was once again defined by Valery. Nahuel also intervened by letting the ball pass (it will be difficult to know if with intention or not) and the one from L'Escala, with a single touch, beat David Gil. It was 58 'and, despite Cervera's changes, Iván Alejo, Malbasic and Álex appeared, Cádiz gave up. Akapo's injury froze them even more and Girona just let the minutes go by. Although in the end, between Kebe playing the red card (he only saw the yellow one) in the 82nd minute for a very tough tackle on Saturday, the disallowed goal to Malbasic and the possible penalty to Iván Alejo, the duel was agitated. Nothing changed and the people of Girona smile. Further, Stuani was seen again on the pitch after his injury and they still have more reasons to do so. He had a chance to score, saw a yellow and accumulated feelings to try to be decisive in the second round of the League.

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Francisco: “The Cup is exciting”

Satisfied with Girona's victory against Cádiz, Girona coach Francisco Rodríguez insisted that the team's priority “is the league, but the Cup is exciting” and that the Montilivi team will continue “fighting to pass rounds, to go as far as possible.” “Happy”, the Girona coach celebrated that, “against a difficult rival”, several players “have given a very good version”, and, at the same time, he assured that “it is time for everyone to get 100 % and get to your optimum level. We need you all. “

“Increasing competitiveness is to the benefit of the bloc for the future and next Saturday's game, which is what is really important“Francisco added, already setting his sights on the Catalan derby against Espanyol, the leader of the Second Division. EFE