Girona feels harmed and raises its voice against VAR

Girona has said enough. The rojiblanca entity, through its president, Delfí Geli, has raised his voice against some decisions that are made or allowed to pass from the VAR because he considers that “in the face of the situations that are happening at the moment it is necessary to reflect. The team, against a very good rival (Mallorca) competed well, but it is evident that, with the actions that occur, our players feel frustration and that they are being harmed in the sense that not all plays are evaluated in the same way. Many plays happen in games and in recent games we feel that the comparative injury of one team and the other is always against or against Girona. We believe that the VAR serves to clarify and help, but at this time we are having a hard time understanding the decisions that are being made“.

Against Mallorca, Girona considers that the VAR did not act in the correct way and the referee Pérez Pallás is placed in the spotlight again. He was already in the VAR in the second leg of the promotion playoff final against Elche last season and he was the one who warned the referee who was on the field of play that he should review the action that ended with the expulsion of Stuani. Geli did not bite his tongue and considered that, for example, in the last match against Mallorca, Ruiz de Galarreta deserved the red card after a tackle on Sylla (he only saw the yellow one) and also spoke of the disallowed goal to Pablo Moreno: ” We have the tie play, which is very decisive, which is when the team is doing better than Mallorca. It is difficult to understand the decisions that are made. there was another play in which it could be sent off because, in other games, similar or less dangerous actions the card was of a color (He referred to the expulsion of Monchu in Almería). And this time it was someone else's. All this has to be clarified and understood so that it is more real and more football. “Girona has never been against VAR, but it does hope that the criteria will be unified.

Finally, Geli wanted to praise the team's work. Girona is knowing how to deal with all circumstances and has added 15 points in 11 games. Despite having one game less, he has a five-point margin from relegation and sees the playoff at four. “We think the team played a great game against Mallorca and we have the feeling that is not getting the reward it deserves. We speak internally that the group still has to grow a lot and we are on the right path. We encourage our players to work hard and they will get ahead because the quality and the game they show on the pitch is to add game after game“, concluded the president of Girona.