“It’s a very special day”

After giving the triumph to Girona against him Alcorcón (3-1) with a hat-trick, the Uruguayan striker Cristhian Stuani, captain of the Catalan team, admitted that “it is a very special day because three goals are not always scored”.

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Stuani, 35, scored three header goals in just 11 minutes (54 ‘, 62’ and 65 ‘), finishing three crosses from the right, from Aleix Garcia, Nahuel Bustos and Arnau Martinez. In addition, he stood as Pichichi with Stoichkov (Eibar), Ruben Castro (Cartagena), Umar Sadiq (Almería) and Borja Bastón (Oviedo), all with seven goals.

With the hat-trick of this Thursday, Stuani He has barely three goals less than last year (10), the only one in which he did not reach two dozen, after 21 in the 17-18 season and 20 in 18-19, both in First Division, and 31 goals of the 19-20 campaign, already in the Second Division.

Fourth triplet with Girona

In addition, he added his third match in a row watching goal and celebrated his fourth hat-trick with the red-and-white elastic, after those achieved against Vallecano Ray and Lugo in 2019 and Logroñés in 2021.

In his fifth year at Montilivi, the number ‘7’ has already accumulated 89 goals in 149 games with him. Girona. You will not be able to reach 150 games this Monday during the visit of the Girona a Tenerife because before him Alcorcón He saw the fifth yellow card of the course and will be withdrawn by penalty.