Monchu
Rodriguez he emerged this Monday night as the hero of Montilivi with a real goal that was worth to classify the Girona to contest the promotion phase to the First Division. The Asturian, indisputable for Francisco in this section of the season in which the team has shone many times, has gone from less to more and is showing his potential and aptitudes to succeed in professional football.
It was the 87th minute of the meeting when Girona braided its umpteenth offensive action of the match. As had happened on many occasions throughout the game, Alcorcón managed to reject the first attempt, but the ball fell to Yan Couto and he, first of all, gave with a subtle touch so that Monchu, from the front and without thinking, invented a coiled kick that went away from the reach of the goalkeeper and that slipped through the entire squad of Jiménez's goal.
Somewhat worth its weight in gold. And so the team celebrated, where all the players, including the substitutes in the stands, ran to Montilivi's corner kick, aware that it was a goal that was worth a playoff. At the end of the match, the midfielder made it clear “we have suffered a lot and this team, this family, deserved the award.” In addition, on a personal level, Monchu recognized that “for me it is very important to be able to score a goal like this.”
Communion with the fans and celebration at the end
Monday night with a full Montilivi would undoubtedly have been a spectacular setting. However, as they have been doing all season, a hundred fans cheered on the team from the top of the southern goal, where they are located in every game to cheer on their own. At the end of the match and after retiring to the locker room, the Girona footballers came out again and celebrated their qualification for the playoff by singing and dancing on the Montilivi pitch, in an ideal image of what this team has achieved when very few believed in them. The euphoria was unleashed and it is no wonder, Girona will play its fifth promotion playoff to the First Division in the last nine seasons.