Girona took a giant step towards contesting the final of the 'playoff' for promotion to the First Division after beating Almería in Montilivi by a resounding 3-0, a goal difference that, since this system was established to promote, has only been they have come back once and it was precisely against the people of Girona, who then had beaten 0-3 in the first leg in Zaragoza.
With this precedent as the main warning not to give up the tie prematurely, Francisco and his coaching staff are very clear that they must follow the same line as until now to reach the final. Without any doubt, the arrival of Francisco to the Girona bench has brought stability to a team that finished the season in a spectacular way and that beat Almería from start to finish in the first leg.
In a very short time Francisco has been among the coaches of Girona with the best statistics on the bench and that is why the numbers guarantee his team for the return. In his 53 games as rojiblanco coach he has achieved 26 victories, 14 draws and 13 defeats, eight of them by the minimum. Of all these matches, all except one, would be worth the Catalans to access the round and only one would mean having to unbalance the tie in extra time. The match in question is the one played by Girona in the Anxo Carro de Lugo at the beginning of this season, in which an early expulsion of Antonio Luna conditioned the future of the duel