Winning, first step to overcome the jinx in the playoff finals

In football, if something assures you of success, it is victory. For this reason, Girona has resisted reaching him in all the promotion playoffs to First that he has played to date. But something seems to be changing and, in Vallecas against Rayo, he took the first step to end the jinx. Won the first leg 1-2 and finally he was able to experience a sensation unknown until now in the finals. In their previous three, against Almería (2012-13), Osasuna (2015-16) and Elche (2019-20), the Girona team were unable to win a single game. The best result was the draw achieved in the first leg against Elche (0-0), but five defeats in six games is incompatible with the desire for promotion.

This year the jinx in the playoff It could be history and, for now, the path is the right one. Winning 1-2 in Vallecas was something that the rojiblancos would have signed before starting the final tie and now they need sentence her on Sunday in Montilivi. The triumph gives them morale and shows them that it can be done. Dealing with nerves in the finals is crucial and, in past seasons, Girona has taken a toll on being subdued by the rival. But now the story is different because it is the people of Girona who are in charge of the tie. Winning brings you closer to Primera and they can finally know what it's like to do it in a playoff final duel. In the first season that the rojiblancos played in their history was the 2012-13 season, with Rubi on the bench, and the Almeria He gave them no choice. Montilivi assaulted in the first leg (0-1) and, in the return leg at the Mediterranean Games, they endorsed a painful 3-0. Football gave them again an opportunity the 2015-16 campaign, but Osasuna it didn't give them a break either. In the first leg, in Pamplona, ​​the rojillos won 2-1 and later in Montilivi they culminated the promotion by winning 0-1.

Four losses in four games of the playoff finals was a painful thing, but history did not change last year. The first leg against Elche ended 0-0 and, in the second leg played in Montilivi, the blow came with the defeat by 0-1. This is Girona's fourth playoff final and has had to play seven games to win one. The first step was already taken. Now they have to give the second, which could be the most difficult, to rewrite history and achieve promotion to First Division once and for all by way of the playoff.