Girona tackle Arsenal subsequent week of their ultimate Champions League match of the season, throughout which they are going to hope to revive some pleasure after a dismal run of leads to the league section. Michel Sanchez’s aspect have collected factors in just one sport (2-0 victory towards Slovan Bratislava), so they are going to hope to make it a second on Wednesday, though the Premier League giants are agency favourites for the win.
To make issues harder for Girona, they are going to virtually definitely be with out one other two key gamers for the match at Montilivi. They’re already sweating on the health of Miguel Gutierrez and Ladislav Krejci, and now beginning goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga and key defender Daley Blind each picked up muscular accidents throughout Sunday’s La Liga fixture towards Rayo Vallecano.
Blind was pressured off on the half hour mark to get replaced by Alejandro Frances, and minutes later, Gazzaniga additionally felt his hamstring. Nonetheless, Girona head coach Michel opted towards making a direct substitute as it might have meant that there was solely extra slot for the rest of the match. As such, the Argentine ‘keeper stayed on till half time, at which level Pau Lopez got here on in his place.
➡️ Francés
⬅️ Blind pic.twitter.com/Qux8rRjSkI— Girona FC (@GironaFC) January 26, 2025
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➡️ Pau López
⬅️ Gazzaniga pic.twitter.com/dLeSIyv4F3— Girona FC (@GironaFC) January 26, 2025
Within the coming days, Girona will talk the severity of the accidents sustained by Blind and Gazzaniga, in addition to the anticipated lay-off interval. Membership officers will probably be desperately hopeful that each issues are minor, however even when that’s the case, each gamers will certainly not be risked towards Arsenal.
Girona will probably be enjoying for pleasure towards Arsenal after their midweek defeat to AC Milan confirmed that they can’t progress to the Champions League knockout phases. Nonetheless, the squad will probably be determined to present their supporters one thing to cheer about, particularly because it seems to be unlikely that qualification will probably be attainable for subsequent season’s competitors.