Girona rescue point from Rayo Vallecano through superhero Cristhian Stuani
Rayo Vallecano 1-1 GironaRayo Vallecano and Girona finished their Monday night tie in Vallecas level, and they finished the weekend where they started it. The home side probably safe, but not guarante...
Girona rescue point from Rayo Vallecano through superhero Cristhian Stuani Rayo Vallecano 1-1 Girona Rayo Vallecano and Girona finished their Monday night tie in Vallecas level, and they finished the weekend where they started it. The home side probably safe, but not guaranteed, and the away team teetering precariously above the drop zone. That says little of the emotions they went through to get there though.
Visitors Girona felt more comfortable in the opening 20 minutes, stringing some slick passes together, but it tended to end at the edge of the box. Azzedine Ounahi was the surprise choice to lead the line, and the lack of focal point, albeit something that has been the case with Claudio Echeverri oin recent weeks, was conspicuous by absence. It was their press that brought about the first chance of the game, winning the ball back in Rayo’s left-back area.
Joel Roca was the beneficiary, and he rounded goalkeeper Augusto Batalla, but could not find a route past Andrei Ratiu’s last-ditch block. It wasn’t long before Rayo managed to drag Girona into a scrappier game though. The home side put the squeeze on in midfield, pushing into the Girona half for the following 15 minutes.
Jorge de Frutos fizzed a ball across goal, Sergio Camello couldn’t quite get a shot off from close in, but the opening was coming. It was Camello who it came to. On an increasingly rare foray forward, Girona were robbed in the middle of midfield, and Unai Lopez lofted it over the top.