Girona tried in every way, but they couldn’t beat Feyenoord, who came out the winner of a match full of errors corresponding to matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage. The people from Girona took the lead first, but the Dutch managed to come back in ten minutes and were able to score the third from a penalty. Van de Beek then equalized, frustrated by Krejci’s own goal near the end. Premiere in Montilivi full of sadness, since the current locals are left to zero after two games.
The Catalan team started better and as a result of this came the 1-0, a historic goal for David López’s club, which took advantage of a gift from the Feyenoord defense when trying to clear a corner. But the joy, far from being good for MÃchel Sánchez’s men, was the beginning of a bloodletting that lasted the entire first half and could have had much worse consequences. The Dutch not only came back, but scored both goals in ten minutes and were on the verge of scoring a third had it not been for Gazzaniga saving a penalty from Ayase Ueda.
That was in the 36th minute, but before that Yángel Herrera’s own goal and Milambo, Feyenoord’s midfielder, gave Brian Priske’s team the advantage. When they returned from the locker room, Girona came back to life and managed to tie in the 51st minute, but the referee ruled it out due to offside by Van de Beek before giving the pass that led to Hancko’s own goal.
Minutes later, Miovski, who was going to have his first start in the Champions League and his second appearance with Girona, made Montilivi regret it again by missing a penalty in the 67th minute. Wellenreuther became the hero of Feyenoord, who once again escaped the tie. The same protagonist of the draw that was not worth it would be to make Girona’s second.
Van de Beek managed to equalize in the 72nd minute by pushing a pass from Danjuma into the net after a spectacular play by the former Villarreal player. But, in a game where errors reigned, another one was going to end up condemning MÃchel’s team. In this case it was another own goal from Krejci, the defender who saved the day for much of the match in Paris, who now became Montilivi’s target.
The action was like this: Igor Paixao’s run, he left it to Hancko, who did not tire of going up and when he put the pass he met the foot of Krejci, who in a silly attempt to clear it put it into his goal. Girona ended up asking for a hand in the Feyenoord area in a desperate attempt to scratch a point. It was while trying to clear, when two Dutch defenders got into a tremendous mess that almost touched the hand of one of them.
