Girona FC crashed UD Las Palmas 5:2 on Saturday August 29 on Montilivi, in the 3rd LaLiga Hypermotion queue. 2 goals scored Yáser Asprill, and Jesé saw a red card. Girona won the first triumph of the season, and Las Palmas lost his leadership position and first lost.
Girona imposed conditions from the beginning
Girona joined the game under pressure. After 2 queues, she only had a point, while Las Palmas came to Catalonia as a leader with a set of wins. There was no specified difference on the turf. The hosts played higher from the first minutes, picked up the ball faster and regularly entered the goal of José Antonio Caro.
The advantage came in the 22nd minute. Jastin García hit from a distance after administering Fran Beltrán and opened the score. Until the break Girona led 1:0, and the guests did not take a single shot. The specified possession of the ball gave Las Palmas no control over the meeting.
Answer Las Palmas lasted 7 minutes
Rubén de la Barrera introduced Iván Jaime after a break. The reserve took 3 minutes to tie up. However, it was a short treat. In the 55th minute, Fran Beltrán utilized the mistake of taking the ball out, and moments later Yáser Asprilla entered the pitch.
The Colombian changed the rate of Girona's attacks. In the 60th minute, he hit the advanced corner after the contra and passing Vladyslaw Wanat. 12 minutes later, he utilized Abel Ruiz's perpendicular play, expanding to 4:1. Official LaLiga Protocol confirms that Asprilla scored 2 goals within just 12 minutes of entering the field. It was a ruthless replacement performance.
Red card Jesé and 7 goals
In the 75th minute, Jesé was thrown out of the field after a late foul on Izan González. Las Palmas finished the match in the jackpot. Taisei Miyashiro reduced the failure in the 85th minute with a shot out of the punishment field, but the last word belonged to the hosts. In the amount of time Izan González utilized another guest failure and set the score at 5:2.
Statistics show the magnitude of Girona's advantage. The hosts fired 17 shots at 5 Las Palmas attempts, though they had only 43.5% of ball possession. The ball revolved more frequently between the guests' players, but dangerous actions formed Girona. Football accounts for specifics, not sterile passes.
First triumph changes the mood
For the Quique Álvarez squad is the first win after a tie against Leganés and defeat with Córdoba. The goals do not remove all personnel problems after the decline, but give the squad the essential back-up point. It is peculiarly crucial to return Asprilla, who in Montilivi reminded of its quality.
Las Palmas got a painful lesson. The squad came as a leader, but failed in pressuring, securing their own half and walking the ball. Losing first place after 3 queues does not find the season. However, it shows that a good beginning of the league does not give any immunity. Without discipline and concentration, the advantage disappears in respective minutes.
Source: LaLiga, Mundo Deportivo, AS.
