Catalan teams have unexpectedly lost to lower-class opponents in the championship.
Both quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup, held on Wednesday, January 24, ended in sensations. So, Girona unexpectedly lost to Mallorca on the road. The hosts stunned one of the championship leaders by scoring three clean sheets in the first half. In the second half, the visitors made several substitutions and tried to win back. However, they managed to score only two return goals. 3:2 in favor of Mallorca.
Majorca – Girona 3:2
Goals: Larin, 21, Prats, 28, (penalty), 35 – Stuani (penalty), 68, Savio, 90+6
Sent: Railo, 68
Booked: Rodriguez 37, Costa 39, Railo 68, 68, Greif 72 – Couto 90+4, Blind 90+4
Mallorca: Greif – Gonzalez, Railho, Valient, Copete, Costa (Tony Lato, 65) – Dani Rodriguez (Samu Costa, 65), Mascarell, Sanchez (Morlanes, 80), Larin (Nastasić, 71) – Prats (Murki, 71 ) ).
Girona: Juan Carlos – Martinez (Yan Couto, 46), Blind, Yakobishvili, Miguel Gutierrez (Fernandez, 60) – Aleish Garcia, Herrera (Dovbik, 46), Martin (Torre, 73), Tsygankov (Porto, 60), Savio – Stuani.
Ball possession: 25% – 75%
Beats: 11 – 16
Flat strikes: 6 – 5
Corners: 3 – 7
Fouls: 17 – 5
Attacks: 57 – 130
On the eve of the Spanish Cup, another Catalan club, Barcelona, also lost. The Garnet Blues lost to local Athletic on the road in Bilbao. Regular time ended in a 2:2 draw, and in extra time the hosts clinched a 4:2 victory.
Athletic – Barcelona 4:2
Goals: Guruseta, 1, Sunset, 49, I. Williams, 105+2, N. Williams, 120+1 – Lewandowski, 26, Yamal, 32
Warnings: Sunset, Prados, Herrera – Christensen, Torres, Fort, Yamal, de Jong, Roberto
Athletic: Aguirrezabala – Lecue, Vivian, Paredes, Berchiche – Prados (Herrera, 90), Vesga (U. Gomez, 46, Jaureguizar, 105) – Ares (I. Williams, 59), Sunset, N. Williams – Guruzeta (Villalibre , 73).
Barcelona: I. Pena – Kunde, Araujo, Christensen (Cubrasi, 69), Balde – Pedri (Roberto, 99), where Jong, Gundogan – Yamal (Guyu, 106), Lewandowski (Felic, 77), Torres.
xG: 4.63 – 1.08
Strikeouts: 17 – 6
Flat shots: 7 – 4
Ball possession: 39% – 61%
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