Girona nonetheless above Barcelona and Real Madrid – with assist from ex-Gillingham star
Aston Villa are flying excessive within the Premier League and Bayer Leverkusen are main the best way within the Bundesliga, however the actual Cinderella story is going on in La Liga.
Girona are two factors away from Real Madrid on the high of the desk and on the verge of mounting their first-ever title problem. The Catalan membership, who’ve spent simply three seasons within the high flight of their 93-year historical past, have gained 13 of their 16 league video games up to now, and a thumping 4-2 win over Barcelona on the Camp Nou on Sunday proved they imply enterprise.
Despite the actual fact they’ve by no means completed above tenth earlier than, and a have a stadium solely barely greater than Luton’s, the Gironistes have been holding their very own on the summit of Spanish soccer – and so they’ve been doing so with a former Gillingham participant of their first workforce.
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Ex-Premier League goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga, who joined Girona on mortgage from Fulham in 2022 earlier than making the transfer the transfer everlasting in the summertime, spent a season at Gillingham as a teen after being launched by Valencia.
His kind on the Kent membership earned him a transfer to Southampton, and he later signed for Tottenham following a profitable mortgage spell at Rayo Vallecano. Gazzaniga spent 4 years on Tottenham’s books, and though he by no means managed to unseat Hugo Lloris because the membership’s No. 1 he performed 25 occasions within the 2019/20 marketing campaign when the Frenchman went out with an elbow damage.
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He joined Fulham in 2021, however performed second fiddle but once more and moved on after only a season. In his debut marketing campaign at Girona he stored simply 4 clear sheets in 28 video games, however earned constructive opinions after unseating long-term first alternative keeper Juan Carlos.
The Argentina worldwide, who earned his one and solely cap in 2018, has matched final season’s clear sheet tally already this season and has among the finest save percentages within the division.