Girona vs Slovan Bratislava, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
· UEFA Champions LeagueGirona beat Slovan Bratislava to claim 1st UCL win
Girona fullback Miguel Gutiérrez scored in the first half and defender Juanpe added a second from a free kick in the 73rd minute as they beat visitors Slovan Bratislava 2-0 on Tuesday to record their first victory in the Champions League.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 2': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tigran Barseghyan.
- 4': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 5': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
- 5': Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 8': Iván Martín (Girona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 8': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
- 8': Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Alejandro Francés (Girona).
- 11': Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Arnau Martínez (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 15': David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Donny van de Beek (Girona).
- 15': Arnau Martínez (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 16': Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 16': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Ladislav Krejcí.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Girona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 20': Foul by Alejandro Francés (Girona).
- 20': Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Offside, SK Slovan Bratislava. Sharani Zuberu is caught offside.
- 21': Delay in match because of an injury Iván Martín (Girona).
- 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 24': Substitution, Girona. Bojan Miovski replaces Iván Martín because of an injury.
- 24': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 24': Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Cristhian Stuani (Girona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnaut Danjuma with a cross.
- 26': Attempt saved. Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arnau Martínez.
- 29': César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Arnaut Danjuma (Girona).
- 29': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Girona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 30': Offside, SK Slovan Bratislava. Marko Tolic is caught offside.
- 31': Attempt missed. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez.
- 33': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Guram Kashia.
- 37': Foul by Arnau Martínez (Girona).
- 37': Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt missed. César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Danylo Ignatenko.
- 39': Foul by Arnau Martínez (Girona).
- 39': Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Foul by Kyriakos Savvidis (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 40': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 41': Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Goal! Girona 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 0. Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arnaut Danjuma with a cross.
- 45': Corner, Girona. Conceded by César Blackman.
- 45': Foul by Alejandro Francés (Girona).
- 45': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Alejandro Francés (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Girona).
- 45'+1': Kenan Bajric (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Girona 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Girona 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
- 47': Foul by Donny van de Beek (Girona).
- 47': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Alejandro Francés (Girona).
- 47': Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Attempt saved. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez.
- 48': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Dominik Takác.
- 49': Dominik Takác (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Foul by Ladislav Krejcí (Girona).
- 50': Arnau Martínez (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Foul by Kevin Wimmer (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 52': Attempt blocked. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Donny van de Beek.
- 53': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Dominik Takác.
- 54': Attempt saved. Bojan Miovski (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez with a cross.
- 54': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Dominik Takác.
- 57': Delay in match because of an injury Arnau Martínez (Girona).
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Foul by Bojan Miovski (Girona).
- 60': Kevin Wimmer (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Ladislav Krejcí (Girona).
- 62': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
- 63': Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Attempt missed. Marko Tolic (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 65': Attempt saved. Arnau Martínez (Girona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez with a cross.
- 65': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Alejandro Francés.
- 66': Attempt missed. Bojan Miovski (Girona) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Francés with a cross.
- 66': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Kenan Bajric.
- 69': Bojan Miovski (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 69': Danylo Ignatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Attempt missed. Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arnau Martínez.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Yangel Herrera (Girona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Francés.
- 71': Foul by Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 71': Ladislav Krejcí (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 71': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card.
- 73': Goal! Girona 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0. Juanpe (Girona) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
- 75': Foul by Yangel Herrera (Girona).
- 75': Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Bojan Miovski (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Foul by Kevin Wimmer (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 78': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Nino Marcelli replaces Danylo Ignatenko.
- 79': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Paulo Gazzaniga.
- 79': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Sharani Zuberu (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Donny van de Beek (Girona).
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 83': Foul by David Strelec (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 83': Ladislav Krejcí (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Substitution, Girona. David López replaces Donny van de Beek because of an injury.
- 84': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Artur Gajdos replaces Kyriakos Savvidis.
- 84': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Július Szöke replaces Marko Tolic.
- 84': Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Idjessi Metsoko replaces David Strelec.
- 85': Foul by Idjessi Metsoko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 85': Yangel Herrera (Girona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 86': Penalty conceded by Artur Gajdos (SK Slovan Bratislava) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 88': Penalty saved. Cristhian Stuani (Girona) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
- 88': Corner, Girona. Conceded by Dominik Takác.
- 89': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Bojan Miovski.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Artur Gajdos with a cross.
- 90': Hand ball by Bojan Miovski (Girona).
- 90': Foul by Bojan Miovski (Girona).
- 90': Kevin Wimmer (SK Slovan Bratislava) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Alejandro Francés (Girona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Artur Gajdos (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 90'+1': Arnaut Danjuma (Girona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by César Blackman (SK Slovan Bratislava).
- 90'+2': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Alejandro Francés.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Guram Kashia (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Tigran Barseghyan (SK Slovan Bratislava) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Artur Gajdos.
- 90'+3': Corner, SK Slovan Bratislava. Conceded by Paulo Gazzaniga.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Girona 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
- 0': Match ends, Girona 2, SK Slovan Bratislava 0.
Statistics
 SLB |
GIR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 19 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 35.9 | Possession | 64.1 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 250 | Accurate Passes | 505 |
| 317 | Passes | 561 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 10 |
| 10 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 40 | Long Balls | 29 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 16 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 17 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 32 | Clearances | 7 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Municipal de Montilivi
Location: Girona, Spain
Attendance: 9,246
Venue: Municipal de Montilivi
Location: Girona, Spain
Attendance: 9,246
UEFA Champions League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 4 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 4 | +7 | 10 |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 4 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Brest | 4 | +6 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Girona (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Paulo Gazzaniga (GK) |
| 15 | Juanpe |
| 18 | Ladislav Krejcí |
| 16 | Alejandro Francés  |
| 21 | Yangel Herrera |
| 4 | Arnau Martínez |
| 3 | Miguel Gutiérrez |
| 23 | Iván Martín |
| 7 | Cristhian Stuani |
| 11 | Arnaut Danjuma |
| 6 | Donny van de Beek |
Slovan Bratislava (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 71 | Dominik Takac (GK) |
| 4 | Guram Kashia |
| 6 | Kevin Wimmer |
| 12 | Kenan Bajric |
| 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis |
| 77 | Danylo Ignatenko |
| 23 | Zuberu Sharani |
| 28 | César Blackman |
| 13 | David Strelec |
| 10 | Marko Tolic |
| 11 | Tigran Barseghyan |
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