{"id":302105,"date":"2023-12-12T17:30:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302105"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:30:40","slug":"barcelona-2-4-girona-la-ligaa-surprise-package-beat-catalan-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/barcelona-2-4-girona-la-ligaa-surprise-package-beat-catalan-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona 2-4 Girona: La Liga&apos;a surprise package beat Catalan rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Barcelona 2-4 Girona: La Liga&#8217;s surprise packages beat Catalan rivals to continue incredible start to the season and return to the top of the table&#8230; leaving Xavi&#8217;s champions seven points adrift in fourth\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Girona beat Catalan rivals Barcelona to continue their table-topping form\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The 4-2 win at Barcelona sees Girona return to the top of the La Liga table\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>IAN LADYMAN reveals the GREATEST weapon a manager has against a journalist &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Girona continued their incredible start to the season as they were victorious over rivals Barcelona in the Catalan derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Artem Dovbyk, Miguel Gutierrez, Valery Fernandez and Cristhain Stuani were\u00a0enough to see Girona return to the top of the table, despite Barca briefly levelling through Robert Lewandowski and scoring a late Ikay Gundogun consolation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Xavi&#8217;s side were hoping to close the gap on both Girona and Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, but now found themselves trailing both teams and are seven points off top spot.<\/p>\n<p><span>Full report to follow&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/21\/78797415-12847961-image-a-25_1702243279036.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Miguel Gutierrez celebrates scoring the second goal in Girona&#8217;s 3-1 win over Barcelona\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847961\/Barcelona-2-4-Girona-La-Ligas-surprise-package-beat-Catalan-rivals-Nou-Camp-continue-Gironas-incredible-start-season-return-table.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona 2-4 Girona: La Liga&#8217;s surprise packages beat Catalan rivals to continue incredible start to the season and return to <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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