This season, all the teams that have competed against Girona admit that Girona is a tough opponent. Even though Real Madrid was able to beat Girona in the previous match, Girona really made it difficult for Real Madrid to win. Meanwhile, there are only 3 teams who are able to prevent Girona from getting maximum points in 17 matches and only 1 of them is able to beat Girona.
This is one of the best seasons Girona has had in La Liga. They lead the standings with a 2 point advantage over Real Madrid and 9 points from Barcelona. This is the best way to prove that not all poor teams deserve to be underestimated in a competition, so that in the end Girona's performance deserves to lead the standings.
This means that the only team that has been able to beat Girona this season is only Real Madrid, while the other teams until now have not been able to and have only been able to draw so they share points.
We know Barcelona are a big and tough team but Girona being able to beat them is something of a big surprise especially now adrift of points away from Barcelona which I said it would be difficult to pursue.
It seems that this season will belong to Girona even if it doesn't miss until the end of the year, I don't know if after the half-season break there is no decline we don't know about that yet but I believe Girona can still maintain their performance.
Girona have always been a hot topic of discussion this season because of their form and indeed this also includes Barcelona losing by a fairly large margin against Girona previously but rather than comment on Girona I would rather discuss Barcelona's current situation.
In my opinion, Xavi current tiki taka scheme is great but they already have a problem as it's very easy to see through now.
Indeed, it was always worth it in their golden era because there were some players who had good dribbling qualities such as Messi, Ronaldinho, Etoo or some excellent playmakers like Xabi and Iniesta but for now it is still not going to be optimal because their pattern will not be able to be forced with the players they currently have.
We are aware that Barcelona still have a lot of great players now but it can't be compared to their golden era so the tiki taka scheme becomes easy to dispel because now Barcelona's opponents already know how to counter well by waiting in the defensive area and take advantage of the momentum to counterattack if Barcelona do a scheme like this. and it happened against Girona in previous weeks, Girona this season had a very good finish so they only take advantage of Barcelona negligence in the scheme and it proved to be worth it.