Girona can really take advantage of this opportunity. So they can get 2 more goals after the Rayo Vallecano player gets a red card. This is sure to be a major blow for Rayo. On the other hand, this is like a gift for Girona. Girona got 3 full points and they again took over 2nd place in La Liga. This proves again that Girona is still able to compete in the top clubs. Although in some current matches, their performance result may not be as optimal as we expect.
We don't need to be too confident in Girona as they have been unpredictable lately, after failing to compete with Real Madrid they really played badly and I assume they have no motivation to chase Real Madrid. Their only target was just to finish in the top 4 and they have done that, next season Girona is ready to play in the Champions League.
Don't be too quick to conclude that they will be in the Champions League next season, because even though they are in position 2, they are not completely safe because their distance can still be pursued by other teams. 10 points is their distance from the team in 5th position, yes it is indeed a pretty far distance. But if they again achieve negative results in a row as before, then they will be overtaken by the team in 5th position.
Now they just have to focus on each match they will play in La Liga if they want to be in the Champions League next season. and they must perform as well as possible in each match.
Girona manager Míchel has been thinking about this too that although currently Girona in the second place of league standings but don't mean their position currently will be safe because anything could possibly to happend and Míchel said currently he hasn't thinking about the race title with Real Madrid anymore because he realized with Girona current squad it's very hard to compete with Real Madrid for the title so that's why he switching his target that he want to bringing Girona to finish at top 4 or playing at champion league so that's why Míchel will attempts to bringing Girona to performing well for 12 matches remaining to fulfill his target
I have to says the competition for champion league spots is more interesting than race title because the difference points between Girona, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid is not too far so Girona have to keep win to ensure their position on league standings will be safe and this weekend Girona indeed has weak opponent compared to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid because Girona only playing against Mallorca which is on the paper this is easy match for Girona and previously Girona has suffering 2 loses from away matches so through an this match Míchel hopes they can able to bounce back and collect 3 points again from away matches