Barcelona Lose, Girona To The Top Moves Real Madrid

Barcelona lost at home to Girona. (Twitter @FCBarcelona)

JAKARTA - Girona beat Barcelona 4-2 in a match at the Stadio Olimpico Lluis Companys to claim the top spot in the La Liga standings by shifting Real Madrid, Monday, December 11 in the morning WIB.

Barca did not move when playing at home. Girona successfully beat the hosts in a crucial match. The match was really crucial for taking Girona to the top of the standings.

Likewise for Barca, the match could help close points as well as improve positions.

However, Barca had to lose. They were forced to remain in fourth place with 34 points. Barca's position has been taken over by Atletico Madrid, who in the previous match defeated Almoria 2-1.

Both teams have points 34. But Atletico are ahead on goal difference. Aletico also still has one fight left so they have the opportunity to stay away from Barca.

Meanwhile, Girona succeeded in occupying the throne of the standings after pocketing point 41. Girona is two points ahead of Madrid who dropped to second place.

In that match, Girona, who played at home to the opponent, actually showed effectiveness when he got a chance to score. They actually lost in possession.

On the other hand, Barca's possession ball reached 68% so that the ball was more at the feet of Xavi Hernandez's troops. The chances of scoring goals are even more open to the Blaugrana.

In fact, Girona instead played effectively. As soon as he got a chance when the game had only been running for 12 minutes, Artem striker Dovbyk immediately took advantage of it by breaking into the host's goal. This goal through Viktor Tsigankov's assist put Girona 1-0 up.

Only that advantage did not last long. Barca's flagship striker Robert Lewandowski equalized the score in the 19th minute. He made good use of Raphinha's pass.

In the 1-1 draw, Barca still dominate the game. Only, Girona continued to play effectively. As a result, they took the lead again.

This time, midfielder Miguel Gutierrez who got a pass from Ivan Martin beat goalkeeper Inaki Pena in the 40th minute. Girona closed the first half with a 2-1 advantage.

In the second half, Barca tried to get up by pressing the opponent. Only a bad finish made it difficult for the hosts to score goals.

On the other hand, Girona managed to increase the advantage in the 80th minute. Valery Fernandez's goal was to welcome assists from Crithian Stuani.

The goal seems to have erased Barca's hopes of avoiding defeat. However, they were still able to reduce their defeat when Ilkay Gundogan scored in injury time.

The match ended with Stuani's beautiful goal in the 90+5 minute. A volley through his right foot broke Pena's goal and changed the score to 4-2.