{"id":24968,"date":"2024-02-11T04:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24968\/real-madrids-girona-rout-a\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T04:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:13:15","slug":"real-madrids-girona-rout-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24968","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid&#8217;s Girona rout a &#8216;big blow&#8217; in title race &#8211; Ancelotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s Girona rout a &#8216;big blow&#8217; in title race &#8211; Ancelotti\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Alex Kirkland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rodrigo Faez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">February 10, 2024, 9:09 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Girona coach M\u00edchel admitted his side &#8220;weren&#39;t in Real Madrid&#39;s league&#8221; after Madrid beat them 4-0 on Saturday, a result Carlo Ancelotti called &#8220;a big blow for the La Liga title.<\/p>\n<p>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu and Jude Bellingham scored a brace &#8211; before being substituted due to an ankle problem &#8211; with Rodrygo Goes making it 4-0, leaving leaders Madrid with five points ahead of Girona at the top of the ranking.  .<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We tried to stand up to them, but when Madrid are at their best, we can&#39;t do it,&#8221; Michel said in his post-match press conference.  &#8220;The players gave everything, but [Madrid] were superior in duels.  The games of [Eduardo] Camavinga, Vinicius, Bellingham&#8230; We are not at that level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a growing club,\u201d Michel said.  &#8220;There are only four or five teams in the world that can fight with Real Madrid. When they play like today, it&#39;s difficult to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Valence, [Real] Betis is our league.  We are not in the Real Madrid league.  We took points from Barcelona, \u200b\u200bbut they are not in our championship, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid are not in our championship.  We will continue to work with humility.  I think we are candidates to be in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Carlo Ancelotti coached Real Madrid to a convincing victory over Girona despite missing all four of his team&#39;s recognized centre-backs. <cite>Photo by Burak Akbulut\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>M\u00edchel &#8211; who has allowed Girona to surprise contenders this season ahead of more established rivals like Bar\u00e7a &#8211; admitted Madrid are now likely to finish the campaign as champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a match anything can happen, but I had the feeling today that Madrid are very strong and if they continue at this level it will be difficult for them to lose points,\u201d he said .  Today, at no time did we have the feeling that we could <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a>&#8230; Our level is not that of Real Madrid. We were in a dream and we are still in a dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big blow for the La Liga title,\u201d Madrid coach Ancelotti said.  &#8220;Girona are a very good team. They haven&#39;t lost away&#8230; We are in a good position, we have played well so far. We have an advantage but it&#39;s just that, a small advantage. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Madrid&#39;s evening was marred by concerns over Bellingham &#8211; who have now scored 16 league goals this season &#8211; ahead of Tuesday&#39;s Champions League last 16 first leg against RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBellingham twisted his ankle,\u201d Ancelotti said.  &#8220;It will be evaluated tomorrow. Hopefully he will be available for Tuesday&#8230; There are games that Bellingham didn&#39;t play and others did well, like Brahim. [Diaz].  I can&#39;t be more worried than I am today.  Today we had four central defenders injured and we did well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s Girona rout a &#8216;big blow&#8217; in title race &#8211; Ancelotti\u060c Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez February 10, 2024, 9:09 p.m. Girona coach M\u00edchel admitted his side &#8220;weren&#39;t in Real Madrid&#39;s league&#8221; after Madrid beat them 4-0 on Saturday, a result Carlo Ancelotti called &#8220;a big blow for the La Liga title. 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