Girona Fourth Best (Getty Images)
Girona continued their adventure this season and returned to the top again, after beating Alavés with a clean treble at the end of the 17th stage of the Spanish league football.
Girona settled the first half after finishing ahead with two clean goals, scored by Ukrainian newcomer Artem Duvbek (23) and Spaniard Porto (42).
The win lifted Girona's tally to 44 points to regain the lead by two points from nearest pursuers Real Madrid, and Alavés' balance stopped at 16 points in 13th place.
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Girona confirmed their victory by adding the third goal in the second half from a penalty snatched by Couto and carried out by Dufbek in the middle of the goal (59), to raise the next this season from the Ukrainian team "Dnipro-1", his personal tally to 10 goals in the league this season.
With these goals, the 26-year-old Ukrainian contributed to making Girona the third best attacking team in the five major European leagues with 41 goals, behind Bayern Munich (47) and Bayer Leverkusen (42) and against Manchester City, champions of England and the Champions League (40).
Mitchell's side will be hoping to end the year top when they visit Real Betis on Thursday before welcoming the new year at home in a very tough test against Atletico Madrid on January 3, 2024.
Girona aims to win the Spanish league title for the first time in its history, in its second consecutive season in the Lights League, after also spending the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons in the first division, before being relegated to the second division for 3 seasons.
Source: Agencies