Michel desires to see Girona flip in additional performances of the extent they confirmed in opposition to Rayo Vallecano in midweek, regardless of the actual fact they drew that recreation 0-0.
Winless in 4 consecutive video games in all competitions, final season’s shock LaLiga challengers Girona dominated proceedings on Wednesday with 70% possession, accumulating 2.0 anticipated objectives (xG).
Having gone toe-to-toe with giants Actual Madrid and Barcelona for a lot of final marketing campaign earlier than finally ending third, Girona now sit twelfth within the LaLiga standings on eight factors from seven matches.
They face Celta Vigo on Sunday, and forward of that match, Michel mentioned: “We shouldn’t evaluate ourselves to final yr as a result of we’re a special workforce.
“I actually favored the workforce in opposition to Rayo, and if we had that stage and continuity earlier than in opposition to Valencia (a 2-0 loss) and Barcelona (a 4-1 defeat), I might be very completely happy.
“Rayo didn’t rating in opposition to us, they had been defending the entire recreation and that’s not straightforward to attain. I’m satisfied that we have to give continuity to the concept we had the opposite day, solely then will we be near profitable extra video games.”
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Girona offered LaLiga’s high scorer from final season, Artem Dovbyk, to Roma over the summer season, however Michel is just not involved by a scarcity of goalscoring prowess from his aspect.
“We have now the capability to complete extra performs and we’ve got to seek out the timing to do it now. That is our concern and the coaching periods are stepping into that course,” he added.
The Spaniard was stuffed with reward for Celta, who’re tenth in LaLiga with yet another level than Girona.
“They’ve began the league nicely,” Michel mentioned. “They’re one of the best workforce by way of ball circulation, they usually do issues very nicely.
“They’re a workforce that hurts you with the ball and that’s why we’ve got to impose our recreation, make good possessions and arrive nicely within the opponent’s half and within the opponent’s objective.”
