Michel's team lost their second match in a row at the start of the main European club tournament.
Girona of Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Tsygankov lost “Feyenoord” in a home match second round of the main stage of the Champions League 2024/25 season. The match at the Municipal de Montilivi stadium ended with a score of 2:3.
In the 19th minute, David Lopez put the Catalans ahead, but four minutes later the visitors equalized – Yangel Herrera cut the ball into his own goal.
In the 29th minute, Tsygankov was forced to leave the field due to injury, and was replaced by Arnaud Danjuma. During the attack, the Ukrainian limped, after which he asked to be replaced.
In the 33rd minute, the Dutch club took the lead with Anthony Milambo scoring. The Rotterdam team could have scored for the third time in the 36th minute, but Ayase Ueda missed a penalty.
After the break, Michela's charges had a chance to restore parity in the match, but Bojan Miovski missed a penalty in the 67th minute.
In the 73rd minute, Girona equalized the score thanks to Donny van de Beek. However, the final word in this game belonged to Feyenoord – in the 79th minute, an own goal by Ladislav Krejci brought the Dutch club victory.
Girona vs. Feyenoord
In the updated Champions League format, 36 clubs compete in a single league, where they will play against eight different opponents (four home and four away matches).
In the first round of the most prestigious European tournament, Girona lost to PSG (0:1), and Feyenoord suffered a crushing defeat to Bayer (0:4).
In the third round of the Champions League, the “white-reds” 22 On October 28, they will host Slovan Bratislava, and a day later, Bryan Priske's men will play away against Benfica Lisbon.
The eight best teams from the main stage of the Champions League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take 9th to 24th place in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.