The Catalans spent almost the entire second half with one man down.
Spanish Girona" of Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Tsygankov suffered a crushing defeat away to Dutch PSV in the match of the fourth round of the main stage of the Champions League of the 2024/25 season. The match in Eindhoven ended with a score of 4:0in favor of the hosts.
In the first half, the Dutch club created a comfortable handicap for itself – in the 16th minute, Ryan Flamingo opened the scoring, and in the 33rd, Malik Tilman scored.
At the start of the second half, the Catalans were left in the minority – in the 55th minute, Arnau Martinez earned a second yellow card and a dismissal.
After this, PSV took advantage of their numerical advantage and sent two more goals into the goal of Michel's team. In the 83rd minute, Johan Bakayoko scored an accurate strike, and in the 88th minute, the defender of the “white-reds” Ladislav Krejci scored an own goal.
It should be noted that Tsygankov was not included in the Girona application for this match due to a muscle injury.
Review of the PSV – Girona match
After this defeat, Girona occupies 26th place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League, having in its three points. PSV with 5 points rose to 19th place.
In the next round, Girona will play away against Austrian Sturm, and PSV will host Shakhtar Donetsk. Both matches will take place on November 27.
The eight best teams from the main stage of the Champions League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places from 9th to 24th 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.
