"The Gunners" conceded first, but then turned the tide of the match.
London “Arsenal” won away against “Girona” in the match the last round of the main stage of the Champions League of the 2024/25 season. The meeting at the Municipal de Montilivi stadium in the Spanish city of Girona ended with a score of 1:2.
In the 28th minute of the meeting, Arnaud Danjuma put the home team ahead. However, even before the break, Mikel Arteta's charges responded with two goals of their own – in the 37th minute, Jorginho equalized the score, and five minutes later, Ethan Nwaneri scored.
The second half passed without any goals. In the 76th minute, the Spanish team was close to equalizing, but Kristan Stuani's goal was cancelled due to offside. In the 90+3rd minute, the English club's winger Raheem Sterling missed a penalty.
Girona's Ukrainian winger Viktor Tsygankov came out in the starting lineup and spent 68 minutes on the field, without scoring. Arsenal's Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Zinchenko did not appear from the bench.
Girona vs. Arsenal match review
Thus, Arsenal with 19 points took third place in the overall standings of the main round of the Champions League and won a direct ticket to the 1/8 finals. Girona (3 points) finished in 33rd place and left the tournament.
Recall that in the updated Champions League format, 36 clubs played in a single league, where they played against eight different opponents (four matches at home and four away).
The eight best teams from the main stage of the Champions League reached the 1/8 finals. The clubs that took 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 finished their performance in European competitions.
The draw for the Champions League play-off matches will take place on Friday, January 31. The first matches of this stage will be played on February 11/12, and the return matches – on February 18/19.
