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Elche Secures Decisive Home Win Against Girona
Elche secured a commanding victory against Girona at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, in a match corresponding to matchday 15 of La Liga. The home team demonstrated superiority, especially in ball possession, reaching 57% compared to Girona’s 43%.
The first event of note was a yellow card for B. Gil of Girona in the 17th minute. However, Elche managed to open the scoring in the 40th minute, thanks to a goal by G. Valera assisted by H. Fort. In the second half, Elche consolidated their lead with two goals from R. Mir, one in the 51st minute, again assisted by H. Fort, and another in the 57th minute without assistance.
Elche displayed greater precision in attack, recording 11 total shots, of which 6 were on target. Girona, on the other hand, tried to react, but only managed 7 shots, with 3 directed at the rival goal. Discipline was also a key factor, with three yellow cards shown to Girona players (B. Gil, J. Arango, and I. Martin), while Elche managed to avoid any cautions. The match was officiated by referee Miguel Sesma Espinosa.
Substitutions elche: at minute 46 G. Diangana came in and R. Mendoza went out., at minute 59 P. Bigas came in and L. Petrot went out., at minute 59 H. Fort came in and Josan went out., at minute 71 G. Valera came in and A. Pedrosa went out., at minute 82 M. Aguado came in and J. Donald went out.
Substitutions girona: at minute 66 A. Witsel came in and J. E. Solis Romero went out., at minute 66 V. Vanat came in and T. Lemar went out., at minute 66 Y. Asprilla came in and J. Roca went out., at minute 72 A. Frances came in and H. Rincon went out., at minute 83 V. Tsygankov came in and J. Arango went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Elche
Girona
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