In the La Liga match at dawn on Tuesday, Girona's "magic aura" seemed to have faded overnight. Despite their 70% ball possession, the defense's continuous mistakes allowed the visiting Bilbao to take advantage of the situation, and eventually reversed Kirona with a score of 2-3, which resulted in Kirona's second consecutive defeat. In the last three league matches, Girona only got a draw and two losses, and the difference between them and Real Madrid at the top of the table is six points, so the road to the championship seems to be getting more and more remote.
With Real Madrid's unexpected loss in their last match, a win for Quirona could theoretically close the gap with Real Madrid to 3 points. However, the development of the match was unexpected. In less than two minutes of the match, Kirona let Bilbao's wing forward Alex Bilengua score a goal due to a mistake in the defense.
In the second half, Kirona equalized thanks to a near post goal by midfielder Diskan Gough, but another mistake by the defence saw Bilbao's pressing tactics work, and Alex Bilengua scored again to make it a two-goal game. Just four minutes later, a misjudgment on a clearance allowed Bilbao flanker Inaki Williams to make it 3-1, and despite an equalizer from Kirona stalwart Ary Garcia, nothing could change the course of the game.
