The match between Barcelona and Girona in the Spanish League was historic by all standards. The small Catalan club was able to achieve its first victory over the giants with a great score of 4-2, and with a distinguished performance that has become common this season from the squad of coach Miguel Sanchez.
But from watching the match, the observer can notice that Girona's left-back was the strongest and best player of all in the match, so much so that the famous "Sofa Score" website gave him the highest rating among all the players of both teams.
This full-back is Miguel Gutierrez, who grew up at Real Madrid, before moving to Girona in the summer of 2022 for 4 million euros.
Gutierrez, 22 years old, attracted attention thanks to his tremendous speed and great self-confidence. He would receive the ball in dangerous places on the field defensively, then run like a cheetah, advancing and causing trouble in Barcelona’s defenses from his left front.
Brazilian Rafinha struggled in front of Gutierrez, and almost did not succeed in passing any shot from him, and who would believe that this same defensively strong player was an offensive nightmare for Barcelona over the course of 90 minutes.
Gutierrez crowned these exceptional efforts with the goal he scored in the 40th minute, giving Girona the lead for the second time in the match.
Since 2016, Gutierrez arrived in Real Madrid's youth ranks from Getafe's youth, and he began to progress through the youth groups until he reached the first team the season before last, and played his first match against Sherif in the Champions League in 2021.
In total, Gutierrez played with the first team for Real Madrid only 10 matches in all tournaments, during which he made two goals and never scored. Then came coach Carlo Ancelotti’s decision to dispense with his services at the end of the season before last, leaving him to Girona in the summer of 2022.
The strange thing is that Real Madrid, now and after two years, is looking for a new left-back, Ferland Mendy has never performed the performance required of him, and David Alaba is not relied upon in this position, while a gem like Gutierrez was available for free to the Royal Club.
Today, Real Madrid fan Gutierrez left his mark on the Barcelona stronghold on the one hand, and on the other hand he left disappointment among Real Madrid officials who gave up a great opportunity to have a left-back who seems to be one of the best in the world soon.
Gutierrez's goal was his first this season with Girona, and his fourth contribution overall in 17 matches in all competitions, and what an opening it was.. We leave you with the video of the goal now.
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