{"id":849,"date":"2026-04-11T02:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/849\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:18:44","slug":"girona-hold-real-madrid-to-leave-title-hopes-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/849\/","title":{"rendered":"Girona hold Real Madrid to leave title hopes hanging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid<\/a>\u2019s La Liga title hopes suffered another setback as Thomas Lemar<\/a>\u2019s second-half strike earned Girona a deserved 1-1 draw at the Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p>\n

The visitors started brightly and threatened inside the opening stages when Azzedine Ounahi<\/a> forced Andriy Lunin<\/a> into a smart save at his near post.<\/p>\n

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Madrid gradually settled, with Jude Bellingham<\/a> going close on his return to the starting line-up before Federico Valverde tested Paulo Gazzaniga<\/a> with a powerful effort from range.<\/p>\n

Fede Valverde<\/a> eventually put the hosts ahead early in the second half, his long-distance shot slipping past Gazzaniga to spark celebrations around the stadium.<\/p>\n

However, Girona responded impressively and were level just after the hour mark when Lemar was given too much space on the edge of the box and drilled a low finish beyond Lunin.<\/p>\n

The equaliser shifted momentum, with Girona looking the more dangerous side for a spell as frustration grew among the home supporters. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> had a late opportunity to rescue the points for Madrid but was denied by Gazzaniga, before also seeing penalty appeals turned away.<\/p>\n

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Madrid have now gone three matches without a win in all competitions, and the dropped points leave Barcelona<\/a> with the chance to extend their advantage at the top of the table even further.<\/p>\n

Incidents: The story of the match<\/p>\n

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The match begins<\/p>\n

Real Madrid leads Girona 1-0 after Federico Valverde scores with a right-footed shot from outside the box.Real Madrid leads 1-0 against Girona. Federico Valverde scores with a right-footed shot from outside the box into the left corner, assisted by Brahim D\u00edaz.<\/p>\n

51′:<\/p>\n

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GOAL Real Madrid: Fede Valverde (Real Madrid) scores!<\/p>\n

Fede Valverde scores goal number 5 in the competition (29 matches)<\/p>\n

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The match is now 1-1 as Thomas Lemar scores for Girona with a left-footed shot from outside the box into the right corner, assisted by Arnau Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n

62′:<\/p>\n

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GOAL Girona: Thomas Lemar (Girona) scores!<\/p>\n

Thomas Lemar scores goal number 3 in the competition (21 matches)<\/p>\n

998′:<\/p>\n

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The referee whistles for the end of the match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid\u2019s La Liga title hopes suffered another setback as Thomas Lemar\u2019s second-half strike earned Girona a deserved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[735,736,92,737,640,84,91,557,82,734,83,641],"class_list":{"0":"post-849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-andriy-lunin","9":"tag-azzedine-ounahi","10":"tag-barcelona","11":"tag-brahim-diaz","12":"tag-federico-valverde","13":"tag-girona","14":"tag-jude-bellingham","15":"tag-kylian-mbappe","16":"tag-madrid","17":"tag-paulo-gazzaniga","18":"tag-real-madrid","19":"tag-thomas-lemar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}