Michel: Some games are too big for Girona

Girona coach Michel conceded his team are struggling to compete with top teams as they fail to meet the same heights as last season.

Michel’s side were a surprise package in LaLiga in 2023-24, but are finding matters more difficult this season.

While trying to juggle their Champions League exploits, losing four of their five matches in Europe so far, Girona sit eighth in LaLiga and have crashed out of the Copa del Rey.

A 3-0 home defeat to Real Madrid on Saturday marked a fourth straight match without a win in all competitions for Girona, and Michel says his team cannot cope in some games.

“There are games that, at the moment, are a little bit too big for us, like this game or some of the Champions League games,” he told reporters.

“That punishes you because the players see that last year they were doing much better and this year it’s not so easy.

“I said I wanted to qualify for Europe and I want to give this squad that boost. So many games, in three competitions, is costing us a lot.”