The Catalans might not beat Real Sociedad without the injured Artem Dovbyk.
“Girona” Ukrainians Artem Dovbyk and Viktor Tsygankov played a draw with “Realom Sociedad” in a home match of the 23rd round of the Spanish La Liga. The match at the “Estadio Municipal de Montilivi” in the city of Girona ended with the score 0:0.
In the first half, Michel’s wards sent the ball into the Basques’ goal in the 24th minute, but Yangel Herrera’s goal was disallowed following watching the video replay (VAR) – the referees recorded Savio’s offside during Porto’s pass.
Despite the efforts of both clubs, the fans never saw goals in this match.
Tsygankov started in the starting line-up of “Girona” and played 80 minutes, following which he was replaced by Valery.
But Dovbyk did not get into the application for this match due to an injury. According to Mundo Deportivo, the 26-year-old forward injured his meniscus in training and risks not playing until the end of the season.
However, Artem himself is in the comments Tribuna.com denied these rumors: “There is a small damage. We are conducting an in-depth study. They return in a month for a torn meniscus, so they are writing a lie,” Dovbyk said.
After this match, “Girona” (56 points) remained in second place in La Liga. The team of Dovbyk and Tsygankov is one point behind Real Madrid’s Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who has a game in hand. “Real Sociedad” (37 points) occupies the sixth position.
In the next round, “Girona” will play away once morest “Real” Madrid on February 10. On the same day, Real Sociedad will host Osasuna.
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