"Real" Madrid had all the chances to get back into the fight for the "La Liga" title, but an unexpected failure against "Girona" messed things up.
The "White" team suffered a defeat at home on Sunday afternoon. After gaining the advantage in the first half, "Real" players forgot about the remaining 45 minutes and suffered a 1:2 loss.
"We lost very important points when our direct competitors won their matches," - Santiago Solari stated. - "It hurts because we had a really good streak (5 consecutive wins in the league - ed.). Our opponents now have three points more than yesterday."
"We were not sharp enough in attack, we did not finish our work in the first half, although we had chances to do so. In the second half, our energy disappeared, we tried to recover, but we couldn't do it.
"Girona" was excellent in the second half and as a result scored two goals. We had all the chances to win the match after the first half, but we gave the opponents a chance to recover," - said S. Solari.
When asked if the team still has a chance to fight for the title, the coach tried to stay positive: "We will continue to fight. Next week we have another important match. The position in the standings is not a factor, as today's match confirmed. We will continue to try to win every match and reduce the gap."
"Real" Madrid and the leader "Barcelona" are now separated by 9 points again, however, in two weeks a direct match between these teams in the league will take place.
