La Liga Title Race: Highs for Girona and Atletico Madrid
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00:00 Talk to me about your prospects for this one and how big of an impact was it that Girona
00:04 gets one point and not three in their matchup right before the Christmas holiday.
00:08 Yeah, let's start with Benes Girona because that was a really fun game at the Benito Villamarin.
00:13 I was on the edge of my seat finishing it.
00:16 Really fun.
00:17 33 combined shot attempts between the two teams.
00:20 Benes defender Hermann Petzea ultimately finding the back of the net in the 88th minute with
00:25 a wonderful finish into the top corner.
00:28 A bit of a pinball goal, but now we have two teams on 45 points atop La Liga.
00:32 It's setting up so well for the second half of the season.
00:35 The best title race in Spain in about seven years.
00:38 Couldn't be more excited.
00:40 As for Girona-Atletico next week, a huge game.
00:43 A partidazo in Spanish.
00:46 A win for the hosts would end any hopes, however slim they may be, that Atletico could win
00:52 the title or compete for the title this year.
00:54 Atleti have been pretty bad away from home this season.
00:57 All four of their losses have come away from the capital.
01:01 But if the Rojiblancos pull off the win on Wednesday, chaos.
01:05 They'd be four points behind Girona, provisionally four points behind Real Madrid.
01:10 But beyond that, Atletico would possess the head-to-head advantage over Girona and Madrid
01:15 by courtesy of their Derby win earlier this season.
01:18 And La Liga uses head-to-head tiebreaker as the primary tiebreaker if two teams are level
01:23 in the table come the end of the season.