The Girona Chronicle
Match22 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Girona
A 0‑4 beating by Athletic Bilbao was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Girona agree $5.7M for Santiago Sosa Yung
The clubs have shaken hands with Defensa y Justicia; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Girona rebuffed over Tomás Chancalay
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Minnesota United FC have kept their man, and Girona go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Juan Carlos keeps Girona in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Doors closed at Girona
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Carlos Ortiz answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑4, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Anthony Smits signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anthony Smits commits to Girona for another 5 years.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mauro Furtado
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The formation has left Anthony Smits behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Girona will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Girona
- The dugout Paulo Gazzaniga does not fit this one
- Looking ahead A reunion for Bryan Gil