La Liga has long been ruled by a select few clubs with enough influence and power to essentially run the entire country. There are other clubs that manage to beat them every once in a while, one cup here, one league loss there, but never a league title – not for a very long time. That may be about to change with the most unlikely club jumping into the battle for a league title, Girona FC
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Just because I've seen some discussion about it below:
Girona could play in the Champions League next season because City Group only owns 47% of the club, the rule banning clubs from the same ownership group appearing in the same European competition applies to controlling stakes, and city group doesn't have a full controlling stake in Girona. I could be wrong, I am but a man, but that's the way it seems to be interpreted in this case.
Good video, as always!
While its hilarious that Real and Barca have a state backed club to contend with, while trying to rob football with the ESL, its terrifying how much power City Group are getting on football.
Great to see Girona achieve. Real Madrid will still win La Liga but it’s nice to see a club other than the traditional challengers pushing them.
you might have released this video too late
why do you have to zoom in to your face so that it's bigger than the entire screen? It's gross. Move it back a foot bro noone wants to see your face literally bigger than a real life face on their screen. Shit is big brothery. Gotta be my least fav youtube trend
Man City B winning La Liga? No thanks
Two things can be true at once: Girona can be having an amazing miracle season, and City Group can fuck the fuck off.
Anyone who believes this is a miracle/underdog story is as deluded as the government that runs the club 👍
Yeah we put manners on these title frauds. ¡No se metan con Real!
no such thing as “football gods”.. love your content but there’s only 1 God
I love the new channel name
someone's fm saves is coming to the real world
Tener-REEF
not Tener-FEEFAYE
nice
LOL, biggest under dog? they are owned by Man city owners, they have lent them players, sent players to them to get 1st team football. What next, Red Bull Salzberg a small club over achieving?
Nice video Z. But I think that one of the biggest reasons apart from the City scouting it´s that you are telling a player like Dobvyk or Tsygankov: hey if you perform well you´ll be on Man City. Thats the game changer otherwise they wouldn´t have convinced players like that to join a 10º side in la liga. Also shotout to Michel he´s a superb manager
Forgot to mention that both Girona and city cannot play in the champions League due to ownership rules
When I was a kid, it was said that City was an acronym for Conference In Two Years. The Conference is what The National League used to be called. Before rich owners, City were nobodies too, just lucky FFP wasn't a thing yet
So sad to see people can't simply enjoy a team pulling of something fantastic
yes the girona story is great as is the leverkusen in germany but if u just scratch the surface abit the advantages city group and bayer as companies give to these teams cant be underestimated,the leicester city story contains no such hidden gems and that story wont ever be beaten i dont think even after all these years its still almost unthinkable that they won the premier league,the more u look into it the bigger underdogs they become in your mind,for such an average group of players and a journeyman manager to just somehow click for 38 games and win the best and toughest league on earth beggars belief,and when u add in stuff like the jamie vardy non league story stuff and the helicopter crash death of the chairman near the ground plus like 10 other things there is more than enough for a movie,unfortunately 99 percent of sport movies are shite
Zealand saw that the views were low so he changed the thumbnail.
Girona is playing FM in real life
Girona is a purple patch, Bayer 04 is the real deal
Girona's heart breaking recent past and epic rise reminds me of the lyrics "The harder the hammer, the stronger the soul".
Are they really an underdog if they're backed up by an oil state?
I want a Troyes based sequel, how since they have been aquired by the City group, they have gone from Ligue 1 to now being in relegation from Ligue 2 and having their highest Transfer be a Girona loanee that's going to Man City
I am likeing this chanel, great delivery. Keep up the good work.
Dread it, run from it,
Oil money ruins your league just the same
Something you didn't mention, a huge part of their success is thanks to Michel, their manager is doing insanely good
I'm surprised you didn't mention that the club's chairman is Pere Guardiola, Pep Guardiola's younger brother, who is also a football agent. He joined the board as 2nd largest shareholder after the City Group back in 2017, although he's no longer such a prominent shareholder.
IF … with a major I …. they should win the league it would definitely beat Leicester when it comes to surprises.
You forgot to mention the tactical genius ofMarcelino their manager
3:22 "A team called Zaragoza"? Come on Zealand! Zaragoza are 6 time Spanish Cup winners and a 1 time UEFA Cup winners! They're not a random team that happened to be around at the time.
People be hating without even watching the video. Lol. City group is discussed in video.
Like Leicester? Come on Z, thats a complete different thing. Girona is part of the City Group, no one should be surprised if one of those teams win things. Remembers me of the Heidenheim Video.
Spanish Man City circa 2010s…😐
they beat atleti 4-3, not 4-2
QUestion from me: Why they trying so hard if they won't be able to play in Europe? By UEFAs regulation 2 teams from 1 owner cannot play against eachother or even have a chance of it, so no CL and EL or ECL, as there is chance team higher will fall lower.
They got smashed by Madrid 😂😂😂
As a fan of Tenerife that play-off final loss hurts a little less now knowing that two years later the team that beat them could win the top flight
dovbyk god
City football group
one of your best vids mate