Toyota Yaris LaLiga World: Melbourne City FC vs Girona FC, Live Match Updates

FTB: Girona 6-0 Melbourne City

Updated: 27 July 2018 20:57 IST - Published: 27 July 2018 17:08 IST

FULL TIME : Girona FC 6-0 Melbourne City

An absolute carnage concludes as Girona blows away Melbourne 6-0.

Girona faces Kerala Blasters next in the tournament tomorrow.

That's it from Sportskeeda for tonight. This is Sayak signing off. Thank You and Good Night.

90+2' GOAAAAL! Pedro Porro heads in from a pinpoint accurate cross from Yhoan Many. 6-0 now.

3 Minutes Added on.

89' Anzuana crosses in. Nobody at the far side to threaten the Melbourne goal for the 'n'th time tonight.

87' Lozano swings in a freekick wide of target.

84' Girona has a shot on goal. Saved.

82' Melbourne have no clue whatsoever to contain the Girona carnage. It looks like they have given up already.

81' The 5th Goal of the game was scored by Yhoan Many after some scrappy defending from Melbourne City in the 69th Minute.

78' Girona continues their offensive carnage with numerous crosses and shots. Melbourne City somehow hanging on.

62' Corner headed away for safety.

61' SAVE! Rodriguez goes for goal from deep inside his own half as he spots Galekovic off his line.

The shot is pretty accurate, forcing Galekovic to concede a corner.

Possession Stats

Girona 69%
Melbourne City 31%

54' Melbourne City looking clueless in the game. They are not able to get into the Girona half at all in the second half. It is all Girona here.

50' GOAAAAL! Juan Pedro Roriguez heads in from the corner to make it 4-0 now.

47' Couple of shots from Alcaraz and Aleix Garcia. Off target.

Second half kicks off.

HALF TIME : Girona FC 3-0 Melbourne City

A brace from Cristian Portugues and a goal from Lozano result in Girona leading three goals to the good to Melbourne City.

The Blues from Australia have a huge task at hand in the second half. Will they do it?

Stay Tuned to Sportskeeda to find out the same.

Second half ten minutes away.

1 Minute added on.

45+' Cristian Portugues goes for a curler, Galekovic collects.

45' Alex Garcia with a fancy bit of skills, crosses in. Lozano at the other end falls short and misses the ball completely. Should have been 4-0 here.

44' MISS! Fornaroli gets away from his marker and gets caught in double mind to whether in cross in or shoot. End up kicking the ball out of play.

42' Lozano hits the side-netting from a narrow angle under immense pressure.

40' Zuniga booked for fouling Fornaroli.

38' Vidosic is off with a suspected Groin Injury. Caceras replaces him.

36' The game has slowed down many manifolds as Girona are playing it among themselves at the back as Melbourne City look on.

32' Vidosic shoots wide from outside the box.

28' Melbourne City defence in sixes and sevens as Girona are wrecking havoc in the 18-Yard box.

24' GOAAAAAAL! 3-0. Lozano sneaks in a cross missed by everyday from an extremely tough angle.

20' Garcia shoots. Off target.

" Cristian Portugues is the same guy who scored against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in Girona's La Liga 2017-18 Campaign "

20' MISS! Borja Garcia latches on to an aerial cross with an untimed volley to fire it over the target.

17' GOOAAAL! Deft touch from Cristian Portugues to slot it past an onrushing Mebourne Goalie to make it 2-0 for the Spanish side. Absolute beauty. Top Notch Goal.

15' Nice bit of play from McGree and Vidosic at the front, but the Girona defence is on point with their tackles.

11' GOAAAAAAAAL! Brilliant ball played in through from Pons towards Cristian Portugues, who slots it home from a tough angle. 1-0 to Girona.

8' Curling cross from Borja Garcia towards Cristian who fails to make it in time to slot it home. Melbourne back on the ball.

7' Action on the other end. Pere Pons with a scuffed shot on goal. Saved.

6' Girona deal with the corner with ease.

5' McGree shoots and earns a corner off a deflection.

4' Both the teams looking to settle down slowly and steadily. No positive move so far.

KICK-OFF

The teams are walking on towards the pitch. Decent Attendance in Kochi.

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The Line Ups are out.

Melbourne City : Galekovic, Jamieson, Delbridge, Graham, McGree, Vidosic, Brattan, Caceres, Atkinson, Wales, O'Halloran

Girona FC : Bono, Aday, Bernardo, Juanpe, Timor, Muniesa, Pere Pons, Aleix, Borja Garcia, Portu, Lozano

Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE Coverage of the Toyota Yaris LaLiga World. Next up is: Girona FC vs Melbourne City FC.

Melbourne City come into their 2nd game of the 3-nation Toyota Yaris LaLiga World with a mammoth 6-0 win over Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters. However, Melbourne City are well aware that Girona are a completely different team and it won't be easy to get past the resilient LaLiga side.

The City Blues were just lethal up front against Kerala and completely dominated them, scoring goals almost at will. They will look to exhibit the same attacking brand of football like they did against Kerala as they face the La Liga outfits. Meanwhile, Girona are also an extremely balanced unit and won't just sit back, ensuring they go all out against the Sky Blue outfits.

Girona FC, being the first LaLiga side to tour India, finished a respectable 10th in the 2017-18 La Liga season. Defeating the Los Galacticos 2-1 in the league was their key highlight of the season. They also managed to eke out two draws against Atletico Madrid.

The upcoming match promises to be an exhilarating one as the two giants collide. Get ready for some riveting action!