Girona sits in a modest 12th place in the La Liga standings. After the last eight rounds, the team has only two wins and nine goals scored with 11 conceded. There is no trace left of last year’s team. The club is in terrible shape, and participation in the Champions League can only aggravate its situation.
Feyenoord started the new season with a victory in the Super Cup of the country over PSV. The team then played six Eredivisie rounds without a single defeat, but four of those matches ended in a draw. The only failure occurred exactly in the Champions League – an offensive 0:4 at home from Bayer.
Both clubs were defeated in the first round of the Champions League, but Girona resisted the powerful PSG away for a very long time, and Feyenoord lost to Bayer at home with a score of 0:4. Girona, playing at home, is capable of rehabilitating itself. Moreover, Feyenoord are now far from their peak shape, as even in the Eredivisie the club drew four times with two wins.