Girona are struggling to match the giddy highs of last season when they finished a surprise third in LaLiga and after a 3-0 home defeat by Real Madrid on Saturday coach Michel said they are finding it tough to compete against the top teams.
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They are also enduring a tough debut in the Champions League, losing four of their opening five matches, and were knocked out of the Cop del Rey by fourth-tier Logrones in midweek. "That punishes you because the players see that last year they were doing much better and this year it's not so easy.""We had gone four games unbeaten in LaLiga, we lost today and expectations were high," he added."I said I wanted to qualify for Europe and I want to give this squad that boost. So many games, in three competitions, is costing us a lot."
"It is difficult, structurally, because we have changed a lot of players. We haven't been able to train together much and there have been a lot of difficulties to have a good pre-season," the Spaniard said.
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