Alavés - Girona: late Lucas Boyé rescue after a Gasteiz prefiesta leaves home crowd mixed

The local mood was split after the alavés - girona draw: a prefiesta in Gasteiz collided with a last-gasp Lucas Boyé header that rescued a point but left the home side frustrated. Fans saw an early goal, a midgame turnaround and a late equaliser, and the immediate impact landed first on the Alavés crowd — still celebrating a basketball Copa and expecting three points at Mendizorroza.

Alavés supporters’ view: pride, irritation and context around the result

The game was framed by a pre-match celebration: Alavés offered the kickoff to Saski Baskonia after the team won the Copa in Valencia on Sunday, a prefiesta before city streets fill the next day. That atmosphere raised expectations in Gasteiz — and magnified the sting of a draw. The club’s internal line was blunt: "Estamos en casa. Para conseguir el objetivo tenemos que sumar de tres aquí, sobre todo con rivales directos. Jodidos por el empate. " One point felt better than nothing, yet supporters left with mixed feelings because continuity after the Sevilla draw had been a priority and this match offered a direct chance to get three.

Match snapshot and micro timeline (alavés - girona)

• Minute 5: Lucas Boyé opened the scoring after a long pass from Tenaglia to Yusi finished with a left-back cross; goalkeeper Gazzaniga was slow to reach the ball. That strike was Boyé’s sixth of the campaign.
• Around minute 30: Vanat equalised from a corner — Tsygankov delivered the corner, Witsel peened a header that Vanat converted alone at the far post (the club’s first corner goal of the season).
• Minute 56: Aleñá had a clear chance following a move that involved Ángel Pérez feeding Toni Martínez, who rolled the ball back.
• Minute 73: Tsygankov put Girona ahead again after a period where the visitors had grown into the game.
• Minute 89: Lucas Boyé won a header from a wonderful Parada cross and salvaged a 2-2 draw for Alavés.
• Final: the match ended with a reparto de puntos; both teams were imprecise in the closing minutes and Toni’s late attempt was ruled out for a foul before Boyé’s header.

Lineups, rotations and the decisive personnel moves

Eduardo Coudet rotated his defence, bringing Jonny Otto and Víctor Parada in for Pacheco and Facundo Garcés; Ángel Pérez started in place of Calebe and Pablo Ibáñez returned for Denis Suárez. Girona arrived motivated after a win over Barça and their coach Michel made no changes from that victory. Michel later reacted from the bench as Girona grew into the match; his early substitutions did not immediately change the course, but the introduction of Ounahi — returning since December — proved decisive in breaking the balance until Sivera denied Ounahi a clear chance for a third.

Momentum swings and technical notes

Alavés produced a strong second half overall: they were superior for many minutes, generated danger and led large spells but repeatedly failed to convert that dominance. Girona’s substitutions provoked a conservative shift in the home team, and the match became a tug of imprecision as both sides chased a winner. Gazzaniga suffered a finger problem at one point — a situation linked in the match narrative to recent squad movements involving Ter Stegen, a winter signing who had arrived from Barça and was injured after that arrival.

What’s easy to miss is how the pre-match celebrations — the kickoff tribute to Baskonia and the charged atmosphere — reframed expectations so that a hard-fought point felt simultaneously like progress and a missed opportunity for Alavés.

Here’s the part that matters for immediate signals: Boyé’s brace kept Alavés in the fight, and Ounahi’s return gave Girona a decisive spark. The real question now is whether the home side can turn strong second halves into full three-point performances against direct rivals.

• Key takeaways: Boyé’s double (including a late header) rescued Alavés and underlined his finishing importance.
• Ounahi’s comeback changed Girona’s trajectory in the match; Sivera’s save prevented a third that might have ended the contest earlier.
• Set pieces mattered: the corner sequence (Tsygankov → Witsel → Vanat) produced Girona’s first corner goal of the season.
• Squad rotation was visible: Eduardo Coudet’s defensive changes and Ángel Pérez’s start altered patterns but did not secure three points.
• Atmosphere influenced the perception of the result — the Baskonia tribute made the draw feel like a missed prefiesta.

Final note: the match produced final statistics that recap a game of shifts in control and late emotion; details on those metrics are available with match summaries. Se acaba el partido con reparto de puntos.