'It was a foul' - Garcia baffled Girona's winner allowed to stand

"I didn't see Koundé's play clearly live. Then I saw the replay and for me it was a foul. Jules got to the ball first. I think it was a foul. What's surprising is that they didn't call the VAR official."

"The referee can make mistakes. It's surprising that they didn't even call the official VAR official to review it on a screen. These things happen. We can't control it, so we have to move on."

"I think we need to improve. We concede too much, too easily. We need to analyze. We have a week without a midweek match. That will give us time to analyze things properly and work on them. With a cool head, we'll try to improve,"

"It looks a bit better from behind. We press well from a standing position. When we lose, we need to cut off plays and commit fouls in the opponent's half. They commit fouls against us."

Girona scored a late winner through Fran Beltran to make it 2-1 despite a clear foul on Jules Koundé in the build-up that VAR did not overturn. Joan Garcia reviewed the replay and believes the contact constituted a foul and that the VAR official should have been called to review the incident. He acknowledged referees can make mistakes and urged the team to move on. Garcia called for defensive improvements, noting the team concedes too easily, and said the upcoming week without midweek fixtures will be used to analyze and work on issues ahead of the Levante match.

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