Girona head coach Michel has tasked his players to "turn the page" following their 1-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on their Champions League debut. (More Football News)
Girona frustrated their Parisian hosts, restricting🐷 Luis Enrique's side to just five shots on target from the 26 they attem⛄pted.
However, Blanquivermells heartಌs were broken in the 90th minute after Nuno Mendes' harဣmless delivery slipped through the hands of Paulo Gazzaniga.
But the Catalan club's focus now returns to league action, having started the season with seven🎉 points from their opeꦫning five fixtures.
Michel's side travel to the Estadio de Mestalla to face bottom-placed Valencia, a team they have enjoyed relatꦓive success against in rec𒁃ent years.
Girona have won four of their eight meetings with Valencia in La Liga (L4); only against Sevilla (six) have they achieved more wins in the top-flight (four also ag⭕𒉰ainst Rayo Vallecano, Las Palmas and Celta Vigo).
And Michel insisted that despite their late defeat ꦉin midweek, his players are ready to return to winning ways.
“The team is back to thinking only about LaL♓iga,” Michel told reporters.
“In situ𝓀ations of maximum physica🐎l and emotional exhaustion, perhaps there are still players who are still recovering. But our squad is very prepared.
"We need to be at o⛄ur best, and we need the team switched on🔥.
"Af🔥ter the historic game against PSG, people who have been playing for more years can turn the page quicker.
"Now, my job is to detect which players are in a better state of mind. We have shown that we are a small𝓡 te꧙am with pride.
"That's why I need the people to be on board, to give the maximu⛦m help to their teammates."
Valencia have endured a difficult start to the campaign, picking up one point from their first fi🔥ve games.
This weekend's hosts have now failed to win in t𒉰heir last 12 games in LaLiga. Their&nb🐬sp;last joint longest winless streak was from November 2015 to February 2016.
Michel also boasts an impressive record against Valencia, winning three of his six league games against them (D1 L🌊2).
Only ꧃against Sevilla (five) has the Girona head coach recorded mo𝓰re wins as a top-flight coach (three, also against Alaves, Celta Vigo and Osasuna).
Despite Valencia's slow start to the season, M𓃲ichel was under no illusion that this Sunday's trip would be anything but easy.
“Valencia will be a demanding game. They have only taken one point, but they are a team with very good players. Atဣ home, they are very dangerous," Michel said.
