**Paulo Gazzaniga's Historic Hat-Trick Leaves Athletic Paying the Price** Girona's goalkeeper, Paulo Gazzaniga, once of Gillingham, achieved an extraordinary feat by saving three penalties against Athletic in a match that defied all expectations. “I can’t recall a game like this,” Gazzaniga remarked, and it seems no one else can either. No one in his family—neither his brother Gianfranco nor his father Daniel—nor any other goalkeeper has accomplished what he did on that day. “It was incredible,” said Girona's coach Michel Sánchez, while Ernesto Valverde, the coach of Athletic, described it as “farcical.” As the two coaches embraced at the conclusion of a sun-soaked Sunday afternoon, the match had seen a staggering 27 shots, culminating in a dramatic 99th-minute winner from the best striker Montilivi has ever seen. Yet, the moment was still overshadowed by the three penalties that Gazzaniga had saved. Valverde wore a shrug and a smile that conveyed a sense of bemusement, as if to say, “Isn’t that silly?” Indeed, it was a match that was both brilliant and chaotic, embodying the fun that football is meant to represent.