Woke up early this morning feeling pretty good. Saw my coffee mug was empty, so I got that brewing first. Usually drink coffee while scrolling football news, right? Then I see the Elche versus Girona game happening later. Thought to myself, hey, who’s even starting for these teams? Sounds like a simple thing to find out.

Okay, grabbed my laptop. Opened the browser. Went straight to Twitter first. Figured, quickest way, official accounts usually post lineups. Checked Elche CF’s page. Scrolled down. Scrolled some more. Nothing recent about starters. Saw posts about ticket sales, merchandise, all sorts of stuff, but no lineup. Annoying. Checked Girona FC’s page. Same story. Old news, fan photos, zero about the actual players starting tonight. Darn.
Thought maybe YouTube. Searched “Elche vs Girona lineups today”. Got a bunch of videos. Clicked the top one. Some guy talking about the game, predicting who might start, full of nonsense opinions. Skipped through it. Nope, no actual names listed. Another video claimed to have the lineup in the title. Turned out to be highlights from like last season! Felt like wasting time.
Tried bigger sites next. Bleacher Report, ESPN. Searched the game. Found the fixture page. Lots of stats, league tables, but where’s the bloody lineup? They had “expected lineups” or “probable starters”. Yeah, guesses. I wanted the real deal, the official list they hand to the referee ten minutes before kickoff. Couldn’t find it anywhere easy. Getting slightly annoyed now. Just tell me the names!
Then I remembered those smaller football sites. You know, the ones that just list stuff without fancy analysis? Went searching again. Typed the exact title “Elche CF vs Girona Team Lineups Find Out Confirmed Starters” plus “official”. Finally stumbled across one of those sites that just posts the sheets they see from the club feeds. Scrolled down, and BAM!
There they were:

- Elche’s keeper X, defenders Y and Z…
- Girona had Player A up front, Player B in midfield…
- Exactly as the clubs confirmed. Real names, simple list.
Literally took 5 seconds to read once I found the right page. All that fuss for something so basic! Felt kinda silly wasting time on the big platforms when the info was sitting on a much simpler, dedicated page. Rubbed my eyes, finished my cold coffee, and wrote it down in my notebook. Done. Easy once you know where to look, but man, it shouldn’t be this hard!