Girona coach Michel says they can be proud of qualifying for Europe.

Girona meet Atletico Madrid this weekend well placed to finish in the European places, though their Champions League hopes are all but over.

Michel said: “It's a reality of Girona Football Club's great project. I'm in this project and for me it's a spectacular thing. It's a reality now and now the dream is to play in the Champions League. I hope to achieve that at the end of the season. It's true that I arrived three years ago and to be in Europe next year is an incredible feat for us. It talks about how well the club does things. We have to continue in the same way.

“For the Champions League, the big three are our direct rivals, but not to win the league. To win La Liga, the rivalry is between Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico. The rest of the teams have to fight for other things. We're in a fight that nobody expected and, on our own merits, it's the Champions League."