Former Major League Soccer scoring chief Taty Castellanos struck once more, and Girona adopted up its win towards Real Madrid with one other towards Sevilla within the Spanish league on Monday.
Juanpe Ramirez scored within the twenty third minute and Castellanos sealed the 2-0 victory within the fifty fifth to offer Girona its second straight victory. Castellanos, taking part in on a one-season mortgage from New York City FC, scored all 4 objectives within the 4-2 win towards defending champion Madrid within the earlier spherical.
The win moved the Catalan membership into eighth place, whereas Sevilla stayed eleventh after the setback at residence.
Sevilla was attempting to increase its winless streak to 5 matches in all competitions. It had crushed Villarreal, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao within the league, and Manchester United within the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
ATHLETIC EQUALISES LATE
Striker Inaki Williams transformed a penalty kick six minutes into second-half stoppage time and Athletic Bilbao salvaged a 1-1 draw at Mallorca.
The penalty got here after a controversial handball inside the realm. Mallorca opened the scoring via South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in within the 58th.
The outcome left Athletic in seventh place, nonetheless in rivalry for one of many European locations. Mallorca, winless in two matches, stayed twelfth.
Barcelona has an 11-point lead over second-placed Madrid with six rounds remaining.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com