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Ben Yedder's early salvo fires Sevilla to victory Sevilla fans protest against potential sale of club Sevilla moved up to second in the LaLiga Santander table with a 2-0 win against Girona on Sunday morning. This was Sevilla head coach Pablo Machin's first fixture against his old club since leaving in the summer and the Andalusians took the lead in the 55th minute as Ever Banega coolly slotted home a penalty, sending Gorka Iraizoz the wrong way in the Girona goal. Pablo Sarabia continued his excellent form this season as he was heavily involved in Sevilla's second goal, which ended in Wissam Ben Yedder pulling the ball back for the 26-year-old to guide into the bottom right corner with his weaker right foot in the 64th minute. Sevilla are now on 31 points, joint with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, though Barcelona will play Levante in the late kick-off on Sunday evening and become outright leaders with a positive result. For Girona, they have now suffered back-to-back defeats after … [Read more...] about Sevilla beat Girona as they continue their impressive form

Kjaer is ready for Sevilla return Betis, Sevilla, Valencia and Villarreal all number one seeds Sevilla supporters have once again protested against the potential sale of the club with demonstrations before their LaLiga Santander game against Girona, just as they did before they playedKrasnodar in the Europa League on Thursday night. The 'Unite for Sevilla' initiative, which represents the fans and is composed of minority shareholders, various supporters clubs and members, made their feelings known prior to kick-off. "We reject any possible sale of our club to a foreign investment fund by the majority shareholders and board of directors of our team," they said. "We believe that this is an act of high treason which would go against our identity, our history and all of Sevilla." The protest began at 11am outside gate 27 and the group walked the whole way around the perimeter of the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. In addition, a manifesto was read by the fans which made it clear that … [Read more...] about Sevilla fans protest against potential sale of club

Kondogbia says goodbye to 2018 Marcelino views Denis Suarez signing as impossible for Valencia Valencia forward Rodrigo Moreno scored just his second goal of the season in the 1-1 draw against Eibar on Saturday night, ending a goal drought of 992 minutes in the process. Rodrigo, whose fine form last season saw him called up to the Spain squad, scored on the first day of the season, against Atletico Madrid on 20 August, and has not celebrated since then; until yesterday, anyway. Before the match against Eibar, the 27-year-old had gone 963 minutes without scoring in LaLiga Santander - 1,390 if the Champions League is included - but he was able to score in the 29th minute after Daniel Wass' cross missed Santi Mina at the front post and found Rodrigo, who finally put an end to his scoreless run. Understandably, he celebrated with a lot of passion as this had been a long time coming; almost four months. For the entire game, Rodrigo was looking to engage with all aspects of the play as … [Read more...] about Rodrigo finally scores for Valencia after 992 minutes without a goal

Atletico's poor away form comes to an end at Valladolid Griezmann: It has been a long year and I'm not at my best level The injury problems at Atletico Madrid continue to mount up and the most recent casualty is Felipe Luis, who was forced off with a thigh injury in the 3-2 win away to Real Valladolid. They have had an astonishing 27 fitness problems at the club this season and the Brazilian became No. 28 as he came off after an hour, just 17 days after his last knock which came in the Champions League game against Monaco on November 28. Initially it was believed that the injury would only be a short-term issue, but he ended up missing the games against Girona, Alaves and Club Brugge. It is yet another injury for Filipe Luis, who is expected to be out for three weeks. … [Read more...] about Filipe Luis faces three weeks out