Sevilla back on track with 1-0 win over Girona

Seville Feb 11 (IANS) Sevilla on Sunday pulled off a 1-0 home win against Girona in the 23rd round of the La Liga football championship getting back on track after a defeat and a draw in their previous two matches.

Aday Benitez missed his chance to open the scoring for Girona after he failed to convert a penalty four minutes before the end of the first half reports Efe.

Pablo Sarabia scored the winner for Sevilla in the first minute of the second half.

Girona who had two victories and two draws in the past four rounds struggled to even the score but in the end suffered their eighth defeat this season.

After this win Sevilla jump to the sixth position with 36 points while Girona provisionally hold the ninth place with 31 points.

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