Without Daley Blind, Girona climbs over FC Barcelona again, AS Roma wins despite Dean Huijsen’s own goal | Foreign football

With summariesGirona is second again in La Liga after the victory over Rayo Vallecano. The Catalan club won 3-0 at home without Daley Blind thanks to a goal from Viktor Tsyhankov and two late goals from Sávio. Dean Huijsen won earlier on Monday evening despite an own goal with AS Roma against Torino (3-2)


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Girona, which had not won three games in a row before, passes FC Barcelona again with the victory. The club has 59 points, two more than the national champions. Real Madrid is in the lead with 65 points.

After a lackluster first half, Tsychanov opened the scoring for Girona in the second half after a good put back from Miguel Gutiérrez. At the start of extra time, Sávio made it 2-0 after dribbling through the defense. The Brazilian scored again well into injury time. Daley Blind was missing at Girona.

Rayo Vallecano had to play the final phase with ten men after a second yellow card for Pep Chavarría for a foul.

Girona’s players celebrate after a goal. © AFP

Dybala helps Roma win with a hat trick

After the elimination of Feyenoord in the Europa League AS Roma recorded a 3-2 victory over Torino. Paulo Dybala scored all the home team’s goals. Dean Huijsen scored an own goal in the Romans shirt.

Dybala opened the scoring from eleven meters in the 42nd minute, after which Duvan Zapata brought Torino alongside two minutes later by heading between two defenders, 1-1. Dybala restored the margin after just under an hour with a long shot, after which he made it 3-1 from a difficult angle.

Huijsen, who came on for Roma, scored the 3-2 into his own goal two minutes before the end. Rick Karsdorp was missing from Roma, while Torino defender Perr Schuurs has not yet recovered from knee surgery.

Roma is in sixth place in Serie A. Fiorentina and Lazio, numbers 8 and 7 in the rankings, will play against each other in Florence later on Monday. Torino is tenth.

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