Football: Malaga climb to 5th in the league
Malaga climbed above Sevilla into fifth spot in La Liga.
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Ambitious Malaga climbed above Sevilla into fifth spot in La Liga when midfielder Isco and forward Seba Fernandez struck in a 3-1 win for the Qatar-owned club at struggling Racing Santander. The 19-year-old Isco pounced to open the scoring in the 48th minute before Alvaro Gonzalez diverted the ball into his own net to make it 2-0 in the 66th. Manuel Arana pulled a goal back for the hosts when he finished off a swift counter-attack four minutes later and Ruud van Nistelrooy crossed for Fernandez to volley home with a minute of regular time remaining.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2011.
Ambitious Malaga climbed above Sevilla into fifth spot in La Liga when midfielder Isco and forward Seba Fernandez struck in a 3-1 win for the Qatar-owned club at struggling Racing Santander. The 19-year-old Isco pounced to open the scoring in the 48th minute before Alvaro Gonzalez diverted the ball into his own net to make it 2-0 in the 66th. Manuel Arana pulled a goal back for the hosts when he finished off a swift counter-attack four minutes later and Ruud van Nistelrooy crossed for Fernandez to volley home with a minute of regular time remaining.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2011.