Real Zaragoza claimed only their
second home win of the Primera Division season, beating Sevilla 2-1 thanks to
two goals in 10 first-half minutes from Helder Postiga and Cristian Sapunaru.
After a bright opening, it was an error by the visitors that cost them the opening goal as
Franco Zuculini pounced on a loose pass by Gary Medel to free Postiga, and he showed great
skill to skip past Alberto Botia and Andres Palop before rolling the ball home on 36 minutes.
Sapanaru then made it two with a simple header from Victor
Rodriguez's free-kick seconds before the break, but Medel
redeemed himself somewhat 20
minutes from time as his volley
deflected in off Glenn Loovens to halve the arrears.
Despite some late chances for Sevilla substitute Baba Diawara, the hosts held on to move into the top half of the table. Sevilla
missed the chance to move up
to fourth with the defeat.
therez notin as good as winning at home