Two late goals by Abdoul Yoda gave Getafe a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Monday.
Sociedad opened the scoring in the 83rd minute when Pablo Hervas tapped in after Carlos Vela controlled Sergio Canales’ back-heel and looked up to find his teammate waiting at the far post.
Yoda equalized when he controlled the ball, spun around to face the goal and sent a rolling shot inside the far post in the 90th minute.
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Five minutes into stoppage-time Yoda scored again from Jorge Sammir’s well-timed pass.
“They were two genuinely heavy blows,” Hervas said of Yoda’s goals. “The truth is that after we scored we fell back too far and as they are very quick, they caught us out.”
Getafe forward Pablo Sarabia came close in the 27th minute when he slammed a shot against the post from a pinpoint pass by forward Sammir that had stranded goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai.
Sociedad defender Yuri Berchiche rattled goalkeeper Vicente Guaita’s woodwork with a well-struck shot three minutes later.
Guaita palmed away a stinging close-range shot by Iceland striker Alfred Finnbogason in the 52nd minute.
Barcelona lead the standings on 22 points from eight matches, with Sevilla second on 19 and Real Madrid third on 18. Getafe are in 10th place on 10 points and Sociedad are 16th on five.
Meanwhile, former Barcelona and Spain defender Albert Ferrer was sacked by La Liga’s bottom club, Cordoba, and replaced by former Valencia boss Miroslav Djukic.
Ferrer, 44, had led the Andalusians to the Spanish top flight for the first time in 42 years via the playoffs last season, but Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Malaga left them bottom of the table with just four points from their opening eight games back in the top flight.
“Albert Ferrer has this afternoon been relieved of his role as coach of Cordoba Football Club,” the club said in a statement released on their Web site. “The coach was informed of the decision taken after a meeting at the club’s headquarters. Cordoba would like to thank Albert for the work he has carried out during his time in charge, remembering that his name will forever live in the memory of the club having achieved promotion to the first division after a 42-year wait.”
Djukic has been out of a job since being sacked by Valencia in December last year.
The Serbian, who won La Liga with Valencia as a player, takes charge until the end of the season.
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Genoa were held to a controversial draw by visiting Empoli in Serie A on Monday in the first match since the port city was hit by devastating floods.
Genoa went ahead with a goal from Andrea Bertolacci 14 minutes in and Lorenzo Tonelli equalized with his arm in the 77th minute following a deflection.
“It was a handball by Tonelli. That was clear,” Genoa coach Gian Piero Gasperini said. “It cost us two points.”
The draw left both sides in the bottom half of table, with Genoa 11th and Empoli 14th.
Before kickoff, a minute’s silence was observed for a victim of the flooding, caused when two rivers burst their banks, sending a torrent of water and mud down Genoa’s streets.
Residents have been left without electricity and schools have been closed.
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