First Division - Day 30

Sevilla 3 - Tenerife 0

Sevilla: Palop; Stankevicius (José Carlos 66'), Escudé, Dragutinovic (Romaric 82'), Fernando Navarro; Adriano, Renato, Lolo, Diego Capel; Kanouté (Negredo 73'), Luis Fabiano. 4-4-2.
Tenerife: Aragoneses; Marc Bertrán, Manolo, Luna (Angel 73'), Pablo Sicilia; Juanlu (Omar 55'), Ricardo, Richi, Ayoze; Nino, Dinei (Saizar 87'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 22. Kanouté. Got behind defender to turn Luis Fabiano pass past Aragoneses.
2-0. 44. Luis Fabiano. Controlled Renato cross and struck angled shot past keeper.
3-0. 88. José Carlos. Curled free kick over defensive wall in to near corner of net.

Yellow cards: Luna 13', Stankevicius 29', Bertrán 56', Luis Fabiano 65', Richi 67', Adriano 69', Navarro 75', Capel 78', Angel 81'.

Sevilla finally put an end to run of eight games without a win, beating Tenerife 3-0 on Saturday evening to return to fourth spot. Antonio Alvarez was in charge for the first time in the Sánchez Pizjuan, and he saw his side survive an early scare when Nino failed to convert an easy chance.

Midway through the first half however Luis Fabiano put Kanouté away for him to open the scoring, and a few minutes later the Brazilian striker hit the bar from Drago's free kick. And with the first half coming to a close Luis Fabiano got the goal he was looking for after chesting down Renato's cross before turning a shot past Aragoneses.

The Canary Islanders fought back after the restart though, Palop having to save from Dinei and Richi and Navarro clearing another effort from Nino, but with a couple of minutes to go young substitute José Carlos curled a free kick past the keeper to wrap things up. Tenerife are now six points away from safety after Zaragoza beat Málaga earlier in the day.