Euro round-up: Girona return to second in La Liga

Girona moved back into second place in LaLiga with a 3-0 win over Rayo Vallecano, who finished with 10 men at at Estadi Montilivi.

Michel's side had suffered back-to-back away defeats against leaders Real Madrid and then Athletic Bilbao to dent their title ambitions.

Girona finally broke down the visitors in the 52nd minute when Viktor Tsygankov drilled home a cutback from Miguel Gutierrez.

With 15 minutes left, Rayo Vallecano were reduced to 10 men when substitute Pep Chavarria was sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession.

Savinho added a late brace in stoppage time as Girona went two points ahead of Barcelona and now sit six adrift of Real Madrid.

In Serie A, Paulo Dybala scored a hat-trick as Roma beat Torino 3-2 at the Stadio Olimpico to keep up the pressure on the European places.

The Giallorossi took the lead in the 42nd minute through Dybala’s penalty, but Torino soon equalised when Duvan Zapata planted a header into the bottom corner.

Argentina winger Dybala restored Roma’s advantage in the 57th minute, curling in a long-range effort, and completed his treble with 20 minutes left after a neat exchange with substitute Romelu Lukaku.

A late own goal from Dean Huijsen proved little consolation for Torino, who slumped to a second straight defeat.

Roma moved to within two points of fifth-placed Atalanta, who play leaders Inter Milan on Wednesday – and Daniele De Rossi’s in-form side now sit just four behind Bologna in the fight for Champions League qualification.

Fiorentina kept alive their own top six ambitions after coming from behind to beat rivals Lazio 2-1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

After the hosts had hit the woodwork three times, Lazio went ahead against the run of play shortly before half-time when Luis Alberto