Girona have escaped the Spanish league’s relegation zone with a 2-1 home victory over Athletic Bilbao.
The Catalan club ended a seven-game winless run and jumped all the way from 17th to 12th in the tightly packed bottom half of the table.
Former Espanyol defender David Lopez opened the scoring in the 67th minute by heading in a free kick by Aleix Garcia at the near post.
Ivan Martin added a second in the 75th when the substitute midfielder raced down a long ball and fired it between the legs of Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon.
Martin was playing his first match in four months after recovering from a broken fibula in his right leg.
“I had the chance to get back out there and enjoy some minutes and what better way than by scoring,” Martin said.
Substitute Gorka Guruzeta pulled one back for Bilbao in the 79th, but the Basque club never mustered a real threat to grab a late equaliser.
The victory for Girona came after they held Spanish leaders Real Madrid to 1-1 in the capital in the last round.
Bilbao remain sixth.
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