Europe roundup: Sevilla suffers heavy defeat at Valencia, Florence and Schalke win for the first time, Rennes tops

Sevilla inflicted more pain on La Liga’s struggling Valencia with a late 1-0 win to move up to third in La Liga.

Valencia beat Barcelona 5-0 in their last game, which left them bottom of the table.

Their defense was more effective at the Ramon Sánchez Pizjuan Stadium but Valencia could not avoid another defeat and Juan Iglesias scored to give the home side a point with nine minutes remaining.

Georgi Kocholashvili took a free kick from the left and Iglesias did well to get up and head home.

seville is Played one more game, two points behind leaders Barcelona. Valencia currently has only one point.

Florence came from behind to beat Venezia 4-2 in Serie A after both teams lost a win.

Akole Adams gave Venice the lead but Franco Mastantono’s hat-trick sealed Fiorentina’s victory.

Schalke 04 defeated Union Berlin 3-1 in an away game and won their first victory since promotion to the Bundesliga.

Schalke doubled their lead with Robin Gosens’ volley in the 25th minute and Adil Aouchiche’s near-post effort early in the second half.

Tim Skaker’s volley in the sixth minute of 12 minutes of stoppage time gave Alliance hope, but Maximilian Wober restored Schalke’s two-goal lead in the final seconds.

In Ligue 1, Adrian Thomasson scored the only goal of the game to help Rennes defeat Marseille 1-0, which had suffered three consecutive defeats, and at least temporarily topped the standings.

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