Deportivo boost European prospects with win over Xerez

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BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 20, 2010 (AFP) - A couple of goals within the first seven minutes saw Deportivo la Coruna beat Spanish league bottom side Xerez 2-1 and move up to fifth in the table on Saturday.

The home side made a quick fire start scoring from the penalty spot after just two minutes when Vicente Moreno was punished for holding Diego Colotto.

Mexican Jose Guardado made no mistake to put Deportivo ahead and soon Xerez, in disarray, were further behind.

Ivan Riki latched onto a through ball and kept his composure before shooting past keeper Renan Brito.

Xerez had a mountain to climb but did come back into the game as Deportivo took their foot off the pedal and Mario Bermejo pulled a goal back with a header.

In the second half Deportivo tightened up at the back and Xerez were unable to find an equaliser. In fact it was Deportivo who went closest to scoring again with a long range effort from Juan Rodriguez which came back off the crossbar.