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Fiorentina 1-0 Belenenses: Babacar bags winner as Viola go through

Dec 10, 2015 10:57:00 PM

The Senegalese striker netted the only goal of the game to settle a scrappy encounter of close calls and near misses.

Khouma Babacar's goal was enough to give Fiorentina a 1-0 win over Belenenses and secure progress to the last 32 of the Europa League.

Paulo Sousa rotated his side heavily and came close on numerous occasions in the first half, only to find his men going into the break unable to break the deadlock.

The lack of luck in front of goal looked to have continued when play resumed as Marcos Alonso crashed his header off the bar, but Babacar was later on hand to ease any tension over the result.