Barça hangs on to 2 point lead
La Liga,Match report Monday, March 1st, 2010
Barcelona retained their 2 point lead over real Madrid on Saturday night as both teams won their respective matches. Madrid paid a visit to Tenerife who they thrashed 5-1, while Barça played hosts to Malaga for an entertaining match which wasn’t won quite so convincingly.
It was good to see Dani Alves back in the starting lineup after being off thanks to injury but while Barcelona dominated possession of the ball they found it difficult to actually do anything with it and time and time again throughout the match the ball went wide.
Although the first half was goalless it was at least exciting, but the 0-0 result at the break was hardly deserved. After the break though, Barcelona’s fortunes changed, with a goal from Pedro in the 68th minute. Malaga still had fight in them and continued to cause problems for Barça; and so it was in the 80th minute that Valdo put the equaliser into the net for the visitors.
Barça’s downturn in fortune didn’t last long though. Just three minutes later Messi scored for Barcelona, thereby sealing three important points for FC Barcelona. It appeared that Ibra scored afterwards to make it 3-1, but the goal was denied, although it is hard to see why.
1-0, Pedro (min 68)
1-1, Valdo (min 80)
2-1, Messi (min 83)
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
|
1
|
Barcelona |
24
|
19
|
4
|
1
|
59
|
14
|
61
|
|
2
|
Real Madrid |
24
|
19
|
2
|
3
|
64
|
17
|
59
|
|
3
|
Valencia |
24
|
13
|
7
|
4
|
42
|
24
|
46
|
|
4
|
Sevilla |
24
|
13
|
4
|
7
|
36
|
25
|
43
|
|
5
|
Mallorca |
24
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
38
|
28
|
40
|
|
6
|
Deportivo |
24
|
11
|
5
|
8
|
26
|
26
|
38
|
|
7
|
Athletic Bilbao |
24
|
11
|
4
|
9
|
32
|
30
|
37
|
|
8
|
Villarreal |
24
|
9
|
5
|
10
|
36
|
37
|
32
|
|
9
|
Getafe |
24
|
10
|
2
|
12
|
31
|
32
|
32
|
|
10
|
Sporting Gijón |
24
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
28
|
29
|
31
|
|
11
|
Atlético Madrid |
24
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
37
|
37
|
30
|
|
12
|
Osasuna |
24
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
24
|
26
|
30
|
|
13
|
Almería |
24
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
27
|
33
|
29
|
|
14
|
Málaga |
24
|
6
|
9
|
9
|
29
|
29
|
27
|
|
15
|
Espanyol |
24
|
7
|
6
|
11
|
18
|
32
|
27
|
|
16
|
Racing Santander |
24
|
6
|
7
|
11
|
24
|
37
|
25
|
|
17
|
Zaragoza |
24
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
29
|
47
|
24
|
|
18
|
Valladolid |
24
|
3
|
11
|
10
|
27
|
42
|
20
|
|
19
|
Tenerife |
24
|
5
|
5
|
14
|
20
|
49
|
20
|
|
20
|
Xerez |
24
|
2
|
6
|
17
|
14
|
44
|
12
|
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