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A disastrous result against Betis on Saturday combined with good results for Real Madrid and Villarreal combined to not only open Madrid’s gap, but also for Barcelona to fall to third place in the league.

After ending the first half 2 goals up with goals from Bojan Krkic and Samuel Eto’o, Barcelona switched down a gear for the second half, while Betis got down to work. With three goals inside a 15 minute goal scoring window, Barcelona walked away with no points.

Training on Sunday morning looked to be tense, with Barça supporters taunting players, calling them mercenaries.

With a confident victory against Valladolid and Real Madrid losing against Valencia at home, Barcelona closed the gap in the league to just 4 points.

While the first half was rather unconvincing, ending 1-1 after Barça conceded a penalty, the pace was stepped up in the last 45 minutes with Iniesta scoring one and Bojan two more goals.

Real Madrid slipped on Saturday, creating a window of opportunity for Barcelona to close the gap. However, with 9 players injured, Almeria managed to slip 2 goals into the back of the net, matching Barça’s own goal scoring.

The result is sorely disappointing to players and fans alike and questions are being asked about the future of Frank Rijkaard. Madrid remain at the top of the table with 62 points, with Barcelona on 55 and Villarreal on 53.

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Barça dropped 3 points last night in a disastrous match against Villarreal, where there created many opportunities but failed to capitalize on them. With Real Madrid winning at home, the point difference has again widened; while it was looking as though Barça may be in with a chance a week or so ago, that hope is once again slipping away.

Barcelona visited Atletico de Madrid on Saturday night, in a match that saw 6 goals. Unfortunately 4 of those went to Atletico and with Real Madrid taking their full 3 points the gap between first and second place has widen again to 5 points. Barcelona were in control of the game during most of the first half, but without putting their advantage to solid use, wasted.

Next match is against Celtic on Tuesday.

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Barcelona beat Levante a resounding 5-1 last night at the Nou Camp in a match that saw Sanmueal Eto’o score his first hat-trick for the blaugranas. Barcelona went ahead with a goal from Xavi in the 14th minute after a great bit of play by Iniesta and Eto’o. However, Barça failed to dominate and in the 41th munte and handball from Zambrotta gave Levante the chance to score off a penalty. However, Messi out things right just before half time with a pass from Xavi.

In the second half Barça showed their form and stamina, outplaying the visiting team completely. Again and again (and again) Eto’o ended up with the ball in front of the net and put it home. With Real Madrid losing against Getafe later on Sunday, Barcelona have closed the gap to just 2 points, and with an increased confidence they look as if they are capable of achieving what just a few weeks ago was unthinkable.

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This weekend has proved to be lucky for Barcelona, with Real Madrid dropping 3 points against Betis and Barcelona scraping a 2-1 victory at Zaragoza. The difference is now down to just 5 points, but Barça needs to improve their form to nail the trophy.

Henry put the goal in the back of the net in the 34th minute, with Barcelona dominating the first half, although Zaragoza had some breaks through to goal. However, when the home team was awarded a penalty for Marquez’s foul on Oliveira it looked like they would quickly equalize; a shot over the bar put an end to that though.

The second half saw Zaragoza mount a sustained attack on goal, with Barcelona apparently drained, which eventually saw the hosts take a goal in the 53rd minute. It looked dangerous for Barcelona, with both sides looking like they might score, but took a penalty awarded for handball to do the trick; Ronaldinho blasted the ball into the right hand side of the net, with keeper Cesar diving the other way.

The victory owed more to luck than form, but with Real Madrid dropping a game they surely thought was in thye bag it was all round lucky weekend for Barcelona.

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Barcelona’s performance at Sevilla on Saturday was not good enough to walk away with all the available points, and with the home team one man down through a red card, Barcelona failed to capitalize on their advantage. The team overall played well, but when it came to delivering goals they just didn’t come.
On the other hand Real Madrid are looking to be in fine form still. They played at home against Valladollid, humiliating the guests with a 7-0 victory. Although the race for the league is not yet over, it will take a combination of Barcelona picking up the pace to secure victories away and some bad form from Madrid.

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With Real Madrid losing to Almeria on Saturday night, all that remained was for Barça to pocket their three points and close the gap on their rival. However, it almost didn’t happen at a rain soaked Camp Nou; despite numerous attacks on Osasuna’s goal, the ball just didn’t go in, and with a couple of dangerous looking breaks from Osasuna it looks like the match could go either way.

However, Barça’s determined efforts eventually paid off in the 87th minute, when Xavi put the ball home.

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The combination of Barcelona’s draw against Athletic last night and Real Madrid’s 3-2 victory over Villarreal means that Barcelona are now a full 9 points behind their rival.

Barcelona were unable to make the most of their attacking, but luckily for them so were Athletic. Bojan’s 34th minute goal put Barça ahead, but without leaving any space for errors the inevitable happened in the minute 78 and Barcelona walked away with a draw.

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