Much needed boost for Barça ahead of Champions League semi

Monday, April 26th, 2010

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FC Barcelona held on to all the points on Saturday evening, in an early kick off against Xerez, but with with Real Madrid also winning their match, Barcelona is still clinging onto the league table by a single point.

Although Jeffren and Henry put Barça ahead early on, the visitors continued to make life hard for them until well into the second half – they scored a goal in the 24th minute to narrow the gap to 2-1 and missed two opportunities. However, Ibrahimovic sealed the victory five minutes into the second half.

This was a welcome victory ahead of the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, when they will really need to pull out all the stops. After their 3-1 defeat by Inter last Tuesday a 2-0 victory is the minimum they need to go through; however, the Italians are unlikely to make it that simple.

1-0 Jeffren (min 13)
2-0 Henry (min 23)
2-1 Bermejo (min 24)
3-1 Ibrahimovic (min 55)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Barcelona	34	27	6	1	83	20	87
2	Real Madrid	34	28	2	4	89	29	86
3	Valencia	34	18	8	8	53	35	62
4	Mallorca	34	16	8	10	53	38	56
5	Sevilla	34	16	6	12	52	42	54
6	Villarreal	34	15	7	12	50	46	52
7	Getafe	34	15	5	14	52	46	50
8	Athletic Bilbao	33	14	7	12	45	44	49
9	Deportivo	34	12	8	14	33	43	44
10	Atlético Madrid	34	12	7	15	52	53	43
11	Espanyol	34	10	11	13	27	40	41
12	Osasuna	33	10	8	15	30	39	38
13	Almería	34	9	11	14	34	46	38
14	Sporting Gijón	34	9	10	15	33	46	37
15	Racing Santander	34	8	12	14	37	50	36
16	Málaga	34	7	13	14	38	43	34
17	Zaragoza	34	8	10	16	39	58	34
18	Valladolid	34	6	14	14	34	54	32
19	Tenerife	34	8	8	18	35	66	32
20	Xerez	34	6	9	20	31	59	27