For the second time in as much as visit, Villareal maged to take a point away from Nou Camp.
Villareal's away form has been very poor this season, but that didn't stop them drawing and almost
winnin g the match in the end. With this win Barca has moved clear of Real Madrid by three points,
but the Madrid based side can equal Barca in points if they manage to win tonight at Osasuna.
FC Barcelona surpirisingly lost the first leg of Copa Del Rey quarterfinals at home to an under
strength Sevilla side. FC Barcelona now face a near impossible task of winning the second leg away
from home with atleast two goals clear to proceed to the next game. Two matches into the new year,
Barca is still looking for their first win of the year.
A solitary goal victory was not good enough for Barca as the two home goals they conceded proved
crucial. Xavi's strike in the second half had given Barca a deserving lead, but some poor finishing
from strikers and some great goal keeping by Sevilla custodian Palop made sure that Barca never got
the all important second goal.
An excellent second half performance saw Barca extract revenge on Sevilla for the Copa Del Rey
dissappointment with a sublime 4-0 victory. Earlier on the night Real Madrid were defeated by
Athletic Bilbao and that means with this victory we have opened a lead of five points at the top.
Barca opened the account courtesy of an own goal by Escude, Pedro then doubled the lead and in the
last five minutes Messi grabbed two to complete the tally.
FC Barcelona has moved eight points clear on top with an emphatic 3-0 victory at Valladoid. Now the
pressure will be on Real Madrid to reduce the lead tonight. Valladoid did trouble Barca early on,
but two goals in the span of 90 seconds from Xavi and Alves in the first half made Barca's life
easy.
