Barcelona Got Beaten and Real Madrid Gets Closer

The current leadership of the League, FC Barcelona, has struggled for the second time this season after not lose because their match against Numancia in last August with a 2-1 at Espanyol, leaving the winning streak to 23 victories. § a coffin was not playing the best in the first half, mainly because 37 minutes was left with only 10 players as midfielder Seydou Keita was expelled for making a bad lack of Moisa © s Hurtado. The Azulgrana played disorganized and Espanyol took advantage of it, particularly with physical play that was stopped at Barcelona to play their game going. During the second half, Espanyol took control of operations and quickly scored two goals in 50 'and 55', is in the hands of the old hand midfielder Ivan de la Pena ± a. The first goal was the result of a pass from Nena ©, while the latter is a poor clearance from Barcelona defender Victor Valda © s, during which De la Pena ± throw the ball into the net. Furthermore, only 7 minutes later, Yaya Tour © has the ball and scored for Barcelona. However, Barcelona does not seem to respond and completed the score 2-1 with a victory at Espanyol, one of the teams in the red overhead Barà § a. This was the first victory of the 'Espanyol matches fifteen, he left in 19th place, one point ahead and three behind Mallorca Numancia in the relegation zone. In contrast, at the top of the table with this Barà § lost to cut the lead is only 7 units above Real Madrid, who ranks second in the standings with 53 points. Two weeks ago, Barcelona was ahead by 12 points but a draw and one defeat in their last two games has put Real Madrid in the battle for first place once again. For the Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola was an ugly game, but not the end of the world, knew that the principle is not easy and we'll keep working hard to improve every game. "Let's get up and move on, I have no doubt," said Spanish coach. "Nobody said it would be easy, but we are still in a good position. We lost a game but still a good distance. On the other hand, Real Madrid has been an unqualified success against Real Betis, peak 6 to 1. All objectives were achieved through the first half, the first (7 ') and sixth (45), respectively, from Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramos, two of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (15', 24 ') and the other pair (36 ', 42') was a work of Captain Raa GONZA º l Gonzalez. This is the ninth straight win for the meringues and a crucial year, as last season is approaching and the chances of getting the last points needed to maintain the reduction. The next game in the League of Barcelona will be on March 1 against the Atla © tico de Madrid, following the visit of Real Madrid against Espanyol in the previous day. Both teams are playing during the week of UEFA Champions League Round KO: Barcelona vs Real Madrid vs. Lyon and Liverpool.