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Barca moves closer to Spanish title
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 02 - 05 - 2016

Barcelona scored two second-half goals to defeat 10-man Real Betis 2-0 Saturday and move closer to winning the Spanish league title.
The victory put Barcelona back in first place after both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid had won earlier. Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 behind a late winner by Gareth Bale, and Atletico topped Rayo Vallecano by the same score with a goal by French striker Antoine Griezmann.
Victories against Espanyol and Granada in the final two rounds will secure Barcelona its second consecutive title. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have 85 points each, with the Catalan club ahead on the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Real Madrid is one point behind with two rounds to go. All three teams have won their matches in the last three rounds.
"We keep winning and we still only depend on ourselves," Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. "We never said it was going to be easy. We have to focus on these last two games. We are closer and closer to the Spanish league title."
Lionel Messi set up both Barcelona goals at the Benito Villamarin Stadium in Seville. Ivan Rakitic scored in the 50th minute after a defensive blunder and Luis Suarez added his league-leading 35th goal in the 81st to seal the victory.
Real Betis played a man down from the 37th after Heiko Westermann was sent off for two yellow cards. The German defender was shown his first yellow in the 28th for a foul on Messi, and the second came less than 10 minutes later for a foul on Rakitic.
Rakitic broke the deadlock from close range after goalkeeper Antonio Adan failed to intercept Messi's cross to Rakitic inside the area.
The Argentine playmaker then sent a perfect long ball to Suarez in front of the goal, and the Uruguay striker easily netted his ninth goal in three games.
Barcelona lost goalkeeper Claudio Bravo near the end of the game because of a calf injury.
In Madrid, Atletico won despite playing with only four players from the starting lineup that defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals Wednesday at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Coach Diego Simeone, serving a three-game suspension for throwing a second ball onto the field in the previous league round, rested most of the regular starters Saturday ahead of the return game in Germany Tuesday.
Bale scored with a firm header after a well-placed cross by Lucas Vazquez in the 80th, giving Madrid its 10th-straight league win in a difficult match at Anoeta Stadium. — AP


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