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Barcelona extends lead
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 30 - 11 - 2008

Lionel Messi scored twice as Spanish league leader Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 and moved six points clear of rival Real Madrid, which lost to Getafe 3-1 and incurred more injury problems on Saturday.
Samuel Eto'o poked into the top of goal in the 20th minute to open at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan with his league-leading 14th goal.
Messi scored from a superb volley in the 78th before rounding goalkeeper Andres Palop to score from a short angle in injury time as Barcelona improved to 32 points from 13 rounds while stretching its unbeaten run to 19 games.
Juan Angel Albin scored the first of his pair three minutes in and set up Ikechukwu Uche for the other as Getafe secured its fourth victory over its Spanish capital neighbor in nine meetings.
“It's not a defeat that hurts because you could see from the first moment that it was going to be difficult to win,” Madrid's beleaguered coach Bernd Schuster said.
“Many things happened in the game, but in no moment did we feel like we were going to win. For that, the loss doesn't hurt.”
Juventus routs Reggina 4-0
Juventus scored two goals in each half Saturday to defeat Reggina 4-0 in Serie A.
Mauro Camoranesi, who has battled muscle injuries for most of the season, scored his first goal of the year in the 28th to give Juventus the early lead. Alessandro Del Piero helped set up the goal by drawing three defenders before sending a no-look pass with his heel to Pavel Nedved, who found Camoranesi unmarked in front of the Reggina net.
“There are moments in the season when you create a lot of chances and don't score, tonight it was just the opposite for us as we converted everything,” Juventus coach Claudio Ranieri said.
Amauri scored his seventh goal of the season to double the lead in the 44th, before defender Giorgio Chiellini made it 3-0 in the 62nd by heading in a long cross from close range.
Del Piero completed the route under driving snow from the penalty spot in the 74th, his 250th career goal with Juventus and 50th penalty.
“It's great to get new records and reach milestones, but the most important thing is to win,” Del Piero said.
“Tonight we had to win and that's what we did.”
The win gives Juventus 27 points and puts the Turin-based club three behind first-place Inter Milan, which hosts Napoli Sunday. Napoli has 24 points and can pull even with Juventus again with a win over Inter. AC Milan is also on 27 points and plays Palermo Sunday.
“Inter remains the favorite, they are the defending champions and should win again this year,” Ranieri said.
“I've said that from the beginning of the season to everybody from the president of the team to the janitor.
Our goal is to improve on last year.”
Juventus finished third last season, 13 points behind Inter after playing the previous year in Serie B because of its role in the Italian match-fixing scandal.
Reggina has the worst defense in Serie A with 28 goals given up so far, including three 3-0 losses and two 4-0 defeats. However, the club had won its last two games before coming to Stadio Olimpico.
“Clearly we have something wrong with our concentration if we lose games by this much,” said Reggina coach Nevio Orlandi.
“When we fall behind on the road like today we need to keep concentrated, it's clearly a psychological thing.”
In Catania, Jose Castillo scored a minute after coming on as a second-half substitute to give Lecce a 1-1 draw at Catania.
Castillo knocked in a rebound in the 69th minute for his third goal of the season.
Michele Paolucci had put Catania ahead in the 61st after hitting the post 10 minutes earlier.
Catania has six wins, a draw and a loss this year at its Massimino stadium. Away from home, the Sicilian club has three draws and three losses.
Lecce has not won a game since the end of September, a span of nine games.
Three fans shot
Three supporters suffered gunshot wounds, one seriously, after violence erupted between fans at an Argentine second division game in Cordoba, 700km north of Buenos Aires, Thursday, police said on Friday.
The shootings took place during the second half of the match between Belgrano de Cordoba and Tiro Federal de Rosario.
According to official figures, since 1939, 185 people have died as a result of football


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