Barcelona have achieved their second successive victory since the resumption of the domestic league, to move away five points temporarily in the lead of Real Madrid by defeating Leganes, who finished last 2-0 in front of empty stands for Camp Nou in the twenty-ninth stage of the Spanish Football Championship on Tuesday.
Anso Fate (42) and Argentine Lionel Messi (69 in penalty kick) scored the two goals.
Barcelona raised its score to 64 points against 59 for Real Madrid, who is playing in this stage at home against Valencia.
In view of the compressed program in Spain, where each team must play 11 games over a period of 37 days, i.e. a match every three days, Barcelona coach Kiki Citi made five changes to the squad that defeated Mallorca by four clean at the resumption of the league last weekend, most notably for the Croatian midfielders Ivan Rakitic and Brazilian Artur instead of Dutchman Frankie de Jong and Chilean Arturo Vidal.
On the other hand, the young striker Ansso Fati, 17, participated, whose English newspaper The Times reported that his team had rejected a fictional offer from Manchester United to give up his services for 150 million euros.
Barcelona shyly dominated the game early in the game, but its modest opponent was the most dangerous.
And Frenchman Clément Lénglete saved his own goal from a certain goal when he scattered the ball before crossing the goal line after a shot by Miguel Angel Guerrero (12).
Then the German goalkeeper, Marc Andre Ter Stegen, shed the distinction of deporting Gerio's creeping shot (13).
Barcelona succeeded in opening the recording after the incursion of his left back Brazilian Junior Verbo, who played instead of the arrested David Alba, and passed a ball towards Fati to pay the last crawling ball that ended in the far corner three minutes before the end of the first half.
Fati left his place to veteran Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who is returning to action after undergoing surgery on his knee early this year.
Frenchman Antoine Griezmann scored the second goal after a cross pass from the Portuguese Nelson Simedo, but the verdict was canceled due to the latter's infiltration after resorting to a video assistive technique (64).
Three minutes later, the referee awarded a penalty in favor of the Catalan team, after Messi was blocked in the area, and he went ahead with it, giving him a 2-0 lead for his team (69).
Messi strengthened his lead to the top scorer with 21 goals, far ahead of his main competitor, Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
. Messi scored a goal and contributed to two decisive passes against Mallorca at the end of the week.
The confrontation is the third between the two teams this season, and the Catalan team narrowly beat its opponent 2-1 in the league, before sweeping it with five clean in the cup competition.

Getafe's level has fallen

On the other hand, Getafe failed to climb to fourth place temporarily by falling into the trap of a negative draw with his host Espanyol, who played 73 minutes with ten players after one of his players was sent off.
Getafe remained fifth, with 47 points, in points, with Real Sociedad IV, who is visiting Alaves on Thursday, but the first may fall to sixth place if Atlético Madrid tied or Osasuna on Wednesday.
Getafe only won once in the last six league matches.
Espanyol received a heavy blow in the 17th minute when the referee sent him off the Colombian player, Bernardo Espinoza, with a red card, immediately after he elbowed Uruguayan Damian Suarez after a joint game after carrying a corner kick.
Espanyol goalkeeper Diego Lopez saved his goal from a certain stoppage-time goal when he tackled an attempt by Angel Rodriguez and defender David Lopez interfered to distract Marc Cocorella's ball before it crossed the goal line.
Getafe goalkeeper David Syria regretted the result of his team, saying, "We must admit that we missed an important opportunity. We have had the numerical advantage for a long time and we may feel some concern. What is certain is that we are not living a good period."
Villarreal scored a difficult victory over Real Mallorca, with a goal scored by the Colombian Carlos Backa in the 16th minute.

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