Spanish Primera Liga : La Liga 2013/14 , Atletico Madrid are Champions

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Barcelona stayed on the heels of La Liga leaders Real Madrid when a side containing several youngsters from their B team secured a 2-1 win at home to Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Real had earlier deployed close to their strongest team in a 1-0 victory at city rivals Getafe, defender Sergio Ramos nodding in the only goal on a bitterly cold and blustery night at the Coliseum stadium that lifted them to 55 points from 21 matches.

In the late kickoff at an equally chilly Nou Camp, more than 50,000 fans turned out to witness 20-year-old Cristian Tello finish clinically from a ninth-minute Lionel Messi assist.

The World Player of the Year made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute when he hooked in a Daniel Alves cross before Sociedad forward Carlos Vela pulled one back for the visitors two minutes later as Barca stayed within seven points of their Madrid rivals.

The Spanish and European champions' night was spoiled by a nasty-looking injury to Sergio Busquets.

The Spain midfielder had come off the bench only a few minutes earlier before he sustained a deep gash below his right knee in a challenge with Sociedad defender Carlos Martinez.

Messi's strike put him on 23 league goals for the season, one behind Real forward and top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Saturday, February 11 2012 10:30 PM Racing vs Atlético Madrid
Sunday, February 12 2012 12:30 AM Osasuna vs Barcelona , Live on Ten Action Plus & Ten HD
Sunday, February 12 2012 02:30 AM Real Betis vs Athletic Bilbao


Sunday, February 12 2012 04:30 PM Espanyol vs Real Zaragoza
Sunday, February 12 2012 08:30 PM Málaga vs Mallorca
Sunday, February 12 2012 08:30 PM Rayo Vallecano vs Getafe
Sunday, February 12 2012 10:30 PM Valencia vs Sporting Gijón , Live on Ten Action Plus & Ten HD
Monday, February 13 2012 12:15 AM Villarreal vs Granada CF
Monday, February 13 2012 02:00 AM Real Madrid vs Levante , Live on Ten Action Plus & Ten HD

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Barça caught cold in Pamplona (3-2)

Barça have suffered their second defeat of the season away to an Osasuna side that made the most of their chances and adapted better to the freezing conditions

FCB were two goals down at half time but in the second half looked to have equalised when Alexis’s goal was ruled offside



Decepció al camp de l'Osasuna. FOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ-FCB.
Barça are further than ever from retaining their league title after losing at the Reyno de Navarra. The visitors struggled to get into their stride in a game played on a freezing evening on a pitch in appalling condition. But Osasuna did a far better job of interpreting the situation, and went 2-0 up early on. Barça came out much stronger after the break and had Osasuna pegged back in their own half for most of what remained of the game. At moments it looked like the Catalans might be able to turn things around, but ultimately they were missing the luck they needed to get anything positive out of a frustrating game.

Deep freeze

Things couldn't have started worse from a Barça point of view, for only four minutes had passed when Osasuna went 1-0 up through Lekić, who converted a wonderful assist from Raúl García after a delightful combination move. Barça sought an immediate reaction. Messi, from the right (where the pitch wasn't in quite such an awful state), was the first to threaten goalkeeper Andrés Fernández with a long range effort. Despite the uneven surface and Osasuna advancing their lines considerably, Barcelona still opted to play the ball from the back. But in those conditions, the passing game wasn't always going to be easy.

Osasuna extend lead

Osasuna's second goal came from a textbook play. Raúl García, possibly in an offside position, received the ball wide and sent a pinpoint cross to Cejudo, with Lekić finishing the move with his second goal of the night. The home side had only come close to the Barcelona goal twice, and had managed to score both times. From then on, Barça did start managing to produce their typical possession football, but were making an uncharacteristically large number of unforced errors. However, Messi managed to be as threatening as ever, and could have scored with the best Barça chance of the half, but his low drive was not enough to defy an impeccable Andrés.

Potential comeback

After half time, Pep Guardiola sent on Cuenca and Tello for Puyol and Pedro, while sticking to his 4-3-3 system. And his players clearly felt that the three points could still be won. The first sign of that was a terrific Messi strike that the home keeper just managed to push over for a corner. But moments later, a much more inspired Barça finally hit the target in the 51st minute when Alexis Sánchez slammed home a sensational cross from the right by Cuenca. But for the umpteenth time in this championship, fortune was not on Barcelona's side. A defensive mix-up shortly after the restart resulted in Osasuna restoring their two-goal lead at 3-1, this time thanks to Raúl García.

Tello generates hope

But the defending champions refused to throw in the towel. They bravely battled on in search of the miracle, and certainly had enough chances to get it. Guardiola threw caution to the wind by sending on Cesc for Pique, and just moments later Tello pulled one back with a beautifully struck goal. Even though Osasuna immediately responded with Puñal hitting the post, the Barcelona goal evidently knocked much of the confidence out of the Navarran side. There was still hope for Barça.

Gripping but unfortunate end

In the 78th minute, Tello was through on the goalkeeper and would have hoped to have scored, and shortly after Alexis had a goal disallowed, although it is doubtful whether Sergi Roberto's head really did touch the ball and therefore leave the Chilean in an offside position. Then , in the fourth minute of injury time, Cesc came frustratingly close to heading home a corner but Andrés was once again there to save the day for Osasuna. It was a disappointing evening in Pamplona for FC Barcelona, made all the worse when Mascherano was shown a red card for a second bookable offence after the final whistle had blown.

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Guardiola: “It's a painful loss”

The manager is aware that the race for La Liga is a bit more complicated after the defeat in Pamplona, he added that the team “must do their best” until the end of the season

Guardiola believes that “if we were playing well in the second half on this pitch we could have done the same in the first”



Training session on Sunday

Barça will train on Sunday starting at 11:00 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, it will be a closed-door session. Carles Puyol will hold a post-training press conference.

After losing to Osasuna, Pep Guardiola said that “distancing ourselves from Madrid is painful ... the reality is that we were already at an important distance and I imagine it will increase [tomorrow].” However, this team never gives up and neither does its coach. “We have to keep on going until the end,” said Guardiola, “we don’t really have many perspectives to work from, we can only play the next game as best we can to do well.”

Guardiola, pleased with the second half

Guardiola was pleased with his team’s attitude in the second half where they fought until the last minute of the game to take away a point from the Reyno de Navarra: “Osasuna were better in the first half. We played a great second half, anything could have happened.” After the match, the Barça manager said that he’s shifting his focus to the Champions League tie against Bayer Leverkusen: “we’ll go to Europe to defend our title. We played a second half that shows us the way to defend a Champions League.”

The poor pitch conditions, not an excuse

Guardiola admitted that in the first half “Osasuna started off and adapted to the pitch conditions better than we did.” However, after his team produced a better showing in the second half, where the pitch wasn’t as influential on Barça’s play, the manager said, “if we were playing well in the second half on this pitch we could have done the same in the first.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKIIXPtooo8]Osasuna Vs Barcelona 3-2 All Highlights And Goals 2-11-2012 - YouTube[/ame]

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