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On Saturday late in the evening, in the matches of the Spanish "Liga BBVA" championship, the leader position was lost by "Barcelona".
In front of their own fans, the Catalans failed to beat the players of "Sevilla" with goalkeeper Javi Varas in front of them - the match ended without goals.
The big drama took place at the end of the game, when after added time by the referee for a foul against Andres Iniesta, a penalty kick was awarded to the away team.
Lionel Messi standing at the mark did not get a chance to take a shot right away, as a conflict between Cesc Fabregas and Frederic Kanoute occurred on the other side of the field.
The former captain of London's "Arsenal" whispered something to his opponent, who did not remain in debt and touched the new purchase of "Barcelona".
Fabregas, like a longtime student of Pep Guardiola, knew what to do in such cases - grab his face and roll on the ground.
Malian national team player Kanoute, of course, was shown a red card, but the scuffle lasting a couple of minutes did not help Messi, whose penalty kick was brilliantly saved by Varas, who played fantastically throughout the match.
Soon another "Sevilla" player saw a red card against himself - Fernando Navarro, but the hosts ran out of time to use the numerical advantage.
"Barcelona" stumbled, and took advantage of it to climb to the top of the tournament table for at least one day, the Madrid team "Real" crushing the ambitious "Malaga" club away with a dry result of 0-4, with all four goals coming in the first half of the match.
The opponents' goalkeeper was defeated three times by the captain of the Portuguese national team Cristiano Ronaldo, while Gonzalo Higuain sent the ball into the net once.
Tomorrow, the royal club could be eclipsed by "Levante", who is displaying excellent performance, as they will test their strength against "Villarreal" away.
Results:
Santander "Racing" 0 - 1 Barcelona "Espanyol" 59' [0 - 1] S. Garcia
Chichon's "Sporting" 2 - 0 "Granada" 6' [1 - 0] D. Barral 42' [2 - 0] A. Castro
"Malaga" 0 - 4 Madrid "Real" 11' [0 - 1] G. Higuain 24' [0 - 2] C. Ronaldo 28' [0 - 3] C. Ronaldo 38' [0 - 4] C. Ronaldo
"Barcelona" 0 - 0 "Sevilla" 90' L. Messi missed 11 m. penalty 90' F. Kanoute sent off ("Sevilla") 90' F. Navarro sent off ("Sevilla")
