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| FC Barcelona Tickets. Samuel Eto'o was the hero of Camp Nou after he scored a late goal to hand Barcelona all three points against ten-man Real Sociedad, as Frank Rijkaard's side maintained their lead at the top of the table.
The Cameroon international's winning header made up for his penalty miss after just four minutes and gave Bara their first win of the New Year. In a tight encounter the San Sebastian-based visitors saw midfielder Xabi Prieto sent off midway through the second half and that gave the Blaugrana the impetus they needed to record their tenth consecutive win against la Real. |
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| FC Barcelona Tickets. After just four minutes Barcelona could have opened their account when Andrs Iniesta was brought down inside the area by Luiz Alberto to earn the home side a penalty. Eto'o took over the duty of taking it from Ronaldinho, but could only drive his effort against Asier Riesgo's right post.
Rijkaard's side dominated possession but they were frustrated by the visitors' packed defence with several players taking shots from long range. Juliano Beletti, Xavi and Gio Van Bronkhorst all saw strikes fly over the bar in the opening half, while Ronaldinho managed to muscler his way down the right side of the area only to fire wide from an acute angle. At the other end Kovacevic saw a header fly off target before a looping effort from the edge of the area drew Vctor Valds into action to tip the ball over the bar. |