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Valencia beats Getafe
MADRID: Valencia saw off ten-man Getafe 3-0, away, with goals from Manuel Fernandes, Joaquin and Vicente, in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
Barcelona tops the table with 25 points from ten games, one ahead of Villarreal, after hammering Valladolid 6-0 at the Nou Camp on Saturday. Valencia has 23 points and moved above Real Madrid into third on goal difference.
The results:
Spanish League: Villarreal 2 (Giuseppe Rossi 1, Joseba Llorente 16) bt Almeria 1 (Pablo Piatti 62); Mallorca 3 (Cleber Santana 12, Juan Arango 59, 76) drew with Athletic Bilbao 3 Andoni Iraola 43- pen, Jon Velez 77, Fernando Llorente 90); Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Andres Guardado 38) bt Espanyol 0; Numancia 2 (Javier Del Pino 28, Jose Javier Barkero 56) lost to Real Betis 4 (Achille Emana 34-pen, Juanito Gutierrez 45, Mehmet Aurelio 45, 85); Racing Santander 1 (Diego Camacho 59-og) bt Sporting Gijon 0; Sevilla 1 (Frederic Kanoute 63) bt Recreativo Huelva 0; Getafe 0 lost to Valencia 3 (Manuel Fernandes 29, Joaquin Sanchez 69, Vicente Rodriguez 81).
Italian League: Catania 2 (Mascara 37, Sabato 87) bt Cagliari 1 (Jeda 6); Chievo 0 lost to Juventus 2 (Del Piero 40, Iaquinta 54); Fiorentina 2 (Melo 20, Gilardino 23) bt Atalanta 1 (Floccari 77-pen); Genoa 4 (Milito 54-pen, 74, 90, Sculli 81) bt Reggina 0; Inter Milan 1 (Cruz 90) bt Udinese 0; Lazio 3 (Zarate 58, Rocchi 86, 90) bt Siena 0; Lecce 1 (Esposito 90) drew with AC Milan 1 (Ronaldinho 79); Napoli 2 (Mannini 23, Zalayeta 74) bt Sampdoria 0.
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