Messi sets a new record
Madrid: Lionel Messi became the first player to score 50 goals in a Spanish season as Barcelona maintained its eight-point lead over Real Madrid in the La Liga title race.
Messi reached the landmark when he scored three minutes from time in his team's 2-0 win over Osasuna on Saturday.
The results: Spanish League: Valencia 3 (Soldado 60, Jonas 80, Alba 85) lost to Real Madrid 6 (Benzema 23, Higuain 31, 42, 53, Kaka 39, 62); Barcelona 2 (Villa 24, Messi 87) bt Osasuna 0; Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 18, Toquero 29) bt Real Sociedad 1 (Javi Martinez 31-og). Italian League: Bari 0 lost to Sampdoria 1 (Pozzi 59); Bologna 0 lost to Cesena 2 (Giaccherini 48, Malonga 84); Cagliari 1 (Cossu 47) lost to Fiorentina 2 (Cerci 45, 50); Genoa 4 (Floro Flores 10, 62, Palacio 42, 54) bt Lecce 2 (Di Michele 3, 30); Inter Milan 2 (Sneijder 40, Eto'o 53) bt Lazio 1 (Zarate 24-pen); Palermo 2 (Balzaretti 38, Bovo 45-pen) bt Napoli 1 (Cavani 2-pen); Udinese 0 lost to Parma 2 (Amauri 13, 90); Brescia 0 lost to AC Milan 1 (Robinho 82); Juventus 2 (Del Piero 19-pen, 38) drew with Catania 2 (Gomez 81, Lodi 90) . — Agencies
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