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BARCELONA has come close to maintaining Spain's league title for the second consecutive season, after a tough 2-1 win against host Chennai on Sunday in the eighth stage of the competition.
Barcelona, which won its fifth consecutive victory in the competition, rose 40 points in the lead to qualify early this new year, taking advantage of the fall of rivals.
Barcelona managed to extend the gap at Atletico Madrid by five points, after the 1-1 draw against the capital, Sevilla, third with 33 points earlier in the day.
Barcelona also reduced the gap to 10 points of its traditional rivals, Real Madrid, after the fall of the royal team in the trap of the 0-2 defeat to Real Sociedad, also at the same stage .
Getafe, who lost his fifth loss of the season and his fourth in the competition, is 25 points from seventh.
The Barca's goal was to sign Lionel Messi's lead in the 20th minute and the Argentinian debut in 2019.
Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez added a second goal to Barcelona in the 39th minute thanks to a superb shot, finishing second in scorers with 12 goals, with a goal against fellow striker Christian Stoani, who fell to third square.
Jaime Mata scored Getafe's only goal in the 43rd minute, but the hosts' urge to end the attacks kept them from conceding equalizer in the second period.
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