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Juventus stayed on course for a record-extending 29th Italian soccer league title with a 2-0 win at city rival Torino yesterday.
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Napoli beat Genoa 2-0 to close the gap to Italian Serie A soccer leader Juventus to nine points, while nine-man Atletico Madrid lost ground on the top two in Spain with a 0-0 draw at Getafe.
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Marseille beat Saint Etienne 1-0 yesterday to move level on points atop France’s Ligue 1 as many of Europe’s top soccer leagues entered mid-season breaks. Ajax slipped three points behind the leaders in the Netherlands.
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each scored twice as Real Madrid and Barcelona tied 2-2 in Spanish soccer’s La Liga, while 10-man Inter Milan beat city rival AC Milan 1-0 in Italy.
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FC Twente won Dutch soccer’s Eredivisie title for the first time in its 45-year history after a 2-0 win at 10-man NAC Breda in the last round of games.
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Lionel Messi lifted Barcelona to a 2-1 victory at Osasuna as Real Madrid’s 24-game unbeaten Spanish soccer run ended in a 2-1 defeat at Getafe. AC Milan lost 1-0 at home to newly promoted Sampdoria as Italy’s Serie A began.
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David Villa scored in his comeback from injury to help Barcelona rout Real Sociedad 5-1 as Real Madrid began the defense of its Spanish soccer title with a 1-1 home draw against Valencia.
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Atletico Madrid cut Barcelona’s lead atop La Liga to eight points with a 2-0 victory against Levante yesterday. Inter Milan tied 1-1 in Italian soccer’s Serie A.
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Edinson Cavani scored with five minutes remaining to give Napoli a 2-1 win at Parma to cut Juventus’s lead in Italian soccer’s Serie A to three points. Barcelona beat Osasuna 5-1 in La Liga as Lionel Messi had four goals.
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Lionel Messi broke soccer’s single year scoring record as Barcelona defeated Real Betis 2-1, while Juventus stretched its lead in Italy after Napoli lost 2-1 at Inter Milan.