Barça draws in Getafe and approaches
the leadership
Xavi scored the red and blue goal with
a masterful free kick
Barça began the year with a draw (1-1) in Getafe, leaving them
two points behind Sevile withone game in hand. A free Kick scored by
Xavi in the 69th minute allowed Barça to take away one point and level
the scoreboard opened by Dani Güiza a quarter of an hour before when
he took advantage of a clamorous error by Marquez, who held back the
ball.
Ezquerro took over the left side from the absent Ronaldinho in a game
in which the team from Madrid showed no respect fort he red and blues
and coluld have defeated them if they had finished off any of the four
clear chances they had in the last minutes of the game. Gudjohnsen ha
the only clear goal chance in the first half with a crossed shot.
Giuly had two chances in the last 10 minutes to score the goal of victory,
but the true hero once more was Victor Valdes, whose interventions in
the closing stages avoided the three pints going to Bernd Schuster's
pupils.
