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FC Barcelona News: 10 February 2014; Barça Regain Top Spot in La Liga After Sevilla Win, Barça B Also Victorious

Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno

Sevilla FC - FC Barcelona: Important win in the rain(1-4) | FC Barcelona
A vital win for Barça at the always tough Sanchez Pijuan puts them back on top of the table - a spot they’d held all season until last weekend. Although Martino’s side weren’t as dominant as normal tonight, they showed a lethal finishing touch up front to come back from the hosts’ early strike with Alexis, Messi –two lovely goals – and Cesc gave Barça the win.

"It's important to regain the top spot," says Iniesta | FC Barcelona
Andrés Iniesta played a fantastic match at the Sánchez Pizjuán as he was one of the players, along with Xavi, to successfully complete the most passes throughout the 90 minutes of play. The midfielder recognised that it was crucial to defeat Sevilla. "It was important to go top again. The circumstances perhaps weren’t the best but in the end we won the match."

Tata Martino believes FC Barcelona improved after the equaliser | FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona showed that they are a solid team as they fought back from Sevilla’s opener at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino explained in the post-match press conference that "we’re aware that we’re at a crucial part of the season, the match could have been tied up 2-2 but we managed to control the end of the match."

Inside the dressing room at the Sánchez Pizjuán | FC Barcelona
The match against Sevilla and Barça is scheduled for 9:00 PM CET at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. The visitors dressing room is ready to receive the Blaugrana.

FC Barcelona warm up ahead of the match against Sevilla | FC Barcelona
Barça overcome the elements to re-take top spot in Seville. Goals from Alexis, Messi (2) and Cesc give Barça the wi. Although Martino’s side weren’t as dominant as normal tonight, they showed a lethal finishing touch up front to come back from the hosts’ early strike with Alexis, Messi –two lovely goals – and Cesc gave Barça the win.

Pedro makes appearance number 250 | FC Barcelona
Pedro Rodríguez made his Barça debut at the Camp Nou on January 12 2008 in a league game against Murcia, when he came on for Samuel Eto’o who had just scored twice in the 4-0 win. Six years later, Pedro marked game number 250 in a Barça shirt in the game against Seville.

Last week of Cup and league action | FC Barcelona
With the second leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final on Wednesday, Barça go into another week of Cup and league action. Barça take a 2-0 lead from the first leg to Anoeta as they look to book a place in the final on April 19. Three days after their trip to the Basque Country, Barça are back in league action when Rayo are the visitors at the Camp Nou (08.00 PM CET)

Barcelona have bid for Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Alen Halilovic bid rejected - ESPN FC
Sport claims that the initial Barca bid was for 3.6 million euros, and speculates that a Barca contingent is to travel to Croatia in the coming days to finalise an agreement which would see Halilovic at the Camp Nou from the start of the 2014-15 campaign.

Barça B defeat Tenerife thanks to two beautiful goals (2-0) | FC Barcelona
Barça B once again won at the Miniestadi thanks to a solid performance against Tenerife. Two individual plays from Denis Suárez, who scored from a free kick, and Dani Nieto secured the three points for the Blaugrana. Tenerife could have equalised through Ayoze, but Barça’s defence stood firm.

Real Sociedad held by Levante | Sky Sports Football
The Basques had more possession and created more chances than the visitors, who were once again grateful to their goalkeeper Keylor Navas for making a number of crucial saves and keeping a clean sheet. But La Real have produced better performances this year and cannot feel too large a sense of injustice at only picking up one point.

Osasuna claim much-needed victory | ESPNFC.com
Osasuna moved further away from the Primera Division relegation zone as they claimed a 2-0 over Getafe on Sunday afternoon. Oriol Riera fired them ahead early on but it was backs to the wall stuff for most of the first-half as struggling Getafe dominated proceedings. Osasuna improved in the second half and eventually got a second goal through Roberto Torres as the home side moved five points clear of the drop and extended Getafe's winless league run to eight games.

Osorio inspires Valladolid fightback | Sky Sports Football
Ferran 'Coro' Corominas had given Fran Escriba's side the lead in a scrappy first half that was low on attractive football, and Manu del Moral looked to have sealed the points when he doubled their advantage on 66 minute. However, Colombian forward Osorio scored twice in seven minutes to earn Valladolid a valuable point that not only puts them three points from safety, but also prevents Elche from moving seven points away from them.

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