Neymar invigorates Barca, Real braked

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A brace from Neymar , author of five goals this week, helped FC Barcelona depart Villarreal (2-1) and restore its grip on the Spanish Championship , relegating five points Real Madrid, held in check by Osasuna (2-2) for the 16th day.

After his hat-trick on Wednesday against Glasgow Celtic in the Champions League (6-1) , the Brazilian scored a penalty (30) and entered into a collective action (68) to tame the " Yellow Submarine " , fifth in La Liga, which equalized by Mateo Musacchio (48).

This success provides provisionally Barça (43 points) three lengths ahead of Atletico Madrid, who play Sunday against Valencia CF ( 2000 GMT ) . It allows him especially to widen the gap on Real , third, who found himself 2-0 down to ten against eleven in Pamplona and snatched a draw thanks to Isco (45) and Pepe (80).

Unfortunately for the two Madrid clubs , Barca seems to be back after his recent slump against Athletic Bilbao (1-0). And it is Villarreal who has paid the price . Absolute monopoly of possession , balloons recovered very high , repetition of passes : in an early game completely to his advantage, Barcelona patiently held his game, without rushing , worrying the recovery promoted by Alex Song on the post ( 7 ) .

The opening goal came from a hand involuntary Side Mario Villarreal , who embezzled arm center Jordi Alba , causing a penalty. Also in the absence of Lionel Messi injured until January , Neymar took responsibility to mark coolly (30).

After this first period in one direction, he nevertheless enough of a corner just after the break for the central defender Mateo Musacchio equalized with a powerful header (48) and raise the " yellow submarine" .

" Lots of character "
Face Villarreal then changed , becoming more consistent with that of a fifth championship team and able to stand up to the Real ( 2-2) or Atletico (1-1) : we saw the men in yellow s'enhardir and Giovani Dos Santos create chances , including a shot close to the post of José Manuel Pinto ( 51).

But Barca has not dismantled , Cesc Fabregas found Alexis Sanchez in the surface and the Chilean served on a tray Neymar (68) , who scored his sixth goal in La Liga and confirmed its perfect integration with the Catalan collective.

Real , meanwhile , seems to follow a direction that Barça curve : net return to form in recent weeks , merengue club fell through in its defense against Osasuna . The Navarre , sixteenths and worst attack Liga before this weekend , have long believed the feat thanks to a brace from head Oriol Riera .

The match was even turned into a nightmare when the merengue captain Sergio Ramos, already warned , received a second yellow card. "We lost a little control of the game after the first goal (...) But I think the team showed character not to lose this game. "

Isco (45) hits a very pure at the entrance to the area and Pepe head (80 ) have equalized in the second half allowing Real to limit the damage .

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