Barcelona Failed to Take Advantage

American-born Giuseppe Rossi scored on a penalty kick to help Villarreal beat Zaragoza 2-0 in the

Spanish league. Rossi scored his 11th goal of the season in the 65th minute. Nihat Kahveci also scored for third-place Villarreal, which is unbeaten in seven games.

Kalu Uche’s header in the 85th minute gave Almeria a 2-2 tie against 10-man FC Barcelona. Barcelona failed to take advantage of Real Madrid’s 1-0 loss at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, moving within seven points

of its rival instead of five. Madrid leads the league with 62 points, followed by Barcelona with 55 with 10 games remaining.

Bojan Krkic gave Barcelona the lead in the 17th minute, but Ruben Pulido tied the score in the 33rd. Samuel Eto’o again put

Barcelona ahead in the 57th, but the team was then reduced to 10 men in the 72nd when Gabriel Milito tripped Juan Manuel

Ortiz for his second yellow card.

Simao Sabrosa scored one goal and set up one of Diego Forlan’s two to lead Atletico Madrid past last-place Levante 3-0 and

into fourth place with 47 points. Luis Fabiano scored both goals in Sevilla’s 2-1 win at Valencia, taking his league-leading total to 22 goals in 21 matches.source/yahoo/ap/p>