Barca's road woes continue at surging Getafe

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11/10/2007 - Getafe, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manuel Del Moral and Juan Angel Albin scored as Getafe stunned Barcelona 2-0 on Saturday to win for the fourth time in its last five matches and add to Barca's road woes.

Getafe (4-6-2) was winless through seven matches in La Liga - losing five of those - but has found its form to climb from the bottom of the table to 11th. Getafe has been impressive in its four wins, posting 2-0 victories in each.

Barcelona (7-2-3) lost for the second time in six road matches and has just one win away from the Nou Camp this season.

Barcelona displayed its usual exciting style early with Leo Messi, Hernandez Xavi and Thierry Henry nearly combining to score in the 14th minute.

Ikechukwu Uche answered with a chance in the box for Getafe in the 19th minute but Barca goalie Victor Valdes got low to make a save.

Henry just missed another chance for Barca in the 24th after receiving a pass from Andres Iniesta, but despite splitting two defenders, Henry was denied by Getafe goalie Roberto Abbondanzieri.

Getafe then struck for the early edge when Del Moral found space in the box off a free kick and slotted a side-footed shot into the left side of the net.

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol gave away the free kick on the left, which was sent across the field to Daniel Diaz at the top of the box. Diaz flicked the ball into the box with a header, and Del Moral didn't waste the chance.

Barcelona suffered a scare in the 40th minute when Ronaldinho was fouled hard and taken off on a stretcher. Although he returned, he was taken off early in the second half.

Getafe nearly pushed its edge to two goals before half when Uche was fed by a perfect back heel but had his shot deflect off of Valdes' face for a corner.

With Ronaldinho already out, Barca's situation only got worse when substitute Gianluca Zambrotta was sent off late in the match.

Albin then put the match away in the 90th minute, taking a pass from Uche to get free on the left side of the box and beat Valdes to the far post.

In Saturday's other La Liga match, David Villa scored twice as Valencia beat Real Murcia, 3-0.

Villa scored his first goal in the 26th minute to give Valencia a 2-0 lead. He ran onto a pass from David Albelda on the left side, took the ball deep in the box and fooled Real Murcia goalie Antonio Notario by twisting to take the shot with his right foot.

Villa's second goal came six minutes into the second half when he made a nice sliding effort to reach a pass and poke the ball into the left side.

Valencia pulled equal in points with Barcelona and Villarreal, but sits fourth on goal differential.

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