A round of midweek matches in La Liga with Barcelona marching on towards the title with a hard fought 0-1 win at Valencia, a second half goal from who else but Messi deciding the match.
Barcelona are now ten points clear of Real Madrid who entertain Málaga on Thursday evening. Can Málaga cause an upset? As the Blue and Whites only overcame Almeria on Monday night after Almeria were reduced to nine men, the answer may be purely academic, but you never know.
Valencia remain in third place, but now just one point ahead of Villarreal who scraped past Hércules, 1-0, with a goal courtesy of Rossi midway through the first half.