A stylish Barcelona sent a message to Real Madrid that it is ready to fight to keep its Spanish League title after cruising to a 4-0 win over Zaragoza — even if Real responded with a hard-fought 3-2 success over Valencia to preserve its three-point cushion.
Juventus went back to the top of Serie A after a 3-0 win over Palermo on Sunday, which put it ahead of Lazio on goal difference.
The results:Spanish League: Valencia 2 (Soldado 75, 83) lost to Real Madrid 3 (Benzema 20, Sergio Ramos 72, Cristiano Ronaldo 79); Villarreal 1 (Borja Valero 21) bt Real Betis 0; Barcelona 4 (Pique 18, Messi 43, Puyol 54, Villa 75) bt Real Zaragoza 0.
Italian League:Sunday: Bologna 0 lost to Cesena 1 (Parolo 83); Catania 1 (Almiron 78) lost to Chievo 2 (Pellissier 45-pen, Sammarco 73); Juventus 3 (Pepe 20, Matri 48, Marchisio 65) bt Palermo 0; Parma 2 (Biabiany 58, Giovinco 76-pen) bt Udinese 0; Siena 2 (D'Agostino 44-pen, Gazzi 87) drew with Atalanta 2 (Denis 15-pen, 53).
Saturday: Fiorentina 0 drew with AC Milan 0; Inter Milan 2 (Motta 54, Coutinho 60) bt Cagliari 1 (Larrivey 89); Napoli 0 drew with Lazio 0.
