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Lionel Messi, Arturo Vidal Lead Barcelona Past Getafe in 2-0 La Liga Win

Barcelona bagged another win in La Liga on Sunday and struck a cruel blow to Getafe's bid for a top-four finish in the process. Arturo Vidal opened the scoring, and Lionel Messi forced an own-goal in the 2-0 win.

The Blaugrana were far from their best and didn't create many chances, but Vidal was on point to power home a rebound after 39 minutes. Getafe had enjoyed the better chances up until that point, but didn't threaten Jasper Cillessen much after the break.

Messi had several good looks on goal and did enough to force DjeneDakonam into an own-goal with minutes to spare.