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Villa grabs 17th goal of season in Valencia win
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February 24, 2010, Wednesday
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TWO goals from David Villa were enough for Valencia to beat Getafe 2-1 in the Spanish league on Monday night.
Chori Dominguez burst past Getafe defender Cata Diaz to find Villa in the 39th minute for the opener at the Mestalla Stadium.
The hosts made it 2-0 shortly after the break after David Silva stole the ball to set up his Spain teammate, who lobbed goalkeeper Jordi Codina for his league-leading 17th goal of the season.
Valencia was reduced to 10 men in the 61st after Alexis picked up a second yellow card for fouling Pedro Leon. Getafe striker Manuel Del Moral took advantage of a defensive lapse in the 75th to cut the deficit.
Barcelona leads with 58 points, Real Madrid has 56, Valencia 46 and Sevilla 42. Getafe is eighth with 32 points.
Barcelona beat Racing Santander 4-0 on Saturday while Madrid thrashed Villarreal 6-2 on Sunday.
In the weekend's other games, it was: Deportivo La Coruna 2, Xerez 1; Mallorca 1, Sevilla 3; Malaga 2, Espanyol 1; Athletic Bilbao 4, Tenerife 1; Osasuna 1, Valladolid 1; Zaragoza 1, Sporting Gijon 3; and Almeria 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
Meanwhile, Spain's professional football league has called on the government to cut sales tax on match tickets to help the sport during a time of economic hardship.
The same value-added tax (VAT) rate of 7 percent levied on tickets for theaters, cinemas and amusement parks should be applied to stadium ticket sales and season subscriptions instead of the current 16 percent, LFP president Jose Luis Astiazaran said.
"It is not our intention to bleed money from state coffers but it must be acknowledged that the future of Spanish football could be at risk if we do not take the necessary steps," Astiazaran said.
"It (the tax reduction) would be a welcome measure which would contribute to promoting sports as well as satisfying the requirements of fiscal equality and neutrality," he added. "Let's find ways that help in this crisis situation."
The LFP's demand is unlikely to find much sympathy with Spain's Socialist government at a time when unemployment has doubled to close to 20 percent and the fiscal deficit swelled to 11.4 percent of gross domestic product last year. Astiazaran said the television rights system used in La Liga, under which Real Madrid and Barcelona account for around half of the revenue, needed to be changed.
Chori Dominguez burst past Getafe defender Cata Diaz to find Villa in the 39th minute for the opener at the Mestalla Stadium.
The hosts made it 2-0 shortly after the break after David Silva stole the ball to set up his Spain teammate, who lobbed goalkeeper Jordi Codina for his league-leading 17th goal of the season.
Valencia was reduced to 10 men in the 61st after Alexis picked up a second yellow card for fouling Pedro Leon. Getafe striker Manuel Del Moral took advantage of a defensive lapse in the 75th to cut the deficit.
Barcelona leads with 58 points, Real Madrid has 56, Valencia 46 and Sevilla 42. Getafe is eighth with 32 points.
Barcelona beat Racing Santander 4-0 on Saturday while Madrid thrashed Villarreal 6-2 on Sunday.
In the weekend's other games, it was: Deportivo La Coruna 2, Xerez 1; Mallorca 1, Sevilla 3; Malaga 2, Espanyol 1; Athletic Bilbao 4, Tenerife 1; Osasuna 1, Valladolid 1; Zaragoza 1, Sporting Gijon 3; and Almeria 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
Meanwhile, Spain's professional football league has called on the government to cut sales tax on match tickets to help the sport during a time of economic hardship.
The same value-added tax (VAT) rate of 7 percent levied on tickets for theaters, cinemas and amusement parks should be applied to stadium ticket sales and season subscriptions instead of the current 16 percent, LFP president Jose Luis Astiazaran said.
"It is not our intention to bleed money from state coffers but it must be acknowledged that the future of Spanish football could be at risk if we do not take the necessary steps," Astiazaran said.
"It (the tax reduction) would be a welcome measure which would contribute to promoting sports as well as satisfying the requirements of fiscal equality and neutrality," he added. "Let's find ways that help in this crisis situation."
The LFP's demand is unlikely to find much sympathy with Spain's Socialist government at a time when unemployment has doubled to close to 20 percent and the fiscal deficit swelled to 11.4 percent of gross domestic product last year. Astiazaran said the television rights system used in La Liga, under which Real Madrid and Barcelona account for around half of the revenue, needed to be changed.
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