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MADRID, April 1-- Spain's Liga Santander returned to action over the weekend with wins for the top-three sides, while the battles to qualify for Europe and avoid relegation both got tighter. Here are some things we learned in Spain this weekend. 1 We can't compare Messi to anyone... The buildup before the Barcelona derby focused on the 'battle' between Barca's Leo Messi and Espanyol's Chinese international Wu Lei, but in the end that contest was a non-event. Wu Lei began the game as a substitute following a trip to China for a well-earned rest and played only the last 25 minutes. While the Chinese forward again showed some nice touches and was close to an equalizing goal, Messi was again decisive, curling home a free kick to open the scoring, before starting and then finishing the move which led to Barca's second goal in the 2-0 win. He now has 31 league goals from 27 appearances this season and perhaps Saturday taught some of us a lesson. Wu Lei is very good, but you can't compare Messi to anyone. 2 Zidane rings the changes (again) Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane made further changes to his starting 11 for his side's narrow 3-2 win at home to Huesca. Luka Modric and Marco Asensio were rested while Luka Zidane (his son) was given a chance in goal. Karim Benzema netted a last minute winner for Madrid to save face, which was celebrated by the under-50,000 fans in the Bernabeu as if it had won them the league. It's good to see Zidane giving everyone the chance to show what they can do, but it seems that even the fans know that at the moment everything is about setting the groundwork for next season. | 
