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MADRID, March 1-- Second half goals from Vinicius Jr and Marcelo Diaz gave Real Madrid a deserved 2-0 win at home to FC Barcelona on Sunday night and took Zinedine Zidane's side back to the top of the Liga Santander. Barca had the best chances in the first half, but saw Thibaut Courtois save twice from Arthur Melo and Leo Messi, but after the break Real Madrid were clearly the better side as they pinned Barca in their own half and provoked a series of errors from the visitors. Vinicius opened the scoring in the 71st minute after being given space to run on the ball, with his shot taking a deflection off Gerard Pique on its way through to goal and although the game opened up in the last 20 minutes, Madrid always looked closer to a second goal, which came from substitute Marcelo with his first touch in the last action of the game. Youssef En-Neysri scored a 93rd minute winner to give third place Sevilla a dramatic 3-2 win in a chaotic game in the Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. Sevilla had taken a 2-0 lead through En Neysri and Lucas Ocampos and things looked all over for Osasuna when their keeper Sergio Herrera was sent off for a foul outside of his area. However, Osasuna fought back against the odds with goals from Adriane Hernandez and a Roberto Torres penalty and looked to be heading for a heroic point before En-Neysri broke their hearts in injury time. Getafe remain fourth after Nemanja Maksimovic's 66th minute goal gave them a 1-0 win away to third from bottom Mallorca, whose day was made worse by Salva Sevilla's 89th minute red card. | 
