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Half-Time Report: Getafe frustrate Barcelona in goalless first half

Getafe frustrate title-chasing Barcelona during a goalless first half of their La Liga match in Madrid.

Barcelona have so far been frustrated by Getafe in their La Liga match this afternoon, with the score at 0-0 going into half time.

As expected, Barcelona took control of the game early on as Jordi Alba and Dani Alves both pushed forward to pin Getafe back in their own half.

Karim Yoda looked threatening on the break for the hosts, but Barcelona did a good job of crowding the Frenchman out when he received the ball.

A half-chance for Barcelona saw Luis Suarez find some space outside the box, but his effort flew high and wide of the crossbar.

Lionel Messi should have opened the scoring with Barcelona's first real chance of the game on 19 minutes when he collected a deflected Ivan Rakitic effort inside the box.

The Argentine's low strike, however, was straight into the body of Vicente Guaita, and Suarez spurned another great chance moments later as Barcelona started to assert themselves.

Despite their improving performance, the visitors were prone to losing the ball and Angel Lafita nearly profited from an error, but took the ball too wide and saw his low cross cleared at the vital moment.

Claudio Bravo was then forced into a good save from Lafita after the forward shuffled into the box before sweeping the ball towards the top corner.

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