Getafe shock Real Madrid to 2-1 Barca cruise

La Liga champions Real Madrid crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat at derby rivals Getafe on Sunday to leave them five points behind fierce rivals Barcelona after only two games of the new season. Real’s sluggish start has seen them held 1-1 at home to Valencia in the league followed by a 3-2 defeat by Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup first leg, before this latest slip-up. Gonzalo Higuain put Real ahead after 26 minutes but their weakness in the air returned to haunt them as Juan Valera headed Getafe level after 52 minutes. Real pressed forward looking for the winner but instead they were caught out at the back, with Abdelaziz Barrada scoring a 74th-minute winner. “It was a deserved win for Getafe but they didn’t do anything special and we were very poor,” said Real coach Jose Mourinho. “It was an unacceptable performance and I don’t feel frustrated about the result because it was totally deserved.” Mourinho’s side will now look to get their season back on track in the second leg of the Super Cup on Thursday against Barca, who beat Real Sociedad 2-1 earlier on Sunday. After a scrappy opening at Getafe, Real began to assert themselves and Mesut Ozil was guilty of a glaring miss in the 15th minute when he hit the bar with the goal gaping after a neat combination with Cristiano Ronaldo. Higuain had been picked ahead of Karim Benzema and he gave the visitors the lead from Angel Di Maria’s pass, using his strength to round the goalkeeper and slot the ball home. After the break, Getafe came out looking to attack and got their reward thanks to poor marking from Real, with the unmarked Valera heading in from a free-kick. The visitors pushed forward looking to regain the lead but instead Getafe struck again, with Adrian Colunga going past Raul Albiol and setting up Barrada to score. Earlier, Lionel Messi struck a late brace to give Barcelona a victory over 10-man Osasuna that took them to the top of the table on goal difference over Rayo Vallecano. “This is a difficult stadium to come to and Osasuna were on top form but we still had good chances,” said Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova, who was sent from the dug-out for dissent midway through the second half. “I told the linesman that there was a free-kick and I was told not to complain,” he explained. “Now we know what to expect from this referee.” Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes prevented Osasuna from taking the lead inside the first minute as he palmed away a close-range effort from Alvaro Cejudo, who had easily skipped past Gerard Pique.