LEO BRACE CAN’T STOP BARCA LOSS

Albion .............. (1) 1 Edinburgh ... (1) 2 Annan Ath ..... (0) 0 Cowd’beath (0) 2 Clyde ............... (0) 1 Stirling ........ (0) 1 Elgin ................ (0) 2 Berwick ...... (2) 4 Queen’s Park (1) 2 Peterhead...(0) 0

P W

Edinburgh City 12 Peterhead 12 Clyde 12 Annan Athletic 12 Elgin 12 Queen’s Park 12 Cowdenbeath 12 Stirling 12 Berwick 12 Albion 12

10 9 7 6 6 5 4 3 3 1

D 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1

A 2 21 5 2 24 9 4 18 12 4 18 14 5 16 19 4 12 9 6 16 15 8 10 17 9 12 29 10 10 28

L F

Pts 30 28 22 20 19 18 14 10 9 4 Cardiff MU ....... (2) 2 Ab’ystwyth.(0) 3 Carmarthen ..(2) 2 Cefn Druids (0) 3 Connah’s Q ..... (1) 2 Barry ........... (2) 2 Newtown ........ (5) 7 Llanelli ........ (0) 1 LIONEL MESSI scored twice on his return but Barcelona suffered a shock 4-3 home defeat by Real Betis.

It was the leaders’ first home La Liga defeat in two years and they were 2-0 down at the break.

Junior Firpo and Joaquin both scored for Betis before Messi pulled one back with a penalty.

But the visitors scored a third through Giovani Lo Celso with keeper MarcAndre ter Stegen at fault.

Arturo Vidal pulled another back for Barca but Ivan Rakitic was dismissed eight minutes from the end.

Betis made it 4-2 through Sergio Canales before Messi netted again in stoppage time thanks to VAR.