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Barcelona, Spain (SportsNetwork. Yu Darvish Cubs Jersey .com) - Lionel Messi netted a hat trick at Camp Nou on Sunday to help Barcelona rally from a one-goal deficit to collect a 5-1 victory over Espanyol. Espanyol managed to take a shock lead after only 13 minutes as Sergio Garcia broke the deadlock, but Messi pulled one back on the stroke of halftime to level the score. Barcelona regrouped during the intermission and throttled the visitors in the second half. Messi provided the go-ahead goal within five minutes of the restart while Gerard Pique made it three in the 5rd minute. Pedro continued the rout with a goal in the 77th minute before Messi completed his hat trick nine minutes from time, capping a fine comeback from the Catalan club. Barcelona moves back into second place in the La Liga by improving to 34 points, 20 points better than Espanyol. Sevilla maintained its fourth-place position on Sunday thanks to a 1-0 defeat of Rayo Vallecano. Carlos Bacca produced the lone goal of the affair, hitting the back of the net with his 10th strike of the league season. Rounding out Sundays action, Villarreal scored four goals in the second half at El Madrigal to collect a convincing 4-0 win over Real Sociedad and Success Isaac scored at the death to help Granada salvage a point from a 1-1 draw with Valencia. Javier Baez Jersey . -- Catriona Matthew remained atop the Airbus LPGA Classic leaderboard Friday, birdieing four of the last seven holes to take a one-stroke advantage over Charley Hull into the weekend. Rick Reuschel Jersey . Coaches are now allowed to challenge both called and potential defensive pass interference fouls under certain conditions. Fiorentina boosted its hopes of a Champions League spot as it ground out a 2-0 win at home against Atalanta in Serie A on Saturday. Josip Ilicic broke the deadlock in the 16th minute when he curled a superb free kick into the near top right corner from 25 metres. Atalantas hopes of getting anything from the match all but evaporated when it was reduced to 10 men nine minutes from time following Luca Cigarinis second booking. Substitute Rafal Wolski sealed the match in the 86th, racing almost half the length of the pitch and holding off defenders before firing across into the bottom left corner for his first Serie A goal. Fiorentina moved level with third-placed Napoli, which hosted AC Milan late. Udinese beat Chievo Verona 3-00 in a relegation battle. Fergie Jenkins Cubs Jersey. . Udinese had lost four of its past five Serie A matches, while Chievo was without a win in its past seven, scoring only four goals during that period. Chievo almost took the lead on the half hour when Cyril Thereaus back-heeled effort crashed off the base of the upright. Udinese went in front in the 56th when Antonio Di Natale brought down Dusan Bastas pass and volleyed across into the bottom left corner for his third goal in as many matches. Substitute Bruno Fernandes tapped home Roberto Pereyras cross in the 74th and Emmanuel Badu added a third shortly before fulltime. Udinese moved provisionally nine points clear of the relegation zone and eight points ahead of Chievo. ' ' '