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Barcelona sweep aside Real Betis as Inter Milan beat Bologna

Barcelona have now won all nine of their matches this season, with Inter Milan also winning; Yamal's early goal made it a short shift.

Photo: Lamine Yamal
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBarcelona beat Real Betis five to two to go nine wins from nine, and Yahoo Sports says Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the tenth minute with his eighth of the season.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo here is tonight's question: if you finish your whole job by minute ten, do you get to go home?

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAbsolutely, yes.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI once finished my entire shift at the register in eleven minutes, put my feet up in the stockroom, and my manager called it initiative.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe then wrote me up for it.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNo. Yamal did not go home, he stayed on the pitch for eighty more minutes and watched four colleagues do the rest. That's a manager.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm sorry, but you're describing leadership.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe set the tone at ten minutes, and the team felt empowered to score four more without a single meeting.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFour more goals and nobody asked who signed off the overtime. If the junior staff keep scoring, he'll be a director by Tuesday.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWait, so I'm on Dale's side now? Because I would never watch my coworkers work. I'd feel too bad.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTraitor.

  12. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI changed sides because Dale said I'd feel bad, and I do. I once left a spreadsheet early and cried in the parking lot.

  13. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen minutes, eighth goal of the season, and he's still the only one at this desk who finished early.

  14. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShow of hands: who says Yamal gets the afternoon off?

  15. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo to one for the early finisher, which settles nothing. Brock, how early did the rain finish its shift?

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