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Barcelona too strong
Barcelona were too strong for a battling Celtic side in the Camp Nou, emerging 1-0 victors on the night and 4-2 overall to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Barcelona
- Celtic
90+2' The match is over. Barcelona progress to the quarter-finals, as expected.- 90+1' Nakamura bangs a shot that Valdes stands to block. A good effort from the Japanese.
89' A cutting run from Ronaldinho, who pops it through for Eto'o... he squares foolishly for an arriving team-mate and Celtic intercept. That should have been a goal.
88' Ronaldinho dinks a ball towards the far post, where Eto'o lurks... a dive from Naylor and the defender chests it away. Brown is booked by the referee.- 86' McDonald lets fly low from distance, easily held by Valdes.
- 84' The clock winds down and only the most foolhardy figure would bet on anything other than Barca progressing now.
82' Barca change: Eidur Gudjohnsen for Xavi.- 80' Eto'o lifts the ball over Naylor and is about to volley from an angle when the defender recovers to block.
- 78' Celtic change: Scott McDonald on for Hartley.
- 76' Now Ronnie stands with the ball dead at his feet before shifting it to the right and shooting over, almost in one movement. Entertaining stuff.
- 73' Ronnie is on form! This time he cuts inside with purpose and releases another of those passes, which slices through the visiting back-line and for Henry at the near post. He cannot provide Eto'o with the ball, but the crowd loved that!
- 72' Ronaldinho with a look-one-way, pass-the-other lay-off for Sylvinho to drive a cross. Eto'o is slightly late for it. It is given Celtic's way, although a pair of defender's studs scraped the ball.
- 69' Nakamura chasing down on the left. The Scottish side will not give up while there are seconds still left on the clock - and there are 20 minutes to go yet.
- 68' Barca change: Edmilson for Yaya Toure.
66' Sylvinho curls in a ball from the right with his left foot that Eto'o almost reaches, but cannot quite get to as he dives! The flag is up against him - wrongly. He was level.- 63' Henry is lucky to escape a booking after felling McGeady on the break.
- 62' The crowd are happier now with the concerted pressure in the last two minutes. Deco's next shot is deflected past the far post for another corner.
- 60' The corner is headed away and Deco watches it drop before launching a fantastic volley towards the bottom corner - saved again by Boruc!
- 59' Counter from Barcelona, Eto'o to Ronnie... his strike is vicious but Boruc dives to tip around the post!!
- 58' A spell of attacking play from Celtic! They are venturing forward with purpose now. Will they be hit on the break? Nakamura attacks a corner, but Valdes grabs the ball.
- 57' Henry charges across the pitch, playing in Eto'o on the outside. The Cameroonian's low squared ball is cut out.
- 55' Celtic change: The man with the longest name in the world leaves the field after working his socks off alone in attack. Former Manchester City striker Giorgios Samaras is on.
- 55' Vennegoor of Hesselink rises to head McGeady's cross wide of the post! He was in a central position, but under pressure. An excellent ball in.
- 53' Henry with his first real burst forward, stopped at the edge of the penalty area.
- 50' Brown should have found Vennegoor of Hesselink, but his low ball was cut out by the sliding Xavi. Nakamura's ball into the danger area is nodded away and Barca survive. Moments later Brown runs the ball out of play on halfway.
- 49' We speak too soon: Sno takes the ball to the other end of the pitch and slips a ball through for Scott Brown to reach the by-line... corner to Celtic!
- 48' Zambrotta attacking the right corner flag. The home defence seem able to do that without fear of repercussion, while still swamping their opponents in midfield.
46' The second half begins, Celtic now attacking - if that is the word - the goal to our right. Come now, we should give them credit - Barcelona's home record is very impressive.- - Celtic change at half-time: Evander Sno on for Donati.
- 45+2' As the ball drops from Victor Valdes's kick, the whistle goes. 1-0 at half-time to El Barca.
- 45+1' McGeady attacks the by-line, though he's lost the ball... Thuram slips and knocks the ball out for a corner. But no - the ref has given a goal-kick!
- 45' A long ball forward from Puyol is too long and runs out for a goal-kick. One minute of added time to play.
- 42' Ronaldinho seeks a route around the outside of his marker on the right side of the box, his shot eventually blocked though and Celtic clear.
- 40' Eto'o hesitates on the edge of the box and loses the ball... Nakamura breaks, winning a free-kick from Deco.
- 38' Here is the former Arsenal striker, who scored such a sublime goal at Celtic Park. Messi, of course, scored an even better strike - and another one too.
- 37' Thierry Henry has a word with Rijkaard on the bench. He will come on.
- 36' Barca's loss is Celtic's gain, and they forage forward here. Need I tell you that it is in vain?
- 34' The Barca fans chant his name as he goes, but they must be thinking 'not again'... he is the main man in these parts, despite his tender age of 20.
- 34' Messi is down and he looks in some pain. He may have popped a hamstring or something... whatever it was, it looked serious, although he walks off and down the tunnel. He is in tears, bless him.
33' Messi skips away from Naylor and pulls up... is there a foul? The away defence look uncertain. Play is stopped - the player is hurt.- 30' Xavi's corner is headed away. You cannot see the Scottish side coming back into this match.
- 29' Ronaldinho has a look around and curls a delightful ball over the top for Puyol, who is rampaging forward... he tries to lob Boruc, only for the Pole to tip over! Good work by 'Captain Catalunya', the local boy.
- 27' Lee Naylor crunches in to Messi, no foul awarded... he stays down as his team-mates have a moan to the ref. He gets gingerly to his feet and looks upset. Naylor was a bit late, but we're not talking Martin Taylor country here.
- 24' Celtic piece together an attack from the boot of Italian midfielder Massimo Donati, yet once again lack a cutting edge up front. When they come out and attack Barca they could be torn apart - but keep in mind that they drew here last time out.
- 22' Messi... Xavi... Messi again, holding off two men and looking for the one-two with Eto'o... Boruc is there to sweep. The young Argentine is on a different planet at times this season.
- 21' Paul Hartley with a rare touch from Caldwell, but the ball is back with Frank Rijkaard's men soon enough. Scott Brown wins a free-kick on halfway...
- 18' The Hoops' defence, led by captain Stephen McManus and his deputy Gary Caldwell, is under big pressure at present. The away team cannot find their way out of their half without a big hoof.
- 15' This is like a five-a-side match at the local leisure centre for Deco. The Portuguese is shooting at will, with blocks from the Celtic defence...
- 14' A free-kick for Barca in a dangerous position. Messi is sent through on the right... the referee, Pieter Vink, calls it back. The ball in is headed away.
- 12' ETO'O ALMOST MAKES IT TWO! Sylvinho whips in a dangerous ball and the Cameroon man arrives to chest it just past the front post!!
- 9' Ronaldinho stings Boruc's fingertips with a rasping drive. He cannot hold it and the ball runs for corner...
- 8' A walk in the park for the Catalan side up to now. To disprove this theory Shunsuke Nakamura leads a counter-attack, but his ball inside is poor.
- 6' Deco tries to shoot from 18 yards, blocked well. Soon after Eto'o centres, finding Ronnie on the left... he scoops the ball on the outside, but Mark Wilson stands up to block.
- 5' A hammer blow for Gordon Strachan's men after slightly more than two minutes. Their travelling hordes are stunned into silence.
- 3' A simply brilliant opener for Barcelona. Xavi found the feet of Ronaldinho on the left, who looked inside and simultaneously backheeled the ball down the line for Sylvinho. The Brazilian's cross was met by the arriving Xavi, who diverted it over Artur Boruc and into the goal.
3' Messi skips into position... to Xavi... GOAL FOR BARCA!!!!- 2' The surprise midfield omission for Barca, who are passing the ball around, is Andres Iniesta...
1' Off we go then, Celtic kicking from right to left in their traditional green and white hoops. Barca are in maroon and dark blue.- - Celtic winger Aiden McGeady is the danger man according to home captain Puyol. They have Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink up front alone.
- - At the back though they have Gianluca Zambrotta, Lilian Thuram, Carles Puyol and Sylvinho. No Rafael Nadal or Gabi Milito, while Eric Abidal is on the bench.
- - The 2006 European champions are missing some key players in defence, but have their original dream forward line in place: Lionel Messi, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o.
- - This is a massive task for Celtic tonight. Losing 3-2 from the first leg, they will have to beat Barca by two clear goals - unless they win 3-2 for extra-time, or 4-3 to go through... but we'll come to that later!
- Welcome to the decisive Champions League last 16 second-leg clash between Barcelona and Celtic from the Camp Nou.
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Team Stats
Barcelona Stats Celtic 65% Possession 34% 18 Shots 5 6 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 2 16 Corners 3 14 Fouls 16 1 Offsides 4 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 13 Tackles 27 573 Accurate passes 272 75 Bad passes 41 -
Player Stats
- G =
- Goals
- S =
- Shots
- SoT =
- Shot on Target
- F =
- Fouls
- FW =
- Fouls Won
- O =
- Offsides
- A =
- Assists
- AP =
- Accurate Passes
- BP =
- Bad Passes
- T =
- Tackles
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Barcelona G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 1 1 16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 52 15 0 11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 42 1 6 5 Carles Puyol 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 47 1 1 24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 46 3 0 20 Anderson Deco 0 7 1 4 3 0 0 76 13 1 6 Xavi Hernández 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 89 9 4 19 Lionel Messi 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 3 0 9 Samuel Eto'o 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 33 7 0 10 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 44 20 0 13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Andres Iniesta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 José Edmílson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 14 Thierry Henry 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 1 0 -
Celtic G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Artur Boruc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 5 Gary Caldwell 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 20 0 1 3 Lee Naylor 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 7 3 12 Mark Wilson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 4 44 Stephen McManus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 4 18 Massimo Donati 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 2 2 8 Scott Brown 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 28 3 3 11 Paul Hartley 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 30 3 2 25 Shunsuke Nakamura 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 41 7 1 46 Aiden McGeady 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 24 9 4 10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 13 2 0 17 Steven Pressley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Darren O'Dea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Evander Sno 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 17 2 2 27 Scott McDonald 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 9 Georgios Samaras 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 0 21 Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Barry Robson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 89' A cutting run from Ronaldinho, who pops it through for Eto'o... he squares foolishly for an arriving team-mate and Celtic intercept. That should have been a goal.
- 73' Ronnie is on form! This time he cuts inside with purpose and releases another of those passes, which slices through the visiting back-line and for Henry at the near post. He cannot provide Eto'o with the ball, but the crowd loved that!
- 72' Ronaldinho with a look-one-way, pass-the-other lay-off for Sylvinho to drive a cross. Eto'o is slightly late for it. It is given Celtic's way, although a pair of defender's studs scraped the ball.
- 60' The corner is headed away and Deco watches it drop before launching a fantastic volley towards the bottom corner - saved again by Boruc!
- 59' Counter from Barcelona, Eto'o to Ronnie... his strike is vicious but Boruc dives to tip around the post!!
- 55' Vennegoor of Hesselink rises to head McGeady's cross wide of the post! He was in a central position, but under pressure. An excellent ball in.
- 34' Messi is down and he looks in some pain. He may have popped a hamstring or something... whatever it was, it looked serious, although he walks off and down the tunnel. He is in tears, bless him.
- 29' Ronaldinho has a look around and curls a delightful ball over the top for Puyol, who is rampaging forward... he tries to lob Boruc, only for the Pole to tip over! Good work by 'Captain Catalunya', the local boy.
- 27' Lee Naylor crunches in to Messi, no foul awarded... he stays down as his team-mates have a moan to the ref. He gets gingerly to his feet and looks upset. Naylor was a bit late, but we're not talking Martin Taylor country here.
- 12' ETO'O ALMOST MAKES IT TWO! Sylvinho whips in a dangerous ball and the Cameroon man arrives to chest it just past the front post!!
- 3' A simply brilliant opener for Barcelona. Xavi found the feet of Ronaldinho on the left, who looked inside and simultaneously backheeled the ball down the line for Sylvinho. The Brazilian's cross was met by the arriving Xavi, who diverted it over Artur Boruc and into the goal.
- 3' Messi skips into position... to Xavi... GOAL FOR BARCA!!!!
- - Welcome to the decisive Champions League last 16 second-leg clash between Barcelona and Celtic from the Camp Nou.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Pieter Vink
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BarcelonaManager: Frank Rijkaard
On the Field
- Valdés
- Zambrotta
- Puyol
- Thuram
- Sylvinho
- Touré
- De Souza "Deco"
- Xavi
- Messi
- Ronaldinho
- Eto'o
Subs
- Henry
- Abidal
- Gudjohnsen
- Pinto
- Edmilson
- Iniesta
- Bojan Krkic
Injured
- Márquez
- Milito
Suspended
None
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CelticManager: Gordon Strachan
On the Field
- Boruc
- Wilson
- Caldwell
- McManus
- Naylor
- Nakamura
- Brown
- Donati
- McGeady
- Vennegoor of Hesselink
- Hartley
Subs
- Brown
- McDonald
- Samaras
- Sno
- O'Dea
- Robson
- Caddis
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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