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Barcelona set up United semi
Barcelona will face Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Champions League, after stuttering past Schalke 1-0 at the Camp Nou to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Barcelona
- Schalke
90+3' It's all over in Spain, and Barca are through to the semi-finals where they will meet Manchester United.
90' Henry comes off, replaced by Eidur Gudjohnsen.- 90' Barca break, but they can't fashion a shooting opportunity despite having at least five men in the break.
- 82' Henry wins possession high up the pitch, but wastes it poorly. What has happened to that man?
- 80' Toure, the goalscorer, is replaced by Rafael Marquez for Barca.
- 76' Rafinha is off for Schalke, replaced by Soren Larsen. That's a striker for a defender - The Germans have little choice but to go for it now.
- 73' Bojan comes off for Barca and the white hankies are out in the Camp Nou. Giovani is on.
- 67' Change for Schalke. Vincente Sanchez comes on for Asamoah.
- 66' Toure with a weak hit for Barca from the edge of the box.
63' PUYOL GETS BOOKED. He'll miss the first-leg of the semi-final if they get there.- 62' The game's got a little edgy here. Tackles have started to fly in and you can feel the tension growing.
- 55' Grossmuller fires a free-kick high and wide. Schalke surely need to get a goal in the next ten minutes here.
- 49' ABIDAL FINDS HENRY...WHO SIDEFOOTS OVER THE BAR! What a chance.
46' Welcome back. Schalke need two goals here to progress. Can they do it? Let's find out.- 45+2' Half-time in Spain, and Barca lead 1-0 and 2-0 on aggregate. Very harsh on Schalke, who dominated the game completely.
- 45' Puyol almost brings the side level with an own goal. He stretched to clear an inswinging cross and sliced just wide.
43' GOOOOOOOOAL BARCA!!! Yaya Toure puts the home side ahead. Bojan crossed from the right, the ball was deflected high into the air and Krstajic's clearance header dropped sweetly for Toure to sidefoot home.- 38' Henry has been completely and totally ineffective, along with Bojan. Eto'o is showing a willingness to get involved, but Barca are not firing yet.
- 32' Henry is down for Barca. He let out a shreik after Mladen Krstajic caught him. He's back up.
- 30' Henry is fouled on the edge of the box. Free-kick in shooting range for Barca...Xavi blasts over. Meanwhile Roma have missed a penalty in Manchester.
- 25' Heiko Westerman picks up a booking for a crude challenge on Bojan. Fabian Ernst is also booked...quite why is unclaer. Free-kick to Barca on the right edge of the box. They take it short, but Schalke clear.
- 24' Barca just aren't clicking so far. They're giving the ball away in midfield and Schalke look sharper in the tackle all over the field.
- 21' ANOTHER GREAT CHANCE FOR SCHALKE. Jones with a curling ball in from the right and Altintop is desperately close to making decisive contact at the far post.
- 19' Jones cuts in from the left and sends a low shot just wide. What an open start we've had here.
- 16' Eto'o breaks for Barca and finds Henry, but he's stopped with a great tackle from Marcelo Bordon.
- 13' Another chance for Schalke. Marcio Rafinia with a wonderful right-wing cross and Kuranyi heads just wide.
11' BARCA SHOULD BE AHEAD. Manuel Neuer with a superb save to deny Xavi - who was clean through.- 9' Altintop almost pulls the visitors level! Victor Valdes parries his shot, and just manages to gather the loose ball before it spins into the net.
- 7' Jermaine Jones plays in Altintop, who opens his body but sends his curling shot wide.
- 5' Eto'o hits another one for Barcelona...it's like a shooting range in the early exchanges.
- 4' George Asamoah with Schalke's first effort, a long-range shot just wide.
- 3' Early chance for Barca, Eto'o with a well-struck shot just over.
- 1' And we're under way in the Camp Nou, with 90,000 packed in. Plenty of noise from the home fans.
- - TEAM NEWS: No Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi or Deco for Barca, who start with Samuel Eto'o, Bojan and Thierry Henry in attack. Jermaine Jones returns from suspension for Shalke.
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Summary
- 43' GOOOOOOOOAL BARCA!!! Yaya Toure puts the home side ahead. Bojan crossed from the right, the ball was deflected high into the air and Krstajic's clearance header dropped sweetly for Toure to sidefoot home.
- 11' BARCA SHOULD BE AHEAD. Manuel Neuer with a superb save to deny Xavi - who was clean through.
- 9' Altintop almost pulls the visitors level! Victor Valdes parries his shot, and just manages to gather the loose ball before it spins into the net.
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Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Roberto Rosetti
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BarcelonaManager: Frank Rijkaard
Captain: Carles Puyol
Starting line-up
- V. Valdés
- G. Zambrotta
- C. Puyol
- L. Thuram
- E. Abidal
- Y. Touré
- H. Xavi
- A. Iniesta
- P. Bojan Krkic
- T. Henry
- S. Eto'o
Subs
- R. Márquez
82′ - E. Gudjohnsen 90′
- S. Sylvinho
- J. Pinto
- J. Edmilson
- G. Milito
- G. Dos Santos 73′
Injured
- R. Ronaldinho
Suspended
None
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SchalkeManager: Mirko Slomka
Captain: 5. Marcelo Bordon
Starting line-up
- M. Neuer
- M. Rafinha
- M. Bordon
- M. Krstajic
- H. Westermann
- F. Ernst
- J. Jones
- L. Kobiashvili
- H. Altintop
- G. Asamoah
- K. Kuranyi
Subs
- 33. M. Schober
- A. Streit
- V. Sanchez 69′
- 24. C. Pander
- 9. S. Larsen 77′
- 23. B. Höwedes
- 21. C. Grossmüller 33′
Injured
- 25. Z. Bajramovic
Suspended
None
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