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Shakhtar

  • Ilsinho 44’

Barcelona

  • Messi 86’, 90’
  1. Messi rescues Barcelona

    Messi rescues Barcelona

    Lionel Messi scored a brilliant winner four minutes into stoppage time to give Barcelona a 2-1 victory away to Shakhtar Donetsk. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Shakhtar
    • Barcelona
    • 90+5' Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu is stunned as the final whistle sounds. The Barca bench is ecstatic - they have mugged the Ukrainian side tonight.
    • 90+4' MESSI WINS IT FOR BARCELONA!!! Xavi threaded a superb ball through the defence for the Argentina star to run on to - and he chipped the keeper with class to stun the home fans.
    • 90+2' Iniesta booked for arguing about it. It's a harsh world.
    • 90+2' INIESTA DENIED A STONEWALL PENALTY!! Messi slipped him in and he was taken out by Srna - but Webb somehow said no!!
    • 90' Brandao running down the left, but there are two men there to dispossess him.
    • 88' There is controversy: Shakhtar wanted the ball put out of play for one of their men to receive treatment as the youngster took possession on the right flank. Webb waved play on and the ball arrived - and Messi was in the right place at the right time again to rescue his team. Brandao booked for his protestations.
    • 87' BARCELONA HAVE A COMICAL EQUALISER!! Messi finished into an open goal after Pyatov fumbled a low Bojan cross!!
    • 86' After play restarts, Shakhtar make a change: another Brazilian, Willian, on for Ilsinho. This one cost them 10 million pounds.
    • 83' Space for Shakhtar to attack now and they are taking advantage... Brandao wins a free-kick in the same place that he did before... he stays down.
    • 82' Young star Bojan battles through two men and smashes a shot into the side-netting from a difficult angle.
    • 81' Barca change: Eidur Gudjohnsen on for Keita, a striker for a midfielder.
    • 81' Messi heads just over from an Alves cross. Shakhtar have had 10 shots, one more than Barca. The latter club have had 60 percent possession.
    • 78' Barca midfielder Keita booked.
    • 77' Srna at the back stick volleys the free-kick to the near post, where Valdes saves well.
    • 76' Brandao tackled by Alves down the edge of the box and he goes to ground - it was right on the edge... Webb says it was outside.
    • 74' Barca change: the woeful Eto'o is replaced by Bojan Krkic.
    • 72' After Shakhtar clear the danger, they make a change: Yevgen Seleznov on for Adriano.
    • 71' Alves wants to take the free-kick but is ordered off by Webb for a tiny cut on his face.
    • 70' Messi on his bike and rides two 'fierce' challenges before Chygrynskiy clumps him to the deck. Yellow card.
    • 68' Messi plays in Eto'o... the Cameroon man bears down on goal. He had time but loses his footing; his weak shot beats Pyatov but is wide of the near post!! Woeful from the striker. By far the best chance for the away side.
    • 66' What a result this will be for Shakhtar if they pull it off. Two wins out of two and a place in the knock-out stages beckoning already...
    • 64' A lot rests on the slight shoulders of Messi if Barca are to get back into this. Eto'o has not turned up today - at the match or to a tour of the city this afternoon, according to reports. Iniesta is the only forward that looks likely to do something up to now.
    • 61' Nothing doing - blocked by the wall. Ilsinho then smashes a shot way over the top after Adriano won space near the box and laid it off.
    • 60' Marquez fouls Adriano, the Mexico captain going through him studs up. Free-kick in a dangerous position for the Donetsk side...
    • 59' Barcelona change: Messi on now for Henry.
    • 58' Brandao rampaging down the left, leaping over tackles... Toure clears at the last. A rare attacking moment in the half for Shakhtar.
    • 57' Alves again unsuccessful with a free-kick.
    • 53' Alves lines up a free-kick from over 35 yards out following a foul by Brandao. Surely he will not shoot from there... he bends it round with pace and Pyatov pushes it around the post!! The pressure continues...
    • 51' Webb waves away a claim for a free-kick from Iniesta after the spritely attacker skipped across the box.
    • 51' Ilsinho crowded out easily. They cannot afford to sit back too much and invite pressure like this, or they will be prised apart eventually.
    • 49' Iniesta slashes a shot wide of the far top corner. Again no space for the away team to work with.
    • 48' The cross is headed away and Shakhtar re-form their backline. That was always the danger for the Spanish club - if Shakhtar scored, Barca would find it even harder to break them down. And with seven shots to Barca's three in the first half, you cannot say they did not deserve it.
    • 47' Croatia star Darijo Srna, captain of Shakhtar, in late on Iniesta as he attacks the byline following an exquisite one-two with Xavi. Yellow card.
    • 46' The second half begins. No sign of Leo Messi.
    • - The first time these clubs met in European competition was in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1978-79. The match was a draw here as Barca won the two-legged tie 4-1 before going on to lift the trophy. The only other time they played in Ukraine was in the 2004-05 Champions League group stage, when the hosts won 2-0. Barca finished second in the group and Shakhtar third, progressing to the UEFA Cup.
    • 45+2' The whistle sounds to put Barca out of their misery. Expect to see Messi at the break...
    • 45' Two minutes of injury time to be played.
    • 44' SHAKHTAR SCORE THE OPENING GOAL!! A long ball from the back was not dealt with in the air and Ilsinho held off Puyol to finish past Valdes. They deserve the lead and the fans have come alive.
    • 44' Henry with a poor ball into the box. That is poor. Poor work.
    • 41' Vyacheslav Shevchuk with a lovely run at the penalty area... Xavi blocks him off but he keeps going and Pique finishes the job. The card goes to the midfielder though - Xavi wonders aloud to the ref why that is when he made less contact with the Shakhtar man.
    • 37' Brandao with a direct ball to the feet of Adriano, who picks out the run of Ilsinho with a delightful through-ball... he is in... a great save by Victor Valdes from close range turns it behind for a corner!!
    • 34' Iniesta skipping around challenges and looking to square across the edge of the box, but it is cut out by Dmytro Chygrynskiy.
    • 32' Barcelona have had 59 percent of the possession. So far they have only had three shots - in some Liga matches this season they have had 30-plus, including the last-minute win over Espanyol at the weekend.
    • 30' Barcelona have men in the box but cannot find a shot as Shakhtar defend... the ball comes out to Alves, who pulls the trigger from distance - well held by Pyatov at the far post.
    • 29' Brandao fouled by Alves this time as the diminutive full-back goes after the ball with too much gusto.
    • 27' Alves looking to attack the right byline but runs into traffic again. Henry sounds off to Webb when he is denied a throw-in.
    • 25' Barcelona have had loads of the ball, as always, but they are not finding any ways through. The first goal is crucial for them.
    • 23' The cross is whipped in but Barca clear. A long throw is flicked on by Brandao and helped on again by Adriano, but defender Fernandinho on the edge of the box volleys way over.
    • 22' Ilsinho wins a free-kick from Toure 35 yards out... it is level with the right edge of the box.
    • 20' Brandao fouls Toure this time in the middle of the park and the Brazilian waves his arms in disgust.
    • 17' Brandao is a bit of a beast, built like Adriano of Internazionale... he bludgeons into Pique when the Spaniard gets to the ball just ahead of him and there is another stoppage as he receives treatment. Iniesta was pulled back by Mykola Ischenko just before that but Webb is not interested.
    • 16' Barcelona reduced to playing diagonal balls towards their strikers which keeper Pyatov mops up.
    • 15' Henry seemingly playing at the point of the attack rather than Eto'o, which is what he wants - according to 'people in the know'.
    • 13' Alves goes down after catching Brandao's elbow in the face... English referee Howard Webb halts the game but no card is forthcoming.
    • 10' Adriano and Brazilian compatriot Brandao were rested for this match and will be expected to carry the threat to the Catalan club.
    • 8' Barca clear the corner. The attack will give heart to the fans inside this Olympyiskyi stadium.
    • 7' Lovely football from the home side and the low cross is met by Luiz Adriano... his shot comes off a defender and Ilsinho's follow-up is off-target.
    • 6' Eto'o slides a lovely ball down the channel between full-back and centre-half for Henry... he is in the box and shoots, only to see Andriy Pyatov block!!
    • 3' Gerard Pique, Rafa Marquez and Carles Puyol are at the back, with Dani Alves attacking from right-back. Xavi, Seydou Keita and Yaya Toure are in the middle, with Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and Andres Iniesta further forward.
    • 2' The big news is that Guardiola has left Lionel Messi on the bench. Martin Caceres is back in the squad after he missed the Barcelona derby against Espanyol at the weekend. Sylvinho and Victor Sanchez are not in the party, however.
    • 1' The match begins in Ukraine. Barca in all-turquoise kicking to our right, Shakhtar in orange and black.
    • - Barca coach Pep Guardiola: "It's a big test for us but we have a huge opportunity to take a big step towards the second round. However, we also have to be prudent. I have enormous respect for Shakhtar. They are a very attacking side and very bold and it will be difficult playing at their ground."
    • - Shakhtar won their opening match too, in Basel, but have not won since then - in the last three games - and that victory is the only one in the last six.
    • - Shakhtar beat Barcelona here in Donetsk four years ago: can they repeat that giant-killing tonight?
    • - Barcelona have recorded four wins on the trot after an indifferent start to the season: including a win at home to Sporting in the first round of European games.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.co.uk's LIVE text coverage of Barcelona's trip to face Shakhtar in Champions League Group C.

  • Team Stats

    Shakhtar Stats Barcelona
    30% Possession 69%
    9 Shots 13
    3 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 2
    5 Corners 4
    10 Fouls 29
    0 Offsides 2
    4 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 13
    165 Accurate passes 472
    45 Bad passes 71

  • 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
    • Shakhtar
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      30 Andriy Pyatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0
      3 Tomás Hübschman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 3
      32 Mykola Ischenko 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 1 4
      27 Dmytro Chigrynskiy 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 4 3
      11 Ilson Pereira Dias Júnior 1 3 2 4 2 0 0 12 1 2
      4 Igor Duljaj 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 0 2
      13 Viacheslav Shevchuk 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18 11 2
      7 Fernando Luiz Rosa 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 18 6 3
      33 Darijo Srna 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 19 2 2
      17 Luiz Adriano De Souza da Silva 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 1 0
      25 Evaeverson Lemos da Silva 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 10 6 2
      12 Rustam Khudzhamov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      55 Vladimir Yezerskiy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Yevhen Seleznyov 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2
      26 Razvan Rat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Jadson Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Willian Borges Da Silva 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Mariusz Lewandowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 63 9 2
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50 21 3
      20 Daniel Alves 0 4 2 2 4 0 0 34 0 2
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 76 3 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 56 7 1
      15 Seydou Keita 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 32 5 0
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 69 8 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 36 10 3
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 7 4 1
      10 Lionel Messi 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 12 2 0
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90+4' MESSI WINS IT FOR BARCELONA!!! Xavi threaded a superb ball through the defence for the Argentina star to run on to - and he chipped the keeper with class to stun the home fans.
    • 90+2' INIESTA DENIED A STONEWALL PENALTY!! Messi slipped him in and he was taken out by Srna - but Webb somehow said no!!
    • 87' BARCELONA HAVE A COMICAL EQUALISER!! Messi finished into an open goal after Pyatov fumbled a low Bojan cross!!
    • 76' Brandao tackled by Alves down the edge of the box and he goes to ground - it was right on the edge... Webb says it was outside.
    • 68' Messi plays in Eto'o... the Cameroon man bears down on goal. He had time but loses his footing; his weak shot beats Pyatov but is wide of the near post!! Woeful from the striker. By far the best chance for the away side.
    • 53' Alves lines up a free-kick from over 35 yards out following a foul by Brandao. Surely he will not shoot from there... he bends it round with pace and Pyatov pushes it around the post!! The pressure continues...
    • 44' SHAKHTAR SCORE THE OPENING GOAL!! A long ball from the back was not dealt with in the air and Ilsinho held off Puyol to finish past Valdes. They deserve the lead and the fans have come alive.
    • 37' Brandao with a direct ball to the feet of Adriano, who picks out the run of Ilsinho with a delightful through-ball... he is in... a great save by Victor Valdes from close range turns it behind for a corner!!
    • 30' Barcelona have men in the box but cannot find a shot as Shakhtar defend... the ball comes out to Alves, who pulls the trigger from distance - well held by Pyatov at the far post.
    • 7' Lovely football from the home side and the low cross is met by Luiz Adriano... his shot comes off a defender and Ilsinho's follow-up is off-target.
    • 6' Eto'o slides a lovely ball down the channel between full-back and centre-half for Henry... he is in the box and shoots, only to see Andriy Pyatov block!!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.co.uk's LIVE text coverage of Barcelona's trip to face Shakhtar in Champions League Group C.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Shakhtar

    Manager: Mircea Lucescu

    Starting line-up

    • A. Piatov
    • D. Srna Yellow Card
    • M. Ishchenko
    • T. Hübschman
    • D. Chyhrynsky
    • Ilsinho Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • I. Duljaj Substitution Out (90′)
    • V. Shevchuk
    • F. Fernandinho Yellow Card
    • E. Brandao Yellow Card
    • L. Luiz Adriano Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • R. Khudzhamov
    • R. Rat
    • .. Jadson
    • V. Yezersky
    • O. Kucher
    • J. Willian Substitution In85′
    • Y. Seleznyov Substitution In72′
    • A. Fedetskyy

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • R. Márquez
    • G. Pique
    • C. Puyol
    • S. Keita Yellow Card Substitution Out (81′)
    • Y. Touré
    • A. Iniesta Yellow Card
    • .. Xavi Yellow Card
    • T. Henry Substitution Out (59′)
    • S. Eto'o Substitution Out (73′)

    Subs

    • 22. E. Abidal
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen Substitution In81′
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • C. Busquets
    • 10. L. Messi Substitution In59′ Goals×2
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan Substitution In73′
    • 27. R. Pedrito

    Injured

    • 21. A. Hleb
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None