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Wednesday November 26, 2008 Finished Jose de Avalade

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Sporting

  • Veloso 65’
  • Liedson 66’

Barcelona

  • Henry 14’
  • Piqué 17’
  • Messi 49’
  • Caneira 67’ (o.g.)
  • Bojan 73’ (pen.)

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  1. Barcelona win group

    Barcelona win group

    Barcelona ensured that they would finish top of Group C with a comfortable 5-2 win over a poor looking Sporting side in Lisbon. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sporting
    • Barcelona
    • FT And there is the final whistle. Barcelona have won the group and they have done it with ease.
    • 90' Everybody just waiting for the final whistle to blow now but they will have to wait three minutes.
    • 86' Stunning save from Valdes to deny Derlel's point blank header.
    • 84' Super run for Pedro but Tiago cuts down the angle to save his shot.
    • 81' Alves strikes a free-kick towards goal but it is blocked before reaching the Tiago.
    • 78' Former Spurs man Postiga comes on for Liedson.
    • 74' Keita on for Xavi for Barca.
    • 72' Bojan scores from the spot. Tiago got more than a hand onto it but it spilled under his body.
    • 72' Djalo off so that Tiago can come on.
    • 71' Red card for Rui Patricio as he takes out Pedro after he was about to score. A ball that hit off Grimi got him into trouble.
    • 67' Crazy stuff as Barcelona score. Comical own goal from Caneira as he lobs the ball over Patricio while under pressure from Pedro.
    • 66' AND SPORTING HAVE GOT ANOTHER ONE!! Marquez makes a mess of a header and he ends up putting Liedson clear and the striker then fires home.
    • 64' GOAL SPORTING: Sporting are gifted a free-kick just outside the box for a free-kick that never was and VELOSO fires it straight into the top corner of the net.
    • 62' Bojan tries to his luck from distance but he fires well over.
    • 57' Messi's job is done. He comes off and Pedro comes on.
    • 56' Valdes has to make his first save of the night to save a Sporting cross that was deflected off Pique.
    • 54' Caneira gets a yellow card for cynical kick at Hleb.
    • 50' BARCA HAVE GONE THREE UP - Fernando is charge with handball on the edge of the area. Alves then takes a quick free-kick to slip in Messi and brilliant Argentine scores.
    • 48' Alves tries a bullet of a shot from the edge of the area but it is just wide.
    • 46' Back underway. Sporting made a change at the break with Derlel coming on for Romagoli while Barca have taken off Henry with young Bojan coming on.
    • 45' There is the half-time whistle with referee playing just one second of added time. Barca in complete control.
    • 41' Gudjohnsen with a great run late run into the box but he is crowded out when trying to get on the end of a low Alves cross.
    • 39' Match has just gone through a little dead period - Barca happy to go through the motions and Sporting look like a dead duck.
    • 34' Sporting are allowing themselves to get caught offside on the few occasions they do manage to attack.
    • 31' Carrico takes the ball off Messi's toe after a good ball from Daniel Alves.
    • 28' hleb checks in from the left and has a chance for his first Barca goal but he scuffs his shot high and wide. Barca remain in COMPLETE control.
    • 25' Well we are 25 minutes in and Victor Valdes could have stayed at home.
    • 22' Carrico again needs to produce a last ditch challenge to stop Messi storming through.
    • 20' Barca are lucky - they play offside from a free-kick but it looked the Sporting men timed their runs perfectly. The flag goes up though.
    • 18' TWO FOR BARCA! Awful defending again from Sporting from a corner. Gudjohnsen at the back post heads a ball across and Anderson directs it into his own net under pressure from Pique - Barca in complete control.
    • 16' Henry found in the box but he is smothered out by Caneira.
    • 15' Liedson at the other end tries a shot from distance. Decent hit but straight at Valdes.
    • 14' GOAL FOR BARCA: It is Henry who taps in but it was all about Messi. He was one-on-one with Daniel Carrico on the edge of the box and he just skipped by him with ease before checking it back for the Frenchman. Awful defending but still class from Messi.
    • 11' Barca looked strong in the opening stages but it is more even now with Sporting starting to get into things.
    • 9' Djalo shows his quality with a fine run down the left but Pique is able to head his cross away.
    • 8' Barcelona with a free-kick 30 yards out and to the left of the box. Everyone is waiting for Alves to hit it but instead Xavi curls it over the wall and it HITS THE BAR.
    • 4' Alves has a chance to put in a good cross from the right but he can't get it past the first man.
    • 3' Barcelona with all the early possession but still no chances to speak of.
    • 1' And we are underway in Lisbon.
    • - When these sides met in Barcelona it was the hosts that won 3-1.
    • - Barcelona: 1-Victor Valdes; 2-Martin Caceres, 3-Gerard Pique, 4-Rafael Marquez, 20-Daniel Alves; 7-Eidur Gudjohnsen, 28-Sergio Busquets, 6-Xavi; 21-Aleksandr Hleb, 14-Thierry Henry, 10-Lionel Messi
    • - Sporting: 1-Rui Patricio; 18-Leandro Grimi, 4-Anderson Polga, 3-Daniel Carrico, 12-Marco Caneira; 28-Joao Moutinho, 24-Miguel Veloso, 25-Bruno Pereirinha; 31-Liedson, 30-Leandro Romagnoli, 20-Yannick Djalo
    • - Teams just in and it is a strong Barca side with Messi and Henry both playing.
    • - Welcome to our live coverage of this match in Lisbon. Both teams are already through but top spot in the group is still up for grabs with Barca currently holding a one point advantage.

  • Team Stats

    Sporting Stats Barcelona
    37% Possession 62%
    5 Shots 15
    4 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 1
    3 Corners 3
    9 Fouls 9
    11 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 21
    273 Accurate passes 516
    31 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
    • Sporting
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Rui Pedro dos Santos Patricio 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0
      3 Daniel Carriço 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 5
      24 Miguel Veloso 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 46 8 1
      18 Leandro Grimi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17 6 4
      12 Marco Caneira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 0 1
      4 Anderson Polga 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 20 4 4
      30 Leandro Romagnoli 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 1 2
      28 João Moutinho 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 34 6 2
      20 Yannick Djaló 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 2 2
      31 Liedson da Silva Muniz 1 2 2 1 2 8 0 13 1 1
      25 Bruno Pereirinha 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 0 4
      11 Derlei Derlei 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 2
      38 Pedro Filipe Teodosio Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Ronny Furtado de Araújo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Helder Postiga 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0
      6 Adrien Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Rodrigo Tiuí 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Tiago Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60 7 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 53 24 6
      20 Daniel Alves 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 56 1 5
      3 Gerard Pique 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 42 0 1
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 63 5 2
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 43 0 1
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 59 4 0
      10 Lionel Messi 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 25 1 0
      14 Thierry Henry 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 26 8 2
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 40 10 3
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Pedro Rodríguez 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 15 5 0
      29 Víctor Sánchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Seydou Keita 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1

  • Summary

    • 86' Stunning save from Valdes to deny Derlel's point blank header.
    • 72' Bojan scores from the spot. Tiago got more than a hand onto it but it spilled under his body.
    • 71' Red card for Rui Patricio as he takes out Pedro after he was about to score. A ball that hit off Grimi got him into trouble.
    • 67' Crazy stuff as Barcelona score. Comical own goal from Caneira as he lobs the ball over Patricio while under pressure from Pedro.
    • 66' AND SPORTING HAVE GOT ANOTHER ONE!! Marquez makes a mess of a header and he ends up putting Liedson clear and the striker then fires home.
    • 64' GOAL SPORTING: Sporting are gifted a free-kick just outside the box for a free-kick that never was and VELOSO fires it straight into the top corner of the net.
    • 50' BARCA HAVE GONE THREE UP - Fernando is charge with handball on the edge of the area. Alves then takes a quick free-kick to slip in Messi and brilliant Argentine scores.
    • 18' TWO FOR BARCA! Awful defending again from Sporting from a corner. Gudjohnsen at the back post heads a ball across and Anderson directs it into his own net under pressure from Pique - Barca in complete control.
    • 14' GOAL FOR BARCA: It is Henry who taps in but it was all about Messi. He was one-on-one with Daniel Carrico on the edge of the box and he just skipped by him with ease before checking it back for the Frenchman. Awful defending but still class from Messi.
    • 8' Barcelona with a free-kick 30 yards out and to the left of the box. Everyone is waiting for Alves to hit it but instead Xavi curls it over the wall and it HITS THE BAR.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

  • Sporting

    Manager: Paulo Bento

    Captain: Joao Moutinho

    Starting line-up

    • R. Patricío
    • M. Caneira
    • A. Polga
    • D. Carriço
    • L. Grimi
    • M. Veloso Goal
    • J. Moutinho
    • L. Romagnoli Substitution Out (45′)
    • P. Bruno
    • D. Liedson
    • D. Yannick

    Subs

    • M. Izmailov
    • H. Postiga Substitution In79′
    • D. Derlei
    • A. Tiago
    • H. Ronny
    • A. Silva
    • P. Mendes

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: . Xavi

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • R. Márquez Yellow Card
    • G. Pique Goal
    • M. Cáceres
    • C. Busquets
    • .. Xavi
    • A. Hleb
    • E. Gudjohnsen
    • T. Henry Goal Substitution Out (45′)
    • L. Messi

    Subs

    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 9. S. Eto'o
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution In74′
    • 11. K. Bojan
    • 29. V. Sánchez
    • 27. R. Pedrito

    Injured

    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None

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