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Atletico de Madrid

  • Agüero 36’, 72’
  • Rodríguez 42’
  • Forlán 63’ (pen.)

Barcelona

  • Ronaldinho 30’
  • Eto'o 74’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Atletico de Madrid
    • Barcelona
    • 90+2 The final whistle has blown, and Atletico have completed a a great victory over Barcelona! Can Real hold on to extend their lead? Click on the link to the right to find out now!
    • 90' Messi dips and weaves his way through into the box. He's tackled but the ball falls to ETO'O... It creeps agonisingly wide of the post! Surely that's Barca's hopes of salvaging something from this match gone now?
    • 88' Aguero gets a round of applause for his two goals and one assist as he is replaced by Jurado.
    • 86' Eto'o lets rip with a fearsome shot that goes just wide of the targt, and then lets rip right in the face of Diego Lopez! Not sure what they're arguing about, but neither looks particularly happy! Tranquilo tios!
    • 79' Eto'o releases Gudjohnsen, who is right on the shoulder of the last man. He motors towards the ball but Abbiati is out before he can get to it.
    • 73' GOOOOL! Eidur gudjohnsen chests, turns and shoots in the box but his shot is blocked. The loose ball comes back to Eto'o who fires past three players to score and make it 4-2! This game isn't over yet!
    • 71' GOOOOOL!!! Kun Aguero gets his second and Atletico's fourth! He wrestles the ball from Puyol, leaves Gabi Milito on his backside and fires a low curling shot past Valdes! The killjoy referee then books him for taking off his shirt during the celebrations!
    • 70' Atletico have been camped in their half for the last two minutes, but Barcelona have struggled the break them down.
    • 63' xavi takes a corner for Barca. Ronaldinho flicks it on to Eto'o at the faer post who steers it goalwards... Palmed away by Abbiati!! What an important save so soon after extending their lead!
    • 61' GOOOOOOOL!!! Valdes dives the wrong way and Forlan calmly sidefoots his finish in to make it 3-1 Atleti!
    • 60' Hanbags in the box as Aguero goes down in the box under pressure from Puyol.. PENALTY!! Puyol is booked, and Diego Forlan steps up to take the spot-kick...
    • 56' A very annoyed Thierry Henry is substituted as Frank Rijkaard shuffles his pack.
    • 46' Right from the off Xavi lifts over a great ball for Henry, but the Frenchman's first touch deserts him and Abbiati slides out to collect the loose ball.
    • 46' Barcelona get the second half underway, as they have the task of chasing this game to keep up with the pace at the top.
    • 45+1' The half-time whistle goes.
    • 45' Stunning comeback from Atleti, and Barca have it all to do in the second half.
    • 42' GOAL! 2-1 Atleti! Sergio Aguero flicks a ball down the inside-right channel to Maxi Rodriguez, and the skipper hits a low right-footed shot across Valdes into the bottom-left corner!
    • 41' What a save! Simao rolls the ball square to Forlan inside the box, his low shot takes a deflection and Casillas reacts brilliantly to kick the ball out before Henry athletically completes the clearance!
    • 39' Great skill! Simao skins Zambrotta with a delightful backheeled nutmeg on the Atleti left, and the Italian hauls him down. Free-kick.
    • 36' GOAL! 1-1! Sergio Aguero outwits Milito on the edge of the box before firing in a low, right-footed shot that deflects off Carlos Puyol and flies past Valdes!
    • 34' Abbiati slides out to prevent Thierry Henry latching onto a through-ball.
    • 33' That goal certainly had echoes of the overhead kick he scored against Villarreal at the Nou Camp last season. It was an outrageous finish.
    • 30' GOAL! 1-0 Barca! And what a goal from Ronaldinho! He launches himself at Xavi's right-wing cross and sends an impeccable overhead bicycle kick flying past Abbiati's right hand! Tremendous agility from the Brazilian.
    • 26' Abidal swings in another cross from the left and Christian Abbiati punches it away.
    • 25' Valera gets into another promising position down the Atleti right but he runs the ball out of play before he can get his cross in.
    • 24' Gianluca Zambrotta sprints into space down the Barca right but over-hits his cross and it goes out for a goal kick.
    • 22' Edmilson cracks in a shot from long range, and it flashes just wide of the left-hand post!
    • 21' The news from the Recreativo-Real Madrid game is that the champions are a goal down, so a win for Barca would take them top.
    • 19' Abidal gets forward down the left again, and his low cross is cut out at the near post.
    • 17' Juan Valera's cross from the right is placed just wide of the post by Aguero with Victor Valdes beaten!
    • 14' Ronaldinho sprays a pass out to Eric Abidal on the Barca left, and his cross is put behind for a corner.
    • 10' GOAL! 1-0 Barca! NO! Ronaldinho dinks the ball through to Samuel Eto'o and he takes a touch before slotting it into the bottom-left corner, but the flag was up.
    • 8' Diego Forlan slips the ball through towards Aguero, but Gabriel Milito steps forward to intercept.
    • 7' The visitors are seeing most of the ball at the moment, but the Atleti defence is holding firm.
    • 3' Both teams are in their first-choice strips here: Atleti in red and white striped shirts, blue shorts and blue socks, Barca in their famous burgundy and blue shirts, blue shorts and burgundy and blue striped socks.
    • 1' The first half begins!
    • 18:45 TEAM NEWS: Atleti hope to have Argentine striker Sergio Aguero back from injury, after he missed the 3-1 defeat at Osasuna. Barca boss Frank Rijkaard has no new injury problems to contend with.
    • 18:30 Good evening and thank-you for joining us for LIVE coverage of this appetising clash between fourth-placed Atletico Madrid and second-placed Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon in Madrid. Barca are looking to maintain the pressure on Real Madrid following their impressive 5-1 victory over Levante last weekend, while Atleti need to get their Champions League campaign back on track after just one win in their last six league games. Kick-off is at 19:00 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    Atletico de Madrid Stats Barcelona
    34% Possession 66%
    8 Shots 17
    6 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 1
    0 Corners 5
    15 Fouls 15
    1 Offsides 3
    4 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 25
    198 Accurate passes 449
    43 Bad passes 74

  • 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
    • Atletico de Madrid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Christian Abbiati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
      21 Luis Perea 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 5 3
      3 Antonio López Guerrero 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 7 3
      22 Pablo Ibañez 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 1 4
      29 Ignacio Camacho 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 1 2
      8 Raúl García 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 31 6 8
      11 Maximiliano Rodríguez 1 1 1 3 5 0 0 18 1 6
      23 Juan Valera Espin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1
      24 Simão Sabrosa 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 30 12 0
      7 Diego Forlan 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 2 1
      10 Sergio Aguero 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 17 5 1
      9 Luis Javier García Sanz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Mista Mista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Cléber Santana Loureiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      17 José Antonio Reyes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
      1 Ismael Falcón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Jose Jurado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      14 José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 34 1 9
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 37 17 1
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 39 0 4
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 7 1
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 74 16 4
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 87 13 1
      15 José Edmílson 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 5 2
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 20 6 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 4 2 2 2 1 0 27 0 1
      10 Gaucho Ronaldinho 1 5 1 1 3 0 0 31 6 0
      19 Lionel Messi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Messi dips and weaves his way through into the box. He's tackled but the ball falls to ETO'O... It creeps agonisingly wide of the post! Surely that's Barca's hopes of salvaging something from this match gone now?
    • 73' GOOOOL! Eidur gudjohnsen chests, turns and shoots in the box but his shot is blocked. The loose ball comes back to Eto'o who fires past three players to score and make it 4-2! This game isn't over yet!
    • 71' GOOOOOL!!! Kun Aguero gets his second and Atletico's fourth! He wrestles the ball from Puyol, leaves Gabi Milito on his backside and fires a low curling shot past Valdes! The killjoy referee then books him for taking off his shirt during the celebrations!
    • 63' xavi takes a corner for Barca. Ronaldinho flicks it on to Eto'o at the faer post who steers it goalwards... Palmed away by Abbiati!! What an important save so soon after extending their lead!
    • 61' GOOOOOOOL!!! Valdes dives the wrong way and Forlan calmly sidefoots his finish in to make it 3-1 Atleti!
    • 42' GOAL! 2-1 Atleti! Sergio Aguero flicks a ball down the inside-right channel to Maxi Rodriguez, and the skipper hits a low right-footed shot across Valdes into the bottom-left corner!
    • 41' What a save! Simao rolls the ball square to Forlan inside the box, his low shot takes a deflection and Casillas reacts brilliantly to kick the ball out before Henry athletically completes the clearance!
    • 36' GOAL! 1-1! Sergio Aguero outwits Milito on the edge of the box before firing in a low, right-footed shot that deflects off Carlos Puyol and flies past Valdes!
    • 30' GOAL! 1-0 Barca! And what a goal from Ronaldinho! He launches himself at Xavi's right-wing cross and sends an impeccable overhead bicycle kick flying past Abbiati's right hand! Tremendous agility from the Brazilian.
    • 22' Edmilson cracks in a shot from long range, and it flashes just wide of the left-hand post!
    • 17' Juan Valera's cross from the right is placed just wide of the post by Aguero with Victor Valdes beaten!
    • 10' GOAL! 1-0 Barca! NO! Ronaldinho dinks the ball through to Samuel Eto'o and he takes a touch before slotting it into the bottom-left corner, but the flag was up.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

  • Atletico de Madrid

    Manager: Javier Aguirre

    On the Field

    • Abbiati
    • Valera
    • Ibáñez
    • Perea
    • Antonio López Yellow Card
    • García Escudero
    • Camacho Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • Rodríguez Goal Substitution Out (85′)
    • Agüero Goals×2 Yellow Card
    • Forlán
    • Sabrosa

    Subs

    • 20. Mista
    • 17. Reyes Substitution In (85′)
    • 9. Garcia
    • 1. Falcón
    • 15. Jurado
    • 14. Castro
    • 6. Cléber Santana Substitution In (69′)

    Injured

    • 25. Franco
    • 5. Motta
    • 2. Seitaridis

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Puyol Yellow Card
    • Milito
    • Abidal
    • Xavi
    • Edmilson Substitution Out (64′)
    • Ronaldinho Goal
    • Henry Substitution Out (57′)
    • Iniesta Yellow Card
    • Eto'o Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 21. Thuram
    • 7. Gudjohnsen Substitution In (64′)
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • Pinto
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 19. Messi Substitution In (57′)
    • 17. Dos Santos

    Injured

    • 4. Márquez
    • 24. Touré
    • 27. Bojan Krkic

    Suspended

    None