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  • Henry 32’
  • Ronaldinho 52’, 90’

Real Betis Balompié

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    Barcelona boss Betis

    Barcelona dominated Betis to win 3-0 at the Camp Nou and return second in La Liga while Villarreal came from two down to beat Atletico Madrid 4-3 in a thrilling match at the Vicente Calderon. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Real Betis Balompié
    • 90+3 And that is the final whistle, a comprehensive win that sends Barca second.
    • 90+2 Ronaldinho to take then... and he sends it through the wall and in off the post! Ricardo can't believe it! Perhaps he should have got across as it was his nearer post but how on earth did his wall let that get through? 3-0, a scoreline more reflective of Barca's dominance.
    • 90+1 Messi with another great flick past a defender, he zips into the box and the ball flicks up and is cleared but it's pulled back for a push on Messi as he run on goal. Free-kick on the edge of the area...
    • 90' Ronaldinho takes it quickly trying to chip Ricardo but he's wise to it and gets back in time to claw it from under the bar!
    • 89' Oliveira sends it near post but Barca clear and Bojan plays it to Gudjohnsen, now Messi and he is chopped down by Juande who gets a yellow.
    • 88' Abidal fouls Edu on the right hand side of the box, a rare chance for Betis from the set play...
    • 85' Bojan now with a long-range shot which fizzes inches wide of the post with Ricardo beaten.
    • 84' Bojan with a great run on the left, sends it low for Ronaldinho at the far post but the defender thrashes it behind for a corner. Xavi comes off for Gudjohnsen.
    • 82' Cross from Puyol finds BOJAN AT THE FAR POST BUT IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF JUANITO AND AWAY! Almost a third.
    • 79' BARCA SUB: Henry comes off to a standing ovation for youngster Bojan.
    • 76' BARCA SUB: Marquez on for Thuram. Ronaldinho is still receiving treatment, looks like his shoulder.
    • 74' Abidal on the left, sends over a cross that no-one can trap and RONALDINHO FLICKS IT UP IN THE AIR AND ATTEMPTS A SPECTACULAR BICYCLE KICK BUT OVER! What an effort, he landed heavily and appears to have hurt himself though.
    • 72' Messi on yet another run after being played through by Ronaldinho but he over-runs it this time and it's back with Ricardo.
    • 69' Messi gets the ball on the right, tricks Gonzalez and cuts inside with some pace, he's on the edge of the box, weaves past two more defenders like they're not there and he must score and drills it into the bottom left but nooo, inches wide! What a shame, would have been a classic goal!
    • 65' Barca have another free-kickm to the left of the area this time, around 30 yards out... Ronaldinho steps up... and he beats the wall and keeper but just wide!
    • 63' Zambrotta runs down the right to get on the end of a long pass but is brought down by Babic sliding in and Barca have a free-kick on the wing.
    • 62' BETIS SUB: Pavone off for Jose Mari.
    • 61' Abidal on the left, a surging run and he drills it low across goal for Henry but Ricardo diving across gets part of his hand on it to divert it away from Henry's simple tap-in!
    • 59' Ronaldinho, he plays a one-two with Messi who is in but a bit wide and tries to play it across Ricardo and deflected to Iniesta at the far post who cuts it back for Henry but blocked! Barca all over Betis now.
    • 57' Ronaldinho is on the right now and sends it across to Xavi with the volley which is into the ground and parried by Ricardo and HENRY WITH THE OPEN GOAL BUT HE HEADS WIDE! Henry can't believe it either, and he runs up to the goal and pulls himself up onto the crossbar to show his frustration.
    • 54' Betis in a rare attack as Pavone is played onside by poor positioning from Abidal and he rifles the shot in but deflected into the side of the net by a Toure challenge.
    • 53' Free-kick finally to be taken by Ronaldinho, it's on the right hand side of the D around 25 yards out... and he curls it round the wall into the top right for 2-0! It curled so much that it was going wide of the post when it beat the diving Ricardo's outstretched hand but almost ended up in the centre of the goal. Superb strike by Ronalindho and it gives Barca some breathing space.
    • 51' Ronaldinho goes down on the edge of the box, free-kick to Barca, he was taken down by Somoza...
    • 46' Zambrotta goes on a weaving run cutting inside from the right and drills it low into the box but too far ahead of Henry and easy for Ricardo.
    • 46' Second half underway...
    • 45+1 It's easy for Valdes though, Barca try another attack but as Messi tries to cut in from the right the whistle goes and half-time is called with Frank Rijkaard's mean leading 1-0.
    • 45' In one minute of stoppage time... Free-kick to Betis from 38 yards...
    • 44' Ronaldinho almost forces his way through but is tackled at the death and Barca have a throw.. cross comes in from the right but flicked away from Henry at the back post...
    • 43' Pavone goes in late and from behind, scissors-style, on Toure yet somehow escapes a booking.
    • 42' Edu quite hilariously trips over his own ankles and bays for the foul before - on turning around - realising Abidal is a few yards behind him.
    • 41' Ronaldinho runs at the Betis defence, Lima only able to foul him... spread wide to Henry, he chips it in and Ronaldinho flicks on but too heavy for Iniesta's late run.
    • 40' Messi slips it wide to Abidal surging in on the left but he can't cut it back to Henry, although the defender lets it slip and Henry has a crack but into the side netting. Good effort from outside the box.
    • 39' Bizarrely Barce play it short and do a bit of keep ball, going back to their own half although Abidal spreads it back to Messi... the move breaks down but now Ronaldinho has it and tries to find Henry but fails.
    • 38' Babic gets a yellow for repeat offending. Free-kick Barca on the right...
    • 36' Brilliant crossfield pass from Ronaldinho to Messi, who beats Gonzalez the first time but, when he gets it back, is well-tackled.
    • 32' Iniesta about 35 yardds out takes a look and slides-through a pro-evo style pass as he looks on to Henry who is through and takes a touch before poking it under Ricardo for 1-0! A deserved goal for Barca and Henry, his fifth in La Liga since joining this summer.
    • 28' Ronaldinho with the free-kick... but it takes a deflection off the wall and out for a corner.
    • 26' Barcelona finally get their free-kick when Juanito goes in two-footed on Iniesta on the edge of the box.
    • 24' Iniesta plays a through ball Henry is fouled on the edge of the box but stays on his feet to try and get the shot away but he can't and it's cleared from Iniesta running onto it. But the ref doesn't signal, Henry furious that he is punished for his honesty. Maybe he should have thrown himself to the ground "like a woman"? He got a little nudge in the back, initially fell to his knees but bounced back up.
    • 21' Ronaldino in the middle through to Xavi with a brilliant backheel to send Henry in on the right but the angle is too tight BUT HE SHOOTS ANYWAY AND AND THE RISING DRIVE COMES BACK OFF THE BAR! What an effort from Henry after superb play by Xavi, unlucky!
    • 18' Ronaldinho has a free-kick on the right hand side of the box but he can only curl it well wide of the far post.
    • 15' Good spell of pressure from Barcelona sees a Messi cross headed on goal by Henry but Ricardo parries and Betis survive. That was a good effort from Henry as the cross had very little power and he had to generate all the momentum from a static position.
    • 13' It breathes! Betis escape their half as Edu tries a shot from the edge of the box but it lacks power and Barca bring it away.
    • 11' Ronaldinho takes the ball on his chest on the edge of the box to the left, he flicks it up to Iniesta who chests it back down to him and he touches it up in the air and whackes a brilliant volley but side-netting! What skill from Barcelona, super move!
    • 9' Messi with a weaving run, cutting inside from the right to the middle but just unable to free Ronaldinho on the left.
    • 8' Ronaldinho on the left pings across a centre WHICH JUANITO MISSES AND MESSI MUST SCORE BUT SAVED BY RICARDO! Almost a terrible error by Juanito, who totally air-kicked that simple clearance.
    • 7' Messi on the right slips it through to Henry, but the flag is up, that looked tight!
    • 5' Good play by Iniesta wins a corner on the left for Barca, for whom Ronaldinho, Messi and Henry all start.
    • 1' Match underway at the Camp Nou!
    • - Hello and welcome to Barcelona's clash with Betis at the Camp Nou, LIVE on eurosport.yahoo.com from 18:00GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Real Betis Balompié
    66% Possession 33%
    19 Shots 6
    7 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 4
    22 Fouls 6
    3 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    33 Tackles 26
    507 Accurate passes 237
    89 Bad passes 43

  • 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
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 41 3 1
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 54 26 5
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 0 4
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 56 2 1
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 53 5 9
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 77 23 4
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 76 3 5
      19 Lionel Messi 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 43 2 0
      14 Thierry Henry 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 14 8 0
      10 Gaucho Ronaldinho 2 8 3 0 2 0 0 45 15 1
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 1
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Albert Jorquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Oleguer Presas Renom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2
    • Real Betis Balompié
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      22 Willian Lanes de Lima 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 3 7
      6 Branko Ilic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2
      4 Juan Gutiérrez Moreno 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 1 0
      27 Juan de Dios Prados López 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 6 2
      20 Leandro Somoza 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 5 5
      18 Alberto Rivera 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 36 9 1
      17 Marko Babic 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23 8 1
      11 Mark Gonzalez 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 5 5
      10 Luis Eduardo Schmidt 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 14 0 3
      16 Mariano Pavone 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 11 2 0
      8 Arturo Garcia Muñoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0
      9 Fernando Miguel Fernández Escribano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 José Mari José Mari 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
      7 Juan Pablo Caffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Fernando Vega 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Antonio Doblas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Francisco Munoz Xisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Ronaldinho to take then... and he sends it through the wall and in off the post! Ricardo can't believe it! Perhaps he should have got across as it was his nearer post but how on earth did his wall let that get through? 3-0, a scoreline more reflective of Barca's dominance.
    • 90+1 Messi with another great flick past a defender, he zips into the box and the ball flicks up and is cleared but it's pulled back for a push on Messi as he run on goal. Free-kick on the edge of the area...
    • 90' Ronaldinho takes it quickly trying to chip Ricardo but he's wise to it and gets back in time to claw it from under the bar!
    • 85' Bojan now with a long-range shot which fizzes inches wide of the post with Ricardo beaten.
    • 82' Cross from Puyol finds BOJAN AT THE FAR POST BUT IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF JUANITO AND AWAY! Almost a third.
    • 74' Abidal on the left, sends over a cross that no-one can trap and RONALDINHO FLICKS IT UP IN THE AIR AND ATTEMPTS A SPECTACULAR BICYCLE KICK BUT OVER! What an effort, he landed heavily and appears to have hurt himself though.
    • 69' Messi gets the ball on the right, tricks Gonzalez and cuts inside with some pace, he's on the edge of the box, weaves past two more defenders like they're not there and he must score and drills it into the bottom left but nooo, inches wide! What a shame, would have been a classic goal!
    • 65' Barca have another free-kickm to the left of the area this time, around 30 yards out... Ronaldinho steps up... and he beats the wall and keeper but just wide!
    • 61' Abidal on the left, a surging run and he drills it low across goal for Henry but Ricardo diving across gets part of his hand on it to divert it away from Henry's simple tap-in!
    • 59' Ronaldinho, he plays a one-two with Messi who is in but a bit wide and tries to play it across Ricardo and deflected to Iniesta at the far post who cuts it back for Henry but blocked! Barca all over Betis now.
    • 57' Ronaldinho is on the right now and sends it across to Xavi with the volley which is into the ground and parried by Ricardo and HENRY WITH THE OPEN GOAL BUT HE HEADS WIDE! Henry can't believe it either, and he runs up to the goal and pulls himself up onto the crossbar to show his frustration.
    • 53' Free-kick finally to be taken by Ronaldinho, it's on the right hand side of the D around 25 yards out... and he curls it round the wall into the top right for 2-0! It curled so much that it was going wide of the post when it beat the diving Ricardo's outstretched hand but almost ended up in the centre of the goal. Superb strike by Ronalindho and it gives Barca some breathing space.
    • 40' Messi slips it wide to Abidal surging in on the left but he can't cut it back to Henry, although the defender lets it slip and Henry has a crack but into the side netting. Good effort from outside the box.
    • 32' Iniesta about 35 yardds out takes a look and slides-through a pro-evo style pass as he looks on to Henry who is through and takes a touch before poking it under Ricardo for 1-0! A deserved goal for Barca and Henry, his fifth in La Liga since joining this summer.
    • 24' Iniesta plays a through ball Henry is fouled on the edge of the box but stays on his feet to try and get the shot away but he can't and it's cleared from Iniesta running onto it. But the ref doesn't signal, Henry furious that he is punished for his honesty. Maybe he should have thrown himself to the ground "like a woman"? He got a little nudge in the back, initially fell to his knees but bounced back up.
    • 21' Ronaldino in the middle through to Xavi with a brilliant backheel to send Henry in on the right but the angle is too tight BUT HE SHOOTS ANYWAY AND AND THE RISING DRIVE COMES BACK OFF THE BAR! What an effort from Henry after superb play by Xavi, unlucky!
    • 15' Good spell of pressure from Barcelona sees a Messi cross headed on goal by Henry but Ricardo parries and Betis survive. That was a good effort from Henry as the cross had very little power and he had to generate all the momentum from a static position.
    • 11' Ronaldinho takes the ball on his chest on the edge of the box to the left, he flicks it up to Iniesta who chests it back down to him and he touches it up in the air and whackes a brilliant volley but side-netting! What skill from Barcelona, super move!
    • 8' Ronaldinho on the left pings across a centre WHICH JUANITO MISSES AND MESSI MUST SCORE BUT SAVED BY RICARDO! Almost a terrible error by Juanito, who totally air-kicked that simple clearance.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Puyol
    • Thuram
    • Abidal
    • Touré
    • Xavi
    • Iniesta
    • Messi
    • Henry
    • Ronaldinho

    Subs

    • 4. Márquez
    • 7. Gudjohnsen
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • 23. Oleguer
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 17. Dos Santos
    • 27. Bojan Krkic

    Injured

    • 9. Eto'o

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Betis Balompié

    Manager: Héctor Cúper

    Captain: 4. Juan Gutiérrez "Juanito"

    On the Field

    • Ricardo
    • Ilic
    • "Juanito"
    • Lima
    • Babic
    • Somoza
    • Juande
    • Gonzalez Hoffmann
    • Schmidt "Edú"
    • Rivera
    • Pavone

    Subs

    • 19. Xisco
    • 8. "Arzu"
    • 9. Fernández
    • 24. Romero
    • 1. Doblas
    • 3. Fernando Vega
    • 7. Caffa
    • Isidoro

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None