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Barcelona

Espanyol

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Espanyol
    • 90+3' Messi runs the ball out of play for an Espanyol goal kick. And the final whistle goes! Xavi is booked for dissent as a crowd of Barca players surround the ref. Barca slip up yet again, and Real Madrid could pull 11 points clear with victory at Racing Santander tomorrow.
    • 90+1' Milito goes into the book.
    • 90' Messi to Eto'o on the right edge of the area, saved by Kameni at his near post!
    • 89' Barca work the ball to the left and Bojan tries to dribble his way to goal before being dispossessed!
    • 88' Kameni is booked for time-wasting as he delays taking the goal kick. And Eto'o wastes a great chance! Iniesta dinks a cross into the box from the left and Eto'o completely misses a free header from about 10 yards out! How they could come to rue that miss.
    • 87' Messi gets into space on the left but slices his cross behind for a goal kick.
    • 85' Substitution for Espanyol, and Raul Tamudo must have picked up a knock because he is replaced by Milan Smiljanic.
    • 84' Bojan flicks Messi's pass into the box but no-one reads it and the ball runs back to Kameni.
    • 82' Iniesta is booked for a foul on Coro on the edge of the Espanyol box.
    • 81' Barca go close again! Eto'o drifts into the box from the left and stabs in a cross that is somehow cleared!
    • 80' Eto'o drives into the box from the left before being crowded out, Raul Tamudo tries to dribble his way out of danger but nearly gives the ball to Toure and Espanyol finally clear! Ten minutes to go!
    • 79' Raul Tamudo races into space on the Espanyol left, cuts inside onto his right foot and bends a shot just wide of the far post!
    • 78' Eto'o finds space on the left and bends in a low left-footed cross that narrowly eludes Bojan and Messi!
    • 76' Eto'o and Raul Tamudo square up inside the centre circle after Eto'o is tripped by the visiting captain. Both men are booked.
    • 74' Xavi releases Zambrotta on the right but his cross is headed away at the near post. Zabaleta cuts in from the right at the other end and curls a left-footer just over the crossbar!
    • 72' Great play from Barca! Bojan down the line to Sylvinho, Sylvinho square to Messi on the edge of the box, Messi tries to dribble his way goalwards but is crowded out. Sylvinho picks up the loose ball and drifts a cross to the back post which Kameni claims athletically.
    • 71' Messi comes in from the right wing and looks to thread a pass into the box, but it's cleared.
    • 70' Twenty minutes remain, and Barca appear to have lost some of the impetus they had begun to build up at the beginning of the second half.
    • 68' More patient build-up play from Barcelona. Messi looks to slip in Zambrotta down the Barca right but the pass is intercepted.
    • 66' Puyol is then booked, presumably for protesting about the foul, as he departs the pitch to be replaced by Mexican centre-half Rafael Marquez.
    • 65' Daniel Jarque is rightly booked for a crude tackle from behind on Eto'o inside the centre circle.
    • 64' Ewerthon momentarily gets away from Zambrotta and is closing in on Valdes's goal but the Italian does brilliantly to get back and deny him!
    • 63' Messi drifts infield from the right - you can feel the expectation grow in the stadium as he does so - before seeing a left-footed effort from the edge of the box blocked at close range.
    • 61' Gabriel Milito heads clear a cross from the Espanyol right. Angel is yellow carded for sliding in from behind on Iniesta.
    • 59' Eto'o again! Messi's pass flicks up off a defender and the Barca number nine follows it in before clipping a right-footed half-volley across goal that Kameni does well to hold onto!
    • 58' Double change for Espanyol. Luis Garcia and Francisco Rufete are replaced by midfielder Albert Riera and forward Ewerthon.
    • 56' Lovely stuff from Barca! Eto'o and Messi link up in midfield and the Argentine slips a pass towards Bojan but he'd halted his run a moment to season.
    • 55' Sylvinho wins a corner on the Barca left. Xavi's delivery misses Puyol by inches before being cleared. Messi picks the ball up on the right and bursts goalwards before winning a corner, which is also cleared.
    • 53' Barca have made an enterprising start to this second period.
    • 52' Chance for Eto'o! Iniesta's burst from midfield draws a tackle that sends the ball into Eto'o's path, and from just inside the box he places the ball wide of the near post!
    • 51' Chica crosses from the Espanyol left, Puyol diverts the ball to safety.
    • 49' Bojan cuts inside onto his right foot and fires in a shot that is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 48' Chance for Barca! Messi crosses from the right, Eto'o shoots from 12 yards and Kameni saves with his legs!
    • 47' Messi straight into the action! He dribbles into the box from the right and Kameni is forced to rush from his line to deny him!
    • 46' The second half begins, and Barca have made two changes at half-time with the mercurial Lionel Messi replacing Giovani Dos Santos and Andres Iniesta coming on for Eidur Gudjohnsen.
    • 45' The half-time whistle goes and the first half comes to an end.
    • 44' Rufete catches Eto'o with an ugly challenge from behind, earning a yellow card and a furious reaction from the Barca man. Free-kick wide on the Barca left. Xavi curls it in and it's headed clear right in front of Kameni.
    • 42' Luis Garcia's free-kick is headed away by Zambrotta.
    • 41' Gudjohnsen cheaply concedes possession by miscontrolling Dos Santos's pass and then earns a booking for chopping down the advancing Coro.
    • 40' Some slick football from the visitors culminates in a shot by Luis Garcia from 20 yards that is straight at Valdes.
    • 38' Sylvinho's cross from the left is headed away at the back post.
    • 37' Toure is penalised for a foul on Francisco Rufete, but atones by heading clear Luis Garcia's free-kick on the edge of the box.
    • 36' Zambrotta clips an inviting cross to the back post from the right, and Dos Santos jumps early but can't get any power or direction on his header, the ball glancing off his forehead for Kameni to gather.
    • 35' Coro dinks a cross into the Barca box from the left, Puyol heads it away.
    • 34' Bojan puts in another cross from the right, Chica heads clear. Sylvinho winds up and lets fly from 35 yards, but his shot is way off target.
    • 33' Bojan tiptoes into the box from the right and whips in a right-footed cross that almost surprises Kameni at his near post.
    • 32' Eto'o looks to test Kameni with an effort from distance but he drags his shot and it rolls through at a snail's pace to the Espanyol keeper.
    • 30' Espanyol win a free-kick midway inside the Barca half. It's curled goalwards and Toure heads it clear from the edge of the box.
    • 28' Xavi bends a corner into the box from the Barca right and it misses everyone before being cleared at the back post.
    • 26' Barca go close again! Sylvinho flights a cross to the back post and Xavi's header goes just over!
    • 25' Zambrotta goes close! The Italian cuts inside from the right and unleashes a left-footed effort that is inches away from nestling in the top-right corner!
    • 24' Chance for Barca! Eto'o pokes the ball through to Gudjohnsen, and he strides into the area before sending in a low left-footed effort that Kameni turns away!
    • 23' Dos Santos finds Eto'o with his back to goal on the edge of the box, and he goes down under a challenge from behind but the referee isn't interested.
    • 22' Espanyol play another corner into the box from the left, it's knocked down at the back post and Valdes gathers. Kameni races from his line to deny Dos Santos at the other end. This game is just starting to open up...
    • 21' Gudjohnsen wins a corner on the Barca left, but it's easily taken by Kameni.
    • 20' Eto'o looks to get onto a long ball but he's beaten to it by Daniel Jarque, with Zabaleta guiding the ball back to Kameni. Angel thumps in a shot at the other end that Puyol deflects narrowly over the crossbar! Valdes confidently claims the ensuing corner from the Espanyol left.
    • 19' Bojan steps inside his man on the left before sending in a low right-footed effort that goes wide of the near post.
    • 18' Sylvinho advances onto Gudjohnsen's pass from the left and thunders in a ferocious shot-cum-cross that flies out of play for a throw-in.
    • 17' Xavi, Puyol and Yaya Toure work their way out of a tight spot next to the near touchline via a quick exchange of passes.
    • 16' Gudjohnsen draws a foul from Hurtado, which earns the Espanyol man a yellow card. Free-kick to Barca in a deep position in the inside-left channel. Xavi plays it into the box but it's too high for Bojan and Carlos Kameni gathers comfortably.
    • 15' Sight of goal for Barca! Javier Chica horribly slices his clearance into the air from the left-back position, and Gudjohnsen flashes a volley off target from the edge of the box.
    • 13' Barca knock the ball around at the back with customary ease. Their fine football hasn't deserted them this season, but at times their killer instinct has been notably lacking.
    • 12' Victor Valdes comfortably fields a cross from the Espanyol left.
    • 11' Gudjohnsen is penalised for a push on Pablo Zabaleta deep inside the Espanyol half.
    • 9' Xavi steps up and whips the ball over the wall and narrowly over the crossbar!
    • 8' Sylvinho breaks at pace down the Barca left, the ball finds its way to Samuel Eto'o, and after flicking the ball over Moises Hurtado's head he clips a half-volley over the crossbar from the edge of the box. But he was caught as he shot, and Barca are awarded a free-kick.
    • 7' Carles Puyol heads clear a cross from the Espanyol left.
    • 5' It was an under-strength Barca side that took to the field tonight. Injuries to Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Deco mean that Eidur Gudjohnsen and Giovani Dos Santos both start, while Lionel Messi - on the comeback trail following a hamstring injury - also watches on from the sidelines.
    • 3' Bojan wins a corner on the Barca right. Xavi plays the ball towards the near post, where it's cleared.
    • 1' We're underway! Espanyol are on the attack straight away with a free-kick played into the box from the left but Luis Garcia is penalised for a push on Gianluca Zambrotta.
    • 19:00 It's a beautiful, balmy evening here in Barcelona. Barca will play from left to right in the first half.
    • 18:58 The teams are on the pitch, Barca in their famous burgundy and blue striped shirts, blue shorts and burgundy and blue hooped socks, Espanyol in blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts and white socks.
    • 18:45 Good evening and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the Barcelona derby from Camp Nou. A win for Barca will close the gap on league leaders Real Madrid to six points ahead of their trip to Racing Santander tomorrow, while the visitors go into the game desperate to get their European campaign back on track after a run of disappointing results. Kick-off is at 19:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Espanyol
    70% Possession 29%
    18 Shots 6
    6 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 5
    7 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 0
    7 Yellow cards 6
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 30
    528 Accurate passes 167
    91 Bad passes 47

  • 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 5 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 0 2
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 69 25 0
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 43 0 4
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 79 18 3
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 69 10 6
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 70 5 3
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 6 4 0 6 2 0 20 2 0
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 29 8 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 24 10 1
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 28 7 2
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 1
      19 Lionel Messi 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 26 2 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Espanyol
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Carlos Kameni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      21 Daniel Jarque 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 5 3
      2 Francisco Chica Torres 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 12 3
      19 Marc Torrejón 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 3 3
      14 Ángel Martínez Cervera 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 2
      22 Moises Hurtado 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 3 2
      18 Francisco Joaquim Pérez Rufete 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 2 1
      8 Pablo Zabaleta 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12 0 12
      10 Luis Garcia 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 10 2 2
      23 Raúl Tamudo 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 6 2 1
      20 Ferran Corominas 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 10 1
      11 Alberto Riera 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 4 0
      25 Milan Smiljanic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Valmiro Lopes Rocha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jonathan Soriano Casas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 David Garcia de la Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Iñaki Lafuente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Eugen Anghel Ewerthon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Messi to Eto'o on the right edge of the area, saved by Kameni at his near post!
    • 81' Barca go close again! Eto'o drifts into the box from the left and stabs in a cross that is somehow cleared!
    • 80' Eto'o drives into the box from the left before being crowded out, Raul Tamudo tries to dribble his way out of danger but nearly gives the ball to Toure and Espanyol finally clear! Ten minutes to go!
    • 79' Raul Tamudo races into space on the Espanyol left, cuts inside onto his right foot and bends a shot just wide of the far post!
    • 78' Eto'o finds space on the left and bends in a low left-footed cross that narrowly eludes Bojan and Messi!
    • 72' Great play from Barca! Bojan down the line to Sylvinho, Sylvinho square to Messi on the edge of the box, Messi tries to dribble his way goalwards but is crowded out. Sylvinho picks up the loose ball and drifts a cross to the back post which Kameni claims athletically.
    • 64' Ewerthon momentarily gets away from Zambrotta and is closing in on Valdes's goal but the Italian does brilliantly to get back and deny him!
    • 59' Eto'o again! Messi's pass flicks up off a defender and the Barca number nine follows it in before clipping a right-footed half-volley across goal that Kameni does well to hold onto!
    • 52' Chance for Eto'o! Iniesta's burst from midfield draws a tackle that sends the ball into Eto'o's path, and from just inside the box he places the ball wide of the near post!
    • 48' Chance for Barca! Messi crosses from the right, Eto'o shoots from 12 yards and Kameni saves with his legs!
    • 47' Messi straight into the action! He dribbles into the box from the right and Kameni is forced to rush from his line to deny him!
    • 26' Barca go close again! Sylvinho flights a cross to the back post and Xavi's header goes just over!
    • 25' Zambrotta goes close! The Italian cuts inside from the right and unleashes a left-footed effort that is inches away from nestling in the top-right corner!
    • 24' Chance for Barca! Eto'o pokes the ball through to Gudjohnsen, and he strides into the area before sending in a low left-footed effort that Kameni turns away!
    • 9' Xavi steps up and whips the ball over the wall and narrowly over the crossbar!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Miguel Angel Perez Lasa

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Puyol Substitution Out (65′)
    • Milito
    • Sylvinho
    • Touré
    • Xavi
    • Bojan Krkic
    • Dos Santos Substitution Out (45′)
    • Gudjohnsen Yellow Card Substitution Out (45′)
    • Eto'o

    Subs

    • 14. Henry
    • 4. Márquez Substitution In65′
    • 22. Abidal
    • 13. Pinto
    • 8. Iniesta Substitution In45′ Yellow Card
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 19. Messi Substitution In45′

    Injured

    • 10. Ronaldinho
    • 23. Oleguer
    • 25. Jorquera

    Suspended

    None

  • Espanyol

    Manager: Ernesto Valverde

    Captain: 23. Raúl Tamudo

    On the Field

    • Kameni Yellow Card
    • Zabaleta
    • Jarque Yellow Card
    • Torrejón
    • Chica
    • Hurtado Yellow Card
    • Ángel Yellow Card
    • Rufete Substitution Out (55′)
    • García Fernández Substitution Out (54′)
    • Corominas
    • Tamudo Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)

    Subs

    • 13. Lafuente
    • 11. Riera Substitution In55′
    • 16. Ewerthon Substitution In54′
    • 7. López "Valdo"
    • 3. García
    • 24. Soriano
    • 25. Smiljanic Substitution In83′

    Injured

    • 4. Lacruz
    • 9. De la Peña

    Suspended

    None