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Barcelona

Getafe C.F

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Getafe C.F
    • 90+3 Gudjohnsen blocks the free kick as Barca clear desperately, hanging on for the draw. It is fair to say that Getafe have earned this point as much as Barca have handed it to them. And that's the final whistle, 0-0, turgid from Barca.
    • 90+1 The white hankies are out as the local fans jeer Barca's impotency, Getafe pushing for an unlikely winner and getting a free kick 30 yards out...
    • 89' Three minutes of injury time to be played...
    • 87' Giovani on the right, a good high cross stood up to the far post and Bojan handles.
    • 84' The delivery is good, from the left and low across goal and everyone misses it and it goes wide! A touch from Albin and that would have been a goal!
    • 83' Free-kick to Getafe on the left, they'll take their time over this...
    • 75' Zambrotta on the right sends a great cross far post AND GUDJOHNSEN RISES WITH A HEADER BUT A SUPERB SAVE FROM THE DUCK! Gudjohnsen did everything right there, he headed it down with power, into the ground, but superb reflexes from the Argentine.
    • 74' Henry bustles and wriggles past two defenders but slips at the last and it's out for a goal kick.
    • 73' Giovani cuts in from the right and has a pop but this effort flies well over. Barca's subs having an effect as Henry almost gets a header in but well-defended by Getafe.
    • 70' Manu with a good run and he works into the box, onto his right foot and shoots low but easy for Valdes.
    • 69' Free-kick then to Barca... Sylvinho swings it in from the right, a great delivery which Gudjohnsen dives in to head across goal AND XAVI WITH THE FINISH BUT OFF THE POST! The third time they've been denied by the woodwork!
    • 68' BARCA SUB: Gudjohnsen on for Toure...
    • 67' Granero is angry with the linesman after being called for tripping Svlinho.
    • 66' Another Barca attack breaks down midway into the Getafe half... they really are lacking a cutting edge.
    • 64' GETAFE SUB: Belenguer off for Casquero.
    • 62' Manu del Moral tries a long-range effort which lands on the roof of the net.
    • 61' Spell of pressure for Getafe now as Puyol is forced to clear his lines...
    • 57' Zambrotta is tripped on the edge of the box, perhaps just inside, an ill-advised tackle by Licht but he gets away with it. Definite foul, missed by the assistant who signalled a dive.
    • 53' Giovani dos Santos - on at half-time for Eto'o - cracks in a superb effort from the edge of the box after cutting inside and it rebounds off the post! The Duck seemed to have it covered but a superb strike from the youngster.
    • 50' Bojan with a good run on the right but his cross is too close to Abbondanzieri.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+4 Barca patiently passing it around, camped deep in the Getafe half as we approach the end of stoppage time in the first half... a cross comes in for Eto'o but Pato palms it clear, the whistle goes and it stays goalless at the break.
    • 45+3 Bojan bursts through the middle, he spots Eto'o in space on the right and slips a perfect pass to him and he can shoot or cross, opts to cross low and it's knocked behind for a corner.
    • 45+2 Albin has a pop from the left hand side but the shot flies well over, Valdes always had it coveered too.
    • 45' Barca charge forward, they have men over but a dreadul cross by Sylvinho kills the move, although Eto'o manages to keep it in and win the corner, which is headed over by Milito.
    • 43' Iniesta on the ball, works into the box and drifts wide but too wide and runs it out of play for a goal kick.
    • 40' Mario is now down injured for Getafe, the ref is hesitating as it may be the end of his match with another sub preparing to come on...
    • 37' Looks like the end for Hernandez, Cotelo warming up...
    • 36' Iniesta with a mazy run but then hurls himself down on the edge of the box after over-running the ball... De la Red is now down holding his knee in mock-agony after being fouled by Milito.
    • 35' Pablo Hernandez is struggling with some kind of problem, he seems a bit dazed...
    • 33' Granero tries a shot from the edge of the box and Valdes can only tip it away. The ball is still with Villarreal but Barca break through Henry on the left, inside to Bojan, then again to Xavi but the move loses momentum.
    • 32' Barca come forward again and Eto'o has the ball, back to goal on the edge of the area, but the attempt to play Iniesta in on the left fails as the ball is way to heavy.
    • 30' Henry on the left, he takes the ball on his chest in exquisite fashion and sends a ball across goal but no-one is ready to pounce and it spins away to the right! Eto'o and Bojan should have been hurling themselves at that.
    • 29' Xavi slides a through ball for Iniesta but just too far in front of him.
    • 26' Albin standing over it... and he sends the shot in straight at Valdes, who holds on easily enough.
    • 25' Toure is booked for a foul 30 yards out on Ruben de la Red.
    • 21' Henry again played in, on the right this time, taking the cross on his chest but crowded out of it and sending the shot wide.
    • 20' Bojan on the left chips the ball diagonally to Henry, who turns past the centre-backs into the box but fires over, all in one movement.
    • 18' Henry on the left, beats one man and drags it across to Xavi who takes a touch and sets it up for ETO'O UMARKED BUT HE RATTLES IT OFF THE POST! And the ball spins away to safety, great chance, should have been 1-0.
    • 17' Corner to Barca on the right... swung out to Toure on the penalty spot but the header comes off his shoulder and drops to MILITO WITH THE FINISH AND WHAT A SAVE FROM THE DUCK! Abbondanzieri made a quite brilliant stop from Milito there.
    • 15' Celestini is the first player to be booked in this match.
    • 13' Iniesta on the ball now, but he loses out to Pablo Hernandez and Villarreal come forward... Henry gets it back though and threads it wide to Bojan, who turns his defender inside out and whips over a cross but too high for Eto'o.
    • 9' Zambrotta is caught in possession, looked like a foul but nothing given, Manu del Moral is now played in and he can score but saved by Valdes, corner!
    • 6' Barca still stroking it about slowly and patiently, now Henry on the edge of the box, he tries a clever reverse pass which Eto'o can't reach but Bojan has a shot which is blocked!
    • 4' Barca seeing a lot of the ball in this opening exchanges as Eto'o and Iniesta combine on the right.
    • 1' First half underway!
    • - GETAFE TEAM NEWS: Cosmin Contra and Cata Diaz missing for Getafe, suspension and injury. Gavilan and Uche on the bench.
    • - BARCA TEAM NEWS: Bojan and Eto'o AND Henry start, Ronaldinho and Messi out injured, Sylvinho plays left back and Zambrotta right back.
    • - LIGA UPDATE: Sevilla's comfortable win over Villarreal earlier means Barca can reclaim second with victory at the Camp Nou tonight. A win would also close the gap on leaders Real Madrid to five points.
    • - Hello and welcome to Barcelona v Getafe in La Liga, LIVE on eurosport.yahoo.com from 20:00 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Getafe C.F
    68% Possession 31%
    19 Shots 12
    2 Shots on target 4
    2 Saves 2
    9 Corners 3
    9 Fouls 13
    0 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 27
    501 Accurate passes 182
    107 Bad passes 33

  • 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 9 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 57 6 5
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 67 30 0
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 47 2 4
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 46 12 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 47 4 1
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 47 17 2
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 74 16 2
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 20 1 0
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 4 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 7 0
      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
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 12 2 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 26 4 1
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 14 2 0
      15 José Edmílson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Getafe C.F
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Roberto Abbondanzieri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0
      5 Pedro Mario Álvarez Abrante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2
      4 David Belenguer 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1
      12 Lucas Licht 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 7 4
      21 David Cortés 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 2 4
      16 Juan Angel Albín 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 11 1 1
      24 Pablo Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1
      6 Fabio Celestini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 3 5
      10 Rubén De la Red 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 23 2 3
      25 Esteban Granero 0 3 1 3 6 1 0 16 4 3
      14 Manu Del Moral 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 10 4 1
      8 Jaime Gavilán Martínez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Francisco Casquero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1
      32 Francisco Gonzalo Galan Quesada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Mario Cotelo 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14 1 1
      18 Ikechukwu Uche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Manuel Tena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      11 Francisco Sousa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' The delivery is good, from the left and low across goal and everyone misses it and it goes wide! A touch from Albin and that would have been a goal!
    • 75' Zambrotta on the right sends a great cross far post AND GUDJOHNSEN RISES WITH A HEADER BUT A SUPERB SAVE FROM THE DUCK! Gudjohnsen did everything right there, he headed it down with power, into the ground, but superb reflexes from the Argentine.
    • 70' Manu with a good run and he works into the box, onto his right foot and shoots low but easy for Valdes.
    • 69' Free-kick then to Barca... Sylvinho swings it in from the right, a great delivery which Gudjohnsen dives in to head across goal AND XAVI WITH THE FINISH BUT OFF THE POST! The third time they've been denied by the woodwork!
    • 53' Giovani dos Santos - on at half-time for Eto'o - cracks in a superb effort from the edge of the box after cutting inside and it rebounds off the post! The Duck seemed to have it covered but a superb strike from the youngster.
    • 33' Granero tries a shot from the edge of the box and Valdes can only tip it away. The ball is still with Villarreal but Barca break through Henry on the left, inside to Bojan, then again to Xavi but the move loses momentum.
    • 30' Henry on the left, he takes the ball on his chest in exquisite fashion and sends a ball across goal but no-one is ready to pounce and it spins away to the right! Eto'o and Bojan should have been hurling themselves at that.
    • 21' Henry again played in, on the right this time, taking the cross on his chest but crowded out of it and sending the shot wide.
    • 20' Bojan on the left chips the ball diagonally to Henry, who turns past the centre-backs into the box but fires over, all in one movement.
    • 18' Henry on the left, beats one man and drags it across to Xavi who takes a touch and sets it up for ETO'O UMARKED BUT HE RATTLES IT OFF THE POST! And the ball spins away to safety, great chance, should have been 1-0.
    • 17' Corner to Barca on the right... swung out to Toure on the penalty spot but the header comes off his shoulder and drops to MILITO WITH THE FINISH AND WHAT A SAVE FROM THE DUCK! Abbondanzieri made a quite brilliant stop from Milito there.
    • 9' Zambrotta is caught in possession, looked like a foul but nothing given, Manu del Moral is now played in and he can score but saved by Valdes, corner!
    • 6' Barca still stroking it about slowly and patiently, now Henry on the edge of the box, he tries a clever reverse pass which Eto'o can't reach but Bojan has a shot which is blocked!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta Yellow Card
    • Puyol
    • Milito Substitution Out (47′)
    • Sylvinho
    • Touré Yellow Card Substitution Out (68′)
    • Xavi
    • Iniesta
    • Bojan Krkic
    • Eto'o Substitution Out (47′)
    • Henry

    Subs

    • 21. Thuram
    • 4. Márquez Substitution In (47′)
    • 22. Abidal
    • 7. Gudjohnsen Substitution In (68′)
    • Pinto
    • 15. Edmilson
    • 17. Dos Santos Substitution In (47′)

    Injured

    • 10. Ronaldinho
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"

    Suspended

    None

  • Getafe C.F

    Manager: Michael Laudrup

    On the Field

    • Abbondanzieri
    • Cortés
    • Mario Substitution Out (38′)
    • Belenguer Substitution Out (64′)
    • Matias Licht
    • Celestini Yellow Card
    • De la Red
    • Pablo Hernández Substitution Out (35′)
    • Albín
    • Granero
    • Del Moral

    Subs

    • 7. G. Cotelo Substitution In (35′)
    • 22. Casquero Substitution In (64′)
    • 11. Gavilán
    • 23. Tena Substitution In (38′)
    • 11. Sousa
    • 18. Uche
    • 32. Galán
    • 1. Ustari

    Injured

    • 3. Díaz

    Suspended

    • 2. Contra