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Saturday January 12, 2008 Finished

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Barcelona

  • Gudjohnsen 26’
  • Bojan Krkic 52’
  • Eto'o 75’, 86’

Real Murcia

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Real Murcia
    • 90' Two minutes of stoppage time to be played.
    • 90' Glorious approach play from Barca, searching a fifth... it breaks down on the left Movilla muscles Henry off the ball.
    • 88' Barcelona substitution: Pedrito comes on for Eto'o.
    • 87' Eto'o is booked for his celebration.
    • 86' Eto'o's sixth of the season.
    • 86' Giovani does well on the right wing. He gets by Pena... puts the ball into the area and Eto'o at close range.... HE SCORES AGAIN!!!! THAT'S 4-0 TO BARCA. What a performance from the whole side.
    • 84' Iniesta and Eto'o combine, the latter flicks it out to the onrushing Zambrotta.... HIS SHOT CANNONS OFF THE POST!!!! So close.
    • 81' Barcelona substitution: Giovani dos Santos replaces Bojan. And the 17-year-old gets a standing ovation from the crowd.
    • 80' Great chipped pass from Iniesta to Eto'o. HE'S THROUGH ON GOAL... but the flag is up, and at last the linesman has made the a good call.
    • 79' Murcia substitution: Richi replaces Abel.
    • 77' He signs off with a goal before heading off to Ghana for the Africa Cup of Nations. It's his fifth of the season, and his fourth in La Liga.
    • 77' Sylvinho up to Henry... he takes two steps, looks up... beautiful cross for Eto'o.... AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL GOAL FROM THE CAMEROON STRIKER!!!!!!!!! 3-0 to the home side...
    • 75' Brilliant turn and shot from Inigo, but the whistle had already gone as he backed into Marquez.
    • 74' Bojan over on the left... he switches the play for Henry... wonderful flowing play.. HENRY... It's over. It was a tight angle, to be fair.
    • 71' Iniesta takes the corner... PUYOL GETS UP TO HEAD THE BALL JUST OVER THE BAR!!! A good chance goes begging there.
    • 70' Arzo tackles Rafael Marquez in his own area. He could have given away a penalty there. As it was, the ball had already gone out for a corner.
    • 69' Murcia substitution: Arzo replaces Ochoa.
    • 68' It looks like he's hurt himself in blocking the shot. He's down on the edge of the box.
    • 68' Eto'o tries a shot from outside the area, but Ochoa deflects his effort into the hands of Notario.
    • 67' Murcia substitution: Inigo comes on for Garcia.
    • 66' Barcelona substitution: Andres Iniesta replaces Gudjohnsen.
    • 65' Bojan picks up the loose ball... wonderful... he cuts inside Mejia and is into the box.... he just pulls his shot wide.
    • 64' Henry crosses in towards Bojan.... the ball is up in the air.... ETO'O MUST SCORE... NO!!!! NOTARIO BLOCKS HIS SHOT FROM POINT-BLANK RANGE. MAGNIFICENT!!!
    • 61' Oh come on now. Movilla goes down clutching his face. The contact was with his boot.
    • 61' Zambrotta picks up a booking for a foul on Movilla.
    • 60' Barca seem content to slow the play down for the moment and just play it side to side.
    • 58' Pablo Garcia brings down Henry. Barca have the free-kick.
    • 56' De Lucas tries a shot from outside the box, but it comes off his own man in the shape of Baiano.
    • 55' Corner now for Barca. It comes in from Xavi towards Henry. He nods it back Xavi.. HE SHOOTS HARD... AND NOTARIO PUNCHES THE BALL OUT FOR ANOTHER CORNER. He was at full stretch there.
    • 53' Bojan's third Liga goal of the season and his fourth in all competitions. This boy's got some talent.
    • 52' Henry gets into an identical position... this time he crosses low... BOJAN IS THERE SIX YARDS OUT.... AND HE FINDS THE BACK OF THE NET!!!!! 2-0 TO BARCA.
    • 51' Henry down the other end. He Cuts inside and fires a shot in with the outside of his right foot.... JUST PAST THE POST!!! What an effort.
    • 50' MURCIA WITH A GREAT CHANCE AS BAIANO RUNS CLEAR OF THE DEFENCE AND SHOOTS HARD.... VALDES MAKES A GOOD STOP TO HIS LEFT AND THURAM IS ON HAND TO CLEAR THE BALL AWAY!!!
    • 49' Amazing. Henry's been booked. Mejia should be sent to prison for conning the referee so blatantly. I wish chopper Harris were still playing and was on the pitch now.
    • 48' Mejia goes down under pressure from Henry.... he's rolling five times over on the ground. GET UP YOU GIRL!!!!
    • 46' We're off for the second half...
    • 45' Half-time then and Barca go into the break a goal to the good courtesy of Eidur Gudjohnsen.
    • 42' GREAT CHANCE FOR BARCA... Gudjohnsen draws Notario off his line... he pulls it across PUYOL MUST SCORE!!! BUT MEJIA CLEARS IT OFF THE LINE!!! Brilliant defending.
    • 41' The blind linesman on this near side misses it again. Idiot!!!
    • 41' Mejia heads the ball back towards goal... NOTARIO HANDLES THE BALL OUTSIDE THE BOX SURELY!!!!
    • 39' A tame shot comes in from Movilla. Valdes easily claims it.
    • 37' Abel Gomez is on the floor following contact with Bojan. Free-kick to Murcia.
    • 34' Goitom and Xavi clash heads in the middle of the park. That looked painful for both, but certainly not malicious.
    • 31' It's poor from Abel Gomez and Gudjohnsen turns it away.
    • 32' Zambrotta catches Goitom in his right-back position and that will be a free-kick to the visitors.
    • 31' Eto'o shakes off his marker on the left wing... but again the flag is up... and again that's an incorrect decision.
    • 29' Xavi with a corner played into the near post... GREAT HEADER but Notario anticipated it and catches the ball in his hands.
    • 28' XAVI IS FREE IN THE AREA. HE MUST SCORE.... but again the flag is up. That was a bad decision by the linesman. I don't think he's earned the tag referee's assistant tonight. What has he assisted in exactly?
    • 26' That's his third goal of the season and his second in La Liga. And a sweet shot into the bottom corner it was too.
    • 26' He swings in a cross to the far post. GUDJOHNSEN IS THERE... AND HE SCORES!!!! A clean finish from the Iceland international with his left foot.
    • 26' Zambrotta gets out wide on the right. Plenty of space for the Italian there.
    • 25' The ball is played in to Henry again. HENRY!!! but the flag is up for offside against him, rightly this time. Ochoa had taken away the danger by that point anyway.
    • 25' Henry tries to float it, but the wall does it's job.
    • 24' That's a booking for Pena and a free-kick for Barcelona. Thierry Henry is standing over it, 18 yards out.
    • 24' Gudjohnsen is brought down on the edge of the box by Pena.
    • 22' Henry gets out wide and makes space for a cross. It comes in and XAVI GETS UP TO HEAD JUST WIDE.
    • 20' Goitom was looking to make things interesting there, but Gianluca Zambrotta, who is rumoured to be heading to Milan in the summer when his contract expires, makes a wonderful tackle.
    • 17' Corner for Murcia. It comes in... but it misses everyone and Barca escape the threat.
    • 17' Barca caught offside again. This time it's Bojan. They'll get a decision eventually.
    • 16' It seems to be a question of when, rather than if, for Barca tonight.
    • 15' Henry beats Mejia for pace and pulls a low cross across the box for BOJAN!!!! But the young Spaniard can't make the right connection at the far post and he shoots wide.
    • 14' Terrible decision from the linesman. The Frenchman was onside by at least a yard.
    • 14' Great ball played in by Xavi in towards Henry... but he's pulled up for offside.
    • 11' Barca break on the right with Bojan... DANGEROUS CROSS TOWARDS HENRY but Alvaro Meija is on hand, even if his clearance is a nervous one.
    • 9' The corner comes in... Gudjohnsen heads it away...DE LUCAS WITH A SHOT!!! But it's miles over. Terrible effort. Today that kind of shot is known as a Gary O'Neil, as any of you who saw Middlesbrough take on Liverpool will know.
    • 8' Murcia break again. This time it's Movilla into the right edge of the area. He wins a corner off Thuram.
    • 8' De Lucas has the ball again. Sylvinho makes a good challenge... It bounces off Thuram's chest and into the path of de Lucas.. HE SHOOTS AND VICTOR VALDES MAKES A GOOD CLAIM BETWEEN THE BARCA STICKS.
    • 7' The break continues with Eto'o... still Eto'o. HE HITS A POWERFUL LOW SHOT FROM THE LEFT EDGE OF THE BOX!!!! GOOD STOP FROM NOTARIO!!!
    • 6' De Lucas is steaming into the Barca box... he gets muscled off the ball by Thuram though... who immediatley plays a ball downfield.
    • 4' Samuel Eto'o tries an optimistic effort at goal. It's straight into the arms of keeper Notario.
    • 2' Murcia are wearing a shocking green strip, and maybe it will shock Barca into a ragged performance. The visitors are in a comfortable ninth place in the table.
    • 1' And we're off.
    • 18:55 A former Chelsea forward on the Barca side too, Eidur Gudjohnsen. Two ex-Arsenal boys too in the shape of Thierry Henry and Sylvinho - who makes a rare start.
    • 18:50 Murcia, meanwhile, make just two changes after their impressive victory over Osasuna. Ochoa replaces Cesar Arzo at the back and former Chelsea winger Enrique de Lucas comes onto the left wing in place of Mario Regueiro.
    • 18:46 Out go Gabriel Milito, Eric Abidal, Andres Iniesta and the injured Edmilson, replaced by Lilian Thuram, Sylvinho, Gianluca Zambrotta and Bojan Krkic.
    • 18:45 Barcelona are trying to keep up the pressure on Real Madrid, who top the table by seven points, and make four changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Sevilla in the Copa del Rey.
    • 18:30 Welcome to the Camp Nou for LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Murcia here on eurosport.yahoo.com.

  • Summary

    • 86' Giovani does well on the right wing. He gets by Pena... puts the ball into the area and Eto'o at close range.... HE SCORES AGAIN!!!! THAT'S 4-0 TO BARCA. What a performance from the whole side.
    • 84' Iniesta and Eto'o combine, the latter flicks it out to the onrushing Zambrotta.... HIS SHOT CANNONS OFF THE POST!!!! So close.
    • 77' Sylvinho up to Henry... he takes two steps, looks up... beautiful cross for Eto'o.... AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL GOAL FROM THE CAMEROON STRIKER!!!!!!!!! 3-0 to the home side...
    • 56' De Lucas tries a shot from outside the box, but it comes off his own man in the shape of Baiano.
    • 52' Henry gets into an identical position... this time he crosses low... BOJAN IS THERE SIX YARDS OUT.... AND HE FINDS THE BACK OF THE NET!!!!! 2-0 TO BARCA.
    • 41' The blind linesman on this near side misses it again. Idiot!!!
    • 41' Mejia heads the ball back towards goal... NOTARIO HANDLES THE BALL OUTSIDE THE BOX SURELY!!!!
    • 26' He swings in a cross to the far post. GUDJOHNSEN IS THERE... AND HE SCORES!!!! A clean finish from the Iceland international with his left foot.
    • 25' Henry tries to float it, but the wall does it's job.
    • 9' The corner comes in... Gudjohnsen heads it away...DE LUCAS WITH A SHOT!!! But it's miles over. Terrible effort. Today that kind of shot is known as a Gary O'Neil, as any of you who saw Middlesbrough take on Liverpool will know.
    • 8' Murcia break again. This time it's Movilla into the right edge of the area. He wins a corner off Thuram.
    • 4' Samuel Eto'o tries an optimistic effort at goal. It's straight into the arms of keeper Notario.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta Yellow Card
    • Puyol
    • Thuram
    • Sylvinho
    • Xavi
    • Márquez
    • Bojan Krkic Goal Substitution Out (81′)
    • Gudjohnsen Goal Substitution Out (64′)
    • Eto'o Goals×2 Yellow Card Substitution Out (88′)
    • Henry Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 22. Abidal
    • 8. Iniesta Substitution In (64′)
    • 3. Milito
    • 17. Dos Santos Substitution In (81′)
    • 28. Oier Olazábal
    • 33. Pedrito Substitution In (88′)

    Injured

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

    Suspended

    None

  • Real Murcia

    Manager: Lucas Alcaraz

    Captain: 10. Moreno Abel Gómez

    On the Field

    • Notario
    • De Coz
    • Ochoa Substitution Out (68′)
    • Mejía
    • Peña Yellow Card
    • García Substitution Out (66′)
    • Movilla
    • Abel Gómez Substitution Out (77′)
    • De Lucas
    • Goitom
    • Baiano

    Subs

    • 19. Alonso
    • 1. Carini
    • 20. Pérez "Richi" Substitution In (77′)
    • 2. Pignol
    • 5. Arzo Amposta Substitution In (68′)
    • 11. Jofre
    • 22. Íñigo Vélez Substitution In (66′)

    Injured

    • 17. Gallardo
    • 8. Regueiro

    Suspended

    None