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Barcelona

  • Milito 63’
  • Bojan Krkic 65’
  • Messi 80’

Recreativo de Huelva

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Recreativo de Huelva
    • FT And there is the final whistle - easy enough win for Barca in the end - Real Madrid it is over to you!
    • 90' Two extra minutes to be added on.
    • 87' Henry played in again and Sorrentino saves AGAIN - Barca flying now. Recreativo just want to go home at this stage.
    • 84' Messi explodes down the right wing again and Sorrentino needs to make another good save to deny him.
    • 79' And Messi picks himself up to calmly put the spot kick away. GAME OVER!
    • 78' PENALTY for Barca as Messi is brought down in the box by Caceres who just shoved the Argentine out of the way.
    • 77' The players come together for a little bit of a ruck in the middle of the pitch - even Frank Rijkaard comes out to try and calm things down. The result is yellow cards for Abidal and Vazquez.
    • 74' Bojan Krkic is popping up all over the place for Barcelona since he has come on - he looks a real prospect. Can Henry get on the scoresheet though? He almost got onto a Iniesta pass just there.
    • 70' Barca playing some lovely stuff now - it is easy to do when the pressure if off of course.
    • 66' AND IT IS EASY FOR BARCA NOW - BOJAN!!!! Henry with some very unselfish play as he is found at the back of the box - he just then plays it off to the 17-year-old and the local boy produces a great finish.
    • 65' Last Barca change Oleguer on for Zambrotta.
    • 64' BARCA HAVE THE LEAD - it comes from a Xavi corner, and Gabriel Milito is there to produce a superb header into the corner of the net. Simple but superb!
    • 62' Barca have made a change Bojan Krkic is on for Gudjohnsen while Zahinos has come in for Carlos Martins for Recreativo.
    • 60' Barca fans are furious - Henry was lining up a shot when Camunas came in and fouled him but the referee gives nothing.
    • 58' Another great ball into the box from Messi but Gudjohnson's control lets him down and the chance goes.
    • 57' Henry has got both Recreativo centre-backs booked now as Bouzon sees yellow for a foul on the Frenchman - he hasn't done much else though.
    • 55' Barca make their first change - it is Puyol who has come off (he may have taken a knock) and it is Marquez who comes on.
    • 54' Super stuff from Messi again as he leaves Caceres in his wake before waltzing into the box once again but he puts his shot JUST wide.
    • 52' Still nothing really happening here for Barcelona - you have to feel that a change will be made soon.
    • 50' A Barca corner drops all the way to the back edge of the area where Iniesta is but he curls his effort over the bar.
    • 47' Really bright start to the half by the visitors - as Sinama-Pongolle cuts in from the right and is only stopped by the out-rushing Valdes who needs to show some alert goalkeeper skills.
    • 46' And we are back underway - with Recreativo storming forward right from the kick off but Carlos Martins fires well over and wide.
    • HT Boos and whistle from the home fans at the half-time whistle. Not good enough again from Barcelona.
    • 45' Just one extra minute at the end of the half - as Gudjohnsen makes a mess of a Xavi free into the box.
    • 43' The free, on the right of the area, is fired in by Messi low and it goes just wide.
    • 42' And yet as I say that Caceres goes into the box for ending a Henry run just outside the box for what you could call a well-advised foul.
    • 41' Whenever Messi gets the ball, about four Recreativo players swarm around him - but it is a good tactic as he is the only player who looks like doing anything. Henry has been MISSING tonight!
    • 38' Sorrentino makes an important save with his legs after Messi play a one-two with Xavi to sneak into the box. Great stuff by the little Argentine - he could have easily gone down and looked for a penalty but he stayed on his feet.
    • 35' There may be no Eto'o or Ronaldinho but there is enough quality in this Barca team to do better than they have been - they have been very poor and Recreativo look dangerous enough on the break. Messi nearly cuts open the defence but Sorrentino rushes out to get their ahead of Xavi.
    • 31' Whistles from the home fans now who are frustrated that there is not more urgency about the Barca play - again Xavi gets crowded out after a long ball into the box had picked him out.
    • 25' The two wide players - Iniesta and Messi are doing the most damage so far but Gudjohnson and Henry look pretty toothless up front for Barca.
    • 20' Carlos Martins goes into the book for a foul on Messi.
    • 19' Barca starting to really put on the pressure now - it looked for a moment is if Xavi was going to in there but there was great late tackle by Caceres.
    • 17' Messi checks a ball back to Zambrotta but he drags a decent chance wide - good foot by Messi though.
    • 13' First shot on target in the match as Iniesta cuts in from the right and fires in a good effort that is tipped over.
    • 12' Carlos Martins breaks forward for Recreativo and he is fouled just outside the box - nothing comes from the free but again another warning sign.
    • 9' Little bit of a warning sign for Barcelona as Recreativo break forward and nearly create a chance - all Barca on the possesion front so far but the cutting edge is still not there.
    • 4' All Barca in these early stages but no chances as of yet.
    • 1' And we are underway here at Camp Nou...
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  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Recreativo de Huelva
    73% Possession 26%
    19 Shots 4
    7 Shots on target 0
    0 Saves 0
    13 Corners 2
    13 Fouls 12
    4 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 38
    557 Accurate passes 150
    66 Bad passes 45

  • 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 7 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 55 0 3
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 45 13 2
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 27 0 0
      3 Gabriel Milito 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 89 9 4
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75 1 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 86 13 6
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 51 14 1
      19 Lionel Messi 1 6 3 3 3 0 0 25 5 4
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 1
      14 Thierry Henry 0 3 1 4 3 1 1 21 5 1
      18 Santiago Ezquerro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Bojan Krkic 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Marc Crosas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0
      25 Albert Jorquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Oleguer Presas Renom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1
    • Recreativo de Huelva
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Stefano Sorrentino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
      5 Iago Bouzón 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 9 1 3
      20 Hipolito Fernández Serrano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 3
      24 José María Calvo 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 0 5
      4 José Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 3 5
      10 Antonio Jesús Vázquez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 8 8
      12 Carlos Martins 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 11 1 1
      7 Marcos García Barreno 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 7 4
      21 Aitor Tornavaca 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 6 3
      14 Florent Sinama-Pongolle 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 4 0
      8 Javier Camuñas 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 1 5
      15 José Ignacio Zahinos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 4 0
      25 Mariano Barbosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Laurentiu Rosu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      23 Francisco Javier Garcia Guerrero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      3 Daniel Bautista Pina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Silvestre Varela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Enrique Alvarez Sanjuan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 79' And Messi picks himself up to calmly put the spot kick away. GAME OVER!
    • 66' AND IT IS EASY FOR BARCA NOW - BOJAN!!!! Henry with some very unselfish play as he is found at the back of the box - he just then plays it off to the 17-year-old and the local boy produces a great finish.
    • 64' BARCA HAVE THE LEAD - it comes from a Xavi corner, and Gabriel Milito is there to produce a superb header into the corner of the net. Simple but superb!
    • 54' Super stuff from Messi again as he leaves Caceres in his wake before waltzing into the box once again but he puts his shot JUST wide.
    • 13' First shot on target in the match as Iniesta cuts in from the right and fires in a good effort that is tipped over.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rubinos Pérez Antonio

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Puyol
    • Milito
    • Abidal
    • Touré
    • Xavi
    • Messi
    • Gudjohnsen
    • Iniesta
    • Henry

    Subs

    • 4. Márquez
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • 18. Ezquerro
    • 23. Oleguer
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 26. Crosas
    • 27. Bojan Krkic

    Injured

    • 21. Thuram
    • 9. Eto'o
    • 10. Ronaldinho
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 17. Dos Santos

    Suspended

    None

  • Recreativo de Huelva

    Manager: Víctor Muñoz

    Captain: 10. Jesús Vázquez

    On the Field

    • Sorrentino
    • Calvo
    • Bouzón
    • Cáceres
    • "Poli"
    • Marcos García
    • Vázquez
    • Martins
    • Tornavaca
    • Camuñas
    • Sinama-Pongolle

    Subs

    • 11. Rosu
    • 15. Zahínos
    • 16. Álvarez
    • 23. Guerrero
    • 3. Bautista
    • 25. Barbosa
    • 19. Varela

    Injured

    • 6. Gerard

    Suspended

    None