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Barcelona

  • Messi 73’, 78’ (pen.)

Sevilla

  • Kanouté 90’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Sevilla
    • 90+3 Some nerves at the end for Barca but the ref blows and they win 2-1.
    • 90+2 Ball over the top, Oleguer steps up but gets it wrong and Kanoute is in and he just lofts it over Valdes for 2-1!
    • 90+1 Giovanni on the left races clear and slips it across to BOJAN but good defending blocks his shot.
    • 90' Henry sets Abidal free on the left and he drills a super cross low into the box but cleared, now Abidal is rather ludicrously penalised for winning the ball back and not even touching the defender.
    • 88' Throw in on the right for Sevilla, Kanoute flicks it on and a superb spinning finish by Kerzhakov but the whistle's gone for Kanoute fouling his marker.
    • 87' Duda runs up... and sends the free kick into the wall; BARCA SUB: Oleguer on for Tour.
    • 86' Deco booked for a pretty rudimentary challenge on Duda.
    • 83' Messi on the ball, cuts inside and tries to dribble his way to a hat-trick but Sevilla get bodies in the way and survive this attack.
    • 82' Toure is booked for a hefty challenge; SEVILLA SUB: Marti on for Dani Alves.
    • 81' Barca all over Sevilla now as Giovanni, then Henry feeds Messi who has a crack and saved by Palop! Great move.
    • 80' Messi to take... and he just strokes it into the bottom right for 2-0.
    • 79' Corner Barca... and it comes to Giovanni at the far post and Poulsen pulls him to the ground! Penalty!
    • 78' Duda wastes the free-kick on the left, Barca on their way, Giovanni on the left with the run and superb cross but put behind for a corner!
    • 77' SEVILLA SUB: Kerzhakov on for Navas as Duda prepares to take a free-kick...
    • 73' Barcelona come again and Henry on the left, he cuts inside and takes a look up before drilling it through the middle AND MESSI TAKES IT FLICKING IT UP WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH AND VOLLEYS IN WITH HIS LEFT! BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, 1-0!!
    • 71' Ball over the top and Henry is played through and he beats the offside trap to take a beautiful first touch and poke it under Palop but it gets a touch and trickles into the goal, no! It comes back off the post and Palop dives onto it! The finish was weak but he seemed to have done just enough! That first goal still eludes Henry.
    • 70' Messi and Zambrotta link up but Giovanni is offside.
    • 69' Duda is to take this... but he slips on striking it and shanks the effort well over.
    • 68' Toure handles on the edge of the Barca box, accidental really but a free kick nonetheless.
    • 66' Milito gives away a free kick on the Sevilla right after getting too tight on Kanoute.
    • 64' There is a bit of a down-spell in this match, not much in the way of creative football as Marquez slides in on Adriano.
    • 61' BARCA SUB: Giovanni does Santos comes on for Xavi - a bold attacking change.
    • 58' Corner to Barca, Deco on the left... brilliant delivery onto the six yard box AND MARQUEZ WITH THE HEADER BUT OFF THE POST! That came from great interplay between Xavi and Iniesta, Keita putting the ball behind for the corner.
    • 57' Deco and Poulsen have a set-to and the Dane is booked.
    • 56' Iniesta plays Henry through on the left and he races to the by-line but well defended by Alves and Sevilla survive.
    • 55' Free-kick to Barca then, on the right.... brilliant curling delivery from Deco AND HENRY RISES ABOVE EVERYONE BUT MISSES THE HEADER! How did he fail to make contact there? Should be 1-0.
    • 54' Dragutinovic booked for a foul on Messi, who looks to pick up where he left off in the first half.
    • 50' Ball over the top frees Iniesta but his cut back is poor and fails to find Henry, who was screaming for it in a great position.
    • 48' Keita fouls Marquez and gets booked.
    • 47' Super ball over the top sends Henry through, the flag stays down but he can't get his head onto it!
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 0-0 at half-time.
    • 45+1 Free-kick to Barca 30 yards out. Deco to take... and it goes straight into the wall, which was no way ten yards.
    • 44' After a lull in play Deco picks the ball up on the left, cuts inside onto his right and sends a glorious rising drive just past Palop's left-hand post. Super shot.
    • 41' Luckily for the ref there's a foul on the keeper so the corner comes to nothing.
    • 40' Space for Deco on the edge of the box, Toure now, he has a drive but well wide, took a deflection off a Barca shirt but they still get the corner...
    • 37' Poulsen over the top towards Navas and Kanoute gets onto it but it goes backwards. Foul by Poulsen on Messi and a yellow card is shown to Jesus Navas for dissent after he idiotically hoofs the ball down the pitch.
    • 34' Deco takes the free kick right-footed but too close to Palop who punches well through a crowd of bodies.
    • 33' Henry goes down on the edge of the box but no free kick, looked like he was being held, a back pass to Palop who fluffs the clearance and Iniesta is onto it but gets fouled, free-kick on the left hand side of the box...
    • 32' Toure is furious with the ref for being penalised, then Dragutinovic goes in on Zambrotta, free kick.
    • 31' The ball drops to Abidal 30 yards out and he lets rip with a super left foot shot parried by Palop! And now Barca break and Messi to Deco who tries to lay it off to Henry but too short...
    • 30' Iniesta dribbles past Alves but can't beat Poulsen, goes down in the box but nothing given... Barca attack now, Iniesta with an excellent ball into the box but Keita puts it behind for a corner.
    • 28' Henry almost bursts through the middle but can't get on the second ball... Barcelona dictating the tempo but Sevilla like it that way.
    • 27' Henry is crudely hacked down in the middle of the park but no card is shown.
    • 26' The ball is spun left to Henry who is harshly accused of fouling Alves.
    • 24' Messi and Iniesta combine well but Dragutinovic gets back to clear.
    • 21' Adriano on the left slips it down to Dragutinovic on the overlap AND RENATO WITH THE DIVING HEADER OFF THE POST! Cracking move.
    • 19' Zambrotta takes down Adriano and gets the first yellow of the evening.
    • 17' Adriano is down injured clutching his ankle...
    • 16' The ball comes in to Deco in the box but he can't get the shot away, it's partially cleared but Messi commits a foul.
    • 15' Alves whips the ball in, Poulsen I think it is gets a touch but Barca clear. Deco on the counter, goes down far too easily and the ref does not buy it.
    • 14' Jesus Navas is bundled into touch by Abidal, slightly unnecessary challenge from the Frenchman.
    • 12' Messi almost threads it through to Henry but intercpted by Escude. Henry then adjudged to have been pushing Boulahrouz, bit harsh.
    • 11' Messi toys with Adriano in the middle of the park, dragging the ball one way, then the next, little shimmy and back to Xavi. He's really good.
    • 10' Henry on the left beats Poulsen and plays it across goal, deflected into the path of INIESTA but Boulahrouz blocks well. Corner.
    • 7' Outrageous run by Messi, turning three Sevilla defenders inside out, somehow keeping it in play, but Dragutinovic manages to force him out. So exciting...
    • 6' Now Messi on the ball, glides past Dragutinovic and rifles in a low drive which beats Palop but goes into the side netting!
    • 5' Barca break with immediate effect but it's broken up by Renato...
    • 4' Another super break from Sevilla as the ball is played to KANOUTE but Valdes parries his volley!! Flag's up anyway, wouldn't have counted.
    • 3' Free-kick to Sevilla after Abidal hauls down Kanoute... good delivery from Daniel Alves but Poulsen pushes Zambrotta.
    • 2' And now Barca break, Iniesta on the left skips to the byline and slides it across FOR HENRY but he pokes the finish just the wrong side of the post! End-to-end stuff, cracking start!
    • 1' Dragutinovic on the left with a great cross into the box hacked away by Marquez!
    • 1' Match underway at the Camp Nou!
    • - So no Ronaldinho or Samuel Eto'o for Barca tonight, so the onus on Thierry Henry to starting getting in amongst the goals. Carles Puyol is also absent today.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.com's LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Sevilla, the clash of the weekend in La Liga, starting at 21:00BST!

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Sevilla
    62% Possession 37%
    15 Shots 6
    6 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 1
    19 Fouls 20
    2 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 29
    416 Accurate passes 224
    81 Bad passes 50

  • 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 2 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 54 5 2
      22 Eric Abidal 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 38 12 1
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 33 0 2
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 55 13 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 37 4 2
      20 Anderson Deco 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 55 14 2
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 41 3 2
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 48 13 3
      19 Lionel Messi 2 5 3 3 6 0 0 15 3 4
      14 Thierry Henry 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 24 11 0
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 1
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      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 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Oleguer Presas Renom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sevilla
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andrés Palop 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 0
      14 Julien Escudé 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 3 2
      3 Ivica Dragutinovic 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 20 10 4
      4 Daniel Alves 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16 3 4
      23 Khalid Boulahrouz 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 21 0 1
      11 Renato Dirnei 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 19 4 4
      21 Seydou Keita 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 29 4 2
      8 Christian Poulsen 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 29 7 5
      7 Jesús Navas 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 12 2 2
      6 Adriano Correia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5 2
      12 Frederic Kanouté 1 2 2 2 2 3 0 18 6 1
      13 Morgan De Sanctis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Arouna Koné 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Alexander Kerzhakov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Tom De Mul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 10 6 0
      18 José Luis Martií Soler 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Ball over the top, Oleguer steps up but gets it wrong and Kanoute is in and he just lofts it over Valdes for 2-1!
    • 90+1 Giovanni on the left races clear and slips it across to BOJAN but good defending blocks his shot.
    • 88' Throw in on the right for Sevilla, Kanoute flicks it on and a superb spinning finish by Kerzhakov but the whistle's gone for Kanoute fouling his marker.
    • 81' Barca all over Sevilla now as Giovanni, then Henry feeds Messi who has a crack and saved by Palop! Great move.
    • 80' Messi to take... and he just strokes it into the bottom right for 2-0.
    • 79' Corner Barca... and it comes to Giovanni at the far post and Poulsen pulls him to the ground! Penalty!
    • 78' Duda wastes the free-kick on the left, Barca on their way, Giovanni on the left with the run and superb cross but put behind for a corner!
    • 73' Barcelona come again and Henry on the left, he cuts inside and takes a look up before drilling it through the middle AND MESSI TAKES IT FLICKING IT UP WITH HIS FIRST TOUCH AND VOLLEYS IN WITH HIS LEFT! BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, 1-0!!
    • 71' Ball over the top and Henry is played through and he beats the offside trap to take a beautiful first touch and poke it under Palop but it gets a touch and trickles into the goal, no! It comes back off the post and Palop dives onto it! The finish was weak but he seemed to have done just enough! That first goal still eludes Henry.
    • 58' Corner to Barca, Deco on the left... brilliant delivery onto the six yard box AND MARQUEZ WITH THE HEADER BUT OFF THE POST! That came from great interplay between Xavi and Iniesta, Keita putting the ball behind for the corner.
    • 55' Free-kick to Barca then, on the right.... brilliant curling delivery from Deco AND HENRY RISES ABOVE EVERYONE BUT MISSES THE HEADER! How did he fail to make contact there? Should be 1-0.
    • 44' After a lull in play Deco picks the ball up on the left, cuts inside onto his right and sends a glorious rising drive just past Palop's left-hand post. Super shot.
    • 31' The ball drops to Abidal 30 yards out and he lets rip with a super left foot shot parried by Palop! And now Barca break and Messi to Deco who tries to lay it off to Henry but too short...
    • 21' Adriano on the left slips it down to Dragutinovic on the overlap AND RENATO WITH THE DIVING HEADER OFF THE POST! Cracking move.
    • 10' Henry on the left beats Poulsen and plays it across goal, deflected into the path of INIESTA but Boulahrouz blocks well. Corner.
    • 6' Now Messi on the ball, glides past Dragutinovic and rifles in a low drive which beats Palop but goes into the side netting!
    • 2' And now Barca break, Iniesta on the left skips to the byline and slides it across FOR HENRY but he pokes the finish just the wrong side of the post! End-to-end stuff, cracking start!
    • 1' Dragutinovic on the left with a great cross into the box hacked away by Marquez!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Márquez
    • Milito
    • Abidal
    • Xavi
    • Touré
    • Iniesta
    • De Souza "Deco"
    • Messi
    • Henry

    Subs

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

    Injured

    • 15. Edmilson

    Suspended

    None

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    On the Field

    • Palop
    • Alves
    • Bouhlarouz
    • Escudé
    • Dragutinovic
    • Poulsen
    • Renato
    • Navas
    • Correia
    • Keita
    • Kanouté

    Subs

    • 13. De Sanctis
    • 18. Martí
    • 9. Kerzhakov
    • 5. Barbosa "Duda"
    • 20. de Mul
    • 22. Koné
    • 15. Mosquera

    Injured

    • 10. Fabiano
    • 2. Navarro

    Suspended

    None