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Real Betis Balompié

  • Schmidt "Edú" 63’, 77’
  • "Juanito" 75’

Barcelona

  • Bojan Krkic 12’
  • Eto'o 15’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Real Betis Balompié
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3' It's all over!! Betis have done it. Amazing stuff. Villarreal vs Atletico next up!
    • 90' Barca just can't create anything of note. Betis have stunned them here. Quite amazing comeback - to rank alongside the best I've seen. A betting man would not have dreamed of backing Betis at half-time.
    • 85' Barca just don't look like scoring. Betis are fired up now, and it's a different game. Odonkor with a good run, and he wins the home side a throw deep in Barca territory.
    • 79' Gudjohnsen comes on for Barca - but is it too little too late from Frank Rijkaard?
    • 78' UNBELIEVABLE STUFF!!!! Edu cuts in from the left and smashes a shot past Valdes at the near post. 3-2 to Betis. This is a quite brilliant game.
    • 77' Amazingly, Betis might win this. They're pushing forward and Barca look a different side from the one which dominated the first period.
    • 76' WHAT A GOAL FROM JUANITO!!! Betis bounce straight back from their penalty miss. Juanito chested it down and volleyed past Valdes from just inside the box. A cracking finish from the defender!!
    • 75' SAVED!!!!!! Edu fires the penalty low and Valdes blocks with his legs!!
    • 74' PENALTY TO BETIS!!! Odonkor bursts down the right flank and Eto'o is adjudged to have fouled him!
    • 70' Twenty minutes left - and Betis are growing in confidence. Edu crosses for Pavonne - who goes down twice in succession... a double-dive! Unsurprisingly no penalty given.
    • 67' Odonkor goes through...AND SHOULD HAVE SCORED!!! Valdes comes out quickly and blocks. Barca need to wake up here.
    • 65' Stat update - Betis have upped their share of possession to a paltry 32%....but they've got a goal, so who cares about stats!
    • 63' WELL WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!!! BETIS HAVE SCORED!!! Sobis with some lovely trickery on the left. His cross finds Edu and the Brazilian scores!!! 2-1 and the home side are back in it!!
    • 62' The game has slowed down considerably and Barca have taken their foot off the gas. Bojan is replaced by Giovani - perhaps with Champions League action in mind.
    • 60' Eto'o curls a shot - just wide.
    • 58' Edu finds Sobis and his left-foot shoot goes wide - this is MUCH MUCH BETTER from Betis!
    • 54' Edu comes inside for Betis, and Zambrotta gives away a throw. This is the home side's best spell by some distance. JUANDE SHOOTS...easy save for Valdes.
    • 51' Double change for Betis - which takes a while because they can't get the digital boards working. Odonkor and Sobis come on to replace Capi and Gonzalez.
    • 50' Damia crunches Gianluca Zambrotta on the right flank - and earns himself a yellow card for his troubles. To be fair, he got the ball...that was harsh!
    • 49' Henry comes in from the left and delivers a cross, but Betis clear and Juande advances forward.
    • 46' Free-kick from Xavi on the right - Henry gives the ball away, but then chases the length of the pitch to regain possession.
    • 46' And we're off...Will Barca bag a hatful? Or can Betis come back?
    • 45' Half-time and Barca barely need the break. They've eased their way to a 2-0 lead in a game that resembled a training exercise at times. What can Betis summon after the interval...to find out see you back here in 15!
    • 43' Betis are enjoying a reasonable spell here, but their final ball is poor. Victor Valdes has yet to be troubled.
    • 39' Barcelona have had 71% of the possession here...that says everything.
    • 37' Barca have eased off a little, and there's a touch of complacency slipping in.
    • 32' Barca come close again. Bojan bursts down the left and somehow his cross evades everyone in the box.
    • 30' Lilian Thuram gives away a free-kick - Betis waste it and Barca are back on the ball.
    • 26' Bojan...to Xavi...to Henry - who shapes to hit a trademark far post curler from the left, but it sails over. Slick stuff from Barca. Slick stuff indeed.
    • 24' Betis have a shot! Jesus Capi blasts one over the bar. That's their best moment so far.
    • 20' Betis need to get going here, or they're going to get hammered. Barca are controlling midfield and dictating the play completely.
    • 19' ALMOST THREE!! Great save from Garrido.
    • 15' ANOTHER ONE!!! Iniesta chips a delightful diagonal ball into the box and ETO'O beats Garrido to the ball. 2-0!!! IT'S TOO EASY FOR BARCA!!
    • 13' GOOOOOALLL BARCA!!!!!!! Xavi's pass found Eto'o - the Cameroon international hit the bar...and 17-year-old Bojan snaps up the rebound to bag his eighth league goal of the season. 1-0!!
    • 11' One-way traffic. Barca are sweeping forward and their are wide open spaces everything. Andres Iniesta is getting alot of the ball.
    • 10' Corner to Barca. Henry takes, it's cleared to ETO'O!! GOOD SHOT ON THE TURN, but well saved by Garrido.
    • 9' Samuel Eto'o is brought down on the right. Gonzalez gets a yellow card for delaying the free-kick
    • 6' Thierry Henry with an early burst of speed down the left...he looks very sharp indeed. Barca win a corner, but Betis clear comfortably.
    • 1' And we're under way...Can Barca close the gap with Real Madrid to a point with a win? You'll find out right here.
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  • Team Stats

    Real Betis Balompié Stats Barcelona
    32% Possession 67%
    13 Shots 13
    8 Shots on target 5
    2 Saves 3
    3 Corners 3
    12 Fouls 18
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    37 Tackles 25
    231 Accurate passes 550
    51 Bad passes 61

  • 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
    • Real Betis Balompié
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Espinosa Barriga Casto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      2 Juan Alberto Andreu Alvarado 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 2 2
      6 Branko Ilic 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 20 0 4
      4 Juan Gutiérrez Moreno 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 25 3 4
      14 Jesus Capi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 3
      27 Juan de Dios Prados López 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 35 8 4
      18 Alberto Rivera 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 35 6 6
      12 Damia Abella Pérez 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 7 5
      11 Mark Gonzalez 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 3 1
      16 Mariano Pavone 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 18 4 2
      10 Luis Eduardo Schmidt 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 13 3 1
      9 Fernando Miguel Fernández Escribano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Rafael Sobis 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 15 8 4
      7 Juan Pablo Caffa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 David Odonkor 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
      1 Ricardo Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Willian Lanes de Lima 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Francisco Munoz Xisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 76 2 3
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 9 2
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 38 1 7
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 46 4 1
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 2 1
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 70 13 2
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 94 13 2
      27 Bojan Krkic 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 26 4 1
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 30 0 3
      14 Thierry Henry 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 38 8 2
      15 José Edmílson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Víctor Sánchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Santiago Ezquerro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 1
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 78' UNBELIEVABLE STUFF!!!! Edu cuts in from the left and smashes a shot past Valdes at the near post. 3-2 to Betis. This is a quite brilliant game.
    • 76' WHAT A GOAL FROM JUANITO!!! Betis bounce straight back from their penalty miss. Juanito chested it down and volleyed past Valdes from just inside the box. A cracking finish from the defender!!
    • 75' SAVED!!!!!! Edu fires the penalty low and Valdes blocks with his legs!!
    • 74' PENALTY TO BETIS!!! Odonkor bursts down the right flank and Eto'o is adjudged to have fouled him!
    • 63' WELL WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!!! BETIS HAVE SCORED!!! Sobis with some lovely trickery on the left. His cross finds Edu and the Brazilian scores!!! 2-1 and the home side are back in it!!
    • 15' ANOTHER ONE!!! Iniesta chips a delightful diagonal ball into the box and ETO'O beats Garrido to the ball. 2-0!!! IT'S TOO EASY FOR BARCA!!
    • 13' GOOOOOALLL BARCA!!!!!!! Xavi's pass found Eto'o - the Cameroon international hit the bar...and 17-year-old Bojan snaps up the rebound to bag his eighth league goal of the season. 1-0!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvarez

  • Real Betis Balompié

    Manager: Paco Chaparro

    On the Field

    • Espinosa Garrido
    • Ilic
    • Melli
    • "Juanito" Goal
    • Damiá Yellow Card
    • Rivera
    • Juande
    • Schmidt "Edú" Goals×2
    • "Capi" Substitution Out (51′)
    • Gonzalez Hoffmann Yellow Card Substitution Out (51′)
    • Pavone Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • 19. Xisco Substitution In (87′)
    • 9. Fernández
    • 13. Ricardo
    • 23. Odonkor Substitution In (51′)
    • 25. Sobis Substitution In (51′)
    • 7. Caffa
    • 22. Lima

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • 8. "Arzu"
    • 3. Fernando Vega

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta
    • Puyol
    • Thuram
    • Abidal
    • Touré Substitution Out (79′)
    • Xavi
    • Iniesta
    • Bojan Krkic Goal Substitution Out (61′)
    • Henry
    • Eto'o Goal

    Subs

    • 7. Gudjohnsen Substitution In (79′)
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • Pinto
    • 18. Ezquerro
    • 15. Edmilson
    • 17. Dos Santos Substitution In (61′)
    • 36. Sánchez

    Injured

    • 4. Márquez
    • 10. Ronaldinho
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 3. Milito

    Suspended

    None