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Mallorca

Barcelona

  • Márquez 63’
  • Eto'o 89’
  1. Barca close gap on Real

    Barca close gap on Real

    Barcelona flattered to deceive in earning a 2-0 win at Real Mallorca that cut Real Madrid's lead at the top of La Liga to four points, while Espanyol taught Villarreal a footballing lesson in a 3-0 win at Lluis Companys to cement their position in third. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Mallorca
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 And that's the final whistle, a good win in the end for Barca, 2-0, they cut Real Madrid's lead to four points.
    • 90+2 Good one-touch play by Barca, Henry touches it back to ETO'O ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX WITH A CRACKING SHOT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET! No chance for Lux, 2-0, great goal.
    • 90' Henry on the left, back to Eto'o on the edge of the box but his volley is blocked... Bojan on the right now but his centre is blocked behind for a corner. Entering three minutes of stoppage time.
    • 88' Jonas on the right, inside to Varela who has a crack from distance which Valdes parries but clings onto at the second attempt.
    • 86' Puyol enters the book after giving away a free-kick on the left... up and under delivery from Valero but Valdes rises amongst a sea of red to claim well.
    • 84' Trejo late on Marquez, yellow card. Oh get up Rafa, stop rolling around, you're a big boy and you're not hurt.
    • 81' Free-kick to Mallorca which Valero will take from the left... great delivery and Pereyra with the header off the back of Puyol's head and out for a corner but, nope, ref gives a goal kick.
    • 79' MALLORCA SUB: Ibagaza off for striker Valero.
    • 78' Rafa Marquez saves Barca's bacon when Ibagaza's cross catches them out, Valdes can't keep it in and Mallorca win a corner but Valdes does well to claim this time.
    • 76' Henry is agonizingly close to scoring, sending a well-placed low drive from the left hand corner of the box which is touched behind for a corner. Inches wide of the far post.
    • 75' Eto'o on the edge of the box spreads it wide for Iniesta who chases into the corner and cuts it back for Xavi, who plays a super through ball to Puyol who squares it to Henry with the tap in but the flag is up! Henry was offside when Xavi's through ball was played to Puyol, becoming active as soon as he touched Puyol's pass.
    • 73' Free-kick to Barca on the edge of the box, well about six yards out, won by Edmilson... Eto'o and Henry move away from it, leaving Xavi and Marquez... Xavi runs over it and Marquez has a pop but the wall does its job and out for a corner.
    • 72' Basinas off for Oscar Trejo in an attacking change for Mallorca.
    • 70' Puyol does really well to get ahead of Arango, played in by Pereyra, and Henry tracking back slides in to complete the clearance.
    • 69' BARCA SUB: Toure is protected following his yellow card and comes off for Edmilson, returning from injury.
    • 68' Victor goes down after an accidental collision - if there was one at all - with Puyol, on the edge of the box... nothing given much to the home support's derision and as expected he gets up soon afterwards with a look of increduluity that is quite frankly unjustified.
    • 65' BARCA SUB: Henry makes his return, on for Giovani.
    • 63' Barca counter though and Eto'o does well to win a corner on the left. Xavi to whip this in.... and Marquez steals in unmarked at the near post to flick the header into the far right corner!! 1-0 Barca totally against the run of play and Pereyra with some really slack marking to allow the Mexico defender a free header!
    • 62' Jonas with a superb run on the right, zips past two men and they have men over but the cut back is too far behind for Basinas... they clear but it's still with Mallorca and Jonas again on the right with an identical cutback but cleared by Puyol.
    • 61' Ibagaza on the left, hits the byline and swings in a good high cross onto the penalty spot but Pereyra fouls Iniesta in winning the header and the whistle goes.
    • 58' Arango nicks the ball of Xavi but Marquez recovers it and Barca clear.
    • 55' Eto'o has his 20-yard shot deflected into the air and it loops comfortably into the arms of Lux.
    • 53' Lux races from his goal to prevent Giovani latching onto a through pass.
    • 51' A late lunging tackle by Toure on Jonas and the Barca midfielder sees yellow.
    • 49' Early change for the hosts as Guiza limps off to be replaced by Victor.
    • 46' The second-half is underway.
    • 45' Half time in what can only be described as a restrained performance from Barcelona. 0-0.
    • 38' Mistake at the back by Mallorca and Eto'o and Giovani rob Navarro in the corner, Eto'o whips it in but Xavi can only fire over! Great chance for Barca.
    • 32' Barcelona briefly threaten on the edge of the Mallorca box but neither Eto'o nor Iniesta can get the shot in and the hosts clear.
    • 29' Free kick to Mallorca on the edge of the Barca box... Arango to take and he sends a quite straighforward effort around the wall and into Valdes' arms.
    • 27' Varela heads behind and Gudjohnsen sneaks in unmarked to meet Giovani's cross, corner to Barca but Nunez heads this one away.
    • 22' Good run by Jonas on the right but the cross is headed clear... the ball drops to Basinas who surges forward to the edge of the box and has a crack but his low drive flashes just wide!
    • 16' Free kick on the right to Barca which Xavi will whip in... decent delivery and TOURE FLIES IN but the ball comes off a Mallorca defender and into the arms of German Lux.
    • 14' Iniesta on the ball on the left, cuts inside to slide past three men and into the box and he hammers a low drive in but wide of the far post.
    • 13' Abidal does really well to get back behind the onrushing Guiza, sliding in to hook the ball away and clear.
    • 11' Yellow card to Giovani after pulling back Basinas.
    • 9' Ibagaza plays the ball through to Guiza on the left, he cuts inside onto his right foot and hammers in a drive across goal which beats Valdes but flies inches wide! First really good chance of the game.
    • 6' Spell of pressure for Barca sees them win a corner, but the ref over-rules it after spotting a foul by Milito.
    • 3' Navarro is down injured on the Mallorca left.... he's alright though and gets up after some help.
    • 1' Match underway! Eidur Gudjohnsen starts in place of Ronaldinho in a withdrawn striker's role behind Eto'o.
    • - Ronaldinho will miss the match because of tendinitis in his left knee, but France striker Thierry Henry returns following his extended absence due to back problems and migranes.
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  • Team Stats

    Mallorca Stats Barcelona
    38% Possession 61%
    10 Shots 15
    2 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 0
    2 Corners 5
    12 Fouls 15
    0 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 34
    223 Accurate passes 399
    42 Bad passes 75

  • 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
    • Mallorca
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 German Lux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      17 David Navarro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      3 Fernando Navarro 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 6 6
      7 Fernando Varela 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 23 0 12
      10 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 26 7 1
      4 Guillermo Pereyra 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 29 2 0
      6 Angelos Basinas 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 24 5 2
      23 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 28 3 3
      18 Juan Arango 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 22 9 4
      16 Nunes Nunes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0
      14 Daniel Güiza 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0
      8 Borja Valero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      24 Héctor Héctor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Ivan Ramis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Óscar Trejo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 2
      1 Miguel Moya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Víctor Castaño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      11 Tuni Tuni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 37 4 8
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 19 4
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 33 1 4
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 49 11 3
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 13 0 1
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 46 3 4
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 69 12 1
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 39 10 1
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 25 6 2
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 4 2
      15 José Edmílson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 3
      28 Oier Olazábal Paredes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10 1 1
      27 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 2 0
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Anderson Deco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Good one-touch play by Barca, Henry touches it back to ETO'O ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX WITH A CRACKING SHOT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET! No chance for Lux, 2-0, great goal.
    • 88' Jonas on the right, inside to Varela who has a crack from distance which Valdes parries but clings onto at the second attempt.
    • 76' Henry is agonizingly close to scoring, sending a well-placed low drive from the left hand corner of the box which is touched behind for a corner. Inches wide of the far post.
    • 75' Eto'o on the edge of the box spreads it wide for Iniesta who chases into the corner and cuts it back for Xavi, who plays a super through ball to Puyol who squares it to Henry with the tap in but the flag is up! Henry was offside when Xavi's through ball was played to Puyol, becoming active as soon as he touched Puyol's pass.
    • 63' Barca counter though and Eto'o does well to win a corner on the left. Xavi to whip this in.... and Marquez steals in unmarked at the near post to flick the header into the far right corner!! 1-0 Barca totally against the run of play and Pereyra with some really slack marking to allow the Mexico defender a free header!
    • 62' Jonas with a superb run on the right, zips past two men and they have men over but the cut back is too far behind for Basinas... they clear but it's still with Mallorca and Jonas again on the right with an identical cutback but cleared by Puyol.
    • 22' Good run by Jonas on the right but the cross is headed clear... the ball drops to Basinas who surges forward to the edge of the box and has a crack but his low drive flashes just wide!
    • 9' Ibagaza plays the ball through to Guiza on the left, he cuts inside onto his right foot and hammers in a drive across goal which beats Valdes but flies inches wide! First really good chance of the game.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rafael Ramirez Dominguez

  • Mallorca

    Manager: Gregorio Manzano

    Captain: 23. Jonás Manuel Gutiérrez

    On the Field

    • Lux
    • Varela
    • Nunes
    • Navarro
    • Navarro
    • Basinas Substitution Out (71′)
    • Pereyra
    • Gutiérrez
    • Ibagaza Substitution Out (79′)
    • Arango
    • González Güiza Substitution Out (49′)

    Subs

    • 24. Berenguel Del Pino
    • 22. Ballesteros
    • 2. Ramis
    • 11. "Tuni"
    • 1. Moyà
    • 19. Casadesús Substitution In (49′)
    • 8. Borja Valero Substitution In (79′)
    • 20. Trejo Substitution In (71′) Yellow Card
    • 12. 'Chori' Castro

    Injured

    • 21. Dorado
    • 9. Webo

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Puyol Yellow Card
    • Milito
    • Márquez Goal
    • Abidal
    • Xavi
    • Touré Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • Iniesta
    • Gudjohnsen Substitution Out (47′)
    • Dos Santos Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)
    • Eto'o Goal

    Subs

    • 14. Henry Substitution In (64′)
    • 21. Thuram
    • 11. Zambrotta
    • 15. Edmilson Substitution In (69′)
    • 20. De Souza "Deco"
    • 27. Bojan Krkic Substitution In (47′)
    • 28. Oier Olazábal

    Injured

    • 10. Ronaldinho
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 19. Messi

    Suspended

    None