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Racing Santander

Barcelona

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Racing Santander
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 It's all over! Barcelona are already two points behind Real Madrid after one game! They had the lion's share of the chances, but even when Racing went down to ten men they couldn't make the breakthrough. It's going to be some season in La Liga! Thanks for joining us, see you again soon.
    • 89' Munitis goes down in the area, after the challenge of Valdes! The crowd shout for a penalty but it's not given!
    • 86' Henry hits the post!! The frenchman almost scores his first Liga goal at the most crucial time!
    • 79' Marquez comes on for Zambrotta, in Barcelona's last attempt to win this game.
    • 73' Henry almost scores! He controls Ronaldinho's pass well and shoots low and across the face of goal. He almost beat's Tono! but it wouldn't have counted, as it's ruled out for offside.
    • 71' Barca bring on Deco for Yaya Toure in midfield, just the man you don't want to come on the pitch when you're ten men down!
    • 70' Smolarek has been sent off! He went in two-footed on Abidal, and the refereee gives the Pole his marching orders, 15 minutes after he came on!
    • 67' Smolarek has a chance, not long after he's come on. Thuram gets something on it and it goes out for a corner.
    • 62' Frank Rijkaard makes his first substitution, and it's the one so many have been waiting for. Thierry Henry is coming on for Lionel Messi!
    • 60' Ronaldinho claims that Pinillos blocked his pass with his hand! If that ball had got through, Messi would have been one on one with Tono, the Racing keeper!
    • 56' Racing boss Marcelino makes his second change, bringing on Smolarek for Ivan Bolado.
    • 49' But Barcelona come again, with the rebound coming out to iniesta, who fires over the bar!
    • 48' Great clearance by Garay! Messi gets between Ayoze and Oriol and reaches the byline, but his pass to Ronaldinho is intercepted by the defender.
    • 46' Ayoze Diaz has come on for the second half in place of Luis Fernandez for Racing. Barcelona remain unchanged.
    • 40' Ronaldinho fires one over the bar now! Both sides limited to long range efforts at the moment.
    • 22' Xavi takes a tumble in the box under the challenge of Luiz Fernandez, but the ref's having none of it and play goes on!
    • 20' Confusion reigns between Messi and Iniesta... and there's a little shake of the head...
    • 18' Little by little, Barca are finding more time on the ball... but they're still having problems in breaking down the Racing defence.
    • 17' Tono pounces on the ball as Abidal puts over a dangerous cross! Ronaldinho was lurking with intent there...
    • 15' Yellow card for Luis Fernandez... The defender piles into Iniesta and derseves the booking...
    • 10' Duscher lets fly from distance! It's a decent effort and Valdes is forced into making the save! Racing the more threatening in the opening stages of the game!
    • 7' Oscar Serrano lifts his head up and puts in a decent centre! But there's no one there to apply a finishing touch...
    • 1' Underway at the Estadio El Sardinero!
    • - For Racing, Oscar Serrano and Bolado lead the line, but new signing Aldo Duscher gets a run out in the starting XI.
    • - Summer signing Thierry Henry has been left on the bench for Barca's first match of the season, but fellow new recruits Yaya Toure and Eric Abidal both get the nod from coach Frank Rijkaard.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's Liga clash between Racing Santander and Barcelona!

  • Team Stats

    Racing Santander Stats Barcelona
    24% Possession 75%
    14 Shots 13
    5 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 8
    10 Fouls 13
    2 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    1 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 16
    161 Accurate passes 609
    43 Bad passes 102

  • 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
    • Racing Santander
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Juan Calatayud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Luis Fernández Gutiérrez 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 5 1
      14 Pablo Pinillos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 4
      4 Ezequiel Garay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 3
      8 Gonzalo Colsa 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 21 2 0
      6 Aldo Duscher 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 22 7 1
      3 Oriol Lozano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 4 2
      7 Jorge López Montaña 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 3 0
      10 Pedro Alvarez Munitis 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 15 5 0
      11 Óscar Serrano 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 14 5 3
      32 Ivan Bolado 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 2
      18 Jordi Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Iván Marcano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Luisma Luisma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Cristian Fernández 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 1
      12 Ebi Smolarek 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      21 Ayoze Diaz Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 4
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 59 2 0
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 65 19 2
      11 Gianluca Zambrotta 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 47 0 2
      23 Oleguer Presas Renom 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 61 4 2
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 53 10 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 76 18 2
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 96 16 6
      10 Gaucho Ronaldinho 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 11 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 37 3 0
      19 Lionel Messi 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 36 8 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
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0
      25 Albert Jorquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 1
      20 Anderson Deco 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 15 6 1
      18 Santiago Ezquerro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 86' Henry hits the post!! The frenchman almost scores his first Liga goal at the most crucial time!
    • 70' Smolarek has been sent off! He went in two-footed on Abidal, and the refereee gives the Pole his marching orders, 15 minutes after he came on!
    • 49' But Barcelona come again, with the rebound coming out to iniesta, who fires over the bar!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: César Muníz Fernández

  • Racing Santander

    Manager: Marcelino García Toral

    On the Field

    • Rodríguez "Toño"
    • Pinillos
    • Garay
    • Lozarano
    • Fernández Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • Colsa
    • Duscher
    • López
    • Serrano Substitution Out (76′)
    • Iván Bolado Substitution Out (56′)
    • Munitis

    Subs

    • Smolarek Substitution In (56′) Red Card
    • 21. Díaz Substitution In (46′)
    • 20. López Felpeto
    • Cristian Fernández
    • 29. Marcano
    • 28. Mario
    • 26. Luisma

    Injured

    • 23. Valle

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Zambrotta Substitution Out (79′)
    • Oleguer
    • Thuram
    • Abidal
    • Touré Substitution Out (70′)
    • Xavi
    • Iniesta
    • Ronaldinho
    • Messi Substitution Out (62′)
    • Eto'o

    Subs

    • 14. Henry Substitution In (62′)
    • 4. Márquez Substitution In (79′)
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • 18. Ezquerro
    • 20. De Souza "Deco" Substitution In (70′) Yellow Card
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 26. Crosas

    Injured

    • 5. Puyol

    Suspended

    • 12. Milito