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Saturday October 20, 2007 Finished

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Villarreal

  • Cazorla 3’
  • Senna 13’ (pen.), 35’ (pen.)

Barcelona

  • Bojan Krkic 24’
  1. Real and Barca both lose

    Real and Barca both lose

    Leaders Real Madrid and Barcelona, who both started the day unbeaten, fell to their first defeats in La Liga, with champions Real slumping to a 2-1 reverse at Espanyol. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Villarreal
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 Final whistle, and a huge win for Villarreal! Even the magnificent Leo Messi couldn't save Barcelona! Thanks for joining us, coming right up is Espanyol v Real Madrid!
    • 89' Dos Santos crosses and Iniesta VOLLEYS! Great save Viera!
    • 85' More bad news for Barca.The medics are indicating that Deco could be out for up to 5 weeks with the injury that saw him substituted.
    • 80' Another sub for each side, as Tomasson comes on for Cazorla for the home side, while the impressive Bojan Krkic makes way for Sylvinho for Barca.
    • 75' Messi floats in a ball that splits the defence and DOS SANTOS... The young Mexican heads just wide of the goal1
    • 72' Xavi welcomes Fernandez to the action with a foul that earns him a yellow card!
    • 71' Both sides make big changes now, as Villarreal bring on the lethal Matias Fernandez for Pires, and Barca bring on another striker as deco makes way for Eidur Gudjohnsen!
    • 65' Villarreal come straight at Barca, but Guille Franco miscontrols and the momentum of the break is lost.
    • 64' Messi finds Deco with a great ball and the Portugese shoots! It's cleared right on the luine! And now HENRY... Henry just couldn't reach the rebound and it's cleared to safety! Huge let-off for Villarreal!
    • 59' Senna tries to float it to Capdevila, but it's cut out. A wasted opportunity...
    • 59' Cazorla is fouled on the edge of the area! Puyol escapes a yellow card, but Senna could grab his hat trick with the free kick...
    • 58' Capdevila's through with no one around him!... But that's because he was miles offside!
    • 54' Krkic strikes a shot that takes a deflection off of Fuentes, but Viera does fantastically well to get a hand to it and save!
    • 50' Pires is through and only has Valdes to beat... but for some reason he tries to pass to Cani, who loses possession and the chance is lost! Why did Pires not shoot?!
    • 46' Rijkaard does bring on Dos Santos for the second half, with full back Oleguer the man to be sacrificed. that means that Barcelona now have Messi, Henry, Iniesta, Krkic AND Dos Santos in attack!
    • 46' Here we go then for teh second half. Barca have their work cut out!
    • 45+1 That's the end of the first half! As good as Villarreal are these days, no one could have predicted this half time scoreline.
    • 42' Deco puts in the ball, and Henry rises highest! He can't get a good connection on it and after Krkic's follow up effort, Viera collects.
    • 42' Barca win a free kick on the edge of the area. It will be interesting to see who takwes this, as therwe is no Ronaldinho or Marquez on the field...
    • 37' Frank Rijkaard has to change something here. Giovani Dos Santos, despite his good form, is on the bench and is an option. Henry has not really been involved in this game at all.
    • 35' ... And he scores again! That's his second and Villarreal's third, just as Barcelona had regaied the momentum in this match.
    • 35' ANOTHER PENALTY!! Pires goes down in the box again, this time under the challenge of Gabi Milito! The Argentinian defender is booked for the tackle. Senna steps up again...
    • 33' Xavi unleashes a cracking shot from distance, and Viera pulls off a fantastic save!
    • 28' Messi twists Fuentes one way then another and unleashes a shot... just wide of Viera's goal! Great play Leo Messi!
    • 24' GOOOOOOOL!! Barca pull one back! Messi puts Bojan Krkic through one-on-one, and he fires it past Viera and in off the post!
    • 22' Fuentes puts in a great challenge on Messi! The little Argentinian is very much the biggest threat for Barca at the moment.
    • 15' Krkic plays Messi through... But he's flagged up for offside!
    • 13' ... And Senna scores! A nightmare start for Barca!
    • 12' PENALTY FOR VILLARREAL!! Abidal brought down Pires in the area! Senna puts it on the spot...
    • 10' Cani brings it forward for Villarreal, gets to the edge of the box and hits a left-footed strike... It's low and just wide of the post!
    • 5' Messi tries to hit back immediately for Barca. He goes past Capdevila but is intercepted by Cygan.
    • 3' GOOOOOOL! Villarreal have scored! Guille Franco fed Cazorla in the area, and the Asturian midfielder struck it across Victor Valdes and in! What a start for the Yellow Submarine!
    • 1' The match at El Madrigal is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Villarreal Stats Barcelona
    47% Possession 52%
    8 Shots 13
    4 Shots on target 6
    0 Saves 0
    0 Corners 9
    21 Fouls 11
    3 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    38 Tackles 19
    333 Accurate passes 400
    51 Bad passes 52

  • 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
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 6
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 5
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 16 5
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 0 5
      19 Marcos Senna 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 54 5 5
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 56 5 5
      10 Ruben Cani 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 28 0 1
      7 Robert Pires 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 28 3 1
      8 Santi Cazorla 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 31 10 3
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 30 5 0
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Rio Mavuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Lopez Ruano Ángel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      11 Jon Dahl Tomasson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 0
      14 Matías Fernández 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 2 1
      4 Diego Godin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Diego Lopez 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 0 0 0 6 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 51 0 2
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 42 18 3
      3 Gabriel Milito 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 47 8 6
      23 Oleguer Presas Renom 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 23 1 1
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 52 6 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 52 2 1
      20 Anderson Deco 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 45 6 4
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 12 1 0
      27 Bojan Krkic 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 12 3 2
      19 Lionel Messi 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 29 2 0
      18 Santiago Ezquerro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      17 Giovanni dos Santos 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 0
      26 Marc Crosas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 0
      25 Albert Jorquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lilian Thuram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 64' Messi finds Deco with a great ball and the Portugese shoots! It's cleared right on the luine! And now HENRY... Henry just couldn't reach the rebound and it's cleared to safety! Huge let-off for Villarreal!
    • 50' Pires is through and only has Valdes to beat... but for some reason he tries to pass to Cani, who loses possession and the chance is lost! Why did Pires not shoot?!
    • 35' ... And he scores again! That's his second and Villarreal's third, just as Barcelona had regaied the momentum in this match.
    • 28' Messi twists Fuentes one way then another and unleashes a shot... just wide of Viera's goal! Great play Leo Messi!
    • 24' GOOOOOOOL!! Barca pull one back! Messi puts Bojan Krkic through one-on-one, and he fires it past Viera and in off the post!
    • 12' PENALTY FOR VILLARREAL!! Abidal brought down Pires in the area! Senna puts it on the spot...
    • 3' GOOOOOOL! Villarreal have scored! Guille Franco fed Cazorla in the area, and the Asturian midfielder struck it across Victor Valdes and in! What a start for the Yellow Submarine!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Captain: 19. Marcos Senna

    On the Field

    • Viera
    • Venta
    • Cygan
    • Fuentes
    • Capdevila
    • Bruno
    • Senna
    • Cazorla
    • Pires
    • Gracia "Cani"
    • Franco

    Subs

    • 11. Tomasson
    • 15. Kahveci
    • 24. Mavuba
    • 13. López
    • López Ruano
    • 14. Fernández
    • 4. Godín

    Injured

    • 6. Moreno "Josico"
    • 2. Rodríguez

    Suspended

    • 22. Rossi

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Frank Rijkaard

    On the Field

    • Valdés
    • Oleguer
    • Milito
    • Puyol
    • Abidal
    • Xavi
    • De Souza "Deco"
    • Messi
    • Iniesta
    • Bojan Krkic
    • Henry

    Subs

    • 21. Thuram
    • 7. Gudjohnsen
    • 16. Sylvinho
    • 18. Ezquerro
    • 25. Jorquera
    • 17. Dos Santos
    • 26. Crosas

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None