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Almeria

Barcelona

  • Bojan 52’, 56’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Almeria
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 That's the end! A good win for Barca, who go seven points clear... La Liga standings
    • 90' Two minutes added time being played.
    • 88' Almeria have had a decent few minutes of mild pressure without truly threatening Barca.
    • 83' BARCA SUB: Hleb on for Iniesta.
    • 80' BARCA SUB: Gudjohnsen on for Keita.
    • 74' The game has slipped into a lull now, with neither side willing to risk anything.
    • 69' Eto'o tries a lob from the left and it's just wide! He's convinced that took a deflection for a corner but nothing given!
    • 66' BARCELONA SUB: Eto'o on for Bojan, who gets a standing ovation.
    • 63' All too easy for Barca, Almeria appear to have given up and are just damage-limiting.
    • 60' Barca are totally in control now. They deserve to lead but it all could have been so different had Crusat not panicked when he raced clean through.
    • 55' Barca attack again, Dani Alves on the right, into Iniesta who flicks it first-time, Messi with a backheel to Alves back on the edge of the box, outrageous one-touch passing but no-one will shoot and he plays it to Bojan who must score but he beats another man and has the chance gone but no! He shoots, it's deflected off a defender and loops past the helpless Diego Alves! 2-0! A somewhat fortuitous finish but the build-up play was quite breathtaking!!
    • 52' Barca swarm forward, Iniesta on the ball, great one touch passing, he plays it right to Messi in the area, he cuts inside Santi leaving the Peruvian for dead and strikes a sweet low drive past Alves but off the post! It falls to Bojan though and he makes no mistake, sliding it home for his first of the season!!
    • 49' Messi goes on a typical mazy dribble but comes a cropper in the box, slipping as he took on one too many red-and-white shirts.
    • 46' Second half underway!!
    • 45' Half time and the sides somehow go in level.
    • 44' The corner is cleared but it comes back to the left, a great cross by Messi AND IN FLIES PIQUE WITH A POWER HEADER BUT AN INCREDIBLE REFLEX STOP BY ALVES! What a save! Amazing! The header had such power that it sent Alves into the goal but somehow he kept the ball out!!
    • 43' Free-kick to Barcelona on the right-hand side of the area which Messi will take... he swings it to the bottom right but a brilliant stop by Diego Alves! What a save!
    • 41' Iniesta on the right, he weaves one way, the the other and he unleashes a wicked drive that Diego Alves does really well to parry to safety!
    • 39' Another dangerous break for Almeria with Crusat in on the left but his lofted ball for Negredo goes straight to Valdes.
    • 37' Barca come forward and Keita is in but Ortiz heads clear.
    • 34' Barca counter after the corner, Xavi lobs it forward to Messi who's through but a great saving challenge from Santi puts it out for a corner!!
    • 33' Ortiz sprints down the right and a crunching challenge from Keita puts it out for a corner.
    • 30' Crusat gets the ball in his own half and he runs at pace leaving Barca for dead, he has speed to burn and he's through, beyond Toure and Valdes races out so Crusat lobs him but too much on it and over! What a chance! Should have been 1-0, if only he matched his pace with the finish!
    • 25' Dani Alves gets the ball after a run by Bojan down the right and he drills low from the edge of the box but just wide!
    • 20' Santi chops down Bojan in full flight and gets a yellow card.
    • 15' Iniesta on the left, he picks out a great dipping cross for Xavi who heads it downwards but just wide with Diego Alves stranded!!
    • 10' Iniesta on the left, a superb ball to Dani Alves on the right, he plays it across goal but half-cleared and it drops TO KEITA WITH A THUNDERBOLT OF A SHOT BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY DIEGO ALVES!
    • 8' Dani Alves with a superb ball over the top for Bojan but the flag is up.
    • 4' A pretty cautious start all in all but Barca have predictably had the better possession.
    • - Match underway at Almeria!

  • Team Stats

    Almeria Stats Barcelona
    27% Possession 72%
    5 Shots 17
    1 Shots on target 7
    3 Saves 1
    5 Corners 5
    10 Fouls 11
    1 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 18
    195 Accurate passes 629
    28 Bad passes 120

  • 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
    • Almeria
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Diego Alves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      22 José Manuel Jiménez Ortiz 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 22 9 1
      2 Bruno Saltor 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 27 1 7
      25 Hernan Pellerano 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 3
      18 Santiago Acasiete 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 0
      6 Santos Iriney 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28 5 3
      17 Juan Manuel Ortiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      24 Juan Jesús Gutierrez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 2
      8 Albert Crusat 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 12 4 2
      5 Kalu Uche 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 5 1
      9 Álvaro Negredo Sánchez 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 0
      15 Miguel Angel Corona 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 1 1
      7 Miguel Nieto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Esteban Andrés Suarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 José Manuel Flores Moreno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Pablo Piatti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
      20 Esteban Solari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 José Ortiz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 73 25 1
      20 Daniel Alves 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 62 4 5
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 45 4 1
      3 Gerard Pique 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 75 17 2
      15 Seydou Keita 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 56 14 0
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 100 17 3
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 64 16 3
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 55 4 1
      10 Lionel Messi 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 54 4 1
      11 Bojan Krkic 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 21 6 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0

  • Summary

    • 69' Eto'o tries a lob from the left and it's just wide! He's convinced that took a deflection for a corner but nothing given!
    • 55' Barca attack again, Dani Alves on the right, into Iniesta who flicks it first-time, Messi with a backheel to Alves back on the edge of the box, outrageous one-touch passing but no-one will shoot and he plays it to Bojan who must score but he beats another man and has the chance gone but no! He shoots, it's deflected off a defender and loops past the helpless Diego Alves! 2-0! A somewhat fortuitous finish but the build-up play was quite breathtaking!!
    • 52' Barca swarm forward, Iniesta on the ball, great one touch passing, he plays it right to Messi in the area, he cuts inside Santi leaving the Peruvian for dead and strikes a sweet low drive past Alves but off the post! It falls to Bojan though and he makes no mistake, sliding it home for his first of the season!!
    • 44' The corner is cleared but it comes back to the left, a great cross by Messi AND IN FLIES PIQUE WITH A POWER HEADER BUT AN INCREDIBLE REFLEX STOP BY ALVES! What a save! Amazing! The header had such power that it sent Alves into the goal but somehow he kept the ball out!!
    • 43' Free-kick to Barcelona on the right-hand side of the area which Messi will take... he swings it to the bottom right but a brilliant stop by Diego Alves! What a save!
    • 41' Iniesta on the right, he weaves one way, the the other and he unleashes a wicked drive that Diego Alves does really well to parry to safety!
    • 34' Barca counter after the corner, Xavi lobs it forward to Messi who's through but a great saving challenge from Santi puts it out for a corner!!
    • 30' Crusat gets the ball in his own half and he runs at pace leaving Barca for dead, he has speed to burn and he's through, beyond Toure and Valdes races out so Crusat lobs him but too much on it and over! What a chance! Should have been 1-0, if only he matched his pace with the finish!
    • 25' Dani Alves gets the ball after a run by Bojan down the right and he drills low from the edge of the box but just wide!
    • 10' Iniesta on the left, a superb ball to Dani Alves on the right, he plays it across goal but half-cleared and it drops TO KEITA WITH A THUNDERBOLT OF A SHOT BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY DIEGO ALVES!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

  • Almeria

    Manager: Hugo Sánchez

    Captain: Grau Bruno Saltor

    Starting line-up

    • D. Alves Carreira, 'Diego'
    • G. Bruno Saltor
    • H. Pellerano
    • S. Acasiete Yellow Card
    • J. Jiménez "Mané"
    • I. Da Silva "Iriney"
    • J. Ortiz Substitution Out (65′)
    • J. "Juanito" Substitution Out (67′)
    • .. Crusat
    • K. Uche Substitution Out (79′)
    • &. Negredo Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 23. F. Soriano
    • 21. .. Carlos
    • 15. M. Corona Substitution In67′
    • 12. F. Chico
    • 10. J. Ortiz Substitution In65′
    • 13. E. Suárez Díaz
    • 11. P. Piatti Substitution In79′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: . Xavi

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • G. Pique
    • R. Márquez
    • M. Cáceres
    • S. Keita Substitution Out (81′)
    • Y. Touré
    • L. Messi
    • .. Xavi Yellow Card
    • A. Iniesta
    • K. Bojan Goals×2 Substitution Out (67′)

    Subs

    • 14. T. Henry
    • 21. A. Hleb
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen Substitution In81′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 9. S. Eto'o Substitution In67′
    • C. Busquets
    • 29. V. Sánchez

    Injured

    • 22. E. Abidal
    • 5. C. Puyol
    • 18. G. Milito
    • 25. A. Jorquera

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Hi dear all, lets not talk too much, barca is gonna win­ the game, lets keep our fingers crossed and watch the­ game. Thanks.

    From j_jerry82, on Sun 22 Mar 4:17PM

  2. 76 - I think that's more so because the EPL is a­ better league. Considering half a dozen teams in our­ league to yours, ours are better. Perhaps it's­ because the UK invented the sport, unlike cricket of­ which we also invented but are very average at.

    From lee, on Mon 16 Mar 7:40PM

  3. Nah messi can stay coz chelsea makes quality players to­ rubbish players for example shevchenko, pizzaro,­ ballack, and many others!

    From rz_gi, on Mon 16 Mar 6:44PM

  4. MESSI COME TO CHELSEA THIS SUMMER BECAUSE BARCA IS­ RUBBISH AND THEY ARE NOT HELPING YOU U NEED TO PLAY­ WITH WORLDSTAR PLAYERS IN CHELSEA

    From Nana, on Mon 16 Mar 6:25PM

  5. MESSI YOU ARE THE BEST

    BETTER THAN RONALDO!!!

    I HOPE­ U RETIRE IN BARCELONA

    From Ademola, on Mon 16 Mar 11:55AM

  6. of coures itis gleb om d bench again who do u wat hi to­ bench. their no space as far as henry and messi are­ concened however he still neds more experiwnce to get­ into d first team suordd

    From Bright, on Mon 16 Mar 9:38AM

  7. That's the end! A good win for Barca, who go seven­ points clear... WTF learn to count its 6 points not 7­ damn o @#$%

    From arjun r, on Mon 16 Mar 9:26AM

  8. OH Kleb on the Bench again...
    i'm really­ disappointed (Arsenal Fan)

    From moh l, on Mon 16 Mar 9:09AM

  9. Good place Hleb.
    Benchwarmer
    Hehe ..
    Arsenal Fan!!

    From cilunga2007, on Mon 16 Mar 7:17AM

  10. muy chicos asi mi gustara mucha...

    From jm, on Mon 16 Mar 7:05AM

  11. jzjutyjtyju

    From yazan.chelsea, on Mon 16 Mar 5:41AM

  12. Bojan just proved that to be in the Barcelona team, one­ must have a certain category. Even if you sit in the­ bench and don't get much playing time; you can be­ A-One in any other team. I guess everyone just has to­ prove himself and his time will come.

    From marilacson, on Mon 16 Mar 12:53AM

  13. the second goal was pure class

    From Varnavas P, on Sun 15 Mar 10:10PM

  14. congratulation #63, i glad u bet on Barca and won 400­ Euros, Keep it UP,

    From mike.sabbah, on Sun 15 Mar 9:57PM

  15. oh my god,you have to take ur time mr j,first team­ always

    From abdul a f, on Sun 15 Mar 9:46PM

  16. Thanks BARCA just made me 400 euro! SWEET!

    From nivek_kocy, on Sun 15 Mar 9:45PM

  17. BOJAN IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BARCA PLAYERS, BRILLIANT­ TO SEE HIM SCORE 2 TONIGHT AND SHOW HOW GOOD HE IS!!

    From mattsdada, on Sun 15 Mar 9:36PM

  18. goal goal goal barca viva barca

    From adrian, on Sun 15 Mar 9:24PM

  19. What A Goal!

    From TT, on Sun 15 Mar 9:24PM

  20. Guardiola pls in eto henrry

    From Sajeer, on Sun 15 Mar 9:22PM
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