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Athletic Club

Barcelona

  • Eto'o 61’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Athletic Club
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 That's the final whistle! Barcelona win 1-0 thanks to a Samuel Eto'o cracker. Next up we have Sevilla's trip to fellow Adalusians Almeria.
    • 90+2 Brave goalkeeping from Valdes after Abidal hesitates with the back-header.
    • 89' A poor mistake by an Athletic defender lets Eto'o in but the whistle has already gone. Quite idiotically Eto'o is booked for running onto the loose ball and shaping to shoot. Ridiculous decision.
    • 88' Busquets enters the book for a late tackle.
    • 85' Barcelona swarm forward again, this time Eto'o into Iniesta and he has a crack but blocked by Amorebieta!
    • 83' Corner to Athletic Bilbao on the right, it's swung over to the edge of the six-yard box and a terrible defensive header by Puyol sends it past Valdes but an Athletic player is in the way! The whistle has gone though, Toure is down injured and the ref says he was fouled.
    • 82' Barcelona break, Iniesta on the left, the have men over and Iniesta plays a superb ball across the edge of the area AND ETO'O IS CLEAN THROUGH AND MUST MAKE IT TWO BUT HE SOMEHOW PUTS IT WIDE! What a miss!
    • 80' BARCA SUB: Alex Hleb comes on for his former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry.
    • 78' Good near-post inswinging corner which Valdes flies across to punch, but it's headed back towards goal and Valdes is their to claim/
    • 77' Corner to Athletic on the left, but they bring Gurpegi on for Orbaiz before it's taken.
    • 76' ATHLETIC SUB: Gabilondo off for Ion Velez.
    • 75' Of course Alves is fine, fine enough to jump up and take the free-kick himself. Cleared for a throw on the left.
    • 74' Great run down the right by Alves who pokes it past Balenziaga and the Athletic man chops him down. Yellow card for sure, but there's no need for Alves to roll around like that - it only serves to wind people up as all it does is clearly indicate that he is NOT actually hurt.
    • 72' A long ball catches the Athletic defence flat-footed, playing for offside but letting Iniesta and Eto'o in. Eto'o takes it and Iniesta cuts wide right, he sends a cross over but headed behind by Amorebieta for a corner.
    • 69' Gabilondo on the left, he puts a teasing cross in but headed clear. Athletic have re-found their mojo and are pushing hard for a leveller.
    • 67' Iniesta on the left, he swings a cross from deep over and it takes a touch off the head of Amorebieta and it's looping in so Iraizoz has to tip it over! Corner Barca, who look much more confident now.
    • 66' BARCA SUB: Puyol on for Marquez.
    • 65' Alves clearly commits a foul but has a pop at the ref and throws his hands about like he's been hard done by.
    • 63' Henry on the ball in deep, he clips a brilliant through ball to Eto'o on the edge of the box, he bursts past Amorebieta who can't get near him and he thrashes a wonderful left-foot shot into the right-hand side of the goal! What a goal from Eto'o! Barca lead.
    • 62' Garmendia off for Gurpegi.
    • 60' A Barca player and an Athletic player are down injured after a tangle... it's Marquez and Llorente. They seem to be okay though.
    • 58' High ball into David Lopez on the left, he swings in a first-time cross and Garmenida goes in with a diving header and the crowd roar as Toure bundles into him and was that handball? Play on, says the ref!
    • 54' Iniesta on the left, he cuts inside, moves towards goal and has a crack but it curls wide.
    • 53' Corner Barca on the left but it doesn't get past the near post and comes off Busquets for a goal kick.
    • 50' Orbaiz and Marquez both booked in quick succession.
    • 49' Garmendia booked for a hack at Busquets.
    • 48' Alves plays a ball over the top into the right and Iniesta chases it to the byline, stands it up and plays a good ball across to Victor Sanchez arriving late but he blasts over!
    • 47' Dani Alves gesticulates rather flamboyantly after being called for a foul on Gabilondo.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Half-time and goalless at the San Mames, although Athletic have just about shaded it.
    • 44' One minute of added time is signalled by the referee.
    • 42' Dani Alves with a corner on Barca's right. He sends over an outswinger that Athletic cannot clear and Abidal flies in with the header but saved at point-blank range by Iraizoz!
    • 39' Amorebieta slides in late on Victor Sanchez and he receives a booking.
    • 37' Athletic come forward again, Gabilondo is out on the left now and he sends over a cross that's deflected and Garmendia flies in to finish but he sends it over!
    • 35' Eto'o tries a cross from the left but it's headed clear. Gabilondo gives it away and Barca come again, inside to Eto'o again who takes a touch into space but his shot is blocked! That touch was slightly too heavy, which delayed the shot and allowed Amorebieta to get there in time.
    • 32' BARCA SUB: Poor Keita cannot continue, he seems to have twisted his knee, Busquets comes on in his place.
    • 31' Iraola on the left, a good run, he beats the full-back and slides the ball in for Llorente but blocked by Marquez and Yesta flies in but Barca hack it clear!
    • 29' A hold-up in play after Keita falls awkwardly on his knee. There was no-one near him as he slipped following a pass.
    • 26' Yeste plays a ball in for Llorente who is through but the flag is up. That was pretty tight.
    • 24' Corner is swung in by David Lopez and it goes into a mass of bodies, takes a deflection, beats Valdes and goes just over!
    • 23' Yeste is going to take it, a five-yard run-upÂ… and he curls it into the top left but tipped away acrobatically by Valdes! Corner.
    • 22' Free-kick to Athletic just outside the D, Yeste is sizing this one up...
    • 21' Iniesta has the ball on the right, he cuts inside, takes a touch and fires a rasping, rising drive that flies just over!
    • 19' David Lopez takes it short but it takes three more passes before the cross comes in and Barca have re-organised and clear with ease.
    • 18' Llorenta flicks it wide to Balenziaga who hits the byline and drills a low cross in but put behind for a corner.
    • 15' Great defending by Abidal to angle a back-header to Valdes with Llorente just behind him.
    • 13' Iniesta has the ball on the right with lots of options in the box. Eto'o is the best one and he searches for him with the cross but Amorebieta gets a strong head on it, Athletic clear and set up a neat counter of their own. That breaks down though and Barca have it back.
    • 10' Eto'o about 30 yards out on the left, he spots a run into the box by Messi and lofts it over for him but Amorebieta sticks a leg out to intercept AND IT FALLS TO KEITA but his shot goes wide.
    • 8' Barca finally get some rhythm going with a good passing move, it's played to Eto'o just outside the area, he takes a touch that powers him past Amorebieta and towards goal and fires in a cracker but parried by Iraizoz!
    • 6' Still with Athletic, Yeste on the left with a great cross for LLORENTE but headed away from him by Marquez! Still with Athletic as Lopez on the right swings a cross to the far edge of the box and GABILONDO WITH A HEADER but it goes wide.
    • 5' Terrible pass by Keita across his own box and Llorente latches onto it but he can't get the shot away and Barca clear!
    • 3' Free-kick to Athletic Club, David Lopez to take from just to the left of the D... AND IT'S A WONDERFUL CURLING EFFORT DIPPING FOR THE BOTTOM LEFT BUT TIPPED AWAY BY VALDES! Excellent strike, even better save.
    • 1' Match underway at San Mames!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Athletic Bilbao's tough home clash against Barcelona. We'll be following the match with comments and scoring from kick-off at 18:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Athletic Club Stats Barcelona
    41% Possession 58%
    8 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 1
    7 Corners 5
    19 Fouls 17
    4 Offsides 5
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 16
    214 Accurate passes 335
    26 Bad passes 41

  • 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
    • Athletic Club
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Gorka Iraizoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      20 Aitor Ocio Carrión 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 19 0 0
      42 Mikel Balenziaga 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 3 3
      15 Andoni Iraola 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 1 3
      5 Fernando Amorebieta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 1
      10 Francisco Javier Yeste 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 34 6 5
      16 Pablo Orbáiz 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 21 1 5
      8 Joseba Garmendia 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 1 1
      7 David López 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 29 3 2
      11 Igor Gabilondo 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 14 7 2
      9 Fernando Llorente 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 12 1 0
      21 Ion Vélez 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
      18 Carlos Gurpegui 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      24 Javier Martínez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Joseba Etxeberría 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Aldekoaotalora Ustaritz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Markel Susaeta Laskurain 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 3
      13 Armando Riveiro de Aguilar Malda 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
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 2 2
      3 Gerard Pique 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 4 2
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 9 3
      20 Daniel Alves 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 29 0 4
      15 Seydou Keita 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 12 4 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 24 6 0
      29 Víctor Sánchez 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 25 3 1
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 45 3 1
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 6 3 1 0 3 0 11 2 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 21 3 1
      10 Lionel Messi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 19 3 1
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 1
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 83' Corner to Athletic Bilbao on the right, it's swung over to the edge of the six-yard box and a terrible defensive header by Puyol sends it past Valdes but an Athletic player is in the way! The whistle has gone though, Toure is down injured and the ref says he was fouled.
    • 82' Barcelona break, Iniesta on the left, the have men over and Iniesta plays a superb ball across the edge of the area AND ETO'O IS CLEAN THROUGH AND MUST MAKE IT TWO BUT HE SOMEHOW PUTS IT WIDE! What a miss!
    • 67' Iniesta on the left, he swings a cross from deep over and it takes a touch off the head of Amorebieta and it's looping in so Iraizoz has to tip it over! Corner Barca, who look much more confident now.
    • 63' Henry on the ball in deep, he clips a brilliant through ball to Eto'o on the edge of the box, he bursts past Amorebieta who can't get near him and he thrashes a wonderful left-foot shot into the right-hand side of the goal! What a goal from Eto'o! Barca lead.
    • 58' High ball into David Lopez on the left, he swings in a first-time cross and Garmenida goes in with a diving header and the crowd roar as Toure bundles into him and was that handball? Play on, says the ref!
    • 48' Alves plays a ball over the top into the right and Iniesta chases it to the byline, stands it up and plays a good ball across to Victor Sanchez arriving late but he blasts over!
    • 42' Dani Alves with a corner on Barca's right. He sends over an outswinger that Athletic cannot clear and Abidal flies in with the header but saved at point-blank range by Iraizoz!
    • 37' Athletic come forward again, Gabilondo is out on the left now and he sends over a cross that's deflected and Garmendia flies in to finish but he sends it over!
    • 23' Yeste is going to take it, a five-yard run-upÂ… and he curls it into the top left but tipped away acrobatically by Valdes! Corner.
    • 21' Iniesta has the ball on the right, he cuts inside, takes a touch and fires a rasping, rising drive that flies just over!
    • 8' Barca finally get some rhythm going with a good passing move, it's played to Eto'o just outside the area, he takes a touch that powers him past Amorebieta and towards goal and fires in a cracker but parried by Iraizoz!
    • 6' Still with Athletic, Yeste on the left with a great cross for LLORENTE but headed away from him by Marquez! Still with Athletic as Lopez on the right swings a cross to the far edge of the box and GABILONDO WITH A HEADER but it goes wide.
    • 3' Free-kick to Athletic Club, David Lopez to take from just to the left of the D... AND IT'S A WONDERFUL CURLING EFFORT DIPPING FOR THE BOTTOM LEFT BUT TIPPED AWAY BY VALDES! Excellent strike, even better save.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

  • Athletic Club

    Manager: Joaquín Caparrós

    Captain: 10. Francisco Javier Yeste

    Starting line-up

    • G. Iraizoz
    • A. Iraola
    • A. Ocio
    • F. Amorebieta Yellow Card
    • M. Balenziaga Yellow Card
    • D. López
    • P. Orbaiz Yellow Card Substitution Out (78′)
    • I. Gabilondo Substitution Out (76′)
    • G. Garmendia Substitution Out (60′)
    • F. Yeste
    • F. Llorente

    Subs

    • 17. J. Etxeberria
    • 18. C. Gurpegi Substitution In78′
    • 13. A. Riveiro
    • 4. A. Ustaritz
    • 24. J. Martínez
    • 14. M. Susaeta Substitution In60′
    • 21. I. Vélez Substitution In76′

    Injured

    • 19. A. Murillo

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • G. Pique
    • R. Márquez Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)
    • E. Abidal
    • S. Keita Substitution Out (32′)
    • Y. Touré
    • V. Sánchez
    • A. Iniesta
    • S. Eto'o Goal Yellow Card
    • T. Henry Substitution Out (79′)

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb Substitution In79′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 5. C. Puyol Substitution In64′
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • C. Busquets Substitution In32′
    • 10. L. Messi
    • 11. K. Bojan

    Injured

    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen
    • 6. .. Xavi
    • 18. G. Milito
    • 2. M. Cáceres

    Suspended

    None