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Saturday December 6, 2008 Finished

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Barcelona

  • Henry 19’, 27’, 78’
  • Alves 47’

Valencia

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Valencia
    • 89' Alves with a stunning run on the right, but this time Valencia clear their lines.
    • 84' Villa trips Alves, and risks a second yellow card. But the referee takes a moment to consider and makes a sensible decision. Xavi is the next to come off, replaced by Seydou Keita.
    • 81' Messi makes way for Pedro, and is treated to a rollicking round of applause from the Barca fans.
    • 79' GOOOOAALLL!! HAT-TRICK FOR HENRY!!! Bojan broke down the right, cut inside and pulled back to provide Henry with the most simple of finishes to make it 4-0!!
    • 72' Bojan replaces Hleb for Barca.
    • 71' Miguel goes in the book for a nasty high tackle on Messi. It's all getting a little bit feisty at Camp Nou.
    • 67' Joaquin fires in a great cross from the right, but Villa stumbles and can only make contact with his arm. Rather harshly, he picks up a booking.
    • 63' HLEB POUNCES ON A MISTAKE FROM RAUL ALBIOL AND GOES CLEAN THROUGH...BUT RENAN DENIES HIM WITH A SHARP SAVE.
    • 60' Great cross in from the right by Manuel Fernandes and Abidal is forced to make a fine defensive header for Barca.
    • 56' Barca burst forward on the counter, but Hleb's pass is sloppy and Renan beats Henry to the ball. A little more care and Henry would have been clean through, with just the keeper to beat for a hat-trick.
    • 51' Free-kick to Barca from fully 40 yards out...Alves shoots, JUST OVER!!! What an effort!!
    • 46' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!! Xavi plays a ball inside the full-back for ALVES, WHO DRIVES FORWARD AND SHOOTS ACROSS RENAN TO MAKE IT 3-0!!! Valencia are absolutely livid. There was a flag raised against Hleb earlier in the move, but the referee ignored it.
    • 46' Here we go with the second half. Neither has made a change.
    • 45' Half-time at Camp Nou and Barca leave to a deserved ovation from the home fans. They've been by far the better side and Valencia have not yet had a decent opportunity.
    • 43' Eidur Gudjohnsen makes space and tries a curler from 25 yards, but the Icelandlic international does not trouble Renan.
    • 38' David Albeida gets a booking for chopping down Xavi in an act of frustration.
    • 37' Messi is clean through on the right...he cuts inside and shoots right-footed, but Renan saves with his legs. Messi is really starting to feature now and the crowd are lapping it up.
    • 34' Messi wins a free-kick on the edge of the box...The Argentine steps up himself, but the wall does its job.
    • 31' Valencia have still yet to fashion a genuine chance. Victor Valdes is having a very gentle evening.
    • 27' GOOOOOAAAALLL!!! Alexander Hleb plays in HENRY WHO CALMLY SLOTS PAST RENAN TO GET HIS SECOND AND PUT BARCA 2-0 UP!!! Barca are playing with real class tonight.
    • 25' Lovely lovely football from Barca, who work the ball effortlessly from one to the other. Xavi ends the move with a shot that rises just over the bar.
    • 20' GOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Yaya Toure plays a ball over the top and HENRY LATCHES ON AND LIFTS THE BALL OVER RENAN TO PUT BARCA AHEAD!!!
    • 19' Dani Alves has a crack from just outside the box, but Renan deals comfortably.
    • 16' Henry cuts in from the left and shoots wide from 25 yards.
    • 13' We've seen very little from Valencia going forward so far. David Villa has barely had a touch.
    • 9' Messi gets his first chance to run at the Valencia defence and forces a corner. Villarreal clear comfortably.
    • 6' Thierry Henry speeds past Miguel on the left flank, and the defender catches him to earn the first booking of the game.
    • 2' Barca cut Valencia open within two minutes, and XAVI HITS THE POST!!! Brito Renan was beaten, but Xavi's shot was inches away from putting the home side ahead.
    • 1' We're off and running at Camp Nou, with both Barca and Valencia in their traditional colours. The pitch looks in deluxe condition.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Valencia in La Liga. This one should be a cracker.

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Valencia
    56% Possession 43%
    17 Shots 5
    7 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 2
    3 Corners 3
    19 Fouls 15
    2 Offsides 5
    0 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 26
    444 Accurate passes 336
    66 Bad passes 35

  • 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
    • 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 41 5 1
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 49 5 1
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 43 21 9
      20 Daniel Alves 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 62 2 6
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 61 5 4
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 63 7 3
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 25 2 1
      10 Lionel Messi 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 33 3 1
      14 Thierry Henry 3 6 4 1 2 0 0 23 9 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 25 6 1
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Seydou Keita 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
      25 Albert Jorquera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Pedro Rodríguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Renan Brito Soares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      11 Asier Del Horno 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20 6 7
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 30 1 1
      8 Rubén Baraja 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 37 7 1
      4 Raúl Albiol 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 0 0
      6 David Albelda 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 50 2 5
      18 Manuel Fernandes 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 58 4 3
      17 Joaquín Sánchez Rodriguez 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 1 2
      3 Hedwiges Maduro 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 4 4
      7 David Villa 0 2 1 2 2 4 0 10 1 1
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 23 5 0
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Vicente Guaita Panadero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Vicente Rodriguez Guillén 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 0
      30 Migule Alfonso Herrero 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 1 2
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Jaume Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pablo Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0

  • Summary

    • 79' GOOOOAALLL!! HAT-TRICK FOR HENRY!!! Bojan broke down the right, cut inside and pulled back to provide Henry with the most simple of finishes to make it 4-0!!
    • 63' HLEB POUNCES ON A MISTAKE FROM RAUL ALBIOL AND GOES CLEAN THROUGH...BUT RENAN DENIES HIM WITH A SHARP SAVE.
    • 46' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!! Xavi plays a ball inside the full-back for ALVES, WHO DRIVES FORWARD AND SHOOTS ACROSS RENAN TO MAKE IT 3-0!!! Valencia are absolutely livid. There was a flag raised against Hleb earlier in the move, but the referee ignored it.
    • 37' Messi is clean through on the right...he cuts inside and shoots right-footed, but Renan saves with his legs. Messi is really starting to feature now and the crowd are lapping it up.
    • 27' GOOOOOAAAALLL!!! Alexander Hleb plays in HENRY WHO CALMLY SLOTS PAST RENAN TO GET HIS SECOND AND PUT BARCA 2-0 UP!!! Barca are playing with real class tonight.
    • 20' GOOOOOAAAALLL!!!! Yaya Toure plays a ball over the top and HENRY LATCHES ON AND LIFTS THE BALL OVER RENAN TO PUT BARCA AHEAD!!!
    • 2' Barca cut Valencia open within two minutes, and XAVI HITS THE POST!!! Brito Renan was beaten, but Xavi's shot was inches away from putting the home side ahead.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Valencia in La Liga. This one should be a cracker.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves Goal
    • C. Puyol
    • R. Márquez
    • E. Abidal
    • Y. Touré
    • .. Xavi Substitution Out (85′)
    • L. Messi Substitution Out (82′)
    • E. Gudjohnsen
    • T. Henry Goals×3
    • A. Hleb

    Subs

    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • C. Busquets
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution In85′
    • 3. G. Pique
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan
    • 27. R. Pedrito Substitution In82′

    Injured

    • 8. A. Iniesta
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    • 9. S. Eto'o

  • Valencia

    Manager: . Emery

    Captain: 4. Raúl Albiol

    Starting line-up

    • .. Renan
    • .. Miguel Yellow Card
    • R. Albiol Yellow Card
    • H. Maduro
    • A. Del Horno Yellow Card
    • D. Albelda Yellow Card
    • R. Baraja Substitution Out (69′)
    • S. Joaquín Substitution Out (81′)
    • M. Fernandes
    • D. Villa Yellow Card
    • J. Mata Substitution Out (80′)

    Subs

    • 15. I. Helguera
    • 9. F. Morientes
    • 14. V. Rodríguez Substitution In80′
    • 19. D. Pablo Hernández Substitution In81′
    • J. Jaume Costa
    • 33. V. Guaita
    • H. Michel Substitution In69′

    Injured

    • 10. M. Angulo
    • 24. E. Moretti
    • 22. E. Gaspar "Edu"
    • 21. D. Silva
    • 20. R. Alexis

    Suspended

    • 5. C. Marchena

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