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Barcelona

  • Eto'o 12’, 30’, 42’, 44’
  • Gudjohnsen 71’
  • Henry 83’

Valladolid

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Valladolid
    • 90'+2 There's the final whistle - it's all over and Barca have another great win and re-take the top of the table from Real Madrid
    • 90' Puyol on the left wing tries to play the ball across the front of goal for his forwards to tap in but it is played too close to Sergio Asenjo and the 19-year-old Valladolid keeper collects with ease
    • 89' Great goalkeeping from Valdes despite having nothing really to do all evening as he comes out confidently to collect from the feet of Goitom
    • 86' The fans think Messi has got himself a very deserved goal after Henry very unselfishly tees it up for his team-mate having broken from deep and having no Valladolid defenders any where near them. But the flag was already up and the goal won't count
    • 84' GOAL BARCA! Henry gets in on the act after a one-two between Messi and Hleb, before the latter lays the ball off for Henry just to the left of the penalty area. No chance for Sergio Asenjo to do anything with it and Barca have six for the third time this season!
    • 81' Messi again! He looks like he's going to go alone this time before playing the ball out to Henry on the right of the area. Henry in turn plays the cross in towards the far post but Keita cannot quite reach the high ball and it drifts over the top of his legs for a goalkick
    • 78' So good from Messi! So good! As he digs the ball out from under his feet on the right hand edge of the box before jinking past a couple of defenders and releasing his shot. But Sergio Asenjo just gets a touch on the ball to take it away from Henry who was following up for the rebound
    • 76' Alves very nearly gets in on the act with a bullet of a free kick from 35m out - but the shot drifts just wide of the right post and Barca will have to wait for their sixth
    • 75' The crows treat Eto'o to a standing ovation as he is brought off in favour of Alexander Hleb
    • 72' That goal turns out to be Gudjohnson's finally touch of the game as he is brought off for Keita before the re-start
    • 71' GOAL BARCA! Eidur Gudjohnsen gets the crowd involved again just as proceedings were experiencing a lull. Sergio Asenjo puts a poor pass out to his defence and the ball falls into the path of Eto'o, who in turn finds Gudjohnsen and all the Icelanidc player has to do is beat the keeper. Simple as that!
    • 69' Marquez is brought off to a loud ovation to be replaced by Caceres at the back for Barca
    • 66' Henry finds Eto'o, who in turn lays the ball back to Xavi ... oooh! The Spaniard's first touch volley only narrowly misses the left posts but Sergio Asenjo had not moved at all.
    • 61' Puyol is called upon in defence as Aguirre fires in a cross from the left wing meant for the fast approaching Goitim
    • 59' Alves wins the ball back from Valladolid on the left wing and whips a cross in towards Eto'o, but this time the golden touch escapes the Cameroonian and his header is off-target
    • 58' Eto'o finds Henry just inside the area but the Frenchman has his back to goal and quickly finds himself swamped by Valladolid defenders before being muscled off the ball
    • 55' Again though nothing can come of the chance as Sergio Asenjo collects with ease
    • 54' Nano brings down Marquez in a dangerous position and Messi steps up to the ball looking to take the free kick
    • 53' Gudjohnsen is harshly penalised inside his own half, having been judged to have fouled Rubio ... but the free kick is only just inside the Barca half and Valladolid cannot make anything of it
    • 48' Goitim worries Valdes for a second there as he tries to feed a ball across the front of goal and past the Barca keeper. But Valdes just gets his fingertips on the ball and manages to hold on to it - a few signs of life though in Valladolid in the early stages of this second half, signs that weren't there in the first half
    • 47' Bad signs for Barca fans as Messi goes down clutching his ankle after what looked like an inoculous collision with Marcos. Play is continuing though and Messi is now back on his feet and trying to walk it off
    • 46' Two half-time substitutions to update you with as Aguirre and Canobbio come on for Medunjanin and Pedro León
    • 46' Second half underway in Barcelona ...
    • 45'+2 There is the half-time whistle folks and it is just a case now of how much Barca beat Valladolid by! Can they come out and score another four? Or will they sit back and just enjoy the win, without risking any of their players?
    • 45' GOAL BARCA!! Eto'o gets his fourth of the night! Messi again is the man to set it up running in again from the right wing as he did with the third goal. The ball actually bounces off Pedro Lopez and falls kindly for Eto'o who puts away a relatively easy, for him anyway, shot! This game is over!!
    • 42' GOAL BARCA! There is the hat-trick for Eto'o! Delightful stuff from Messi as well as he plays a great through ball for the Cameroonian, who takes the ball past Sergio Asenjo with his first touch before sliding the ball into the back of the net with his second!
    • 41' Henry with another great chance to get on the scoresheet after he receives the ball from Eto'o, who is proving his usual prolific self tonight! But again the Frenchman's touch is a poor one and his shot is straight into the arms of Sergio Asenjo
    • 39' Eto'o plays a great through ball for Messi who has only the keeper to beat, and does so despite Sergio Asenjo going in feet first of the Barca forward. But the flag was up and the goal won't count
    • 35' A great opportunity for Henry to make it three as he receives the ball on the edge of the area. His first touch is a poor one though and he has to take two more, which narrows down the angle and the Frenchman is forced to square the ball back rather than take a shot. Unfortuntaley for Barca the cross is a poor one too and there is no-one there to get anything on it
    • 30' GOAL BARCA! Eto'o gets his second, again from a counter attack. Eto'o found Henry, on the counter, on the left of the goal but the Frenchman's shot was parried straight into the path of Eto'o who volleyed home with ease
    • 27' Xavi whips a cross in from the wing but Marquez's header is high and wide, although it was from an admittedly tough angle
    • 26' Barca on the counter after Valladolid's free kick has bounced off the wall and Eto'o very nearly gets a second but he loses his footing in the area and his shot is saved by Asenjo
    • 25' Alves brings down Marcos in midfield and Valladolid now will have a great opportunity to get themselves on the scoreboard now
    • 23' Gonzalez with Valladolid's first real chance of the night but his shot flies over the bar
    • 20' Toure recieves the first yellow card of the night for a sloppy challenge
    • 18' Messi wins a free kick in midfield after being brought down by Dorado
    • 15' Lopez concedes a corner as Henry continues to cause havoc on the left wing ... nothing comes of it though
    • 12' GOAL BARCA! Not even a matter of that much time apparently as Eto'o scores a brilliant goal to put the hosts in front! Alves finds Eto'o on the edge of the area and the Cameroonian shows off some stunning footwork to jink past three defenders before firing past Asenjo
    • 11' Henry on the left wing tries to find Eto'o in the centre but his cross is too high and it instead falls for Messi, but again the Argentine's shot is pulled wide, this time of the left post. Surely it's only a matter of time before Barca score
    • 9' Toure finds Messi out on the right of goal but the Argentine fires his ball into the side netting and Valladolid escape again
    • 8' Gudjohnsen with a great chance to get Barca off the mark as he times his run into the box brilliantly but he doesn't quite get the header right and it lands on the top netting
    • 7' Thierry Henry sidefoots into an empty net, but it won't count!! The flag was up!
    • 5' Lionel Messi surrenders possession all too easily in midfield and Valladolid mop up.
    • 3' Valladolid win a free-kick 25 yards out....HARIS MEDUNJANIN shoots left-footed, and Victor Valdes makes his first save of the evening.
    • 1' And we're away in Spain, with the pitch looking in fine condition and Barca fans in decent voice.
    • 21:56 Barcelona have the chance to take back the top of the table spot from Real Madrid, who have just beaten Malaga 4-3 at the Bernabeu
    • 21:56 Hello and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of this La Liga clash between Barcelona and Valladolid

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Valladolid
    57% Possession 42%
    22 Shots 3
    13 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 6
    9 Corners 5
    9 Fouls 8
    5 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 22
    396 Accurate passes 267
    55 Bad passes 58

  • 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 4 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 38 8 2
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 8 10
      20 Daniel Alves 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 39 1 12
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 6 1
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 67 11 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 38 2 2
      10 Lionel Messi 0 4 1 0 3 2 1 41 5 2
      9 Samuel Eto'o 4 6 5 0 2 1 0 24 1 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 21 4 0
      14 Thierry Henry 1 5 4 2 0 2 1 27 7 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
      15 Seydou Keita 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1
    • Valladolid
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sergio Asenjo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0
      11 Victoriano Nano 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 3 2
      3 Alberto Marcos 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 21 9 2
      16 Pedro López Muñoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 5
      5 José García Calvo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 2 1
      18 Alvaro Rubio Robles 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 51 8 0
      12 Pedro León Sanchez Gil 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 3
      23 Haris Medunjanin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 5 2
      14 Ángel Vivar Dorado 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 43 8 1
      19 Jonathan Sesma González 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 5 2
      9 Henok Goitom 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 15 8 1
      15 Damián Escudero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      20 Fabian Canobbio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 7 1
      13 Justo Villar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Javier Baraja Vegas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Bartholomew Ogbeche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Marcos Aguirre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1
      21 Víctor Manuel Fernández Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 84' GOAL BARCA! Henry gets in on the act after a one-two between Messi and Hleb, before the latter lays the ball off for Henry just to the left of the penalty area. No chance for Sergio Asenjo to do anything with it and Barca have six for the third time this season!
    • 71' GOAL BARCA! Eidur Gudjohnsen gets the crowd involved again just as proceedings were experiencing a lull. Sergio Asenjo puts a poor pass out to his defence and the ball falls into the path of Eto'o, who in turn finds Gudjohnsen and all the Icelanidc player has to do is beat the keeper. Simple as that!
    • 45' GOAL BARCA!! Eto'o gets his fourth of the night! Messi again is the man to set it up running in again from the right wing as he did with the third goal. The ball actually bounces off Pedro Lopez and falls kindly for Eto'o who puts away a relatively easy, for him anyway, shot! This game is over!!
    • 42' GOAL BARCA! There is the hat-trick for Eto'o! Delightful stuff from Messi as well as he plays a great through ball for the Cameroonian, who takes the ball past Sergio Asenjo with his first touch before sliding the ball into the back of the net with his second!
    • 30' GOAL BARCA! Eto'o gets his second, again from a counter attack. Eto'o found Henry, on the counter, on the left of the goal but the Frenchman's shot was parried straight into the path of Eto'o who volleyed home with ease
    • 12' GOAL BARCA! Not even a matter of that much time apparently as Eto'o scores a brilliant goal to put the hosts in front! Alves finds Eto'o on the edge of the area and the Cameroonian shows off some stunning footwork to jink past three defenders before firing past Asenjo
    • 3' Valladolid win a free-kick 25 yards out....HARIS MEDUNJANIN shoots left-footed, and Victor Valdes makes his first save of the evening.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • R. Márquez Substitution Out (68′)
    • G. Pique
    • C. Puyol
    • Y. Touré Yellow Card
    • E. Gudjohnsen Goal Substitution Out (72′)
    • L. Messi
    • .. Xavi
    • T. Henry Goal
    • S. Eto'o Goals×4 Substitution Out (75′)

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb Substitution In75′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • C. Busquets
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution In72′
    • 2. M. Cáceres Substitution In68′
    • 11. K. Bojan

    Injured

    • 22. E. Abidal
    • 8. A. Iniesta

    Suspended

    None

  • Valladolid

    Manager: José Luis Mendilibar

    Captain: Fernández Víctor

    Starting line-up

    • A. Sergio
    • M. Pedro López
    • V. Rivas "Nano"
    • J. García Calvo
    • A. Marcos
    • H. Medunjanin Substitution Out (46′)
    • &. Rubio
    • S. Pedro León Substitution Out (46′)
    • &. Vivar Dorado
    • J. Sesma Substitution Out (83′)
    • H. Goitom

    Subs

    • 7. B. Ogbeche
    • 13. J. Villar
    • 20. N. Canobbio Substitution In46′
    • 8. J. Baraja
    • 21. F. Víctor
    • 22. M. Aguirre Substitution In46′
    • 15. D. Escudero Substitution In83′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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