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Sunday May 10, 2009 Finished

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Barcelona

  • Keita 11’
  • Eto'o 35’
  • Alves 45’

Villarreal

  • Llorente 21’, 90’
  • Fernández 77’ (pen.)

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Barcelona
    • Villarreal
    • 90+4' There's the final whistle and the match ends all square at 3-3 - making Villarreal very much the winners of the evening. Barca will still win the title, but the champagne is on ice for tonight after the visitors showed real courage to fight back. Thanks for joining me!!
    • 90+2' GOOOOAAAALLL!! Would you believe it!!! Llorente hooks home after confusion in the Barca box and Villarreal are level.
    • 90' There will be FOUR MINUTES of added time.
    • 87' Eidur Gudjohnsen is the next man to enter the fray for Barca. Messi the magician leaves the field.
    • 82' The Barca wall does its job. Xavi is replaced by Sergei Busquets.
    • 80' Alves clips Llorente's ankles unintentionally and picks up a yellow...free-kick to Villarreal on the edge of the Barca box.
    • 79' Eto'o leaves to rapturous applause. In his place comes Sylvinho.
    • 78' GOOOAAALLL!!! Substitute Mati Fernandez blasts the ball home, sending Valdes the wrong way, and Villarreal are right back in this at 3-2 down.
    • 77' PENALTY TO VILLARREAL!!!! Abidal leans in Llorente and the referee points to the spot...and sends Abidal OFF!!! For the second time this week.
    • 75' Lovely little jinking run from Messi, but he can't quite dink a pass through for Eto'o and Villarreal escape.
    • 73' Iniesta with a comical dive inside the box. The referee rightly waves play on.
    • 70' Eto'o lets fly from wide on the left, but his effort is well blocked.
    • 67' Barca are toying with their opponents here, but they look fairly content to sit back and take this 3-1.
    • 64' Rossi and Pires make way for the visitors. In their place come Soriano Bruno and Nihat.
    • 61' Pires rolls back the years with a neat piece of skill and sweeping cross-field pass.
    • 59' The Barca fans are really enjoying this, dancing up and down in the stands in anticipation of watching their team seal the title.
    • 57' Rossi takes a dive in the box after Carles Puyol slides in...and earns himself a yellow card for his theatrics.
    • 54' Lovely run from Eto'o, but he tries to take on one too many and eventually loses possession.
    • 51' Akves finds Keita with a cross. Lopez makes the save, but Xavi follows up to tap in. Keita is ruled offside however and it will not stand!
    • 50' Diego Leal of Villarreal goes in the book for a foul. Barca take the free-kick quickly and Messi's shot is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 49' Messi attempts to chest the ball in to the path of Eto'o, but it doesn't quite come off.
    • 48' Iniesta gives the ball away in midfield. A rare mistake from a player who's been superb this evening.
    • 46' Away we go with the second half. No changes to report.
    • 45+1' The half-time whistle goes and Barca go into the break with a 3-1 lead. Back in 15!!
    • 45' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Alves steps up and curls the free-kick over the ball and in to make it 3-1!!! Lopez gets a hand on it, but he can't keep it out. Let the party begin!! That's 150 goals for Barca in La Liga this season.
    • 44' Messi takes on three players on the edge of the penalty area and wins a free-kick after going to ground.
    • 42' Xavi plays in Eto'o, but the striker is rightly ruled offside with the goal at his mercy.
    • 40' Chaos in the Villarreal penalty area!! Alves goes down under a challenge, but claims for a penalty are turned down...then Eto'o blazes over the bar.
    • 39' Xavi shoots direct from a free-kick, but his curled effort is over the bar.
    • 35' GOOOAAALLL!!! Barca take a quick free-kick, Messi finds Iniesta and he tees up Eto'o for a simple tap-in to make it 2-1!!!
    • 33' Abidal is fouled by Javier Venta and requires treatment.
    • 31' The game goes a bit quiet, with Barca content to just keep possession and regroup.
    • 30' Corner to Barca on their right. Xavi swings it over, but Villarreal clear comfortably.
    • 28' Rossi catches Alves with an elbow and the defender needs some time to gather himself. He'll be ok.
    • 26' WHAT A SAVE FROM VICTOR VALDES! Rossi sends a powerful header on target from 10 yards and the Barca keeper dives to push the ball onto the post!! Game on!
    • 23' The party is on hold and suddenly the Barca crowd appear to have lost their voice.
    • 22' GOOOOAAALLLL!!! Villarreal are level. Yaya Toure concedes possesion and Giuseppe Rossi takes advantage to tee up Joseba Llorente for a simple tap-in!!
    • 19' Xavi takes aim, but his effort is straight into the wall.
    • 17' Xavi finds Iniesta, who rampages forward and wins a free-kick in a central position 20 yards out. Danger.
    • 16' Alves falls over himself as he dribbles towards the Villarreal box. That was pretty funny.
    • 14' Alves picks out Messi, but his first-time volley is blocked.
    • 12' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Seydou Keita's shot takes a deflection off Gonzalo and fizzes over Diego Lopez. Barca lead.
    • 10' Great stuff from Eric Abidal, who bides his time before picking out Xavi at the far post...who drives a shot back across goal and just wide of the post.
    • 8' It's been all Barca so far. Villarreal have barely touched the ball.
    • 6' First real chance for Barca! Eto'o gets on the end of Daniel Alve's right-wing cross, but his volley is off target from five yards.
    • 5' Robert Pires with a chance to break for the visitors, but his pass is intercepted.
    • 4' Samuel Eto'o is caught offside in the penalty area from Andres Iniesta's pass.
    • 3' Messi cuts in for the right and wins a free-kick midway inside the Villarreal half.
    • 2' Barca are straight into their flowing pass-and-move. The pitch is in immaculate condition and the stadium is packed to the rafters.
    • 1' Away we go at Camp Nou! Barcelona can seal the La Liga title if they win tonight, which would wrap up quite a week for Pep Guardiola's team.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Villarreal in La Liga!

  • Team Stats

    Barcelona Stats Villarreal
    57% Possession 42%
    15 Shots 6
    3 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 0
    4 Corners 0
    19 Fouls 14
    7 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 5
    1 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 36
    442 Accurate passes 302
    83 Bad passes 59

  • 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 7 3 0
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 46 22 4
      20 Daniel Alves 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 45 0 4
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 43 1 1
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 32 4 0
      15 Seydou Keita 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 48 26 3
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 57 4 1
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 47 13 2
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 51 3 6
      10 Lionel Messi 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 49 3 5
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 6 1 2 1 4 0 14 4 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Martín Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Sylvinho Mendes Campos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      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
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      5 Joan Capdevila 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 43 13 3
      17 Javi Rodriguez Venta 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 26 0 6
      4 Diego Godín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 6
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 1 6
      6 Sebastian Eguren 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 35 8 6
      10 Ruben Gracia Calmache 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 32 10 5
      7 Robert Pires 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 3 1
      11 Ariel Ibagaza 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 4 0
      16 Joseba Llorente 2 2 2 1 4 1 0 20 3 1
      22 Giuseppe Rossi 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 21 5 2
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Javier Matilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 0
      18 Ángel David López Ruano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matías Fernández 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 10 4 0

  • Summary

    • 90+4' There's the final whistle and the match ends all square at 3-3 - making Villarreal very much the winners of the evening. Barca will still win the title, but the champagne is on ice for tonight after the visitors showed real courage to fight back. Thanks for joining me!!
    • 90+2' GOOOOAAAALLL!! Would you believe it!!! Llorente hooks home after confusion in the Barca box and Villarreal are level.
    • 78' GOOOAAALLL!!! Substitute Mati Fernandez blasts the ball home, sending Valdes the wrong way, and Villarreal are right back in this at 3-2 down.
    • 77' PENALTY TO VILLARREAL!!!! Abidal leans in Llorente and the referee points to the spot...and sends Abidal OFF!!! For the second time this week.
    • 51' Akves finds Keita with a cross. Lopez makes the save, but Xavi follows up to tap in. Keita is ruled offside however and it will not stand!
    • 45' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Alves steps up and curls the free-kick over the ball and in to make it 3-1!!! Lopez gets a hand on it, but he can't keep it out. Let the party begin!! That's 150 goals for Barca in La Liga this season.
    • 35' GOOOAAALLL!!! Barca take a quick free-kick, Messi finds Iniesta and he tees up Eto'o for a simple tap-in to make it 2-1!!!
    • 26' WHAT A SAVE FROM VICTOR VALDES! Rossi sends a powerful header on target from 10 yards and the Barca keeper dives to push the ball onto the post!! Game on!
    • 22' GOOOOAAALLLL!!! Villarreal are level. Yaya Toure concedes possesion and Giuseppe Rossi takes advantage to tee up Joseba Llorente for a simple tap-in!!
    • 12' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Seydou Keita's shot takes a deflection off Gonzalo and fizzes over Diego Lopez. Barca lead.
    • 6' First real chance for Barca! Eto'o gets on the end of Daniel Alve's right-wing cross, but his volley is off target from five yards.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Barcelona v Villarreal in La Liga!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves Goal Yellow Card
    • C. Puyol
    • G. Pique
    • E. Abidal Red Card
    • Y. Touré
    • .. Xavi Substitution Out (84′)
    • L. Messi Substitution Out (88′)
    • S. Keita Goal
    • A. Iniesta
    • S. Eto'o Goal

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen Substitution In88′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 28. C. Busquets Substitution In84′
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan

    Injured

    • 14. T. Henry
    • 4. R. Márquez
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Captain: 2. Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez

    Starting line-up

    • D. López
    • J. Venta
    • G. Rodríguez
    • D. Godín Yellow Card
    • J. Capdevila
    • R. Cani
    • S. Eguren Substitution Out (65′)
    • A. Ibagaza Substitution Out (74′)
    • R. Pires Substitution Out (66′)
    • G. Rossi Yellow Card
    • J. Llorente Goals×2

    Subs

    • 15. K. Nihat Substitution In66′
    • 18. &. López Ruano
    • 1. S. Viera
    • 20. F. Fuentes
    • 21. S. Bruno Substitution In65′
    • 14. M. Fernández Substitution In74′ Yellow Card
    • 32. J. Matilla

    Injured

    • 19. M. Senna
    • 8. S. Cazorla

    Suspended

    None

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  1. well done to Villarreal, they really deserved this

    x

    From Lisa, on Tue 12 May 7:50AM

  2. barca ping-pong football .manu will tan ya @#$% !!!big­ time

    From nlwarburton, on Mon 11 May 7:42PM

  3. Barcelona apesta

    From Shaun S, on Mon 11 May 5:29PM

  4. Post 193: Forlan ????

    From ThomasP, on Mon 11 May 5:02PM

  5. abidal is a red card @#$%

    From Fahad, on Mon 11 May 4:55PM

  6. Casillas
    S. Ramos
    Lescott
    Terry
    D.­ Alves
    Gerrard
    Kaka
    C.Ronaldo
    Messi
    Torres
    Rooney

    Subs.­ Cech, Taiwo, Rio Ferdinand,­ Essien, Carragher, Xabi­ Alonso, Ibrahimovic

    From Malcolm K, on Mon 11 May 4:47PM

  7. yeah guys... WELL, if you ask me (i know you dont), but­ this is the­ best:
    .........................Casillas................­ ............

    Sergio­ Ramos...............J.Terry....................D.Alves
    ­
    ...........Cesc­ Fabregas.............Gerrard.................

    C.Ronald­ o............................................A.Robben

    ­ ..........................Lampard......................­ ......

    .........David­ Villa......................Benzema............

    and­ there are subs also,
    Cech, Taiwo, Rio Ferdinand,­ Essien, Kaka, Xabi Alonso, Ibrahimovic, Kun Agueiro

    From Dave, on Mon 11 May 2:54PM

  8. M.Almunia
    J.Bosingwa
    R.Ferdinand
    J.Terry
    A.Cole
    R.Kaka
    ­ C.Fabregas
    C.Ronaldo
    L.Messi
    F.Torres
    M.Klose

    Wordl­­ 's Best XI

    Subs: P.Cech, C.Puyol, S.Ramos,­ B.Sweinsteiger, F.Ribery, S.Gerrard, Z.Ibrahimovic.

    From Youssef T, on Mon 11 May 1:51PM

  9. I.Casillas
    S.Ramos
    J.Lescott
    J.Terry
    A.Cole
    L.Diarra
    F.­ Lampard
    C.Ronaldo
    L.Messi
    Z.Ibrahimovic
    D.Forlan

    Wordl­ 's Best XI

    From Leqso, on Mon 11 May 1:17PM

  10. .................................................cech..­ ..................................
    ................alve­ s.........vidic...........terry............evra........­ .
    ...............messi.........lampard..........kaka...­ ......ronaldo
    ........................torres...........­ ............rooney

    subs: cassilas, puyol, toure,­ ramos, riberry, gerrard, essien, villa, huntellar

    From AHMAD S, on Mon 11 May 12:30PM

  11. OK, FIFA World Eleven and the best in the world­ is:
    Casillas
    Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Ferdinand,­ Terry,
    Gerrard, Kaka, Xavi,
    Ronaldo, Torres, Messi.

    From andrewgunners4life, on Mon 11 May 12:06PM

  12. ...............................cassilas................­ .........
    ........ramos.......puyol..........vidic.....­ ...roberto­ carlos

    beckham..............ronaldo..................­ .robben

    ­ ibrahimovic...torres....dzeko

    From masicerko, on Mon 11 May 11:56AM

  13. I purpose my squaq of 2009 .FIFA­ World:

    ------------------------------Casillas---------­ ---­ --------------------
    Sergio­­ Ramos---------Puyol---------Ferdinand---------Terry----­ ------
    -------------------Gerrard------------Lampard---­ -----------Ronaldo­---------
    ­ -----------------Henry-------­­ --------------Rooney---------------
    ­ --------------­­ ------------Messi----------------------------------

    Su­ bs:GK:Van Der Sar,Almunia,
    ­ DEF:Evra,Vidic,King,Dawson,Zanetti,Salgado,Metzelder,Pi­ quet,Milito
    ­ MID:Kaka,Xavi,Essien,Carrick,Benayoun,Lenon,Roben,Riber­ y,Schweinsteiger
    ­ ATCK:Ibrahimovic,Benzema,Pato,Higuain,David Villa,Its a­ lot of candidats

    From ferrarif1v8, on Mon 11 May 8:24AM

  14. .................Cech...................
    ..Ramos.....Te­ rry...Ferdinand......Vidic
    ..............Gerard........­ ............
    ........Kaka...........Lampard..........
    .­ .Messi........................Ronaldo..
    ...............­ .Rooney..................

    This is the best team that­ ever lives

    From Ikmal, on Mon 11 May 8:16AM

  15. it wasnt a red card

    From jben, on Mon 11 May 7:48AM

  16. FIFA World­ XI:

    ------------------------------Casillas------------­ --------------------
    Sergio­ Ramos----Puyol----Ferdinand-----------------Terry
    -----­ -------------------------Gerrard-----------------------­ ----------
    -----------------------Xavi-------------Kaka­ -------------------------
    -----------------Messi-------­ --------------Ronaldo---------------
    ------------------­ ------------Torres----------------------------------
    Pr­ emier League=5, La Liga=5, Serie A=1.
    Spain=5,­ England=3, Brazil=1, Argentina=1,­ Portugal=1.
    Barcelona=3, Machester Utd=2, Real­ Madrid=2, Liverpool=2, AC Milan=1, Chelsea=1.
    Barca 3,­ Manu 2, both in the final.
    It'll be interesting.

    From andrewgunners4life, on Mon 11 May 7:22AM

  17. actually, 171, its:
    Ronaldo
    Messi
    Torres
    Kaka
    Barca is­ worse than Arsenal:
    arsenal 3-1 Villareal
    Barca 3-3­ Villareal

    From andrewgunners4life, on Mon 11 May 7:14AM

  18. frankly,when it comes to way football has earned it­ popularity,Barca are the best.Remember both legs­ against Chelsea they where by far the only team on the­ pitch.They deserve going to the next round: THE FINAL

    From Matimba, on Mon 11 May 6:19AM

  19. if u remember, in the lest few games played between­­ manchester and willarreal, the results of most of it­­ were 0:0. So, nobody can't say that barcelona cant­­ beat ­ Manchester united,­ because they didnt beat­ willarreal. it will be tuff­ game

    From izeirn, on Sun 10 May 10:49PM

  20. let the players settle it in Rome..small talk from both­ sides fans doesn't mean @#$% so why bother getting­ frustrated about it , I'm a united fan but I know­ Barca are a real threat and It doesn't take a­ genius to know they posess world class players,both­ teams have tremendous players. Obviously I believe­ United can win but you should never be too­ overconfident and write-off the opposition. how can you­ judge who is best when they haven't met on the­ pitch yet?:S

    From craig_walker02, on Sun 10 May 10:36PM
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