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Espanyol

  • Corominas 19’

Barcelona

  • Henry 75’
  • Messi 89’ (pen.)

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Espanyol
    • Barcelona
    • 90+13 MESSI SCORES!!!! AND THE FINAL WHISTLE GOES IMMEDIATELY!!! WHAT UNBELIEVABLE DRAMA!!!
    • 90+12 PENALTY!!!!! ETO'O GOES DOWN UNDER THE CHALLENGE OF NICOLAS PEREJA AND BARCA HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IT!!!
    • 90+9' Henry cuts inside, but he can't find a finish.
    • 90+3' Deep into injury time now, and Barca continue to press for the winner.
    • 87' Messi works his magic once more, to slide in Alves down the right - but his cross is cleared at the near post.
    • 84' GOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Xavi plays a long ball forward towards Henry, who benefits from a fortunate deflection to sidefoot home into an empty net!!! Henry's first touch was poor, but when Kameni cleared his kick rebounded off a defender and back into the Barca striker's path...1-1!!
    • 81' Bojan works some space and fires a shot wide from just outside the box.
    • 77' The game finally re-starts, but you can expect at least seven or eight minutes of added time at its conclusions. Barca attack and Henry wins a corner.
    • 70' There's trouble in the stadium here. The fans are fighting and the referee has taken the players off the field.
    • 68' HOW HAVE BARCA NOT SCORED!!! Messi attacks and the ball ends up with HENRY...whose shot is cleared off the line!!
    • 66' Messi cuts inside and shoots. His effort is deflected and from the resultant corner Pique's header lacks power.
    • 65' Final change for Barca. On comes Bojan for Busquets. What an attacking line-up they have now!!
    • 63' Lovely link play between Henry and Eto'o, and the Cameroon international gets a shot on target, only to be denied by his compatriot Kameni.
    • 63' Pep Guardiola is marching up and down the touchline looking nervous. He brings on Seydou Keita to replace Gudjohnsen.
    • 59' Henry with an acrobatic attempt to bring things level, but his overhead kick is straight at Kameni.
    • 56' Chica is the latest man in the book, as the temperature rises.
    • 54' Samuel Eto'o replaces Eric Abidal for Barca...who have a free-kick in a dangerous position. Xavi steps up, and bends it just over the bar.
    • 53' Roman Martinez goes in the book for dissent, after a he fails to get a free-kick decision.
    • 50' Garcia is ploughing a lone furrow up top for 10-man Espanyol. He's going to have a very tiring half.
    • 47' Iniesta finds Gudjohnsen with a lovely cross, and the Iceland international is unmarked...but his header is weak.
    • 46' Away we go with the second half, and with it the news that Espanyol have replaced Raul Tamuda with Angel Cervera.
    • 45+1 That's it for the first half, and it ends with Espanyoal ahead - but down to 10 men. The second period should be fascinating.
    • 45' Nene jumps with Busquet and catches him with a flailing arm. The referee decides it was deliberate and gives him a second yellow and his marching orders. Poor decision, very very poor.
    • 44' Gudjohnsen finds Alves on the right, but he loses possession. Iniesta gets in back and tees up XAVI!!! Just over!!
    • 40' Barca are dominating the action now. Messi picks up possession, nutmegs Francisco Chica and fires a volley goalwards, but its deflected.
    • 36' Messi cuts inside and shoots...Kameni saves but HENRY HAS A GREAT CHANCE FROM THE REBOUND...OFF THE LINE!!! SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER.
    • 33' ALVES HITS ONE!!! Just over the bar, with a touch from the keeper to help it on its way.
    • 30' Pique is fouled by Luis Garcia and reacts angrily. Barca are getting frustrated here.
    • 27' Quite an atmosphere in Catalan country, and the home fans are fine voice.
    • 24' Mesmerising run from Messi, but his cross is just too high for Henry.
    • 19' GOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!! ESPANYOL LEAD AND FERRAN COROMINAS HAS THE GOAL!!! Gerard Pique slices a clearance and Valdes flaps to push it against the bar. Corominas is first to the loose ball and he squeezes it home.
    • 15' Henry gets away on the left and wins his side a corner. Espanyol clear their lines comfortably. But Barca come back and XAVI HITS THE BAR FROM 30 YARDS...WHAT A SHOT!!! The keeper had no chance.
    • 13' Anderson Nene goes in the book for a crude tackle on Busquets.
    • 12' HENRY WITH A SHOT!!! Just wide. Lovely turn and shot from the Frenchman, and it almost brought the opening goal.
    • 12' Lionel Messi finds Andres Iniesta, and his cross is beaten away by the legs of Carlos Kameni in the Espanyol goal.
    • 9' Carles Puyol is back in the Barcelona colours tonight, after being rested against Betis in midweek. The early exhanges are disjointed.
    • 6' Sergi Busquets gets the first booking of the night for dissent, after he protests a decision too strongly.
    • 5' Dani Alves bursts down the right, but can't get his cross over.
    • 3' Barca start brightly, with Eidur Gudjohnsen busy up front alongside Henry.
    • 1' And we're away!! The big team news is that Thierry Henry STARTS FOR BARCA!!!
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of Espanyol v Barcelona in La Liga.

  • Team Stats

    Espanyol Stats Barcelona
    32% Possession 67%
    5 Shots 33
    3 Shots on target 9
    7 Saves 0
    0 Corners 12
    17 Fouls 24
    1 Offsides 0
    3 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 26
    149 Accurate passes 392
    26 Bad passes 84

  • 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
    • Espanyol
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Carlos Kameni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      16 Nicolás Pareja 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 18 2 2
      2 Francisco Chica Torres 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 5 1
      5 Sergio Sánchez 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 3 4
      21 Daniel Jarque 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 1 2
      6 Román Fernando Martinez 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 14 0 1
      22 Moises Hurtado 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 22 3 4
      17 Luis de Carvalho 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 1 2
      10 Luis Garcia 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 5 0 0
      23 Raúl Tamudo 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 1
      20 Ferran Corominas 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 14 5 0
      14 Ángel Martínez Cervera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 2
      28 Oscar Sielva Moreno 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      11 Milan Smiljanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Julian Lopez De Lerma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 José Maria Callejón Bueno 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
      25 Cristian Alvarez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jonathan Soriano Casas 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 3 0 0
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 9 3
      3 Gerard Pique 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 34 4 3
      20 Daniel Alves 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 31 3 1
      5 Carles Puyol 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 21 6 0
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 41 15 4
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 41 6 3
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 84 14 5
      10 Lionel Messi 1 7 2 3 5 0 0 41 6 2
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 24 10 2
      14 Thierry Henry 1 8 4 3 0 0 0 19 5 3
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Seydou Keita 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 6 0
      27 Pedro Rodríguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+13 MESSI SCORES!!!! AND THE FINAL WHISTLE GOES IMMEDIATELY!!! WHAT UNBELIEVABLE DRAMA!!!
    • 90+12 PENALTY!!!!! ETO'O GOES DOWN UNDER THE CHALLENGE OF NICOLAS PEREJA AND BARCA HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IT!!!
    • 84' GOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Xavi plays a long ball forward towards Henry, who benefits from a fortunate deflection to sidefoot home into an empty net!!! Henry's first touch was poor, but when Kameni cleared his kick rebounded off a defender and back into the Barca striker's path...1-1!!
    • 45' Nene jumps with Busquet and catches him with a flailing arm. The referee decides it was deliberate and gives him a second yellow and his marching orders. Poor decision, very very poor.
    • 36' Messi cuts inside and shoots...Kameni saves but HENRY HAS A GREAT CHANCE FROM THE REBOUND...OFF THE LINE!!! SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER.
    • 19' GOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!!!! ESPANYOL LEAD AND FERRAN COROMINAS HAS THE GOAL!!! Gerard Pique slices a clearance and Valdes flaps to push it against the bar. Corominas is first to the loose ball and he squeezes it home.
    • 15' Henry gets away on the left and wins his side a corner. Espanyol clear their lines comfortably. But Barca come back and XAVI HITS THE BAR FROM 30 YARDS...WHAT A SHOT!!! The keeper had no chance.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of Espanyol v Barcelona in La Liga.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

  • Espanyol

    Manager: Bartolomé Márquez

    Captain: 23. Raúl Tamudo

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kameni
    • S. Sánchez
    • D. Jarque
    • N. Pareja
    • F. Chica Yellow Card
    • M. Hurtado
    • F. Román Martínez Yellow Card
    • F. Corominas Goal Substitution Out (82′)
    • L. García Fernández Substitution Out (79′)
    • A. de Carvahlo "Nené" Red Card
    • R. Tamudo Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • 24. J. Soriano
    • 27. L. Julián
    • 14. M. Ángel Substitution In46′
    • 11. M. Smiljanic
    • 25. J. Cristian Álvarez
    • 8. J. Callejón Substitution In79′
    • 28. &. Sielva Substitution In82′

    Injured

    • 9. I. De la Peña
    • 12. G. Beranger

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: 5. Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • R. Márquez
    • C. Puyol
    • E. Abidal Substitution Out (54′)
    • C. Busquets Yellow Card Substitution Out (65′)
    • .. Xavi
    • A. Iniesta
    • E. Gudjohnsen Substitution Out (61′)
    • T. Henry Goal
    • L. Messi Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 9. S. Eto'o Substitution In54′
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution In61′
    • 3. G. Pique
    • 24. Y. Touré
    • 11. K. Bojan Substitution In65′
    • 27. R. Pedrito

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None