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Racing Santander

  • Zigic 55’ (pen.)

Barcelona

  • Messi 65’, 80’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Racing Santander
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3' No matter - the final whistle blows and Barcelona win 2-1 thanks to Lionel Messi's double from the bench. Their 12-point lead at the top of La Liga is restored.
    • 90+2' Now Pique is sent off! The centre-back picks up a second booking for holding on to Tchite as the forward turned him.
    • 88' Late changes for both sides here: Cesar Navas makes way for Luccin for Racing, while Iniesta is replaced by Caceres for Barca.
    • 87' There may be hope for Racing yet - Rafa Marquez receives his second yellow card for a tackle from behind on Tchite and is given his marching orders!
    • 84' Racing can feel slightly hard done by, they have been well organised and carried a certain threat themselves, but if Messi's first was fortunate the second was anything but. The ineffective Eto'o is replaced by Eidur Gudjohnsen.
    • 81' GOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZZZZOOOOO!! An attempted Racing clearance is hoisted up into the air and Messi controls it with his chest on the run and fires an awesome volley across the keeper and in the give Barcelona the lead!! What a goal, what a substitute, what a player!
    • 77' Iniesta has genuine cause to appeal for a penalty after he is held back in the area after playing himself in with a slick backheel. The players aren't protesting too much but Guardiola is livid on the sidelines.
    • 76' Alves picks up a booking for a dive in the Racing area.
    • 73' Barcelona are starting to dictate the pace of the match again now, with Zigic and Tchite chasing shadows as the back four and Xavi knock the ball around casually.
    • 70' A lovely one-two with Xavi sees Henry latch on to a ball chipped over the defence, but he can't get the shot off and will have to settle for a corner. The short corner routine doesn't work and Racing clear their lines.
    • 67' Jonathan Pereira has worked huis socks off today, and deserves his ovation as he is replaced by Tchite.
    • 64' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Henry's cross is headed on to the bar by Xavi and guess who is there to tap in the rebound? Leo Messi takes just six minutes to chalk up his 15th league goal of the season.
    • 58' Alves's tackle was a fiar one, but he caught the ankle of Moral as he followed through. The full-back is stretchered off as Busquets is replaced by Messi for Barca. Sepsi eventually comes on for Racing.
    • 57' That goal is the cue for Messi to get stripped of and warmed up. Alves and Moral clash on the edge of the Barca box and the Racing defender looks in some pain.
    • 55' GOOOOOOOOOL!! Zigic sends Valdes the wrong way and calmly strokes the penalty into the net to give Raciing the lead!
    • 55' PENALTY!! Marquez trips Pereira in the Barca area and Racing have the chance to go ahead from the penalty spot! The Mexican gets a booking. Zigic is placing the ball on the spot...
    • 52' Munitis will take a Racing free-kick on the right wing. He curls it in for Zigic, but it's headed away but only as far as PEREIRA... The shot is charged down and Barca survive!
    • 49' Pereira almost nips in to latch on to a headed backpass from Pique, but Valdes is quick enough to see the danger and collect.
    • 46' The second half is underway.
    • 45+2' Half-time at El Sardinero, and Barca are not playing like a side currently running away at the top of the league - which is to Racing's credit. Expect to see Leo Messi soon if things don't change.
    • 45' Busquets is tackled by Moral and is adamant that he should have had a foul. It was a kind of NFL-style block off, but only after he had lost the ball anyway.
    • 41' Another Barca free-kick in a good area. This time Xavi places the ball and surely he'll take it ths time... The strike flicks up off the wal and out for a corner.
    • 39' Racing build down the right and Pereira feeds Moral down the wing. His cross rebounds off of Busquets but Pereira's looped ball in to the far post finds ZIGIC TO HEAD... Bounces wide of the far post! Valdes was rooted to the spot and the giant forward had all the time in the world to pick his spot.
    • 37' Near disaster for Barca as Pique doesn't see Valdes coming off his line and heads a back pass past him! Luckily it was off target and they only concede a corner.
    • 34' Nice slick one-touch move from Barca and Henry drills a low ball across the face of goal, but Marcano is there to intercept and clear.
    • 28' Cesar Navas goes in hard on Iniesta and Barca have another promising set-piece. Xavi is standing behind the ball but Marquez will take it... The Mexican's curling effort hits the stands, though it wasn't quite as wayward as Alves's earlier effort.
    • 26' Alves curls in another inviting cross around full-back Marcano, but once again Eto'o and Henry are not on hand to attack it.
    • 23' Racing skipper Munitis is the first man into the referee's book this afternoon. As a cultured playmaker who is not averse to getting his kit dirty, he will have to tread carefully around the likes of Iniesta and Xavi now.
    • 20' Dani Alves is standing in front of the ball about 25 yards out, ready to strike a free-kick... He blasts it into the crowd.
    • 18' Pique shoves Pereira in the back and Racing have a free-kick on the right wing. The ball is curled in towards Zigic and ther big Serb nods it down into the path of Pereira, but Valdes can scoop it up before the nippy striker can get to it.
    • 16' That effort looks to have buoyed Racing, who are now seeing a lot more of the ball.
    • 12' Pereira beats Pique and cuts into the box on the left and SHOOTS... Valdes knocks it on to the near post! Abidal hacks the loose ball clear! Racing almost took the lead against the run of play there, but it was an excellent save by Valdes.
    • 10' Dani Alves sprints down the line to cut a ball into the box, but neither Eto'o or Henry read it.
    • 7' Barca have dominated possession in the opening few minutes. with Xavi things.
    • 3' Iniesta floats a ball into the box but it goes into the arms of Tono.
    • 1' We're underway in Santander!
    • 15:51 Kick off is at 16:00 UK time so don't go anywhere!
    • 15:50 Hola, como estas and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Racing Santander v Barcelona!

  • Team Stats

    Racing Santander Stats Barcelona
    28% Possession 71%
    7 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 3
    2 Corners 3
    11 Fouls 21
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 2
    21 Tackles 20
    178 Accurate passes 540
    37 Bad passes 61

  • 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
    • Racing Santander
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Antonio Rodriguez Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
      24 Mehdi Lacen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 5 6
      29 Iván Marcano 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 8 4
      5 César Navas 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 0 1
      3 Oriol Lozano 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 11 1
      8 Gonzalo Colsa 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 27 0 1
      2 Toni Moral 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9 6 0
      10 Pedro Munitis 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 2
      18 Juan Valera Espin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 2
      12 Nikola Zigic 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 14 2 0
      20 Jonathan Pereira Rodríguez 0 3 2 1 6 0 0 8 0 1
      6 Laszlo Sepsi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 3
      28 Eduardo Bedia Peláez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 José Moratón Taeño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Fabio Coltorti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Pablo Pinillos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Peter Luccin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Mohamed Tchite 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 64 1 2
      22 Eric Abidal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 20 4
      20 Daniel Alves 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 51 1 3
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 63 4 1
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 41 2 2
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 5 3
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 89 8 1
      8 Andres Iniesta 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 59 14 3
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13 0 0
      14 Thierry Henry 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 20 5 1
      10 Lionel Messi 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 17 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 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

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Now Pique is sent off! The centre-back picks up a second booking for holding on to Tchite as the forward turned him.
    • 87' There may be hope for Racing yet - Rafa Marquez receives his second yellow card for a tackle from behind on Tchite and is given his marching orders!
    • 81' GOOOOOOOOOOOOLAZZZZOOOOO!! An attempted Racing clearance is hoisted up into the air and Messi controls it with his chest on the run and fires an awesome volley across the keeper and in the give Barcelona the lead!! What a goal, what a substitute, what a player!
    • 64' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Henry's cross is headed on to the bar by Xavi and guess who is there to tap in the rebound? Leo Messi takes just six minutes to chalk up his 15th league goal of the season.
    • 55' GOOOOOOOOOL!! Zigic sends Valdes the wrong way and calmly strokes the penalty into the net to give Raciing the lead!
    • 39' Racing build down the right and Pereira feeds Moral down the wing. His cross rebounds off of Busquets but Pereira's looped ball in to the far post finds ZIGIC TO HEAD... Bounces wide of the far post! Valdes was rooted to the spot and the giant forward had all the time in the world to pick his spot.
    • 37' Near disaster for Barca as Pique doesn't see Valdes coming off his line and heads a back pass past him! Luckily it was off target and they only concede a corner.
    • 12' Pereira beats Pique and cuts into the box on the left and SHOOTS... Valdes knocks it on to the near post! Abidal hacks the loose ball clear! Racing almost took the lead against the run of play there, but it was an excellent save by Valdes.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

  • Racing Santander

    Manager: Juan Ramón López Muñiz

    Starting line-up

    • A. Rodríguez "Toño"
    • J. Valera
    • C. Navas Substitution Out (89′)
    • O. Lozarano
    • M. Marcano
    • A. Moral Segura Substitution Out (63′)
    • G. Colsa
    • M. Lacen
    • P. Munitis Yellow Card
    • J. Pereira Substitution Out (69′)
    • N. Zigic

    Subs

    • 15. P. Luccin Substitution In89′
    • 22. J. Moratón
    • 14. P. Pinillos
    • 1. F. Coltorti
    • 6. L. Sepsi Substitution In63′
    • 25. M. Tchite Substitution In69′
    • 28. P. Edu Bedía

    Injured

    • 17. L. Fernández
    • 4. E. Garay

    Suspended

    • 11. O. Serrano

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves Yellow Card
    • G. Pique Red Card
    • R. Márquez Red Card
    • E. Abidal
    • Y. Touré Yellow Card
    • .. Xavi
    • C. Busquets Substitution Out (60′)
    • T. Henry
    • A. Iniesta Substitution Out (89′)
    • S. Eto'o Substitution Out (85′)

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen Substitution In85′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 10. L. Messi Substitution In60′ Goals×2
    • 2. M. Cáceres Substitution In89′
    • 11. K. Bojan

    Injured

    • 5. C. Puyol
    • 15. S. Keita
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None

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