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Recreativo Huelva

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  • Messi 51’
  • Keita 85’

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  1. Imperious Barcelona extend lead

    Imperious Barcelona extend lead

    Barcelona beat Recreativo 2-0 to extend their lead at the top of La Liga to three points. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Recreativo Huelva
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3 The referee puts Recre out of their misery and Barca go five points clear after a comfortable 2-0 win. Thanks for joining us this weekend for some exciting Liga action.
    • 90+2 Alves to swing it in from the right... brilliant delivery AND MARQUEZ RISES WITH A HEADER THAT CRASHES AGAINST THE BAR! Barca still want more!
    • 90+1 Beto with a terrible tackle on Beto and somehow he doesn't see red for that. An old-fashioned reducer which, because it was so high, doesn't even threaten Messi's legs, more the torso.
    • 90' Ruben on the ball, he can shoot from the edge of the box but Barca have bodies back with Pique in the way, so he plays it wide to Vazquez who shoots from an angle but over!
    • 88' Camunas chops down Messi but gets away without a booking.
    • 87' Eto'o comes off for Bojan. Barca have a lot of good players, in case you didn't know.
    • 85' Henry on the left manages to dig out a far-post cross, it beats Poli and Eto'o hits a volley into the ground which beats Riesgo but is going wide AND KEITA IS THERE WITH A TAP-IN AT THE FAR POST FOR 2-0! Barcelona have deserved that and Henry with a key role, he's been really good tonight.
    • 83' Henry on the left, he drifts past Akale and cuts inside before hammering a superb shot off the outside of the post!
    • 81' Recre don't have the luxury of two internationals in each position, so Ruben bandages his head after an injury. A cross comes in from the left but Alves is fouled, free-kick Barca.
    • 80' The rarity of a contested drop-ball sees Recre come out on top. Offisde though against Akale.
    • 79' BARCELONA SUB: If it was rugby we'd call it a blood replacement, Toure off for Keita.
    • 78' Toure is bleeding from the head. Looks like he'll be coming off.
    • 76' Messi on the right, he cuts inside, beats one man, a second, a third, this is wonderful but he plays it wide to Henry who is offside! Should have gone it alone.
    • 74' Xavi on the ball, he cuts outside, then back in, beats one man and another, this is a great run, he slips it inside to Eto'o who holds off his marker but drags it wide from close range! Should have been two...
    • 71' The ball drops to Henry on the edge of the box, he shoots into the ground and it takes a deflection over Riesgo and comes back off the bar and Eto'o can finish but Riesgo dives on it. Arzo is a woman about the challenge and gets Eto'o booked. I think he earned himself a card too, ha ha.
    • 70' Camunas is pullig Messi all over the shop and it's a free-kick to Barca. Puyol comes off for Sylvinho and hands the armband to Xavi.
    • 68' Some play-acting from Puyol, with the ref allowing play to continue before ordering him off the pitch to receive treatment.
    • 65' Busquets plays it inside to Eto'o who shimmies and shoots low and hard but straight at Riesgo!
    • 64' A pass through the middle splits the Recre defence in two and Eto'o is through, surely he's offside but the flag stays down and Bouzon gets across to foil the Cameroonian! End to end stuff!
    • 63' The corner is swung low to the near post AND IT COMES OFF THE WOODWORK! Not sure if that took a touch or who off, there were bodies everywhere. Recre go very close again.
    • 62' Camunas on the left, he goes inside Alves, then out and he puts in a low ball AND AKALE ON THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX BUT OVER! Looks like it took a deflection so a corner.
    • 61' Recre get a corner via Sisi on the right, Puyol tacking back in an unfamiliar left-back position.
    • 59' Great wingplay from Henry on the left but his cross is too close to Riesgo at the near post.
    • 57' Recre go to sleep at the back and Poli lets Henry and Eto'o in but Riesgo flies out to hoof the ball clear.
    • 55' The corner is wasted though and Recre clear.
    • 54' Henry on the left, he gets one-on-one with Bouzon and can set-up Eto'o but Poli flies across to hack it behind for a corner.
    • 52' Free-kick to Barca on the edge of the box, Alves and Xavi over it. Alves leaves it and Xavi plays it short to Messi WHO UNLEASHES AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! What a finish! What a clever routine! What a goal! Barca lead.
    • 50' Messi on the right, he skips past Poli and fires in a shot but Beto put him off and it skews well wide of the far post.
    • 48' Alves with a great ball into Messi who skins Beto and plays a great cross with the outside of his left and ETO'O BUT ARZO GETS ACROSS TO FORCE HIM TO HEAD OVER! Good defending again by Arzo.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Eto'o tries a curling lob from the left but high and wide , Barca have dominated this half but the whistle goes and it's goalless at the break!
    • 44' The replay shows that was a poor decision - he was better than level with the last man. He failed to control it anyway.
    • 43' Xavi almost gets it through to Eto'o but the flag is up. He'd have been clean in there!
    • 40' Puyol with a surging run down the left and he almost finds Busquets but he can't get there. Henry now down the left but a superb tackle from Bouzon, corner Barca.
    • 39' It's taken short and is moved to Messi, who cuts inside and shoots but blocked over for a corner. Messi swings it over and Pique takes it on the chest before trying a bicycle kick but the whistle goes for handball.
    • 38' Sisi booked for a nothing foul on Alves. The ref evens it up then.
    • 37' Valdes throws it straight out and Messi runs at the Recre defence, he beats one man, another, they try to pull him down but he rides the fouls and he FREES HENRY ON THE LEFT but he shoots weakly at Riesgo!
    • 36' Terrible corner routine from Barca, playing it to Toure on the edge of the box but putting it behind him, he loses the ball and Recre break but Adriano's cross is saved by Valdes.
    • 34' The free-kick is swung towards the penalty and Morris with the header but straight at Valdes!
    • 32' Sisi draws a foul from Alves, who complains furiously and talks himself into the book.
    • 28' Eto'o on the ball, he runs straight down the middle, shrugs off one challenge and drills it in low from the edge of the box but a great parry by Riesgo and Messi can get onto it but good defending by Amposta and Messi fouls him.
    • 27' Xavi wide to Alves, he swings the cross really deep to Henry at the far post, he knocks an excellent cushioned header TO BUSQUETS ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT HE VOLLEYS JUST OVER! That would have been some goal!
    • 25' Not a great effort from Alves, bouncing well wide. Barca have it back though, Alves with a surging run, he finds Eto'o who flicks it across for Henry but good defending by Beto to nod it back to Riesgo.
    • 24' Barca playing keep-ball at the moment with Recre putting 10 behind the ball. The ref keeps the game flowing after a foul on Alves but then a handball is give. Alves to take this, from 35 yards, he's going to shoot you know...
    • 23' Eto'o almost gets clear but a great tackle from Jesus Vazquez to prevent a sure goal!
    • 21' Messi cuts in again from the right and fires in a good shot that Riesgo dives down to parry away!
    • 19' Toure inside to Messi who has a crack from the edge of the box but straight at Riesgo.
    • 16' Henry with a great ball to Alves, who goes down but no appeal as he just stumbled.
    • 15' Successive corners are dealt with, Barca break and Alves is free on the right but his centre is blocked by Beto getting back.
    • 14' Great move by Recre down the right but the cross from Tornavaca is slightly too deep and Puyol prevents Aitor from crossing. Corner.
    • 11' Messi does really well on the right to beat two men and hit the byline but his cross is blocked for a corner. The ref, however, points for a goal kick with a lot of confidence.
    • 9' Good tackle from Toure to free Messi, who cuts in from the left to Eto'o, who beats two men and finds Busquets but his final ball is poor.
    • 8' Vazquez just to the left of the D... but straight at Victor Valdes.
    • 7' Dani Alves gives away a free-kick despite barely making any contact with Adrian. On the edge of the box, dangerous for Barca...
    • 3' Barca almost in with Henry on the left but the cross is too close to Riesgo in the Recre goal.
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - After Real's defeat to Valladolid and Villarreal's draw at Malaga, Barca can go three points clear with a win against the struggling Andalusian side.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Barcelona's trip down south to face Recreativo from 20;00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Recreativo Huelva Stats Barcelona
    31% Possession 68%
    7 Shots 21
    2 Shots on target 8
    3 Saves 1
    5 Corners 5
    10 Fouls 20
    3 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 21
    173 Accurate passes 456
    34 Bad passes 87

  • 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
    • Recreativo Huelva
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Asier Riesgo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0
      4 César Arzo 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 1 0
      2 Nasief Morris 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0
      20 Hipolito Fernández Serrano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 5
      5 Iago Bouzón 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 21 0 3
      22 Roberto Luis Gaspar Deus Severo 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 2 1
      10 Antonio Jesús Vázquez 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 23 4 8
      14 Sisinio González Martínez 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 19 5 3
      21 Aitor Tornavaca 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 10 0 1
      23 Francisco Javier Garcia Guerrero 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 2 0
      11 Adrián Colunga 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 11 2 2
      17 Rafael Barber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Marco Rubén 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      1 Roberto Jiménez Gago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Javi Fuego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Kanga Akale 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 3 1
      8 Javier Camuñas 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 3 0
      6 José Manuel Casado Bizcocho 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 7 3 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 46 3 1
      5 Carles Puyol 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 41 9 4
      20 Daniel Alves 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 50 0 5
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 42 13 2
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 40 6 3
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 5 2
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 85 14 1
      10 Lionel Messi 1 5 3 1 4 0 0 33 7 1
      9 Samuel Eto'o 0 7 2 2 1 2 1 17 3 1
      14 Thierry Henry 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 27 12 0
      13 Jose Manuel Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 8 5 0
      15 Seydou Keita 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 6 1

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Alves to swing it in from the right... brilliant delivery AND MARQUEZ RISES WITH A HEADER THAT CRASHES AGAINST THE BAR! Barca still want more!
    • 90' Ruben on the ball, he can shoot from the edge of the box but Barca have bodies back with Pique in the way, so he plays it wide to Vazquez who shoots from an angle but over!
    • 85' Henry on the left manages to dig out a far-post cross, it beats Poli and Eto'o hits a volley into the ground which beats Riesgo but is going wide AND KEITA IS THERE WITH A TAP-IN AT THE FAR POST FOR 2-0! Barcelona have deserved that and Henry with a key role, he's been really good tonight.
    • 83' Henry on the left, he drifts past Akale and cuts inside before hammering a superb shot off the outside of the post!
    • 76' Messi on the right, he cuts inside, beats one man, a second, a third, this is wonderful but he plays it wide to Henry who is offside! Should have gone it alone.
    • 74' Xavi on the ball, he cuts outside, then back in, beats one man and another, this is a great run, he slips it inside to Eto'o who holds off his marker but drags it wide from close range! Should have been two...
    • 64' A pass through the middle splits the Recre defence in two and Eto'o is through, surely he's offside but the flag stays down and Bouzon gets across to foil the Cameroonian! End to end stuff!
    • 63' The corner is swung low to the near post AND IT COMES OFF THE WOODWORK! Not sure if that took a touch or who off, there were bodies everywhere. Recre go very close again.
    • 62' Camunas on the left, he goes inside Alves, then out and he puts in a low ball AND AKALE ON THE EDGE OF THE SIX-YARD BOX BUT OVER! Looks like it took a deflection so a corner.
    • 52' Free-kick to Barca on the edge of the box, Alves and Xavi over it. Alves leaves it and Xavi plays it short to Messi WHO UNLEASHES AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET! What a finish! What a clever routine! What a goal! Barca lead.
    • 48' Alves with a great ball into Messi who skins Beto and plays a great cross with the outside of his left and ETO'O BUT ARZO GETS ACROSS TO FORCE HIM TO HEAD OVER! Good defending again by Arzo.
    • 37' Valdes throws it straight out and Messi runs at the Recre defence, he beats one man, another, they try to pull him down but he rides the fouls and he FREES HENRY ON THE LEFT but he shoots weakly at Riesgo!
    • 36' Terrible corner routine from Barca, playing it to Toure on the edge of the box but putting it behind him, he loses the ball and Recre break but Adriano's cross is saved by Valdes.
    • 34' The free-kick is swung towards the penalty and Morris with the header but straight at Valdes!
    • 28' Eto'o on the ball, he runs straight down the middle, shrugs off one challenge and drills it in low from the edge of the box but a great parry by Riesgo and Messi can get onto it but good defending by Amposta and Messi fouls him.
    • 27' Xavi wide to Alves, he swings the cross really deep to Henry at the far post, he knocks an excellent cushioned header TO BUSQUETS ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT HE VOLLEYS JUST OVER! That would have been some goal!
    • 23' Eto'o almost gets clear but a great tackle from Jesus Vazquez to prevent a sure goal!
    • 21' Messi cuts in again from the right and fires in a good shot that Riesgo dives down to parry away!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Barcelona's trip down south to face Recreativo from 20;00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Miguel Angel Perez Lasa

  • Recreativo Huelva

    Manager: Lucas Alcaraz

    Captain: Jesús Vázquez

    Starting line-up

    • A. Riesgo
    • I. Bouzón
    • R. Beto
    • C. Arzo Amposta
    • H. "Poli"
    • N. Morris
    • J. Vázquez
    • S. Sisi Yellow Card
    • J. Guerrero Substitution Out (57′)
    • A. Tornavaca Substitution Out (56′)
    • C. Adrián

    Subs

    • 7. K. Akalé Substitution In57′
    • 17. R. Barber
    • 24. M. Javi Fuego
    • 1. R. Jiménez Gago
    • 6. J. Casado
    • 18. A. Marco Rubén
    • 3. A. Lamas

    Injured

    • 9. E. Martin
    • 28. P. Oliveira

    Suspended

    None

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Captain: Carles Puyol

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • R. Márquez
    • G. Pique
    • C. Puyol Substitution Out (68′)
    • Y. Touré Substitution Out (77′)
    • .. Xavi
    • L. Messi Goal
    • C. Busquets
    • T. Henry
    • S. Eto'o Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen
    • 16. S. Sylvinho Substitution In68′
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 15. S. Keita Substitution In77′ Goal
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan Substitution In87′

    Injured

    • 22. E. Abidal
    • 8. A. Iniesta
    • 18. G. Milito

    Suspended

    None

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