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Sevilla

Barcelona

  • Eto'o 19’
  • Messi 78’, 90’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sevilla
    • Barcelona
    • 90+3' It's all over. Barcelona have won 3-0. An excellent performance.
    • 90+2' GOAL! It's Messi again. He races onto Hleb's through ball, knocks it past Palop and slots in from a tight angle for his second of the night.
    • 90' One ex-Arsenal man for another as Henry is replaced by Alexander Hleb
    • 90' This has been a very professional performance in the second half from Barcelona. They fully deserve the victory.
    • 88' Eidur Gudjohnsen on for the ever-excellent Xavi
    • 86' Luis Fabiano is sent off! A brutal elbow on Busquets is rightly punished. He doesn't want to go but he'll have to.
    • 83' Messi is such a livewire. He hits a rasping drive that goes narrowly over.
    • 80' What a miss! Messi puts it on a plate for Eto'o but he inexplicably scuffs it wide from 8 yards.
    • 78' GOAL! Fabulous finish. Messi surges onto Xavi's header and slams a left-footed shot into the net from 18 yards. Barcelona are surely going to win this now
    • 76' Pique picks up a yellow card for a deliberate handball over on the Sevilla left. Considering he got away with a penalty shout earlier he won't mind.
    • 75' Busquets replaces Seydou Keita for Barca
    • 74' Squillaci goes off for some treatment. Not sure whether he'll be back.
    • 73' A swift break by Barcelona ends with Alves flashing one across the goal. Too quick for Henry to get on the end of.
    • 68' Another great run from Messi. He jinks past a couple of players and stings Palop's hands from the edge of the area.
    • 68' Sevilla break swiftly but Fabiano is livid at being called offside. He was just off though.
    • 65' Lionel Messi exhibits his marvellous dribbling skill eventually running it right onto Henry's right foot who doesn't test Palop.
    • 64' Great cross from Adriano again but Fabiano stretches and can only head it down to no-one and it is cleared by Barcelona
    • 62' Marquez earns a stupid yellow card for a needless push. He challenged for a ball he could never win in an innocuous position.
    • 59' Alves curls a cheeky effot towards the top corner which is touched over for a corner. The corner eventually comes out to Keita who blasts over from 35 yards
    • 58' Henry's enjoying himself against Mosquera. As he cuts in from the left he's brought down 20 yards out.
    • 56' Henry cuts in from that left touchline with Maresqua still backing off. He jinks onto his right but Palop stops low to his right.
    • 54' Diego Capel is on for the unimpressive De Mul. Puyol's got something to think about now.
    • 53' Henry on the left hand side again. Maresqua stands off and Henry goes round the outside but his left-footed shot is excellently saved.
    • 52' Some activity on the Sevilla bench; they going to try something different to get at Barca.
    • 50' Marquez gives it away cheaply and Kanoute does his best to steam-roll his way towards goal. He's held up before he reaches the penalty area though.
    • 48' Barcelona's patient build up is frustrating the Sevilla faithful.
    • 46' The second half kicks off. No substitutions yet.
    • 45' 1 minute of added time
    • 43' Kanoute hits the bar! A dinked free kick is killed with a great touch but he can't squeeze it in and Valdes saves the rebound.
    • 42' Adriano finds more joy on the left and his cross his flashed wide by Kanoute. Alves is not getting close to Adriano.
    • 40' Adriano breaks down the left and whips in a dangerous low cross. Rafael Marquez is the epitome fo calm as he clears on the edge of the six yard box.
    • 38' Sevilla win a dubious corner but the cross is long. Kanoute picks it up on the right and crosses but Valdes gathers at his near post.
    • 35' The free kick is disappointing and easily cleared.
    • 34' Foul. Alves is pulled back on the edge of the Sevilla area. Barcelona have a wealth of free kick takers. This could be dangerous.
    • 33' Kanoute gets in front of Gerard Pique and goes down as the young Spaniard leans into the back of him. Kanoute can feel aggrieved he didn't get a penalty there
    • 32' Etoo picks up a soft yellow card for standing in front of Palop as he tries to drop kick.
    • 31' Henry runs at Mosquera and manages to make space rather too easily. His left-footed shot doesn't trouble Palop though.
    • 29' Dani Alves skips away from Fernando Navarro and his cross is headed down by Henry to Keita whose shot is well-saved by Palop low to his left.
    • 27' Apparently, Pep Gurdiola had his Barcelona team training this morning. Looks to have paid off as they have been the better side in the opening exchanges.
    • 26' Sevilla come forward again as Fabiano finds De Mul on the right but the cross is closed down.
    • 24' Great chance for Fabiano. Fredi Kanoute feeds a ball into the inside right channel but the brazilian drags his shot wide of the post.
    • 23' A throw in falls to Enzo Maresca and he snatches at a shot on the edge of the area that goes a yard wide.
    • 20' GOAL TO BARCELONA!! Samuel Etoo makes it 1-0. The Cameroonian pounces on a ball and finishes clinically from 12 yards. Excellent finish.
    • 17' Lionel Messi, tries one from the edge of the area but Andres Palop watches it go wide.
    • 16' A nice one-two almost comes off between Henry and Carlos Puyol but the Frenchman just can't reach the return ball and it goes out for a goal kick.
    • 14' Ball breaks to Luis Fabiano 20 yards out but his tame effort is easily saved.
    • 13' Henry picks up the ball in his favourite inside left position but his attempted curler into the far corner is high and wide
    • 10' Adriano's cross finds Luis Fabiano but his flick goes narrowly over. Victor Valdes didn't look too concerned.
    • 9' Messi does well to find Etoo but his shot is blocked.
    • 8' A patient attack from Barcelona ends with Keita blazing a left-footed shot well over from 30 yards. Ambitious.
    • 6' Tom De Mul played in down the right but his cross is woeful and behind for a goal kick.
    • 4' Adriano tries a step-over or 2 to get past Dani Alves on the left-hand side but the Barcelona man defends well.
    • 3' Barcelona enjoy some early possession gently probing in front of Sevilla's two banks of four.
    • 1' We're off with Barcelona the leading scorers in the division against the best defensive side.
    • - A win for Barca would consolidate their position on top while 3 points for Sevilla would take them up into second.
    • - Meanwhile, Sevilla have Palop in goal and then out field have Mosquera, Schillachi, Escudé, Fernando Navarro, Tom De Mul, Fazio, Maresca, Adriano, Kanouté and Luis Fabiano.
    • - Barcelona start with Valdés, Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Márquez, Keita, Xavi, Touré, Messi, Etoo and Henry. The Brazilian, Dani Alves returns to play his former club for the first time since his move this summer.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.co.uk's LIVE text coverage of the game between league leaders Barcelona and 5th placed Sevilla.

  • Team Stats

    Sevilla Stats Barcelona
    33% Possession 66%
    10 Shots 22
    2 Shots on target 9
    2 Saves 1
    1 Corners 2
    12 Fouls 16
    4 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 3
    1 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 20
    215 Accurate passes 487
    41 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
    • Sevilla
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andrés Palop 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 0
      4 Sebastien Squillaci 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 1
      23 Federico Fazio 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 2 3
      18 Fernando Navarro 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25 13 5
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 14 1 3
      14 Julien Escudé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 3
      6 Adriano Correia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 5 4
      20 Tom De Mul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 6
      8 Enzo Maresca 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 16 4 1
      10 Luis Fabiano 0 6 2 6 3 3 0 10 0 0
      12 Frederic Kanouté 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 29 5 0
      22 Koffi Ndri Romaric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
      24 Abdoulay Konko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Aldo Duscher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Javi Varas Herrera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Renato Dirnei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2
      3 Ivica Dragutinovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Diego Capel 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2
    • Barcelona
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Víctor Valdés 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0
      4 Rafael Márquez 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 62 7 0
      5 Carles Puyol 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 12 1
      20 Daniel Alves 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 26 0 7
      3 Gerard Pique 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 74 5 3
      24 Gnegneri Yaya Toure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 64 7 3
      15 Seydou Keita 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 42 18 1
      6 Xavi Hernández 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 65 6 0
      10 Lionel Messi 2 6 3 2 2 0 0 36 8 2
      9 Samuel Eto'o 1 5 2 4 1 0 0 30 3 2
      14 Thierry Henry 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 33 14 1
      11 Bojan Krkic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Sergi Busquets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      7 Eidur Gudjohnsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      21 Alexander Hleb 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 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' GOAL! It's Messi again. He races onto Hleb's through ball, knocks it past Palop and slots in from a tight angle for his second of the night.
    • 86' Luis Fabiano is sent off! A brutal elbow on Busquets is rightly punished. He doesn't want to go but he'll have to.
    • 43' Kanoute hits the bar! A dinked free kick is killed with a great touch but he can't squeeze it in and Valdes saves the rebound.
    • 20' GOAL TO BARCELONA!! Samuel Etoo makes it 1-0. The Cameroonian pounces on a ball and finishes clinically from 12 yards. Excellent finish.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.co.uk's LIVE text coverage of the game between league leaders Barcelona and 5th placed Sevilla.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Manuel Jiménez

    Starting line-up

    • A. Palop
    • A. Mosquera
    • S. Squillaci Substitution Out (74′)
    • J. Escudé
    • F. Navarro
    • F. Fazio
    • E. Maresca Substitution Out (63′)
    • T. de Mul Substitution Out (53′)
    • A. Correia
    • F. Kanouté
    • L. Fabiano Red Card

    Subs

    • 5. A. Duscher
    • 24. A. Konko
    • 22. N. Romaric Substitution In63′
    • 3. I. Dragutinovic
    • 11. D. Renato Substitution In74′
    • 16. D. Prieto
    • 17. D. Capel Substitution In53′
    • 13. J. Varas

    Injured

    • 19. E. Chevanton
    • 2. J. Navarro
    • 9. A. Koné
    • 26. J. Crespo
    • 21. L. Acosta

    Suspended

    • 7. J. Navas

  • Barcelona

    Manager: Josep Guardiola

    Starting line-up

    • V. Valdés
    • D. Alves
    • G. Pique Yellow Card
    • R. Márquez Yellow Card
    • C. Puyol
    • Y. Touré
    • S. Keita Substitution Out (75′)
    • L. Messi Goals×2
    • T. Henry Substitution Out (89′)
    • .. Xavi Substitution Out (87′)
    • C. Busquets Substitution In (75′)
    • S. Eto'o Goal Yellow Card

    Subs

    • 21. A. Hleb Substitution In89′
    • 7. E. Gudjohnsen Substitution In87′
    • 16. S. Sylvinho
    • 13. J. Pinto
    • 2. M. Cáceres
    • 11. K. Bojan

    Injured

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

    Suspended

    None