Saturday February 16, 2013 Day 24 Finished Nuevo Los Cármenes
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Spanish Liga - Messi scores 300th Barca goal before superb free-kick winner
Lionel Messi scored his 300th and 301st goals for Barcelona as the Blaugrana came from behind to beat Granada 2-1 in La Liga. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Granada CF
- FC Barcelona
- @Hexgizzle: "And where's Chelsea in the Champs League???" (in response to @TheJoeSawaya, 77 minutes) /// @gheovan_putana: "I bet Ronaldo can't do what Messi do." Tweet/follow me @symco_eurosport- - Barca go 15 points clear of Atletico and 19 ahead of Real - both of whom play tomorrow. Table will update here soon. Standings
90+4' Barca orchestrate a brilliant attack with the last touches of the match, Iniesta bursting through on the left to fire into the side-netting. They win 2-1 - excellent second half.
90+3' Messi receives the ball into feet from Alves and turns to shoot with his right foot - Toño pulls off a brilliant reaction save to deny him a hat-trick and keep his side in the game.- 90+2' Brahimi plays a one-two and is in behind on the left with men in the middle - he shoots and Valdes saves into the side-netting! A goal-kick is awarded - harsh. He beats the floor in frustration.
- 90+1' Brahimi, on loan from Rennes, cannot get a shot on goal through the bodies on the edge of the box.
- 90+1' Four minutes to be added on.
- 90' Siqueira cross runs free in the box and Barca just hack it clear.
- 89' Nyom up front now for Granada as they go looking for an equaliser...
- 88' The ball is played out to the right and when the cross comes in, Iñigo Lopez is all alone - but puts his header straight at Valdes! He could have squared it, but should have scored.
87' Thiago booked for a late tackle - Granada have a chance to pump a free-kick into the box.- 85' Iniesta finds Tello in space on the right and he has time to pull the trigger - his strike rises just over the bar! Should have scored.
- 84' Tello rampaging down the right, cutting inside from the byline and finding Messi - his shot is hooked over.
- 82' Little happening other than Barcelona passing a football around at leisure.
- 81' Great tackle by Sergio Busquets, who hasn't been obvious tonight but has done his usual defensive/linking job.
- 78' Barca keeping the ball, working Granada ever harder. They must be running out of energy. No need for the away side to come forward now.
77' Granada change: Torje replaced by Yacine Brahimi. /// @TheJoeSawaya: "Of the 300 goals, how many are against Chelsea? #justsaying"- 74' That's a joke, naturally.
- 73' Just before it was taken, Iniesta came on for Pedro. Instant impact by the impish Iniesta.
73' GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL MESSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. I mean goal for Messi... The mini maestro whips a brilliant free-kick inside the post from 30 yards! 2-1 to Barca.- 72' Excellent control as Fabregas keeps the ball and instigates another attack. His side win a free-kick in shooting range.
- 70' Barca applying sustained pressure now. Granada have retreated deep into their half.
- 69' Allan Nyom - another player on loan from Udinese - clatters Alba on the touchline and is booked.
67' Pedro just offside in the middle as he finishes off an Alves cross - he is not happy but he did just look off. Barca will surely score another soon.- 66' Pedro pulls the trigger from 30 yards and the ball comes off the inside of the post and across goal!
- 66' Tello on the left looks for Messi in the middle with a low ball but it is not quite accurate enough.
- 64' Pedro just caught offside from a long ball by Pique at the back.
- 64' Thiago with a wayward strike - and that's being kind.
- 62' So, Lionel Messi... he's some player, isn't he? But is he the best ever? /// @markmoore39: "Love the Barca away kit - I wear mine while out and about with pride." Tweet/follow me @symco_eurosport
- 61' Barca change: Cristian Tello on for Alexis.
- 60' Ighalo somehow wins a free-kick off Pique close to the byline, which Barca defend.
- 59' Fabregas streaking through midfield and he has men in support. Alexis scurries on to the ball he plays and has Pedro utterly free in the middle... he opts to take it on himself and Toño is able to smother! It's surely time for Alexis to be taken off.
- 59' Granada change: Youssef El-Arabi, who costs €5m last summer, on for Aranda.
- 58' Messi again the man to thread one through for Alves - just too much on it as the Brazil right-back is unable to keep it in close to goal.
- 57' Alves puts one into the box, headed away by Diego Mainz.
- 56' Barca moving the ball about well and in full control. Granada face a long 35 minutes from here.
- 54' Messi just strays offside, according to the ref, as the ball is put into the box... he was level! He controlled and set up an open goal for a team-mate as the whistle sounded.
- 52' Alves and Siqueira battling for the ball - all fair and square.
- 50' GOAL FOR BARCA! 1-1 - AND IT IS MESSI'S 300TH BARCA GOAL! Fabregas's strike was too hot for Toño to handle and who was there to pounce on the rebound - MESSI!
- 49' Ighalo goes down under the challenge from Fabregas. Free-kick - but the Spain midfielder got the ball.
- 48' Messi with a pinged pass for Pedro on the right, intercepted by a home defender.
- 47' I do love this Barca away kit. It's like 10 flames flickering all over the pitch... although I wouldn't wear it in public. What do you think of it? Tweet/follow me @symco_eurosport
46' Second half underway. No further changes at the break - I'd have thought Iniesta would have come on for Alexis.- 45+1' Half-time at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Granada winning, but Barca have dominated. Set up nicely for the second half.
- 45' Thiago plays a quick free-kick across his own box straight to Aranda! He earns space to get a shot off, but Valdes is equal to it.
- 44' Alves with a cross-shot across goal which runs out.
- 43' Granada playing quite high up the park. They have been opened up plenty of times - Barca should have scored by now.
- 42' Messi's quick feet move the ball out to the right and Alves but when the return ball comes he cannot finish. He was wide of the near post, making it difficult to divert the fizzing ball on target.
- 41' Aranda heads the corner back across goal and Barca clear. Torje then clips one in which is headed into the danger zone, but the whistle sounds to relieve the pressure.
- 40' Aranda stands one up the far post where Alves heads behind for a corner. Granada threatening.
- 39' Barca change: Adriano, who has a knock, replaced by Jordi Alba.
- 39' Messi's corner comes to naught.
- 38' Thiago with a lovely cushioned touch for Messi who looks likely to score from close range only for Toño to make the block! It was on his weaker right foot. Corner.
- 36' Messi bends it towards the near(er) post and Toño holds at the second attempt.
- 35' Barca wanted a red card, Granada say it wasn't a free-kick. Was a free-kick for me and should have walked for that. Free-kick 35 yards out in a central position.
- 34' Torje unhappy that he is not given a free-kick - he went down easily under a challenge from Adriano - and away come Barca... last defender Siqueira tangles with Pedro as he chases a long ball through and the foul is given! Only a yellow card though.
- 32' Are we on for an upset? Or will Barca score a couple - or more - in the remainder of this match? Tweet/follow me @symco_eurosport
- 31' Gerard Pique chests the ball on to the hand of Nolito and the home fans don't like the free-kick decision which follows.
- 29' Messi to Fabregas who looks to scoop the ball over the home defence as the Argentine superstar arrows towards goal... it is headed out, and when the ball drops to Adriano on the left his left-footed drive whistles just past the far top corner.
- 27' Ighalo was adjudged to gave been level - but he looks half a yard offside to me.
- 26' GOAL FOR GRANADA! 1-0! IGHALO! Carlos Aranda crosses to the far post from the right and the ball is cushioned across the six-yard box by Nolito for the striker to put through the open net!
- 25' Messi again playing in Alexis, but he still looks uncertain in behind and wastes the chance.
- 23' A replay from another angle shows that Torje, who was unhappy with the former Arsenal star, indeed knocked Fabregas over. Penalty, for me.
- 22' Brazil left-back Adriano fouled by Ighalo as he looks to get on the end of a loose ball in the other box.
- 21' Fabregas is send crashing by Gabriel Torje - also on loan from Udinese - inside the box; referee Del Cerro Grande waves away his claim. Might have been, might not - he bumped into him.
- 20' Excellent passing from Barca, with Alves afforded space inside the box on the right - he picks out Thiago with his cross, but his header is over the bar.
- 19' Messi again with a ball to the left and Alexis, who cuts in and curls a strike well over the far post. He is lacking confidence despite a first Liga goal of the season in the 6-1 routing of Getafe last weekend - it was the first of those goals.
- 17' Messi orchestrating from the centre: again Adriano is played in, and this time he finds a better chipped ball. Fabregas heads back across goal and Messi lunges acrobatically for the ball but is unable to reach it.
- 16' Messi brings the ball across the park again and plays in Adriano, who tries to cut back across goal but miskicks and the ball thumps into the waiting arms of Toño.
- 15' Siqueira with a confident head back to Toño as Barca begin to press their hosts.
- 13' Messi into the feet of Fabregas, who turns - but the ball runs to home keeper Toño via a deflection.
- 12' A lofted ball sees Alves volley across goal from the right side of the box and Granada breathe a sigh of relief.
- 10' Granada striker Ighalo again looking to cut in from the right and is denied a free-kick following a strong challenge.
- 9' Barca seeing plenty of the ball as always but not threatening as yet.
- 7' Nolito, on loan from Benfica - and who made two appearances for Barca after featuring for the B team - pulls away to volley for goal from 12 yards, forcing a save out of Valdes.
- 6' Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo, on loan from Udinese, giving the fans some pleasure with showboating before winning a throw-in.
- 5' A Messi ball into the box is headed away.
- 5' Granada have two wins from two under Lucas Alcaraz and are six points clear of the relegation zone. Results/Fixtures
- 4' Messi ghosts in from the right and plays Alexis Sanchez through with a diagonal ball but a heavy first touch allows Toño to come out to claim.
- 3' Granada's Brazilian left-back Guilherme Siqueira looking to get down the touchline but halted by Barca.
- 2' Lionel Messi with an early burst forward to feed Dani Alves on the right, but Granada defend.
1' The match underway, with Barca attacking from right to left in flame-coloured kit and Granada in red and white.- 18:55 The teams emerge. Barca are looking to go 15 points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top. Table
- 18:50 Strong bench then for Barca, with Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta, Jordi Alba and Alex Song to come in if needed.
- 18:46 Granada: Toño, Nyom, Mainz, Lopez, Siqueira, Rico, Recio, Torje, Nolito, Aranda, Ighalo. Subs: El-Arabi, Iriney, Ortiz, Roberto, Buonanotte, Brahimi, Gomez. /// Barca: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Thiago, Fabregas, Pedro, Messi, Alexis. Subs: Song, Tello, Alba, Iniesta, Montoya, Puyol, Pinto.
- 18:45 Welcome to live text commentary as Liga leaders Barcelona visit Granada.
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Summary
- 90+3' Messi receives the ball into feet from Alves and turns to shoot with his right foot - Toño pulls off a brilliant reaction save to deny him a hat-trick and keep his side in the game.
- 90+2' Brahimi plays a one-two and is in behind on the left with men in the middle - he shoots and Valdes saves into the side-netting! A goal-kick is awarded - harsh. He beats the floor in frustration.
- 88' The ball is played out to the right and when the cross comes in, Iñigo Lopez is all alone - but puts his header straight at Valdes! He could have squared it, but should have scored.
- 85' Iniesta finds Tello in space on the right and he has time to pull the trigger - his strike rises just over the bar! Should have scored.
- 73' GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL MESSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahem. I mean goal for Messi... The mini maestro whips a brilliant free-kick inside the post from 30 yards! 2-1 to Barca.
- 66' Pedro pulls the trigger from 30 yards and the ball comes off the inside of the post and across goal!
- 59' Fabregas streaking through midfield and he has men in support. Alexis scurries on to the ball he plays and has Pedro utterly free in the middle... he opts to take it on himself and Toño is able to smother! It's surely time for Alexis to be taken off.
- 50' GOAL FOR BARCA! 1-1 - AND IT IS MESSI'S 300TH BARCA GOAL! Fabregas's strike was too hot for Toño to handle and who was there to pounce on the rebound - MESSI!
- 45' Thiago plays a quick free-kick across his own box straight to Aranda! He earns space to get a shot off, but Valdes is equal to it.
- 38' Thiago with a lovely cushioned touch for Messi who looks likely to score from close range only for Toño to make the block! It was on his weaker right foot. Corner.
- 29' Messi to Fabregas who looks to scoop the ball over the home defence as the Argentine superstar arrows towards goal... it is headed out, and when the ball drops to Adriano on the left his left-footed drive whistles just past the far top corner.
- 26' GOAL FOR GRANADA! 1-0! IGHALO! Carlos Aranda crosses to the far post from the right and the ball is cushioned across the six-yard box by Nolito for the striker to put through the open net!
- 21' Fabregas is send crashing by Gabriel Torje - also on loan from Udinese - inside the box; referee Del Cerro Grande waves away his claim. Might have been, might not - he bumped into him.
- 7' Nolito, on loan from Benfica - and who made two appearances for Barca after featuring for the B team - pulls away to volley for goal from 12 yards, forcing a save out of Valdes.
- 18:46 Granada: Toño, Nyom, Mainz, Lopez, Siqueira, Rico, Recio, Torje, Nolito, Aranda, Ighalo. Subs: El-Arabi, Iriney, Ortiz, Roberto, Buonanotte, Brahimi, Gomez. /// Barca: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Thiago, Fabregas, Pedro, Messi, Alexis. Subs: Song, Tello, Alba, Iniesta, Montoya, Puyol, Pinto.
Team Line-up & Ratings
Granada CFManager: Lucas Alcaraz
FC BarcelonaManager: Roura
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
Subs
- Y. El Arabi
58′ - D. Buonanotte 74′
- Roberto
- J. Ortiz
- Iriney
- Y. Brahimi 76′
- B. Gómez
- Y. El Arabi
Starting line-up
- Víctor Valdés
- Dani Alves
- J. Mascherano
- G. Piqué
- A. Correia
- S. Busquets
- Thiago
- C. Fàbregas
- Pedro
- A. Sánchez
- L. Messi
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Subs
- C. Puyol
- J. Pinto
- A. Iniesta 72′
- J. Alba 38′
- A. Song
- M. Montoya
- Tello 61′
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Was a good loss for granada, they did well not to loose by so much, as they beat madrid last week. as well good on you granada. (i live in granada) for such a small city.
@Uchihas, Madrid will crash out of the copa and CL. sorry about that. Los blancos have two loud mouthed Portuguese peops that has single handedly lost everything for them. Try harder next season...no cup glory in the capital this season...FORZAA BARCAA
no need to wait until the end of the season to see which team is going to win la liga league. but hope RM will beat barca in copa del rey cup.
we need to buy Bale as a winger to replace Sanchez and Tello take over Pedro. than we will beat any team in Europ
My takes on the game: 1. Messi by far the best player.2. Sanchez needs to leave Barca.3. Tello has to play every game.4. We have to be more accurate in front of goal.5. The refs were clearly trying to rob us.
Messi or no Messi it is Barca who won so alllll you haters just put a sock in it cause you don't even have Messi. but thank you Messi thank you Barca
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Nearly 500. Passes and only 10 shots on goal boaring or what....
Penalty shout for Barca. Offside goal for Granada. Goal wrongly disallowed for Barca. What happened haters? I thought the refs were supposed to be on Barca's side?
why oh why sanchez??!! seriously why?
sanchez,valdes,thiago..useless..zzz
Alexis and Pedro need to come off the pitch, we need Iniesta and Tello must come in.
