Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, May 2, 2015
Barcelona WWWWW 8
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Córdoba DLDLL 0
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COR000
Nuevo Arcángel · 13,775 att.

Match Report

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Luis Suarez hits hat trick as Barcelona score eight to relegate Cordoba

Luis Suarez scored his first hat trick for Barcelona and Lionel Messi bagged a brace as Cordoba lost 8-0 and were relegated from La Liga.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
74.8
Possession
25.2
27
SHOTS
5
11
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
676
Accurate Passes
168
744
Passes
244
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
11
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
47
37
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
0
16
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
30
14
Clearances
30

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0

Lineups

COR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Juan CarlosG
  2. 2Aleksandar PanticCD-L
  3. 12Íñigo LópezCD-R
  4. 11EdimarLB
  5. 3José Ángel CrespoRB
  6. 6Luso DelgadoAM
  7. 15David RodríguezLM
  8. 21Rene KrhinRM
  9. 28Florin AndoneF
  10. 16FidelAM-L
  11. 24BebéAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Fede CartabiaSUB
  2. 13Mikel SaizarSUB
  3. 35Fede VicoSUB
  4. 9HéldonSUB
  5. 23AbelSUB
  6. 17Adrian GuninoSUB
  7. 5Patrick Ekeng EkengSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Marc BartraSUB
  2. 21AdrianoSUB
  3. 7PedroSUB
  4. 6XaviSUB
  5. 12RafinhaSUB
  6. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  7. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 1. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  2. 45'+2' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a cross.
  3. 45'+3' José Ángel Crespo (Córdoba) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Córdoba. Adrián Gunino replaces José Ángel Crespo because of an injury.
  5. 46' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  6. 52' Luso (Córdoba) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 53' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 4. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  8. 58' Substitution, Córdoba. Patrick Ekeng replaces Luso.
  9. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  10. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Javier Mascherano.
  11. 62' Substitution, Córdoba. Fede Vico replaces Bebé.
  12. 65' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 5. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic with a cross following a corner.
  13. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  14. 80' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 6. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  15. 85' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 7. Neymar (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  16. 88' Goal! Córdoba 0, Barcelona 8. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

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