Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 8, 2015
Barcelona WWWWW 5
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Athletic Club LDDWW 2
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ATH022
San Mamés · 43,800 att.

Match Report

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Barcelona capitalize on Real Madrid slip, blast Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona took full advantage of Real Madrid's heavy defeat in the capital-city derby to close the gap at the top of the Primera Division to a single point on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
5
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
6
73.1
Possession
26.9
19
SHOTS
15
10
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
692
Accurate Passes
181
799
Passes
279
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
7
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
20
0.5
Cross %
0.3
68
Long Balls
50
46
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
23
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
19
22
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 16Xabier EtxeitaCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 10Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 29Unai LópezAM
  7. 17Mikel RicoLM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 19Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 6XaviLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 26' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a fast break.
  3. 40' Mikel Balenziaga (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Dani Alves (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Substitution, Athletic Club. Jon Aurtenetxe replaces Mikel Balenziaga because of an injury.
  6. 59' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 2. Mikel Rico (Athletic Club) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  7. 62' Own Goal by Óscar De Marcos, Athletic Club. Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 3.
  8. 64' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 4. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  9. 66' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Barcelona 4. Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iker Muniain with a through ball.
  10. 69' Unai López (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Dani Alves.
  12. 69' Substitution, Athletic Club. Beñat replaces Markel Susaeta.
  13. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Xavi.
  14. 75' Xabier Etxeita (Athletic Club) is shown the red card.
  15. 78' Substitution, Athletic Club. Carlos Gurpegi replaces Iker Muniain.
  16. 80' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Luis Suárez because of an injury.
  17. 86' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Barcelona 5. Pedro (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  18. 90'+1' Carlos Gurpegi (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.

LALIGA News

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Video Flick 'not accepting excuses' after Barcelona's El Clásico defeat Flick 'not accepting excuses' after Barcelona's El Clásico defeat Video Real Madrid take the Clásico Alex Kirkland recaps Real Madrid's performance against rivals Barcelona. News Sam Marsden Pedri says Barcelona paid for stupid mistakes in loss to Real Madrid Midfielder Pedri lamented stupid makes and slowness on the ball as Barcelona's perfect start to the LaLiga season was ended by Real Madrid in the Clásico at Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday. News Alex Kirkland José Mourinho not satisfied with just beating Barcelona: 'Real Madrid play to win the league' José Mourinho said he's setting his sights even higher after Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in Sunday's Clásico, saying "Real Madrid play to win the league, not to win at Camp Nou."