Spanish LALIGA

FT Saturday, October 18, 2014
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi majestic in Barcelona victory over Eibar

Lionel Messi marked the 10-year anniversary of his Barcelona debut by scoring his 250th league goal and providing an assist to see off Eibar 3-0 and keep the Catalans top of the Primera Division ahead of next week's clasico.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
12
9
Saves
2
24.9
Possession
75.1
4
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
12
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
159
Accurate Passes
642
231
Passes
707
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
12
10
Crosses
45
0.2
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
41
24
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
13
27
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
9
35
Clearances
9

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 14Javier MascheranoCM
  7. 20Sergi RobertoLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 7PedroRF

EIB · 5-3-2

  1. 1Xabier IruretagoienaG
  2. 6Raúl AlbentosaCD
  3. 5Borja EkizaCD-L
  4. 16LilloCD-R
  5. 24AbrahamLB
  6. 2Eneko BóvedaRB
  7. 14Dani GarcíaCM
  8. 23Javi LaraCM-L
  9. 8Jon ErrastiCM-R
  10. 21Saúl BerjónCF-L
  11. 7Ander CapaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 40' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Lillo (Eibar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Javi Lara (Eibar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Sergi Roberto because of an injury.
  5. 57' Substitution, Eibar. Federico Piovaccari replaces Javi Lara.
  6. 60' Goal! Barcelona 1, Eibar 0. Xavi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  7. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Pedro.
  8. 72' Goal! Barcelona 2, Eibar 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  9. 74' Goal! Barcelona 3, Eibar 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  10. 75' Substitution, Eibar. Derek Boateng replaces Ander Capa.
  11. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Neymar.
  12. 77' Substitution, Eibar. Dani Nieto replaces Saúl.
  13. 82' Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

LALIGA News

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