Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, September 21, 2014
Barcelona WWWWW 5
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Levante WLLLD 0
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Ciutat de Valencia · 22,177 att.

Match Report

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Five-star Barcelona march on against Levante, Lionel Messi completes win

Barcelona's perfect start to the new Primera Division season continued with a processional 5-0 victory over bottom side Levante at Ciutat de Valencia.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
74.5
Possession
25.5
17
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
747
Accurate Passes
184
815
Passes
264
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
4
23
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
59
43
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.9
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
28
11
Clearances
28

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jesús FernándezG
  2. 6Loukas VyntraCD-L
  3. 5Héctor RodasCD-R
  4. 3ToñoLB
  5. 19Pedro LópezRB
  6. 24SimãoCM
  7. 26Víctor CamarasaLM
  8. 23Pape DiopRM
  9. 18Víctor CasadesúsF
  10. 7David BarralLF
  11. 11José Luis MoralesRF

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 7PedroRF

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 1. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  2. 36' Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Morales (Levante) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Loukas Vyntra (Levante) is shown the red card.
  5. 42' Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot is close, but misses to the left. Lionel Messi should be disappointed.
  6. 43' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 44' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 2. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 51' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Neymar because of an injury.
  9. 57' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 3. Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  10. 58' Substitution, Levante. Andreas Ivanschitz replaces Morales.
  11. 61' Substitution, Levante. Mohamed Sissoko replaces Pape Diop.
  12. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Sergio Busquets.
  13. 64' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 4. Pedro (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  14. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  15. 72' Substitution, Levante. Rubén García replaces David Barral.
  16. 77' Goal! Levante 0, Barcelona 5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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