Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, August 24, 2014
Elche LDWDL 0
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Barcelona WDDDW 3
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Spotify Camp Nou · 68,105 att.

Match Report

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Enrique off to a winning start

Goals from Lionel Messi and teenager Munir El Haddadi ensured Luis Enrique got his era as Barcelona coach off to a winning start as they beat Elche 3-0.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
0
28.4
Possession
71.6
3
SHOTS
12
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
253
Accurate Passes
741
313
Passes
800
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
6
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
42
40
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
1
22
Effective Tackles
17
28
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
2
17
Clearances
2

Head to Head

BAR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

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. 31Munir El HaddadiLF
  11. 12RafinhaRF

ELC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Przemyslaw TytonG
  2. 18Sergio PelegrinCD-L
  3. 4David LombánCD-R
  4. 14José Manuel AlonsoDM
  5. 21Edu AlbácarLB
  6. 2Damián SuárezRB
  7. 6Pedro MosqueraCM-L
  8. 24Mario PasalicCM-R
  9. 11Garry RodriguesLM
  10. 10CoroRM
  11. 22JonathasF

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Barcelona 1, Elche 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  2. 44' Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) is shown the red card.
  3. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Rafinha.
  4. 46' Goal! Barcelona 2, Elche 0. Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 54' Substitution, Elche. Álvaro replaces José Ángel.
  6. 55' Mario Pasalic (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Goal! Barcelona 3, Elche 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 66' Substitution, Elche. Faycal Fajr replaces Coro.
  9. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  10. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Andrés Iniesta because of an injury.
  11. 81' Substitution, Elche. Adrián replaces Mario Pasalic.

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