UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Barcelona LLWWW 4
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Apoel Nicosia WLDLL 0
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi makes history as Barcelona cruise to APOEL victory

The Argentine posted a new all-time competition goal record of 74 with a hat trick on Tuesday as Barca cruised to an easy victory.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
3
77.3
Possession
22.7
21
SHOTS
3
7
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
5
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

BAR leads series 1-0

Lineups

APO · 4-4-2

  1. 78Urko PardoG
  2. 5CarlãoCD-L
  3. 3João GuilhermeCD-R
  4. 15Marios AntoniadesLB
  5. 28Mário SérgioRB
  6. 26Nuno MoraisCM-L
  7. 16ViniciusCM-R
  8. 46Stathis AloneftisLM
  9. 8Tiago GomesRM
  10. 9Cillian SheridanCF-L
  11. 21Gustavo ManducaCF-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Marc BartraCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 14Javier MascheranoCM
  7. 12RafinhaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7PedroLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 31' Carlao (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 33' Dani Alves (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 35' Rafinha (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafinha.
  6. 45' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Georgios Efrem replaces Efstathios Aloneftis.
  7. 54' João Guilherme (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a through ball.
  9. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Xavi replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  10. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Jordi Alba.
  11. 63' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Tomás De Vincenti replaces Gustavo Manduca.
  12. 70' Second yellow card to Rafinha (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
  13. 74' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Rafik Djebbour replaces Vinicius.
  14. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergio Busquets replaces Luis Suárez.
  15. 84' Second yellow card to João Guilherme (APOEL Nicosia) for a bad foul.
  16. 87' Goal! APOEL Nicosia 0, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro.

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