UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Ajax Amsterdam WWDDD 1
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Barcelona DWLWW 3
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Match Report

Reuters/Albert Gea

Lionel Messi draws level with Ronaldo as Barcelona cruise past Ajax

Barcelona 3-1 Ajax

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
0
37.8
Possession
62.2
9
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
306
Accurate Passes
566
380
Passes
633
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.1
50
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
13
20
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
10
19
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

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. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 7PedroRF

AJA · 4-3-3

  1. 22Jasper CillessenG
  2. 4Niklas MoisanderCD-L
  3. 3Joël VeltmanCD-R
  4. 26Nick ViergeverLB
  5. 2Ricardo van RhijnRB
  6. 32Niki ZimlingCM
  7. 10Davy KlaassenLM
  8. 16Lucas AndersenRM
  9. 9Kolbeinn SigthorssonF
  10. 11Ricardo KishnaLF
  11. 20Lasse SchöneRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Barcelona 1, Ajax 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  2. 24' Goal! Barcelona 2, Ajax 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a through ball.
  3. 32' Joël Veltman (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Ajax. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Ricardo Kishna.
  5. 56' Substitution, Ajax. Jaïro Riedewald replaces Niki Zimling.
  6. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Neymar.
  7. 66' Substitution, Barcelona. Munir El Haddadi replaces Lionel Messi.
  8. 69' Ricardo van Rhijn (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Substitution, Ajax. Anwar El Ghazi replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
  10. 76' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  11. 80' Pedro (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Goal! Barcelona 2, Ajax 1. Anwar El Ghazi (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  13. 90' Jaïro Riedewald (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Barcelona 3, Ajax 1. Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafinha.

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