UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 17, 2014
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Barcelona DWWWW 1
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Match Report

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Gerard Pique scores winner as Barcelona beat APOEL Nicosia

Barcelona opened their Champions League campaign with victory over Apoel Nicosia, although the 1-0 result will have done little to worry any of their Group F rivals.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
1
28.7
Possession
71.3
4
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
706
301
Passes
776
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
40
33
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
6
20
Effective Tackles
20
24
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
25
25
Clearances
25

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Marc BartraCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 21AdrianoLB
  5. 22Dani AlvesRB
  6. 26Sergi SamperCM
  7. 20Sergi RobertoLM
  8. 6XaviRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 31Munir El HaddadiRF

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. 30Tomás De VincentiCF-L
  11. 9Cillian SheridanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Vinicius (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Marios Antoniades (APOEL Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! Barcelona 1, APOEL Nicosia 0. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 61' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Gustavo Manduca replaces Tiago Gomes.
  5. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Xavi.
  6. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Munir El Haddadi.
  7. 75' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Rafik Djebbour replaces Cillian Sheridan.
  8. 79' Substitution, APOEL Nicosia. Konstantinos Charalambidis replaces Tomás De Vincenti.
  9. 79' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Sergi Roberto.

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