Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Thursday, January 8, 2015
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi returns to form as Barcelona crush Elche

Barcelona shrugged off a turbulent few days as they romped to victory in the first leg of their Copa del Rey fifth-round tie, beating Elche 5-0 at home.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
0
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
0
27.4
Possession
72.6
2
SHOTS
19
0
ON GOAL
10
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
165
Accurate Passes
607
264
Passes
702
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
5
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
45
18
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
18
Effective Tackles
14
27
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
4
19
Clearances
4

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-0-1

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. 20Sergi RobertoLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 21AdrianoSUB
  2. 31Munir El HaddadiSUB
  3. 25Jordi MasipSUB
  4. 7PedroSUB
  5. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  6. 26Sergi SamperSUB
  7. 2Martín MontoyaSUB

ELC · 5-3-2

  1. 25Przemyslaw TytonG
  2. 18Sergio PelegrinCD
  3. 21Edu AlbácarCD-L
  4. 3Enzo RocoCD-R
  5. 5Domingo CismaLB
  6. 2Damián SuárezRB
  7. 4David LombánCM
  8. 20Faycal FajrCM-L
  9. 24Mario PasalicCM-R
  10. 9Cristian HerreraCF-L
  11. 10CoroCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Víctor RodríguezSUB
  2. 31PolSUB
  3. 7Aarón ÑíguezSUB
  4. 35Rafa GálvezSUB
  5. 22JonathasSUB
  6. 8AdriánSUB
  7. 34Franco FragapaneSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Barcelona 1, Elche 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  2. 40' Goal! Barcelona 2, Elche 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  3. 42' Damián Suárez (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Enzo Roco (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Barcelona 3, Elche 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 56' Goal! Barcelona 4, Elche 0. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  7. 58' Coro (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Goal! Barcelona 5, Elche 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  9. 60' Substitution, Elche. Jonathas replaces Cristian Herrera.
  10. 60' Substitution, Elche. Aarón replaces Coro.
  11. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Adriano replaces Jordi Alba.
  12. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Neymar.
  13. 73' Substitution, Elche. Franco Fragapane replaces Domingo Cisma.
  14. 76' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Samper replaces Gerard Piqué.
  15. 78' Sergio Pelegrín (Elche) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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