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FT Sunday, August 23, 2015
Barcelona LWWLD 1
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Athletic Club WDWDL 0
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San Mamés · 44,772 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi misses penalty as Barcelona edge past Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona began their Primera Division title defence with a 1-0 victory at Athletic Bilbao -- despite Lionel Messi missing a first-half penalty.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
67.4
Possession
32.6
10
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
544
Accurate Passes
195
674
Passes
319
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
2
Accurate Crosses
4
12
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
100
Long Balls
62
45
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
13
19
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
18
34
Clearances
21

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Gorka ElustondoCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 10Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 5Javier ErasoAM
  7. 7Beñat LM
  8. 17Mikel RicoRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 25Sabin MerinoAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Borja VigueraSUB
  2. 13Iago HerrerínSUB
  3. 18Carlos GurpegiSUB
  4. 11Ibai GómezSUB
  5. 2Eneko BóvedaSUB
  6. 30Iñigo LekueSUB
  7. 23Ager AketxeSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 13Claudio BravoG
  2. 23Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 6Dani AlvesRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 12RafinhaLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  2. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  3. 19SandroSUB
  4. 15Marc BartraSUB
  5. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  6. 28Gerard GumbauSUB
  7. 27Juan CámaraSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Dani Alves because of an injury.
  2. 31' Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 34' Elustondo (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Eraso (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 44' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 50' Substitution, Athletic Club. Eneko Bóveda replaces Balenziaga because of an injury.
  7. 54' Goal! Athletic Club 0, Barcelona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba with a cross.
  8. 62' Substitution, Athletic Club. Gurpegi replaces Mikel Rico.
  9. 63' Substitution, Athletic Club. Ibai Gómez replaces Sabin.
  10. 64' Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Bartra replaces Sergio Busquets because of an injury.
  12. 71' Ibai Gómez (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 75' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Sandro Ramírez replaces Rafinha.

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