FIFA Club World Cup

FT Sunday, December 20, 2015
Barcelona WDDDW 3
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River Plate WLLDW 0
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Nissan Stadium, Yokohama · 66,853 att.

Match Report

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Barcelona beat River to win Club World Cup as Messi, Neymar, Suarez star

Barcelona collected their fifth trophy of 2015 as Lionel Messi and Neymar returned from injury to star as Luis Suarez netted twice to secure the win.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
21
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
6
64.1
Possession
35.9
16
SHOTS
9
9
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
528
Accurate Passes
242
625
Passes
332
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
23
0.6
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
66
39
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
17
15
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
20
15
Clearances
21

Lineups

RIV · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Marcelo BaroveroG
  2. 3Éder BalantaCD-L
  3. 2Jonathan MaidanaCD-R
  4. 5Matías KranevitterSW
  5. 21Leonel VangioniLB
  6. 25Gabriel MercadoRB
  7. 19Tabaré ViudezCM
  8. 23Leonardo PonzioLM
  9. 8Carlos SánchezRM
  10. 13Lucas AlarioCF-L
  11. 7Rodrigo MoraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Javier Saviola
  2. 26Julio César Chiarini
  3. 16Nicolás Bertolo
  4. 15Leonardo Pisculichi
  5. 27Lucho González
  6. 24Emanuel Mammana
  7. 12Augusto Batalla
  8. 20Milton Casco
  9. 18Camilo Mayada
  10. 6Leandro Vega
  11. 10Gonzalo Martínez
  12. 22Sebastián Driussi

BAR · 4-3-3

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

Substitutes

  1. 28Gerard GumbauSUB
  2. 15Marc BartraSUB
  3. 23Thomas VermaelenSUB
  4. 19SandroSUB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  6. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  7. 26Sergi SamperSUB
  8. 25Jordi MasipSUB
  9. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  10. 21AdrianoSUB
  11. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Matías Kranevitter (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 16' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Leonardo Ponzio (River Plate) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Goal! River Plate 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar with a headed pass.
  5. 43' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, River Plate. Lucho González replaces Leonardo Ponzio.
  7. 45' Substitution, River Plate. Gonzalo Martínez replaces Rodrigo Mora.
  8. 49' Goal! River Plate 0, Barcelona 2. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a through ball following a fast break.
  9. 56' Substitution, River Plate. Sebastián Driussi replaces Tabaré Viudez.
  10. 61' Neymar (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  12. 68' Goal! River Plate 0, Barcelona 3. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
  13. 72' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Javier Mascherano.
  15. 89' Substitution, Barcelona. Jeremy Mathieu replaces Neymar.

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