UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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Barcelona WWWWW 3
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Match Report

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Barcelona beat Arsenal to advance to Champions League quarterfinals

Barcelona finished the job versus Arsenal, earning a 3-1 victory in their Champions League second leg to gain passage to the quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
2
35.6
Possession
64.4
20
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
320
Accurate Passes
659
394
Passes
739
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.5
36
Long Balls
52
14
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
8
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
15
17
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
15
16
Clearances
16

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  3. 14Javier MascheranoCD-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. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  2. 7Arda TuranSUB
  3. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  4. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  5. 13Claudio BravoSUB
  6. 23Thomas VermaelenSUB
  7. 15Marc BartraSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 20Mathieu FlaminiLM
  8. 35Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 45Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 17Alexis SánchezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 49Matt MaceySUB
  2. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  3. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  4. 4Per MertesackerSUB
  5. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  6. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  7. 34Francis CoquelinSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Barcelona 1, Arsenal 0. Neymar (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  2. 32' Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Mathieu Flamini because of an injury.
  5. 50' Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 51' Goal! Barcelona 1, Arsenal 1. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  7. 65' Goal! Barcelona 2, Arsenal 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dani Alves with a cross.
  8. 72' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  9. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Danny Welbeck.
  10. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Alex Iwobi.
  11. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Arda Turan replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  12. 79' Arda Turan (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 88' Goal! Barcelona 3, Arsenal 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

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