UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Barcelona WDWWW 2
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Arsenal WDWWD 0
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1st Leg · Emirates Stadium · 59,889 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

AP Photo/Frank Augstein

Lionel Messi scores twice as Barcelona beat Arsenal in Champions League

Barcelona took the advantage over Arsenal in their round of 16 clash at the Emirates as they won 2-0 thanks to two goals from Lionel Messi.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
1
3
Saves
2
65.7
Possession
34.3
15
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
639
Accurate Passes
289
721
Passes
374
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
43
23
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
18
15
Clearances
23

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 16Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 17Alexis SánchezAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  2. 13David OspinaSUB
  3. 23Danny WelbeckSUB
  4. 20Mathieu FlaminiSUB
  5. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  6. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  7. 14Theo WalcottSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  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. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  2. 17Munir El HaddadiSUB
  3. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  4. 24Jérémy MathieuSUB
  5. 23Thomas VermaelenSUB
  6. 13Claudio BravoSUB
  7. 21AdrianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 50' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because of an injury.
  3. 71' Goal! Arsenal 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Neymar following a fast break.
  4. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Danny Welbeck replaces Olivier Giroud.
  5. 82' Substitution, Arsenal. Mathieu Flamini replaces Francis Coquelin.
  6. 83' Goal! Arsenal 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 85' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Champions League News

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