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FT Saturday, March 4, 2017
Celta Vigo LWWDD 0
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Barcelona WLWWW 5
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BAR235
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores twice to help Barcelona romp to win over Celta

Lionel Messi was in top form as he scored twice and set up two more goals to help Barcelona cruise to a 5-0 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
2
36
Possession
64
7
SHOTS
19
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
542
354
Passes
634
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
2
6
Crosses
11
0.0
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
58
26
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
18
Effective Tackles
9
26
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
6
20
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

BAR · 3-4-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD
  3. 18Jordi AlbaCD-L
  4. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  6. 20Sergi RobertoCM-R
  7. 4Ivan RakitićLM
  8. 12RafinhaRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio ÁlvarezG
  2. 20Sergi GómezCD-L
  3. 22Gustavo CabralCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 24Facundo RoncagliaRB
  6. 10Iago AspasAM
  7. 6Nemanja RadojaLM
  8. 18Daniel WassRM
  9. 9John GuidettiF
  10. 7Théo BongondaAM-L
  11. 2Hugo MalloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Goal! Barcelona 1, Celta de Vigo 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  3. 36' Gustavo Cabral (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Nemanja Radoja (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 40' Goal! Barcelona 2, Celta de Vigo 0. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  6. 49' Sergi Gómez (Celta de Vigo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 51' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Pione Sisto replaces Theo Bongonda.
  8. 57' Goal! Barcelona 3, Celta de Vigo 0. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafinha.
  9. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Javier Mascherano replaces Sergio Busquets.
  10. 61' Goal! Barcelona 4, Celta de Vigo 0. Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
  11. 62' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Jozabed replaces John Guidetti.
  12. 64' Goal! Barcelona 5, Celta de Vigo 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  13. 67' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Sergi Roberto.
  14. 68' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Marcelo Díaz replaces Daniel Wass.
  15. 70' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Neymar.

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