Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, February 26, 2017
Barcelona WDWLW 2
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Atlético Madrid WDWWW 1
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Vicente Calderón · 52,440 att.

Match Report

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Late Lionel Messi strike earns Barcelona three points against Atleti

A last-minute Lionel Messi goal earned Barcelona a 2-1 win vs. Atletico Madrid to help them keep pace with Real Madrid at the top of the table.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
28
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
63.3
Possession
36.7
15
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
397
Accurate Passes
188
500
Passes
279
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
55
50
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
26
Effective Clearances
25
26
Clearances
25

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ATM · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 16Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 8Saúl ÑíguezCM-L
  7. 14GabiCM-R
  8. 10Yannick CarrascoLM
  9. 6KokeRM
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-L
  11. 21Kevin GameiroCF-R

BAR · 3-4-3-d

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD
  3. 24Jérémy MathieuCD-L
  4. 3Gerard PiquéDM
  5. 5Sergio BusquetsSW
  6. 10Lionel MessiAM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 20Sergi RobertoRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 12RafinhaRF

Timeline

  1. 55' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 64' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 0, Barcelona 1. Rafinha (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  4. 65' Stefan Savic (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 68' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  6. 70' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Barcelona 1. Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Koke with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  8. 72' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Kevin Gameiro.
  9. 73' Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Lucas Digne replaces Jeremy Mathieu because of an injury.
  12. 82' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Sergi Roberto.
  14. 86' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 1, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.

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