UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Barcelona WWWWL 7
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores a hat trick as Barcelona easily see off Celtic

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and Neymar had four assists as Barcelona beat Celtic 7-0 in their Champions League group-stage opener.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
2
27.7
Possession
72.3
3
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
10
0.7
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
752
310
Passes
833
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.3
45
Long Balls
38
19
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
8
24
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
12
19
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21André GomesLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  2. 12RafinhaSUB
  3. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  4. 7Arda TuranSUB
  5. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  6. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  7. 13Jasper CillessenSUB

CEL · 5-4-1

  1. 24Dorus de VriesG
  2. 2Kolo TouréCD
  3. 28Erik SviatchenkoCD-L
  4. 23Mikael LustigCD-R
  5. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  6. 12Cristian GamboaRB
  7. 6Nir BittonCM-L
  8. 8Scott BrownCM-R
  9. 11Scott SinclairLM
  10. 27Patrick RobertsRM
  11. 10Moussa DembéléF

Substitutes

  1. 49James ForrestSUB
  2. 18Tom RogicSUB
  3. 34Eoghan O'ConnellSUB
  4. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  5. 42Callum McGregorSUB
  6. 3Emilio IzaguirreSUB
  7. 1Craig GordonSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Barcelona 1, Celtic 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Neymar following a corner.
  2. 23' Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 24' Penalty saved! Moussa Dembele (Celtic) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  4. 27' Goal! Barcelona 2, Celtic 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neymar.
  5. 40' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  7. 50' Goal! Barcelona 3, Celtic 0. Neymar (Barcelona) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 56' Scott Brown (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Goal! Barcelona 4, Celtic 0. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Neymar with a cross.
  10. 60' Goal! Barcelona 5, Celtic 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  11. 61' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 68' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces Patrick Roberts.
  13. 68' Substitution, Celtic. Eoghan O'Connell replaces Erik Sviatchenko.
  14. 75' Goal! Barcelona 6, Celtic 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Neymar with a through ball.
  15. 76' Substitution, Celtic. Callum McGregor replaces Nir Bitton.
  16. 88' Goal! Barcelona 7, Celtic 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.

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