Spanish LALIGA

FT Sunday, April 29, 2018
Barcelona WLWDW 4
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Deportivo LWWDD 2
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BAR224
DEP112
Riazor · 25,799 att.

Match Report

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Lionel Messi nets hat trick as Barcelona claim La Liga title; Deportivo La Coruna relegated

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona became La Liga champions for the seventh time in the past 10 years with a 4-2 defeat of Deportivo.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
5
62.1
Possession
37.9
21
SHOTS
17
9
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
623
Accurate Passes
346
703
Passes
403
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
9
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.3
45
Long Balls
55
33
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
3
Effective Tackles
4
8
Tackles
10
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
18
19
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

DEP · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 13RubénG
  2. 24Fabian SchärCD-L
  3. 6Raúl AlbentosaCD-R
  4. 20GuilhermeDM
  5. 16LuisinhoLB
  6. 2JuanfranRB
  7. 8Emre ColakAM
  8. 22Celso BorgesLM
  9. 14Michael Krohn-DehliRM
  10. 19Borja ValleCF-L
  11. 7Lucas PérezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Federico ValverdeSUB
  2. 10Florin AndoneSUB
  3. 9Fede CartabiaSUB
  4. 5Pedro MosqueraSUB
  5. 21Sulley MuntariSUB
  6. 25Maksym KovalSUB
  7. 3Fernando NavarroSUB

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 14Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 9Luis SuárezLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Substitutes

  1. 15PaulinhoSUB
  2. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  3. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  4. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  5. 25Thomas VermaelenSUB
  6. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  7. 22Aleix VidalSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 0, Barcelona 1. Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  2. 20' Fabian Schär (Deportivo de La Coruña) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 38' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 0, Barcelona 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  4. 40' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 1, Barcelona 2. Lucas Pérez (Deportivo de La Coruña) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Borja Valle.
  5. 58' Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 2, Barcelona 2. Emre Colak (Deportivo de La Coruña) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Celso Borges.
  7. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Denis Suárez replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  8. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces Coutinho.
  9. 82' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 2, Barcelona 3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  10. 83' Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Sulley Muntari replaces Guilherme.
  11. 85' Goal! Deportivo de La Coruña 2, Barcelona 4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  12. 86' Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Fede Cartabia replaces Borja Valle.
  13. 86' Substitution, Deportivo de La Coruña. Florin Andone replaces Celso Borges.
  14. 87' Substitution, Barcelona. Andrés Iniesta replaces Ivan Rakitic.

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