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FT Saturday, February 24, 2018
Girona DDWLW 1
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Barcelona DWDWD 6
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GIR101
BAR426
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Match Report

Lionel Messi stellar in Barcelona win as Luis Suarez nets hat trick

Lionel Messi gave another masterful performance and Luis Suarez scored a hat trick to lead Barcelona to a new club record after routing Girona 6-1.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
8
Saves
3
37.6
Possession
62.4
10
SHOTS
21
4
ON GOAL
14
0.4
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
515
352
Passes
587
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
5
10
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.5
65
Long Balls
40
33
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
7
25
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

BAR leads series 1-0

Lineups

BAR · 4-4-2

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

Substitutes

  1. 25Thomas VermaelenSUB
  2. 20Sergi RobertoSUB
  3. 13Jasper CillessenSUB
  4. 22Aleix VidalSUB
  5. 19Lucas DigneSUB
  6. 8Andrés IniestaSUB
  7. 15PaulinhoSUB

GIR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Yassine BounouG
  2. 2Bernardo EspinosaCD
  3. 15JuanpeCD-L
  4. 4Jonás RamalhoCD-R
  5. 6Álex GranellCM-L
  6. 8Pere PonsCM-R
  7. 11AdayLM
  8. 25Pablo MaffeoRM
  9. 19Choco LozanoF
  10. 24Borja GarcíaCF-L
  11. 9PortuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Aleix GarcíaSUB
  2. 20Marc MuniesaSUB
  3. 7Cristhian StuaniSUB
  4. 21Carles PlanasSUB
  5. 12Douglas LuizSUB
  6. 16David TimorSUB
  7. 1Gorka IraizozSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Barcelona 0, Girona 1. Portu (Girona) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 5' Goal! Barcelona 1, Girona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  3. 30' Goal! Barcelona 2, Girona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  4. 36' Goal! Barcelona 3, Girona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 44' Goal! Barcelona 4, Girona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Philippe Coutinho.
  6. 45' Substitution, Girona. Carles Planas replaces Aday Benítez because of an injury.
  7. 62' Juanpe (Girona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Girona. Aleix García replaces Borja García.
  9. 64' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Gerard Piqué.
  10. 66' Goal! Barcelona 5, Girona 1. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  11. 69' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces Sergio Busquets.
  12. 70' Substitution, Girona. Douglas Luiz replaces Portu.
  13. 76' Goal! Barcelona 6, Girona 1. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
  14. 77' Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  15. 87' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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