Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Thursday, January 11, 2018
Celta Vigo LLWDD 0
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Barcelona WWWDW 5
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2nd Leg - Barcelona win 6-1 on aggregate · Spotify Camp Nou · 59,009 att.

Match Report

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Messi stars with brace as Barcelona cruise past Celta Vigo

Lionel Messi had two goals and an assist as Barcelona cruised into the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey with a 5-0 win over Celta Vigo.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
0
39.1
Possession
60.9
4
SHOTS
19
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
430
Accurate Passes
701
493
Passes
763
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
4
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
52
35
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.6
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
5
11
Clearances
5

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 14Javier MascheranoCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  7. 4Ivan RakitićCM-R
  8. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  9. 21André GomesRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

CEL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Sergio ÁlvarezG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 20Sergi GómezCD-R
  4. 19JonnyLB
  5. 2Hugo MalloRB
  6. 16JozabedCM-L
  7. 14Stanislav LobotkaCM-R
  8. 11Pione SistoLM
  9. 18Daniel WassRM
  10. 10Iago AspasCF-L
  11. 21Emre MorCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Barcelona 1, Celta de Vigo 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 15' Goal! Barcelona 2, Celta de Vigo 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  3. 28' Goal! Barcelona 3, Celta de Vigo 0. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  4. 31' Goal! Barcelona 4, Celta de Vigo 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Maxi Gómez replaces Iago Aspas.
  6. 45' Substitution, Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Gerard Piqué.
  7. 45' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Nemanja Radoja replaces Daniel Wass.
  8. 57' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Brais Méndez replaces Pione Sisto.
  9. 59' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Lionel Messi.
  10. 63' Substitution, Barcelona. José Arnáiz replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  11. 87' Goal! Barcelona 5, Celta de Vigo 0. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross following a corner.

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