Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Barcelona WDWWW 0
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Espanyol WLWWD 1
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1st Leg · RCDE Stadium · 23,323 att.

Match Report

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Messi misses penalty, Barca suffer rare loss in Copa del Rey first leg

Lionel Messi missed a penalty as Barcelona's 29-match unbeaten record came to a shuddering halt at rivals Espanyol.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
18
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
4
71.8
Possession
28.2
12
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
589
Accurate Passes
178
676
Passes
258
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.4
58
Long Balls
56
41
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
14
11
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
10
Effective Clearances
16
10
Clearances
16

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-1

Lineups

ESP · 4-5-1

  1. 13Diego LópezG
  2. 5NaldoCD-L
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-R
  4. 3Aarón MartínLB
  5. 2Marc NavarroRB
  6. 4Victor SánchezCM-L
  7. 15David LópezCM-R
  8. 18Javi FuegoAM
  9. 23Esteban GraneroLM
  10. 25Sergi DarderRM
  11. 7Gerard MorenoF

Substitutes

  1. 22Mario HermosoSUB
  2. 14Óscar MelendoSUB
  3. 1Pau LópezSUB
  4. 11Léo BaptistãoSUB
  5. 12Dídac VilàSUB
  6. 19Pablo PiattiSUB
  7. 16Javi LópezSUB

BAR · 4-5-1

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 25Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 19Lucas DigneLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 26Carles AleñáCM-L
  7. 15PaulinhoCM-R
  8. 5Sergio BusquetsAM
  9. 6Denis SuárezLM
  10. 22Aleix VidalRM
  11. 10Lionel MessiF

Substitutes

  1. 12RafinhaSUB
  2. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  3. 4Ivan RakitićSUB
  4. 2Nélson SemedoSUB
  5. 21André GomesSUB
  6. 18Jordi AlbaSUB
  7. 9Luis SuárezSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Aarón Martín (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Carles Aleñá (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Espanyol. Leo Baptistao replaces Sergi Darder.
  4. 54' Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Paulinho because of an injury.
  5. 55' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 58' Substitution, Espanyol. Dídac Vilá replaces Aarón Martín.
  7. 59' Substitution, Barcelona. Luis Suárez replaces Carles Aleñá.
  8. 61' Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 62' Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Barcelona) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  10. 75' Substitution, Espanyol. Óscar Melendo replaces Javi Fuego because of an injury.
  11. 78' Substitution, Barcelona. Rafinha replaces Denis Suárez.
  12. 82' Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 84' Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 86' Víctor Sánchez (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 88' Goal! Espanyol 1, Barcelona 0. Óscar Melendo (Espanyol) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marc Navarro.
  16. 90' David López (Espanyol) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+1' Luis Suárez (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.

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