Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Thursday, February 1, 2018
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Barcelona WLWWW 1
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Match Report

Suarez goal gives Barcelona first-leg victory in Copa del Rey semi

Barcelona defeated a stubborn Valencia 1-0 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal at the Camp Nou on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
12
4
Saves
1
27.1
Possession
72.9
4
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
190
Accurate Passes
653
277
Passes
753
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
31
0.1
Cross %
0.1
49
Long Balls
68
16
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
46
Effective Clearances
8
46
Clearances
8

Head to Head

BAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BAR · 4-4-2

  1. 13Jasper CillessenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  7. 4Ivan RakitićCM-R
  8. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  9. 22Aleix VidalRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenSUB
  2. 24Yerry MinaSUB
  3. 14Philippe CoutinhoSUB
  4. 6Denis SuárezSUB
  5. 17Paco AlcácerSUB
  6. 15PaulinhoSUB
  7. 19Lucas DigneSUB

VAL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jaume DoménechG
  2. 3Rúben VezoCD-L
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 21Martín MontoyaRB
  6. 17Francis CoquelinCM-L
  7. 10Dani ParejoCM-R
  8. 11Andreas PereiraLM
  9. 18Carlos SolerRM
  10. 8Luciano ViettoCF-L
  11. 19RodrigoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Simone ZazaSUB
  2. 15Toni LatoSUB
  3. 13NetoSUB
  4. 20Ferran TorresSUB
  5. 30Nacho VidalSUB
  6. 22Santi MinaSUB
  7. 6Nemanja MaksimovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Andreas Pereira (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Valencia. Nemanja Maksimovic replaces Andreas Pereira.
  4. 51' Luciano Vietto (Valencia) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 53' Carlos Soler (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, Barcelona. Philippe Coutinho replaces Aleix Vidal.
  7. 67' Goal! Barcelona 1, Valencia 0. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  8. 68' Substitution, Barcelona. Paulinho replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  9. 73' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  10. 76' Substitution, Valencia. Ferrán Torres replaces Carlos Soler.
  11. 81' Substitution, Valencia. Santi Mina replaces Rodrigo Moreno.

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