UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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Barcelona WWWWW 4
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi sets Champions League hat-trick record as Barcelona ease past PSV

Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona opened their Champions League campaign in Group A with an impressive 4-0 win against PSV Eindhoven.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
1
25.1
Possession
74.9
14
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
9
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
186
Accurate Passes
710
254
Passes
780
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
0
8
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.0
52
Long Balls
55
22
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
4
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
8
25
Effective Clearances
16
25
Clearances
16

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 7Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11Ousmane DembéléLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

PSV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jeroen ZoetG
  2. 4Nick ViergeverCD-L
  3. 5Daniel SchwaabCD-R
  4. 6AngeliñoLB
  5. 22Denzel DumfriesRB
  6. 7Gastón PereiroAM
  7. 8Jorrit HendrixLM
  8. 18Pablo RosarioRM
  9. 9Luuk de JongF
  10. 17Steven BergwijnAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Nick Viergever (PSV Eindhoven) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Barcelona 1, PSV Eindhoven 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 55' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 57' Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin replaces Nick Viergever.
  6. 74' Goal! Barcelona 2, PSV Eindhoven 0. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Coutinho.
  7. 77' Goal! Barcelona 3, PSV Eindhoven 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ivan Rakitic.
  8. 78' Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Donyell Malen replaces Steven Bergwijn.
  9. 79' Second yellow card to Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Barcelona. Clément Lenglet replaces Coutinho.
  11. 82' Substitution, PSV Eindhoven. Erick Gutiérrez replaces Pablo Rosario.
  12. 83' Substitution, Barcelona. Arthur replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  14. 87' Goal! Barcelona 4, PSV Eindhoven 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a through ball.

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