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FT Saturday, March 7, 2020
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Barcelona WWWDL 1
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Match Report

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Late Messi penalty moves Barcelona back atop La Liga table

A late Lionel Messi penalty helped Barcelona jump Real Madrid for first place in the La Liga standings with a 1-0 home win on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
1
46
Possession
54
9
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
359
Accurate Passes
438
439
Passes
526
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
46
23
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
12
10
Tackles
19
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
14
12
Effective Clearances
17
12
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BAR leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 15Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 19Martin BraithwaiteLF
  11. 17Antoine GriezmannRF

Substitutes

  1. 28Ricard PuigSUB
  2. 31Ansu FatiSUB
  3. 30Álex ColladoSUB
  4. 13NetoSUB
  5. 23Samuel UmtitiSUB
  6. 22Arturo VidalSUB
  7. 24Junior FirpoSUB

RSO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Álex RemiroG
  2. 24Robin Le NormandCD-L
  3. 3Diego LlorenteCD-R
  4. 20Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 18Andoni GorosabelRB
  6. 21Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 8Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 16Ander GuevaraRM
  9. 19Alexander IsakF
  10. 22Ander BarrenetxeaAM-L
  11. 7PortuAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Mikel OyarzabalSUB
  2. 11Adnan JanuzajSUB
  3. 12Aihen MuñozSUB
  4. 13Miguel Ángel MoyàSUB
  5. 9Willian JoséSUB
  6. 2Joseba ZaldúaSUB
  7. 5Igor ZubeldiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Lionel Messi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Mikel Merino (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Mikel Oyarzabal replaces Ander Barrenetxea.
  5. 61' Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 71' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Igor Zubeldia replaces Diego Llorente because of an injury.
  7. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  8. 76' Ander Guevara (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' VAR Decision: Penalty Barcelona.
  10. 80' Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 81' Goal! Barcelona 1, Real Sociedad 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 82' Substitution, Real Sociedad. Willian José replaces Alexander Isak.
  13. 85' Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  14. 88' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Júnior Firpo replaces Martin Braithwaite.
  16. 90'+8' VAR Decision: No Goal Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad.

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