Barcelona vs Slavia Prague, 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueBarcelona held to frustrating scoreless draw by Slavia Prague
Barcelona were held to a surprise scoreless draw against Slavia Prague in Champions League group stage action on Tuesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague).
- 1': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Offside, Barcelona. Clément Lenglet tries a through ball, but Ousmane Dembélé is caught offside.
- 4': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
- 4': Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Offside, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé tries a through ball, but Nélson Semedo is caught offside.
- 10': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
- 11': Attempt saved. Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gerard Piqué.
- 11': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kolar.
- 13': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
- 13': Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Frenkie de Jong.
- 14': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 15': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
- 16': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Antoine Griezmann.
- 16': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).
- 16': Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
- 17': Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona).
- 18': Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
- 21': Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 21': Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 22': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kolar.
- 25': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Barcelona).
- 25': Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Olayinka.
- 29': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Peter Olayinka.
- 31': Foul by Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
- 31': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
- 32': Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Attempt missed. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
- 35': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Arturo Vidal following a fast break.
- 37': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
- 38': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).
- 38': Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
- 40': Offside, Slavia Prague. Vladimir Coufal tries a through ball, but Ondrej Kudela is caught offside.
- 40': Foul by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague).
- 40': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.
- 43': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kolar.
- 43': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Attempt saved. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
- 43': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kolar.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 43': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Petr Sevcik.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vladimir Coufal.
- 45'+1': Offside, Slavia Prague. Nicolae Stanciu tries a through ball, but Jan Boril is caught offside.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Barcelona 0, Slavia Prague 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Barcelona 0, Slavia Prague 0.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Jordi Alba because of an injury.
- 48': Foul by Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague).
- 48': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 49': Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
- 51': Attempt missed. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lukas Masopust.
- 53': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
- 53': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Attempt saved. Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a through ball.
- 56': Foul by Michal Frydrych (Slavia Prague).
- 56': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Stanislav Tecl replaces Ibrahim Benjanim Traore.
- 58': Offside, Barcelona. Frenkie de Jong tries a through ball, but Lionel Messi is caught offside.
- 61': Offside, Slavia Prague. Petr Sevcik tries a through ball, but Lukas Masopust is caught offside.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross.
- 62': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
- 62': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.
- 63': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Josef Husbauer replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
- 64': Attempt missed. Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 65': Substitution, Barcelona. Ansu Fati replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
- 67': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 68': Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Sergio Busquets.
- 73': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
- 73': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Ansu Fati (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 74': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
- 76': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
- 77': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ansu Fati with a through ball.
- 78': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).
- 78': Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague).
- 80': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
- 80': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
- 80': Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague).
- 82': Nélson Semedo (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 82': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Lukáš Provod replaces Lukas Masopust.
- 83': Attempt missed. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ansu Fati.
- 84': Foul by Lukáš Provod (Slavia Prague).
- 84': Sergi Roberto (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague).
- 84': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Foul by Clément Lenglet (Barcelona).
- 85': Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Offside, Slavia Prague. Ondrej Kudela tries a through ball, but Stanislav Tecl is caught offside.
- 88': Hand ball by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
- 90'+2': Foul by Lukáš Provod (Slavia Prague).
- 90'+2': Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Ondrej Kolar (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Barcelona 0, Slavia Prague 0.
- 0': Match ends, Barcelona 0, Slavia Prague 0.
Statistics
 SLP |
BAR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Fouls | 10 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 6 | Saves | 0 |
| 37.6 | Possession | 62.4 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 299 | Accurate Passes | 551 |
| 377 | Passes | 650 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 16 | Crosses | 6 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 47 | Long Balls | 67 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 38 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 15 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 9 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 67,023
Venue: Spotify Camp Nou
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 67,023
Line-Ups
Barcelona (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marc-André ter Stegen (GK) |
| 15 | Clément Lenglet |
| 3 | Gerard Piqué  |
| 18 | Jordi Alba |
| 2 | Nélson Semedo |
| 22 | Arturo Vidal |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong |
| 10 | Lionel Messi |
| 17 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 11 | Ousmane Dembélé |
Slavia Prague (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ondrej Kolar (GK) |
| 25 | Michal Frydrych |
| 15 | Ondrej Kudela |
| 22 | Tomás Soucek |
| 18 | Jan Boril |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |
| 7 | Nicolae Stanciu |
| 27 | Ibrahima Traore |
| 9 | Peter Olayinka |
| 23 | Petr Sevcik |
| 28 | Lukás Masopust |
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