UEFA Champions League

Slavia Prague vs Barcelona, 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage

· UEFA Champions League
Slavia Prague
  • 50': Jan Boril
FT
1 - 2
Barcelona
  • 3': Lionel Messi
  • 57': Peter Olayinka (OG)

Messi first to score in 15 UCL campaigns in tense Barcelona win

Barcelona needed a second-half own goal from Slavia Prague to pick up a narrow 2-1 away win in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kudela.
  • 3': Goal! Slavia Prague 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arthur.
  • 5': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 5': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
  • 10': Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 10': Foul by Vladimir Coufal (Slavia Prague).
  • 19': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
  • 19': Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Jaroslav Zeleny (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jan Boril.
  • 20': Foul by Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona).
  • 20': Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Boril.
  • 22': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by David Hovorka.
  • 26': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
  • 26': Luis Suárez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Vladimir Coufal (Slavia Prague).
  • 27': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Hand ball by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
  • 28': Attempt saved. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
  • 31': Foul by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
  • 31': Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 32': Attempt saved. Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by David Hovorka.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jaroslav Zeleny.
  • 35': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
  • 35': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jaroslav Zeleny.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lukas Masopust.
  • 37': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Marc-André ter Stegen.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Vladimir Coufal (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 38': Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 38': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
  • 38': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 40': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kolar.
  • 44': Hand ball by Gerard Piqué (Barcelona).
  • 45': Attempt saved. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Slavia Prague 0, Barcelona 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Slavia Prague 0, Barcelona 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Stanislav Tecl replaces Jaroslav Zeleny.
  • 47': Attempt blocked. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 50': Goal! Slavia Prague 1, Barcelona 1. Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lukas Masopust.
  • 51': Foul by Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
  • 51': Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Offside, Slavia Prague. Lukas Masopust tries a through ball, but Stanislav Tecl is caught offside.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Hovorka.
  • 55': Foul by Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
  • 55': Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
  • 56': Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 56': Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Own Goal by Peter Olayinka, Slavia Prague. Slavia Prague 1, Barcelona 2.
  • 58': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nicolae Stanciu with a cross following a corner.
  • 60': Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
  • 62': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
  • 64': Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
  • 67': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 67': Foul by Nicolae Stanciu (Slavia Prague).
  • 68': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 68': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ondrej Kudela.
  • 68': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  • 69': Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 70': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
  • 70': Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 70': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
  • 70': Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 71': Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
  • 72': Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 74': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
  • 74': Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 76': Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Mick Van Buren replaces Lukas Masopust.
  • 77': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Barcelona).
  • 77': Stanislav Tecl (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 77': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Josef Husbauer replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
  • 78': Arthur (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
  • 78': Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Sergio Busquets.
  • 80': Foul by Arturo Vidal (Barcelona).
  • 80': Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josef Husbauer.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Barcelona) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 84': Substitution, Barcelona. Ivan Rakitic replaces Arthur.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Mick Van Buren (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josef Husbauer.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Stanislav Tecl (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Olayinka with a cross.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  • 90': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Petr Sevcik.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Luis Suárez (Barcelona).
  • 90'+1': Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Josef Husbauer.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jan Boril with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Jordi Alba.
  • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Petr Sevcik with a cross.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona).
  • 90'+5': Vladimir Coufal (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Josef Husbauer (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petr Sevcik.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Gerard Piqué.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Slavia Prague 1, Barcelona 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Slavia Prague 1, Barcelona 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 17
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 5
8 Saves 6
51.6 Possession 48.4
13 SHOTS 24
7 ON GOAL 9
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
413 Accurate Passes 368
509 Passes 465
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 5
9 Crosses 19
0.2 Cross % 0.3
52 Long Balls 48
25 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 6
9 Effective Tackles 13
14 Tackles 24
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
16 Interceptions 13
25 Effective Clearances 18
25 Clearances 18

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Fortuna Arena
Location: Prague, Czechia
Attendance: 19,170

Line-Ups

SLP Slavia Prague (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
1 Ondrej Kolar (GK)
2 David Hovorka
15 Ondrej Kudela
18 Jan Boril
5 Vladimír Coufal
9 Peter Olayinka
22 Tomás Soucek
7 Nicolae Stanciu
12 Jaroslav Zeleny
23 Petr Sevcik Yellow Card
28 Lukás Masopust
Slavia Prague Substitutes:
Josef Husbauer, Tomás Holes, Michal Frydrych, Premysl Kovar, Milan Skoda, Stanislav Tecl, Mick Van Buren.

BAR Barcelona (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Marc-André ter Stegen (GK)
15 Clément Lenglet
3 Gerard Piqué
18 Jordi Alba Yellow Card
2 Nélson Semedo
5 Sergio Busquets
8 Arthur
21 Frenkie de Jong
9 Luis Suárez
17 Antoine Griezmann
10 Lionel Messi
Barcelona Substitutes:
Junior Firpo, Ansu Fati, Ousmane Dembélé, Arturo Vidal, Ivan Rakitić, Neto, Jean-Clair Todibo.

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