FFO2 EFL, Celtic vs. Barcelona (Thu Jan 19) Celtic | Barcelona 5-3-2 C | 5-1-2-2 P Derek Purvis | Graeme Edwards | A_Lafont GK | GK P_Gulacsi C_Starfelt DF | DF Y_Berchiche J_Juranovic DF | DF D_Carvajal C_C-Vickers DF | DF R_Semedo C_Richards DF | DF N_Otamendi L_Thomas DF | DF D_Alaba Mar_Antonio MF | DM B_White S_Berge MF | MF Raphinha Antony MF | MF P_Coutinho M_Boadu FW | FW M_Oyarzabal M_Rashford FW | FW G_Jesus | R_Ofori SUB | SUB M_Pigliacelli M_Wallace SUB | SUB C_Kipre M_Almiron SUB | SUB J_Elez Bruno_Costa SUB | SUB M_Gotze E_Dennis SUB | SUB L_de_Jong Min. 4 :(cel) Mar_Antonio threads the through ball to M_Rashford ... M_Rashford hits the ball first time! ... It's hit the bar ... It bounces down ... P_Gulacsi grabs it ... No Goal! ... Boos surround the stadium!! Min. 4 :(bca) M_Oyarzabal drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to D_Carvajal ... Mar_Antonio knocks the ball back to A_Lafont ... Ohhhh no!! ... It's gone past A_Lafont! ... And just creeps wide!! ... CORNER! ... D_Alaba drives it into the box! ... R_Semedo gets his head on it ... A_Lafont makes a comfortable save ... He wasn't troubled there Min. 6 :(bca) M_Oyarzabal holds the ball up and waits for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... His team mate plays the through ball for him! ... M_Oyarzabal tries to curl it into the bottom corner! ... But A_Lafont with the difficult save Min. 7 :(cel) Antony jinks past Y_Berchiche ... Antony has time and space! ... He tries the lob! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 15 :(cel) Antony takes advantage of a mistake by Y_Berchiche ... N_Otamendi wins the ball! ... But he caught the player also! ... The ref gives nothing! Min. 16 :(cel) C_C-Vickers looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to M_Boadu ... M_Boadu leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!! ... It sails over! ... He has squandered a golden opportunity Min. 18 :(cel) L_Thomas sprints past Y_Berchiche ... B_White takes the players legs from beneath him!! ... That's a poor tackle! Min. 19 :(bca) Raphinha cuts inside C_Starfelt ... He worked that well ... He puts in M_Oyarzabal! ... C_Starfelt reacts to stop the move going any further Min. 23 :(bca) G_Jesus jumps over Mar_Antonio's challenge ... G_Jesus with the header! ... But A_Lafont comes out and dives at his feet ... That's goalkeeping at its finest Min. 37 :(bca) G_Jesus gets to the byline ... He looks up and lobs in a cross ... P_Coutinho is unmarked ... P_Coutinho tries the shot! ... GOAL!! ... A classy finish ... Let's see if Barcelona can hang onto that lead! ... Celtic 0-1 Barcelona ... Min. 38 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Antony will now play as a AM Min. 42 :(bca) Y_Berchiche runs down the flank ... He plays the ball across to R_Semedo ... L_Thomas bundles the player over!! ... That's a foul!! ... The ref looks across to his assistant! ... Play on! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 4 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(cel) S_Berge jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to M_Boadu ... M_Boadu runs forward ... He hits the shot! ... But it goes just over Min. 44 :(cel) Curled in dangerously from C_Starfelt to M_Rashford ... N_Otamendi tackles cleanly ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Celtic 0-1 Barcelona Min. 49 :(bca) G_Jesus flicks it past C_C-Vickers ... He runs forward ... C_Starfelt pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! Min. 56 :(bca) N_Otamendi feeds the ball through the middle ... M_Oyarzabal runs onto it ... He uses a clever change of direction to go past the defender ... M_Boadu pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... He's tried to take it off him! ... The Referee blows up for a foul Min. 58 :(cel) M_Boadu reads the run of Antony ... But N_Otamendi slides in Min. 60 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: M_Gotze ... COMING OFF: P_Coutinho Min. 61 :(cel) S_Berge squares it to M_Boadu ... M_Boadu with a bomb of a shot! ... It grazes the bar ... And goes over ... Oh so close there! Min. 62 :(bca) Raphinha sidesteps L_Thomas ... He showed great skill there ... Raphinha with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... A_Lafont fists it away Min. 63 :(bca) M_Gotze hits a hard pass to M_Oyarzabal ... M_Oyarzabal with a hard drive! What a hit son! What a hit! ... GOAL!! ... He grabs the corner flag and pretends to sing! ... Celtic 0-2 Barcelona ... Min. 64 :(cel) Tactical Change by Celtic ... Celtic have changed their playing style to P Min. 65 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: C_Kipre ... COMING OFF: N_Otamendi Min. 66 :(bca) D_Alaba slides it through the middle to G_Jesus ... G_Jesus with the overhead! ... It floats over A_Lafont ... It's heading goalward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 67 :(bca) Substitution by Barcelona ... COMING ON: L_de_Jong ... COMING OFF: M_Oyarzabal Min. 67 :(bca) M_Gotze has it now ... He takes on C_Richards ... He gets past him! ... He puts in L_de_Jong! ... S_Berge is called for the holding foul ... He was pushing down on his man ... The Referee calls him for a talk ... He's going to let him off for that ... He'd better be careful now ... FREE KICK! ... Just outside the box! ... G_Jesus drives it under the wall ... But it's hit the defender and went out for a corner ... CORNER! ... Y_Berchiche hits it into the box! ... M_Gotze gets on the end of it ... GOAL!! ... His manager looks unmoved ... Celtic 0-3 Barcelona ... Min. 68 :(bca) B_White moves out wide ... He plays the ball through to G_Jesus ... C_Richards reads it well ... This boy is a quality defender ... The crowd sing his praises Min. 70 :(cel) Substitution by Celtic ... COMING ON: M_Almiron ... COMING OFF: S_Berge Min. 70 :(cel) Antony plays a great one-two ... He runs towards goal now ... Y_Berchiche with a superb tackle! ... He easily dispossessed him Min. 72 :(bca) R_Semedo finds the run of L_de_Jong ... Excellent sliding challenge from C_Starfelt ... He had to time that one perfectly Min. 80 :(bca) M_Gotze with the dribble ... He skips through the tackle from C_Richards ... M_Gotze hits it ... This one could go anywhere! ... A_Lafont can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... A_Lafont makes a knowing look ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 84 :(cel) M_Rashford holds the ball up ... He knocks a through ball to Antony ... B_White bundles the player over!! ... That's a foul!! ... The ref looks across to his assistant! ... Play on! Min. 86 :(cel) M_Boadu controls it with ease ... D_Carvajal with a clumsy challenge ... The Referee calls him over ... He lets him off with a strong warning Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 2 minutes of injury time. Min. 89 :(bca) Raphinha knocks it past L_Thomas and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... Raphinha attempts a low drive! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... A_Lafont was beaten there! Min. 91 :(bca) M_Gotze spots his team mate making a run ... He plays a fantastic through ball to D_Carvajal! ... A great volley from D_Carvajal! ... But A_Lafont punches it away ... He could have caught that! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Celtic Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Mar_Antonio Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barcelona Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : M_Gotze (Man of the Match) Scorers : P_Coutinho (37), M_Oyarzabal (63), M_Gotze (67) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic | Barcelona Attempts on Goal : 5 | 12 Off target : 5 | 4 On target : 0 | 8 Possession : 50 | 50 Corners : 0 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 1 | 3 Fouls : 9 | 10 Key Tackles : 6 | 5 Key Passes : 7 | 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Celtic 0 - 3 Barcelona ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Celtic Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A_Lafont GK 19 1 1 1 24 | 96 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 C_Starfelt DF 1 18 13 9 28 | 96 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 19 0 J_Juranovic DF 1 17 12 7 27 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_C-Vickers DF 1 17 12 8 25 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 C_Richards DF 1 16 11 3 31 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 L_Thomas DF 1 15 10 6 22 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 Mar_Antonio MF 1 13 17 11 21 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 15 0 S_Berge MF 1 11 17 8 28 | 74 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 Antony AM 1 4 17 16 28 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 M_Boadu FW 1 3 14 18 26 | 96 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 M_Rashford FW 1 1 13 17 25 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 R_Ofori GK 16 1 1 1 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Wallace DF 1 11 6 3 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Almiron MF 1 6 16 14 25 | 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bruno_Costa MF 1 5 14 11 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 E_Dennis FW 1 2 11 13 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Barcelona Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P_Gulacsi GK 20 1 1 1 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 Y_Berchiche DF 1 18 15 12 22 | 96 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 42 0 D_Carvajal DF 1 18 15 8 27 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 R_Semedo DF 1 17 14 6 22 | 96 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 N_Otamendi DF 1 16 13 3 29 | 69 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 D_Alaba DF 1 18 14 11 23 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 B_White DM 1 17 16 7 25 | 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 16 0 Raphinha MF 1 8 18 16 27 | 96 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 20 P_Coutinho MF 1 3 18 16 26 | 64 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 M_Oyarzabal FW 1 2 14 18 27 | 71 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 38 G_Jesus FW 1 4 13 21 30 | 96 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 46 13 M_Pigliacelli GK 17 1 1 1 27 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Kipre DF 1 16 9 3 27 | 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 J_Elez DF 1 12 9 2 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Gotze MF 1 5 18 13 26 | 32 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 64 49 L_de_Jong FW 1 4 11 18 30 | 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1674162925 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40