BAR 5:1 ATB | FC Barcelona - Athletic Bilbao (LaLiga)

LaLiga

Barcelona – Bilbao

5:1 (end)

Real – Atlético

2:0 (end)

final

FC Barcelona

5:1 (3:0)

Athletic Bilbao

Saturday 01.12.2012, 20:00 • LaLiga

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		FC Barcelona gains the expected clear win against a harmless Athletic Bilbao. The guests never were even close to keep the match open and if Barca would have invested a bit more the result could have even been a lot higher.
		Game over.
	90+2	Ander holds a Barca forward in the midfield and sees a late yellow card. Pretty unnecessary...
	90+1	Ibai Gómez with a distance shot but no problem for Valdés.
	90	Pique with a cross pass to Messi whose diving header goes wide.
	89	Athletic stays in the Barca half for several minutes... both teams are okay with the result.
	87	Bilbao with a cross into the Barca box from a half right position and Ibai Gómez tries a handball.... But Valdés catches the ball.
	85	Pedro falling down, still gets the ball to Xavi whose shot from 20 metres goes over the crossbar.
	83	The ball goes around in the midfield. Not a lot going on recently.
	80	Lionel Messi already attacking the opposing defenders close to the Bilbao box. He wants another one it seems.
	79	Ibai Gómez seeking his second of the evening, half a metre in offside.
	78	Fernando Llorente had to go back to the own box and to clear the ball !
	77	Messi with a nice volley but it lands on the right outside lane !
	75	And the substitutions continue. Alex Song is in for Busquets. Now also Barca has used all three options.
	73	Thiago is in for the strong Andrés Iniesta.
	73	Montoya is in for Adriano.
	73	San José is in for Ramalho - last substitution by Athletic already.
	72	Nice idea by the guests. A chip into the Barca box and the following one timer goes wide!
	70	Goal for Barcelona! What an incredible play by Barca! First there is a through pass to Mesis but he dflects the ball to Pedro who is stopped by Iraizoz from a shirt distance, then Pedro gets the rebound back and after some nice tricks during the following dribbling he gives the ball again to LIONEL MESSI who curls it in the right top corner from 10 metres distance !
	68	Long ball to Óscar de Marcos but he can't reach it and Valdés is there.
	64	Toquero is in for the last half hour for Susaeta. Second change for Bilbao.
	65	Goal for Athletic! Iturraspe with a long ball from the midfield, the Barca defense pays no attention and IBAI GOMEZ in the 1 on 1 against Valdés without problems ! The consolidation goal for Athletic !
	62	At the moment Bilbao is doing a bit more and Barcelona waits for counter chances...
	59	Fernando Llorente receives a cross 10 metres in front of the Barca goal, turns around and his shot goes wide !!
	57	Goal for Barcelona! Perfect pass by Andréas Iniesta with the outside of the foot to CESC FABREGAS who appears at the right part of the box and alone in front of Iraizoz he showes no nerves !
	55	Iniesta with a back-heel through to Messi in the penalty box and the Argentinian is stopped by Ander who hits Messi's feet but the goal getter doesn't fall down, so no penalty.
	54	Lionel Messi from 20 metres after a pass by Busquets. Iraizoz saves at cost of a corner.
	53	Bilbao defends with 11 men. Barcelona is not creative enough....
	51	Susaeta receives the ball at the 18 yard box but he was in offside.
	50	Similar to the first half, the game again starts relatively slow.
	46	In the half time Fernando Llorente entered the pitch for Aduriz.
	47	Fábregas from the left side, his cross pass through the area finds no team colleague.
	46	2nd halftime began.
		Barcelona leads easily with three goals and has decided the game 99.9% after 45 minutes against extremely harmless guests from Bilbao. The game started very slow before Barca took over the iniative and made Athletic fall apart... the guests didn't even earn a single shot on goal.
		1st halftime finished.
	45	Goal for Barcelona! Beautiful short passing game by Barca in the Bilbao box, the ball comes to ADRIANO and he beats the chanceless Iraizoz with a high shot just below the crossbar!
	45	Lionel Messi with a shot from the six-yard box, hits the underside of the crossbar !
	43	Jordi Alba jumps into a long ball in the penalty box, makes the cross pass to Iniesta who misses the empty net from a sharp angle.
	40	A Bilbao player steps on the feet of Jordi Alba who is looked after by the medical staff.
	39	Messi with a pass back to Fábregas whose shot is saved by Iraizoz to the side.
	38	Xavi with a long ball to Messi but Ekiza is between in the last moment.
	37	Whenever Bilbao finds the way into the Barca half either their passes have not the necessary precision or an opponent is there immediately.
	35	The following free kick by Messi goes wide.
	35	A nice long through pass to Iniesta who gets it on the left side. He wants to go into the center but is stopped with a foul by Iturraspe 25 metres in front of the goal.
	33	Óscar de Marcos with a foul in the midfield that earns him a deserved yellow card.
	32	Offside position by Pedro when he would have been through.
	30	Distance shot by Fábregas over the crossbar.
	26	Sergio Busquets sees the first yellow card for an over motivated foul in the own half.
	28	Oscar de Marcos receives the ball in the Barca area but he can't controll it....
	27	Pedro with a shot from 20 metres but it goes wide significantly.
	24	Goal for Barcelona! LIONEL MESSI is left alone by the last man, he lobs the ball over Iraizoz and Amorebieta clears it into the own net. The goal though has given to Messi as the ball would have entered the net anyway.
	23	A cross by Pedro is headed out of the area by a defender.
	22	Goal for Barcelona! After the corner Fábregas' shot is blocked away by Iraizoz but the rebound comes to GERARD PIQUE who shoots it into the wide open net !
	22	First corner for Barcelona. But it could have been more. Messi receives the ball and was through but he needs too long, then his pass finds Iniesta whose shot is blocked for the corner.
	20	Barcelona finds no holes in the guest defense. It is extremely difficult for them to create chances.
	18	Bilbao with more courage now but they lack precision in their passes.
	16	A cross finds Ibai Gómez in the Barca area but also the Bilbao forward has problems to keep the ball under controll.
	15	Messi receives a pass from the left side in the penalty box but he can't controll the ball.
	13	First shot on goal. Andrés Iniesta goes into the box and his shot ends up in the middle of the goal, easy save by Iraizoz.
	12	A long pass to the left outside lane by Barcelona but the last pass into the box is too unprecise.
	10	Both teams stay in the midfield most of the time. It's a very calm begin in the first ten minutes.
	9	The guests try to create attacks themselves but so far they don't come close to the penalty box.
	7	Bilbao captures the ball on the left outside lane but they don't get the last pass done. In the end Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés touches the ball for the first time...
	6	A long ball to Fábregas but he is in an offside position.
	5	The guests are for the first time in the Barca half but they lose the ball immediately.
	4	A through pass by Barca is stopped by a defender in the last moment.
	3	Fábregas receives the pass in the 18 yard box but his pass is blocked by a defender and Barcelona has to start the attack from the beginning.
	2	Barcelona already with a lot of ball possession. Bilbao waits in their own half.
	1	Game started.
		Both teams with a 4-3-3 on the paper. For sure Barcelona will intereprete this system with a lot of offense while Bilbao will concentrate on counter attacks.
		Starting lineups: Barcelona: Valdés - Adriano, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba - Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta - Messi, Fábregas, Pedro Bilbao: Iraizoz - Aurtenetxe, Amorebieta, Ekiza, Ramalho - Marcos, Iturraspe, Ander - Gómez, Aduriz, Susaeta Referee: Mateu Lahoz
		FC Barcelona had the best start in the history of Primera División with an incredible 12-1-0 record. In their last league match they defeated UD Levante (4-0) with a double by their goal getter Lionel Messi. Today's guests have quite other problems. They are only 14th with just a four-point advantage towards the relegation zone. In the last two matches they only earned one point, including a huge away loss against Real Madrid (1-5). Everything but a clear win by Barcelona would be an early Christmas present for the guests from the Basque Country.
		Welcome. Game starts at 20:00 CET.

Commentary by

Dennis Mende

Goals & lineups

Goals: 22. Piqué, 24. Messi, 45. Adriano, 57. Fabregas, 70. Messi - 65. Gómez

Cards: 26. Busquets (BAR) - 33. Marcos (BIL), 90+2. Ander (BIL)

FC Barcelona: Valdés - Adriano (73. Montoya), Piqué, Mascherano, Alba - Xavi, Busquets (75. Song), Iniesta (73. Thiago) - Messi, Fábregas, Pedro

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz - Aurtenetxe, Amorebieta, Ekiza, Ramalho (73. San José) - Marcos, Iturraspe, Ander - Gómez, Aduriz (46. Llorente), Susaeta (64. Toquero)

Referees: Mateu Lahoz