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Commentary
1¹MAXWELL beat four Marseille players and stroked an effort wide.
4¹GOAL!! A cross from KABORÉ was flicked away by MAXWELL only for BENZEMA to tap the ball back into the box for BRANDÃO to force into the net. (1-0 Marseille)
7¹RIOU did well to hold onto an amazing shot from ISAAC CUENCA.
8¹BRANDÃO headed just wide.
10¹BEN ARFA clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Barcelona 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
17¹BEN ARFA played the ball to ALEX SILVA who headed it just wide.
22¹GOAL!! After a good build-up BEN ARFA drove the ball past PINTO. (2-0 Marseille)
24¹A accurate pass fell to IBRAHIMOVIC and his right foot effort raced narrowly wide.
27¹The 'keeper was able to block a weak shot from ISAAC CUENCA.
32¹LAMELA ran onto a wonderful ball from BEN ARFA but dragged his shot wide.
34¹A lovely effort from BENZEMA scraped the top of the crossbar.
35¹A weak shot from BRANDÃO bounced agonisingly wide.
38¹BEN ARFA was put clear by LAMELA and he turned the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.
45¹GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with VÍLLA striking the ball into the roof of the net. (2-1 Marseille)
2²GOAL!! A nice run by GONZÁLEZ on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which BEN ARFA nodded in at the far post. (3-1 Marseille)
9²ISAAC CUENCA beat VARANE and blasted the ball to VÍLLA who fumbled his shot wide.
11²A penalty box scramble resulted in IBRAHIMOVIC cracking the ball over.
13²ISAAC CUENCA worked the ball to VÍLLA, IBRAHIMOVIC collected his cross and hoofed the ball within easy reach of the Marseille 'keeper.
23²The stunned RIOU could only watch as a backpass from REVEILLÈRE dropped just over.
26²GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Marseille 'keeper, BARTRA was first to the loose ball and played the ball to IBRAHIMOVIC to fire home. (3-2 Marseille)
29²A shot from IBRAHIMOVIC was hoofed off the line by VARANE.
33²IBRAHIMOVIC shot wide.
45²BRANDÃO waltzed away from TOIVONEN and rifled a weak shot well wide.
47²The Marseille 'keeper saved a curling shot from TOIVONEN.

 
Barcelona
 
League position: 4
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: XLLLLWLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
José PINTO5 15½Rudy RIOU
Marc BARTRA7½26½Antoine REVEILLÈRE(c)
MAXWELL Scherrer7 37 Gabriel HEINZE
TIAGO Cardoso8 47½Charles KABORÉ
Martin SKRTEL7 56½Raphaël VARANE
Philippe MEXÈS7 66 ALEX Sandro da SILVA
Joan ISAAC CUENCA7½77 Luis GONZÁLEZ
Ola TOIVONEN6 87 Hatem BEN ARFA
(c,p)Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC7½97 BRANDÃO(p)
(f)Fernando TORRES6 106 Erik LAMELA(f)
David VÍLLA6½116½Karim BENZEMA
Manager
Joleon LESCOTT  12  RICHARLYSON Barbosa
Andreu FONTÁS  13  Thimothée KOLODZIEJCZAK
JEFFREN Isaias  14  Franck TABANOU
Jonathan DOS SANTOS  15  Fabrice ABRIEL
JONATHAN Soriano  16  Matt JARVIS
 
Marseille
 
League position: 15
Away league form: LXLL
Overall league form: LXXXLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Barcelona 2 Marseille 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 43,790, Stadium: Camp Nou, Referee: Keith Hill 5½)

Vílla 45¹, Ibrahimovic 26²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Brandão 4¹, Ben Arfa 22¹, Ben Arfa 2²
  
  
  
67
105
10
74
67
1311
51
46%54%
Man of the match: Tiago Cardoso