Messi brace helps Barca jump to third in La Liga
A Lionel Messi brace led Barcelona to a victory over Elche in La Liga on Wednesday.
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Goals
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0
76'
15
Clément Lenglet
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0
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18
Jordi Alba
73'
Goals
1
76'
2
Sergiño Dest
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0
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Goals
0
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Goals
0
45'
11
Ousmane Dembélé
Goals
0
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16
Pedri
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0
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Goals
0
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10
Lionel Messi
48' 68'
Goals
2
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Goals
0
76'
7
Antoine Griezmann
Goals
0
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Goals
0
67'
5
Sergio Busquets
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0
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13
Neto
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0
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Goals
0
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24
Júnior Firpo
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0
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12
Ricard Puig
Goals
0
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26
Iñaki Peña
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0
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Goals
0
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No. | Name | |
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13
Edgar Badía
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24
Josema
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0
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0
81'
15
Luismi
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0
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0
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25
Johan Mojica
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0
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23
Cifuentes
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0
60'
16
Fidel
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0
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0
72'
21
Guido Carrillo
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0
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Goals
0
60'
11
José Antonio Morente
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0
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10
Pere Milla
Goals
0
72'
7
Nino
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0
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12
Daniel Calvo
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0
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Saves
0
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Goals
0
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45
Lluis Andreu
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0
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Goals
0
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32
Gerard Barri
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0
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26
John Donald
Goals
0
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- | Match ends, Barcelona 3, Elche 0. | |
90'+3' | Second Half ends, Barcelona 3, Elche 0. | |
90'+3' | Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross. |
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8 | Fouls | 8 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
3 | Offsides | 1 |
6 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
1 | Saves | 2 |
POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
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1 | Real Madrid | 30 | +29 | 66 |
2 | Atletico Madrid | 29 | +32 | 66 |
3 | Barcelona | 30 | +43 | 65 |
4 | Sevilla FC | 29 | +19 | 58 |
5 | Real Sociedad | 29 | +16 | 46 |
6 | Real Betis | 29 | -3 | 46 |
7 | Villarreal | 29 | +11 | 46 |
8 | Levante | 30 | -2 | 38 |
9 | Celta Vigo | 29 | -6 | 37 |
10 | Athletic Bilbao | 30 | +6 | 37 |
11 | Granada | 29 | -15 | 36 |
12 | Cádiz | 30 | -18 | 35 |
13 | Valencia | 29 | -5 | 33 |
14 | Osasuna | 29 | -12 | 31 |
15 | Getafe | 30 | -12 | 30 |
16 | Huesca | 30 | -14 | 27 |
17 | Real Valladolid | 29 | -13 | 27 |
18 | Elche | 30 | -19 | 26 |
19 | Alavés | 30 | -23 | 24 |
20 | Eibar | 30 | -14 | 23 |
Real Madrid's Clasico win was won long before a ball was kicked, with Zinedine Zidane setting up his team to easily exploit Barca's inexperience.
Ronald Koeman was left exasperated that Barcelona weren't awarded a late penalty as they were beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid.
Alejandro Moreno says Barca's overreliance on Lionel Messi played right into Real Madrid's hands.
Alejandro Moreno reserves praise for Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane after their 2-1 win over Barca.
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1 to leap their 'Clasico' foes, as well as city rivals Atletico Madrid, to go top of the table.
Ronald Koeman has said Jurgen Klopp's complaints about playing at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium in midweek discredited Real Madrid.