Camp Nou attendance 97,939 Sun 6 May Real Madrid 20:45 97,183 Wed 14 Mar Chelsea (UCL) 20:45 90,356 Sun 4 Mar Atlético Madrid 16:15 90,106 Wed 4 Apr Roma (UCL) 20:45 89,514 Sun 13 Aug Real Madrid (Supercopa) 22:00 85,417 Sat 24 Feb Girona 20:45 84,053 Sun 18 Mar Athletic Bilbao 16:15 79,774 Thur 25 Jan Espanyol (Copa) 21:30 78,656 Tue 12 Sept Juventus (UCL) 20:45 75,681 Sun 11 Feb Getafe 16:15 74,397 Sat 21 Oct Málaga 20:45 72,857 Sat 9 Sept Espanyol 20:45 72,126 Sat 7 Apr Leganés 20:45 70,723 Sat 4 Nov Sevilla 20:45 69,544 Sat 14 Apr Valencia 16:15 68,775 Wed 29 Nov Real Murcia (Copa) 19:30 64,705 Mon 7 Aug Chapecoense (Gamper) 20:30 63,208 Sat 2 Dec Celta Tue 13:00 62,369 Sun 28 Jan Alavés 20:45 59,009 Thur 11 Jan Celta (Copa) 21:30 56,480 Sun 20 Aug Betis 20:15 56,380 Sun 7 Jan Levante 16:15 55,026 Wed 18 Oct Olympiakos (UCL) 20:45 54,743 Wed 9 Apr Villarreal 20:00 51,756 Sun 17 Dec Deportivo 20:45 51,645 Tue 19 Sept Eibar 22:00 50,959 Thur 1 Feb Valencia (Copa) 21:30 48,336 Tue 5 Dec Sporting CP (UCL) 20:45 570 Sat 23 Dec Real Madrid (away, Camp Nou youth viewing party) 13:00 0 (behind closed doors) Sun 1 Oct Las Palmas 16:15
3-1 Cillessen pissed about a possible handball. I think the arm was close to the body, but in this case where the deflection ends up scoring a goal, it seems more right to call the handball.
With Leo's end of the half goal he moved 3 in front of the pack for Golden Boot, and 2nd place is Mo Salah who has just 1 EPL match left (they host Brighton). Leo of course has 2 more games plus the balance of this one to pull further away. Immobile sadly seems unlikely to play again due to injury. Leo 34 goals, 2 games left (68 points) Mo 31, 1 Ciro 29, 2 but injured Lewa 29, 1 Icardi 28, 2 Cavani 28, 2 Kane 27, 2 (one underway about 33 minutes in) Crissy 25, 3 Jonas 33 but only 1.5x for 49.5 points, 1 Luis 24, 2 I have to say I'm very happy Messi at last has more goals than Jonas, don't want to win on a technicality, especially as Jonas probably plays in the 6th toughest league (only the top 5 leagues get the 2x treatment).
Timing off on Coutinho's pass there. Madrid complain about yellow card for Messi for playing after the whistle.
Dembele !!! Kind of ignored Messi there so he better finish that ! That 3rd touch was heavy though. Got lucky to get through. With some time he can work out.
Longest unbeaten runs in La Liga history 43 - FC Barcelona (34-9-0) J32, 15 Apr 2017 - J36, 9 May 2018 38 - Real Sociedad (22-16-0) J29, 29 April 1979 - J32, 4 May 1980 31 - FC Barcelona (27-4-0) J3, 18 Sept 2010 - J33, 23 April 2011 31 - Real Madrid (21-10-0) J36, 7 May 1988 - J28, 8 April 1989 Longest unbeaten starts to a season in La Liga history 36 - FC Barcelona 2017-18 (27-9-0) 32 - Real Sociedad 1979-80 (18-14-0) 28 - Real Madrid 1988-89 (19-8-0) 27 - Real Madrid 1968-69 (16-11-0)
Starting to think it was a pretty big mistake not bringing-on Dembele in the clasico instead of Paco. His legs looked fresh, especially in the first 20-25 minutes of tonight's match which might've been a huge asset against tired legs last Sunday.
WOW. This is the first time I've seen Dembele do something in blaugrana colors and thought, "this kid really is special." More of the same next year!
Paco was a total non-factor. Dembélé might've not been able to pressure for the ball, but his presence for breakaways could've given LPB something to think about. Together with Roma away, one of the few moments this season EV's decisions could be questioned.
I'll have to watch it again but the speed is great and so was the rainbow shot, really nice finish to a very solid game for him today, and while I'm all for passing (and passing to Messi often works well) too often we have players who are too deferential to Messi when they have a chance to score (even Neymar was at times), so not too worried if he was a bit selfish (so long as he finishes).
I agree. I do want players that have the personality to finish off plays. But if the pass option is very open like that, you better finish it.
Many quality goals, it makes for a tough poll. I voted for the one set up by Raktic. 📊L'enquesta d'@EsportsRAC1❓❓Amb quina jugada de gol us quedeu del partit contra el Vila-real❓❓#frac1— Esports RAC1 (@EsportsRAC1) May 9, 2018
After the Villarreal win Barca have now scored 5,994 goals in their La Liga history. Six goals away from 6,000 Two matches remain this season.