AC Milan 1-1 FC Barcelona: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2011
Result
AC Milan 1-1 FC Barcelona
Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
AC Milan 1-1 FC Barcelona: match report
AC Milan drew with FC Barcelona 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 November 2011. It was 1-2 at half-time.
AC Milan's goals came from Zlatan Ibrahimović (20') and Kevin-Prince Boateng (54'). FC Barcelona scored through an own goal by Mark van Bommel (14'), Lionel Messi (31', penalty) and Xavi (63').
Discipline: AC Milan received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game AC Milan were 17th on 8 points from 4 and FC Barcelona 12th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
AC Milan lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona (8.7), ahead of Kevin-Prince Boateng (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 AC Milan wins, 3 draws and 2 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 14'Own goal · Mark van Bommel
- 20'Goal · Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 24'Yellow card · A. Aquilani
- 30'Second yellow · A. Aquilani
- 31'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
- 31'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 34'Yellow card · Mark van Bommel
- 43'Yellow card · Puyol
- 45+3'Yellow card · Eric Abidal
- 54'Goal · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 63'Goal · Xavi
- 85'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 86'Yellow card · Gianluca Zambrotta
Head-to-head
Team news
AC Milan line-up (4-3-1-2)
Christian Abbiati, Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Zambrotta, Ignazio Abate, Thiago Silva, Mark van Bommel, Clarence Seedorf, Alberto Aquilani, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Robinho
FC Barcelona line-up (4-3-3)
Víctor Valdés, Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Eric Abidal, Cesc Fàbregas, Xavi, Thiago Alcântara, Seydou Keita, David Villa, Lionel Messi