Atlético de Madrid 4-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 1 March 2008
Result
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 1 March 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Atlético de Madrid 4-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Atlético de Madrid won against FC Barcelona 4-2 in La Liga on Saturday 1 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Ronaldinho Gaúcho opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Sergio Agüero (35'), Maxi Rodríguez (41'), Diego Forlán Corazo (61', penalty) and Sergio Agüero (70'). FC Barcelona scored through Ronaldinho Gaúcho (29') and Samuel Eto'o (73').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 4th on 41 points from 25 and FC Barcelona 2nd on 54 points from 25. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and FC Barcelona 3rd with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 2 for FC Barcelona.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read L-L-W-D-L and FC Barcelona's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Andrés Iniesta
- 29'Goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 35'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 41'Goal · Maxi Rodríguez
- 53'Yellow card · Ignacio Camacho
- 61'Yellow card · Gabriel Milito
- 61'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 61'Yellow card · Puyol
- 70'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 70'Yellow card · Sergio Agüero
- 73'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 80'Yellow card · Gianluca Zambrotta
- 86'Yellow card · Samuel Eto'o
- 86'Yellow card · Antonio López
- 90'Yellow card · Christian Abbiati
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Christian Abbiati, Antonio López, Pablo Ibáñez, Juan Valera, Simão, Ignacio Camacho, Raúl García, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Carlos Gallego
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Thiago Motta