Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2006
Result
Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Saturday 7 January 2006, 21:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Espanyol 1-2 FC Barcelona: match report
Espanyol were beaten by FC Barcelona 1-2 in La Liga on Saturday 7 January 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Deco opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Espanyol's goal came from Raúl Tamudo (60'). FC Barcelona scored through Deco (43') and Samuel Eto'o (47').
Discipline: Espanyol received 6 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Espanyol were 14th on 18 points from 17 and FC Barcelona 1st on 40 points from 17. Espanyol went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 82.
Going into the match Espanyol's last five read W-D-D-L-D and FC Barcelona's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Belletti
- 43'Goal · Deco
- 47'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 60'Goal · Raúl Tamudo
- 61'Yellow card · Nascimento Costa
- 64'Yellow card · Armando Sa
- 65'Yellow card · Alberto Lopo
- 70'Yellow card · Didier Domi
- 71'Yellow card · Thiago Motta
- 88'Yellow card · Fredson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 90+1'Yellow card · Juanfran
Team news
Espanyol line-up
Carlos Kameni, Armando Sa, Alberto Lopo, Pablo Zabaleta, Didier Domi, Dani Jarque, Eduardo Costa, De la Peña, Fredson, Luis Garcia, Raúl Tamudo
FC Barcelona line-up
Juliano Haus Belletti, Puyol, Edmilson, Oleguer, Ronaldinho, Deco, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés, Thiago Motta, Samuel Eto'o, Giovanni van Bronckhorst