FC Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 3 April 2012
Result
FC Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan
Champions League · Tuesday 3 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
FC Barcelona 3-1 AC Milan: match report
FC Barcelona beat AC Milan 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 11th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Lionel Messi (11', penalty), Lionel Messi (41', penalty) and Andrés Iniesta (53'). AC Milan scored through Antonio Nocerino (32').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; AC Milan received 7 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 6th on 21 points from 9 and AC Milan 11th on 14 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
FC Barcelona lined up in a 4-3-3 and AC Milan in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Barcelona wins, 5 draws and 2 for AC Milan.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-W-D and AC Milan's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Luca Antonini
- 11'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 32'Goal · Antonio Nocerino
- 40'Yellow card · Alessandro Nesta
- 41'Penalty goal · Lionel Messi
- 41'Yellow card · Clarence Seedorf
- 53'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 66'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 77'Yellow card · Robinho
- 86'Yellow card · Isaac Cuenca
- 90+1'Yellow card · Philippe Mexes
- 90+2'Yellow card · Maxi López
- 90+3'Yellow card · Antonio Nocerino
Head-to-head
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Puyol, Dani Alves, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés
AC Milan line-up (4-3-1-2)
Christian Abbiati, Philippe Mexès, Ignazio Abate, Luca Antonini, Antonio Nocerino, Massimo Ambrosini, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Robinho, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Clarence Seedorf, Alessandro Nesta