FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2006
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club
La Liga · Sunday 15 January 2006, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Athletic Club: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Athletic Club 2-1 in La Liga on Sunday 15 January 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 15th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Ronaldinho Gaúcho (38', penalty) and Lionel Messi (50'). Athletic Club scored through Fernando Llorente (15').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 43 points from 18 and Athletic Club 19th on 15 points from 18. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Athletic Club 12th with 45.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Athletic Club's L-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Fernando Llorente
- 17'Yellow card · Fernando Amorebieta
- 20'Yellow card · Jesús Lacruz
- 23'Yellow card · Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- 38'Penalty goal · Ronaldinho Gaúcho
- 41'Yellow card · Puyol
- 50'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 52'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 89'Red card · Deco
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Edmilson, Oleguer, Ronaldinho, Deco, Lionel Messi, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel
Athletic Club line-up
Iñaki Lafuente, Ander Murillo, Unai Expósito, Jesús Lacruz, Luis Prieto, Fernando Amorebieta, Orbaiz, Gurpegi, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Joseba Etxeberria