Sporting Gijón 1-6 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 September 2008
Result
Sporting Gijón 1-6 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 21 September 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Sporting Gijón 1-6 FC Barcelona: match report
Sporting Gijón lost to FC Barcelona 1-6 in La Liga on Sunday 21 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.
Xavi opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Sporting Gijón's goal came from Tati Maldonado (51'). FC Barcelona scored through Xavi (26'), Samuel Eto'o (33'), an own goal by Jorge García (49'), Andrés Iniesta (69'), Lionel Messi (85') and Lionel Messi (89').
Discipline: Sporting Gijón received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; FC Barcelona received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting Gijón were 20th on 0 points from 2 and FC Barcelona 18th on 1 point from 2. Sporting Gijón went on to finish that season 16th with 43 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Sporting Gijón lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Raúl Cámara
- 26'Goal · Xavi
- 33'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 40'Yellow card · Carmelo
- 49'Own goal · Jorge García
- 51'Goal · Tati Maldonado
- 56'Red card · Gerard
- 69'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
- 85'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 89'Goal · Lionel Messi
Team news
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jorge García, Gerard, Raúl Cámara, Sastre, Andreu, Carmelo, Tati Maldonado, Diego Castro, Matabuena, Mate Bilic, Sergio Sánchez
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen