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Barcelona v Leganés - as it happened

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Barcelona v Leganes, Copa del Rey round of 16, 30/01/2020 - official line-ups. BeSoccer
Barcelona v Leganes, Copa del Rey round of 16, 30/01/2020 - official line-ups. BeSoccer
Join us for minute to minute coverage as Barcelona host Leganés in the Copa del Rey round of sixteen! Quique Setién's men will be trying to get a comfortable victory after a disappointing loss to Valencia in LaLiga last week, and this could be their chance to show that there's no crisis at hand...
Goal

List of goalscorers

A. Griezmann
4'
1 - 0
C. Lenglet
27'
2 - 0
L. Messi
59'
3 - 0
Arthur
78'
4 - 0
L. Messi
89'
5 - 0
Press

Match report in news

End of match

End of match

  • 93'
    FT: Barcelona 5-0 Leganés. Barcelona book a place in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey with a straightforward 5-0 win over Leganes at Camp Nou. Griezmann fired Setien's men in front after just four minutes and Lenglet glanced in a second before the half-hour mark. Messi was twice on target in a dominant second-half display, sandwiching substitute Arthur's close-range finish as Barca cruised through.
  • 90'
    Three minutes have been added on at the end of the match at Camp Nou.
  • 89'
    BARCELONA 5-0 LEGANES!!! Rakitic slots a delightful throughball into the path of Messi, who rounds Cuellar and then converts into an empty net to double his personal tally for the day.
  • 88'
    GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!
  • 87'
    SAVE! Ruibal has a shot saved by Ter Stegen as Leganes go in search of a consolation goal.
  • 84'
    Fati shifts the ball onto his right and guides a shot a yard or so wide of the target.
Card

Yellow card

a Leganés
  • 83'
    Tarin is the latest Leganes player to be cautioned for a strong challenge on Fati.
  • 77'
    GOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!
Card

Yellow card

a Leganés
  • 73'
    Awaziem is shown the first yellow card of the game for grabbing hold of Messi. Nothing comes of the free-kick.
  • 72'
    Griezmann makes way for Arthur.
  • 71'
    Aguirre makes his third and final change by bringing on Plomer for Braithwaite up top.
  • 69'
    Leganes midfielder Rodriguez pulls the trigger from a long way out and misses the target by a distance
  • 66'
    Messi is dragged down and wins his side a free-kick. Off the field, Leganes boss Aguirre is shown a yellow card by the referee for complaining.
Substitution

Substitution

at Barcelona
  • 64'
    Setién makes another change as Jordi Alba is replaced by Junior Firpo.
Substitution

Substitution

at Barcelona
  • 61'
    Rakitic comes on for Vidal in the first of Barcelona's changes.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 59'
  • 59'
    GOAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!
Substitution

Substitution

at Leganés
  • 57'
    Eraso replaces Mesa as Aguirre makes a double change.
Substitution

Substitution

at Leganés
  • 57'
    Silva is replaced by Rodrigues with a little over a third of the game left to play.
  • 56'
    Silva whips in a cross from the left and Lenglet does well to stoop down and head it behind before Rodriguez can turn it in. Much better from Leganes!
  • 54'
    Barcelona having too easy of a time now. Leganes are not really getting at their opponents and instead it is Barca who are pressing for the game's third goal.
  • 50'
    Vidal picks up a loose ball around 30 yards out and puts his foot through it, but he is quickly closed down. The hosts are lacking a cutting edge in the final third right now...
  • 46'
    Back underway in Barcelona!
  • 45'
    HT: Barcelona 2-0 Leganés. Barcelona lead Leganes 2-0 at half-time in this Copa del Rey last-16 tie. The hosts made a bright start and opened the scoring four minutes in through Griezmann's strike, which Lenglet added to with a free header just short of the half-hour mark. Griezmann had another ruled out for offside between those two goals and had a deflected shot brilliantly saved by Cuellar in a dominant first-half showing from Barca.
  • 45'
    Messi tries to force the ball through on the edge of the box but is surrounded by players... The Argentinian is having a good dya, though.
  • 42'
    Messi chips the ball towards Vidal but the Chile international is unable to bring it under control. Messi's next attempted throughball, this time towards Fati, is cut out.
  • 36'
    Cuellar does well to read the danger and pounce on the ball before Fati can get to it. Fati is playing on the left of a three-man attack, rather than at wing-back, and it seems to be working for the hosts.
  • 34'
    The hosts are certainly there to be got at. Leganes have had the odd promising moment so far but need to try and sustain that pressure - far easier said than done, of course!
  • 30'
    Silva delays the cross and ends up losing possession. Leganes have backed off a little too much in this first half, it's hard to see them coming back from this.
  • 27'
    Lenglet gets the run on Braithwaite at the front post and flicks Messi's corner past Cuellar to double Barcelona's lead. As simple as you like!
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 27'
  • 27'
    GOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!! LENGLET SCORES THE SECOND!
Card

Yellow card

a Leganés
  • 25'
    Perez has been cautioned for going in a little too hard on Busquets in that previous 50-50 challenge.
  • 23'
    SAVE! Braithwaite guides Silva's cross on target but it is another simple one for Ter Stegen to deal with.
  • 20'
    DRAGGED WIDE! Fati dummies the ball and Alba runs onto it. The wing-back has only a small section of the goal to aim for and he fails to find the target, dragging the shot wide of the far post
  • 18'
    DRAGGED WIDE! Fati dummies the ball and Alba runs onto it. The wing-back has only a small section of the goal to aim for and he fails to find the target, dragging the shot wide of the far post
  • 16'
    Ruibal drills a shot over the bar following a positive attacking move from the visitors. As long as it remains at just 1-0, Leganes know they have a chance of pulling off an upset here.
  • 12'
    After a lengthy VAR check, the officials' decision to rule out Griezmann's strike for offside stands. It looked very tight! Play continues and Mesa fires off target.
  • 10'
    OFFSIDE! Messi lifts the ball over the top and Alba knocks it into the path of Vidal. Cuellar makes the save and Griezmann taps in the rebound, but the offside flag had already gone up. This may go to a VAR check, though...
  • 6'
    Barcelona, boosted by that early goal, are applying plenty of pressure. Leganes are desperately trying to win the ball back but Barca are just knocking it around them.
  • 4'
    BARCELONA 1-0 LEGANES!!! Semedo is played into acres of space down the right and cuts the ball back for Griezmann, who takes a touch to set himself and then fires across Cuellar into the far corner from 10 yards.
  • 3'
    GOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!
  • 1'
    And we're off!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Almost underway! Do you think Setién can provide his first comfortable win this evening?
  • PRVW
    The only beneficiary has perhaps been Ansu Fati, who has earned a place in the line-ups recently despite only making the jump to the first team recently.
  • PRVW
    Setien's efforts will be focused on surviving the insane amounts of pressure being head coach of Barcelona comes with, and with Luis Suarez getting injured right as he started his tenure, the newly-appointed coach has not had it easy.
  • PRVW
    Meanwhile, Leganés makes five changes with a highly competitive line-up Aguirre will be hoping can see them through. Although Leganés' efforts will be focused on LaLiga survival this season despite holding Atletico Madrid to a goaless draw over the weekend.
  • PRVW
    Setién makes three changes to his Valencia line-up, which clearly proved unsuccessful, with Sergi Roberto, Arthur and Umtiti all dropped... Setién sending a message?
  • PRVW
    Leganés starting XI: Cuéllar; Rosales, Tarín, Siovas, Awaziem, Jonathan Silva; Óscar, Rubén Pérez, Roque Mesa; Aitor Ruibal and Braithwhite.
  • PRVW
    Barcelona starting XI: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Arturo Vidal, Busquets, De Jong; Messi, Griezmanna and Ansu Fati.
  • PRVW
    Line-ups are out! Let's take a look shall we...
Info

Pre-match

30 January 2020, 19:00

Referee: Cuadra Fernández | VAR: Melero López

Stadium: Spotify Camp Nou

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to our minute to minute coverage as Barcelona host Leganés in the Copa del Rey round of sixteen! Quique Setién's men will be trying to get a comfortable victory after a disappointing loss to Valencia in LaLiga last week, and this could be their chance to show that there's no crisis at hand...