Barcelona Beat Sevilla 3-2 In a Thriller
Barcelona completely dominated the first half, scoring 2 goals. Sevilla could not keep up with Barcelona and were fouling everyone in sight, committing 23 of them in total. Bojan once again started instead of Ibrahimovic. Guardiola is clearing sending a message.
The game started fast as Messi scored in just the 5th minute when Maxwell lofted him a ball over the head of several defenders. Messi did a great job of chesting the ball, spinning around, and firing past the keeper. In the 26 minute, Fazio twisted his ankle badly while trying to guard Messi (he had to be replaced). In the 28th minute, Bojan netted one from another great pass from Xavi. In the 30th minute, Fabiano earned a yellow card for a nasty foul on Busquets. He got beat up all day long. In the 41st minute, Valdes made a brilliant save to deny Fabiano at point blank range. Valdes celebrated like he had just single-handedly won the game.
In the 56th minute, Konko earned a second yellow when he intentionally pulled Bojan downed by his jersey, resulting in an immediate ejection. In the 62nd minute, Messi's shot was blocked but Pedro scored off the deflection.
Sevilla then scored 2 goals in a period of just 3 minutes! In the 69th minute, Fabiano setup Kanouté with a through ball who smashed it into the bottom left corner. In the 71st minute, Sevilla took a quick free kick and Fabiano blasted it in. Barcelona was caught napping! The fans were going wild at this point as it had been all Barcelona.
In the 70th minute, a brilliant curling kick from Bojan was denied by the keeper. It should have been Barca's 4th goal. Again, in the 90th minute, Bojan missed a wide open shot when Alves sent a cross into the box from the right but Bojan blasted it over the crossbar.
