La Liga
September 15, 2012
Getafe
1 - 4
Barcelona
La Liga
18:00 +00:00, September 15, 2012
Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Spain
Supersub Messi at the double
Scoring Summary
| Getafe | Barcelona |
|---|---|
| Sarabia (80') | Adriano (32') |
| Lionel Messi (pen 74') | |
| Lionel Messi (78') | |
| David Villa (90') |
Teams
| Getafe | Barcelona |
|---|---|
| 1 Miguel Moya | 1 Victor Valdés |
| 2 Alexis | 5 Carles Puyol |
| 6 Alberto Lopo | 3 Gerard Piqué |
| 4 Miguel Torres Gómez | 21 Adriano |
| 20 Valera | 19 Martin Montoya |
| 19 Abdelaziz Barrada | 16 Sergio Busquets |
| 21 Michel | 11 Thiago |
| 25 Xavi Torres | 6 Xavi |
| 11 Adrián Colunga | 4 Cesc Fábregas |
| 17 Diego Castro Gimenez | 37 Cristian Tello |
| 14 Pedro León | 17 Pedro |
| Substitutes | |
| 13 Jordi Codina | José Manuel Pinto 13 |
| 16 David Angel Abraham | David Villa 7 |
| 3 Mané | Dani Alves 2 |
| 5 Medhi Lacen | Javier Mascherano 14 |
| 26 Paco Alcacer | Alex Song 25 |
| 7 Álvaro Vásquez | Lionel Messi 10 |
| 8 Sarabia | Gerard Deulofeu 27 |
| Substitutions | |
| Álvaro Vásquez for Adrián Colunga (60) | Javier Mascherano for Carles Puyol (57) |
| Medhi Lacen for Michel (69) | Lionel Messi for Thiago (59) |
| Sarabia for Pedro León (78) | David Villa for Cristian Tello (76) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Michel (61) | Sergio Busquets (23) |
| Valera (62) | Gerard Piqué (38) |
| · Squads: Getafe | Barcelona | |
Lionel Messi climbed off the bench to score twice while his fellow replacement David Villa was again on the mark as Barcelona continued their 100% start to the new Primera Division season with a 4-1 win at Getafe.
Adriano capitalised on good work by Cesc Fabregas to notch a 32nd-minute opener before the visitors added three more goals in the final 16 minutes to seal their fourth win in four league outings.
Messi doubled the lead from the penalty spot before the Argentina ace made it 3-0 four minutes later. Getafe pulled a goal back through Pablo Sarabia's deflected strike but Villa had the final word with a brilliant piece of finishing in stoppage time to complete the scoring.
Getafe had beaten defending champions Real Madrid in their last home match but Barca rarely looked like suffering a similar fate.
They had already seen Cristian Tello denied by home goalkeeper Miguel Moya and Thiago Alcantara strike the crossbar when they took the lead through Adriano.
Fabregas created the chance with an incisive run into the area and, when he was muscled off the ball, Adriano was on hand to slot home.
Barca continued to push and Moya did well to keep out efforts from Thiago and Tello before visiting coach Tito Vilanova decided to unleash reigning two-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Messi just before the hour mark.
It took the Argentina ace just 15 minutes to make his mark as he fired home from the penalty spot after Pedro Rodriguez had been brought down by Juan Valera.
That was Messi's seventh competitive goal of the season for Barca, and it became eight soon after when he tapped in a deflected cross from close range.
Getafe got on the scoresheet 10 minutes from the end when substitute Sarabia's left-footed strike hit Javier Mascherano and flew past the wrong-footed Victor Valdes, but Barca restored their three-goal advantage late on through Villa's fine finish.
Fabregas' dinked ball over the top picked out his fellow Spain international's run in behind the Getafe defence and, in the blink of an eye, the striker brought the ball down, took a touch to hold off the challenge of Valera and then drilled a low left-footed finish past Moya.
That goal was Villa's third in four appearances for club and country since returning from his eight-month injury absence.
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