Gerard Pique header gives Barcelona 1-0 win over APOEL

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Barcelona managed a 1-0 win over APOEL in the first matchday of the Champions League Group F at the Nou Camp Stadium on Wednesday (09/17/2014). These three figures that make Barcelona the first position of the standings with three points, two points ahead of Ajax Amsterdam at the same time a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain.


Barcelona appear to dominate since the early minutes. Several times Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Munir El Haddadi get a golden opportunity in the penalty box for APOEL scored first. Their efforts finally paid off after Gerard Pique listed his name on the scoreboard in the 28th minute. Receive free kick Messi, Pique headed the ball into the top right corner of the goal APOEL.

Throughout the first half, Barcelona controlled the game. Meanwhile, APOEL who looks just rely on the counter-attack to attack the home side seemed difficult to develop the game. Five minutes before halftime, Barcelona again get a chance. However, Messi kicks the ball in the penalty box can still be ignored by APOEL goalkeeper, Urko Pardo, which look pretty good at this stage.

After halftime, Barcelona still dominated the game. However, in this part, APOEL tried out the pressure with several attacks through quick counter-attack. In the 64th minute, APOEL almost equalized when Barcelona defender Dani Alves, do not throw the ball swiftly when Nuno Morais cross from the left side of Barcelona's defense.

Barcelona continued to press until the final minutes, but some are not able to convert their chances into goals. Score 1-0 for the Blaugrana squad finally stand up to fight over. According to UEFA, throughout the game, Barcelona had the ball as much as 67 percent and created six golden opportunity from 17 businesses. As for the visitors fired a shot accurately from four experiments.

The composition of players:
Barcelona: 1-Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 3-Gerard Pique, 15-Marc Bartra, 21-Adriano, 22-Dani Alves, 6-Xavi (8-Andres Iniesta 61), 20-Sergi Roberto, 26-Sergi Samper, 10-Lionel Messi, 11-Neymar, 31-Munir El Haddadi (29-Sandro Ramirez 68)
Coach: Luis Enrique

APOEL: 78-Urko Pardo, 3-Joao Guilherme, 5-Carlao, 15-Marios Antoniades, 28-Mario Sergio, 8-Tiago Gomes (21-Gustavo Manduca 62), 16-Vinicius, 26-Nuno Morais, 46-Efstathios Aloneftis, 9-Cillian Sheridan, 30-Tomas De Vincenti
Coach: Giorgos Donis

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

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