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La Liga / Matchday 16
Ciudad de Valencia / 16.12.2018
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Updated 16/12/2018 at 21:38 GMT
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What a performance from Barcelona, what a performance from Messi. He was on fire and finished up with a hat trick to illustrate that. Levante will feel sore because despite the scoreline they didn't play all that poorly. They just came up against a player who is ripping apart La Liga at the moment. Sensational stuff to watch.
End of 2nd Half
92'
FULL TIME: Levante 0-5 Barcelona
90'
GOOOOOOOOOOOO... NO! Mayoral believes that he has grabbed a consolation goal for Levante, but the flag was up for offside. That's a shame because it was a decent finish.
89'
88'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Levante 0 Barcelona 5 (88 mins - Gerard Pique). It's FIVE for Barcelona and Pique has got himself in on the act! He picked up the ball in his own area before driving his team forward and finishing the move himself! What more would you expect from Pique? Impressive.
Goal
R. Spuller
SV Mattersburg
81'
And now Denis comes on for Barcelona. There are some who expect him to leave the club in January.
On
D. Suárez
FC Barcelona
Off
O. Dembélé
FC Barcelona
Yellow Cards1
Fouls1
Fouls against2
Corners1
79'
What a miss! That should have been five for Barcelona! Messi played through Suarez, who saw the whites of the goalkeeper's eyes, but he sends his low shot wide of the far post.
78'
Coutinho will get the chance to stretch his legs and maybe fill his boots against 10 men opposition.
76'
SENT OFF! Things are going from bad to worse for Levante. They have now been reduced to 10 men after a bad challenge from Cabaca on Dembele. No complaints about that.
Red card
E. Cabaco
Levante UD
On target1
Fouls2
Free Kicks1
Red Cards1
71'
It's one final change for Levante and it's Prcic who comes on with the game long since over.
On
S. Prcic
Levante UD
Off
S. Postigo
Levante UD
Fouls2
Free Kicks3
70'
69'
Another change for Levante and it's Coke who comes on for the final 20 minutes.
On
Coke
Levante UD
Off
R. Rochina
Levante UD
Blocked Shots3
Fouls2
Fouls against1
Free Kicks1
63'
Levante make a change, but at this point it doesn't really matter all that much. Mayoral comes on.
On
B. Mayoral
Levante UD
Off
E. Boateng
Levante UD
On target1
Fouls1
Fouls against2
Hit Post / Hit Bar1
62'
60'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Levante 0 Barcelona 4 (60 mins - Lionel Messi). It's a hat trick from Messi! What a performance this has been from the great man! That might well be a goal of the season contender, with Suarez nutmegging, Vidal playing to Messi for the number 10 to prod home. Make sure you see this.
Goal
L. Messi
FC Barcelona
Goals3
Assists1
On target4
Blocked Shots1
58'
That was a painful one! Vidal took a knee to the back from Postigo, who escapes from that incident without being shown a yellow card. Vidal will be fine to continue, but that was naughty.
57'
56'
This is a good spell from Levante, but they had good spells in the first half as well and were blown away by the brilliance of the team they are playing. Can they make it count?
55'
Campana shot! An excellent move presents Campana with an opportunity right on the edge of the Barcelona box, but his low strike is blocked on the slide by Pique, who had to get there.
54'