Atlético de Madrid 4-3 FC Barcelona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2009
Result
Atlético de Madrid 4-3 FC Barcelona
La Liga · Sunday 1 March 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Atlético de Madrid 4-3 FC Barcelona: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat FC Barcelona 4-3 in La Liga on Sunday 1 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.
Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (32'), Sergio Agüero (56'), Diego Forlán Corazo (80', penalty) and Sergio Agüero (88'). FC Barcelona scored through Thierry Henry (19'), Lionel Messi (31') and Thierry Henry (74').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 8th on 36 points from 24 and FC Barcelona 1st on 60 points from 24. Atlético de Madrid went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and FC Barcelona 1st with 87.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atlético de Madrid wins, 1 draw and 3 for FC Barcelona.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 31'Goal · Lionel Messi
- 32'Goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 47'Yellow card · John Heitinga
- 50'Yellow card · Raúl García
- 56'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 58'Yellow card · Dani Alves
- 67'Yellow card · Paulo Assunção
- 74'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 80'Penalty goal · Diego Forlán Corazo
- 88'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 90+2'Yellow card · Lionel Messi
Head-to-head
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Antonio López, Tomás Ujfalusi, Pablo Ibáñez, Paulo Assunção, Simão, Raúl García, Johnny Heitinga, Diego Forlán Corazo, Sergio Agüero, Maxi Rodríguez, Leo Franco
FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)
Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen