FC Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 17 May 2006
Result
FC Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal
Champions League · Wednesday 17 May 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
FC Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 17 May 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sulzeer Campbell opened the scoring in the 37th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Samuel Eto'o (76') and Belletti (81'). Arsenal scored through Sulzeer Campbell (37').
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 1st on 28 points from 12 and Arsenal 2nd on 28 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read D-W-W-D-D and Arsenal's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 18'Red card · Jens Lehmann
- 22'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 37'Goal · Sulzeer Campbell
- 51'Yellow card · Thierry Henry
- 69'Yellow card · Oleguer
- 76'Goal · Samuel Eto'o
- 81'Goal · Belletti
- 90+3'Yellow card · Henrik Larsson
Team news
FC Barcelona line-up
Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Puyol, Edmilson, Oleguer, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Deco, Víctor Valdés, Samuel Eto'o, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Mark van Bommel
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell