FC Barcelona 3-0 Gimnàstic Tarragona: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2007
Result
FC Barcelona 3-0 Gimnàstic Tarragona
La Liga · Sunday 21 January 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
FC Barcelona 3-0 Gimnàstic Tarragona: match report
FC Barcelona defeated Gimnàstic Tarragona 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 21 January 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 17th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Javier Saviola (17'), Ludovic Giuly (67') and Andrés Iniesta (81'). Gimnàstic Tarragona did not score.
Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Gimnàstic Tarragona received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game FC Barcelona were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Gimnàstic Tarragona 20th on 9 points from 18. FC Barcelona went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Gimnàstic Tarragona 20th with 28.
Going into the match FC Barcelona's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Gimnàstic Tarragona's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Mingo
- 17'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 24'Yellow card · Deco
- 58'Yellow card · Portillo
- 67'Goal · Ludovic Giuly
- 81'Goal · Andrés Iniesta
Team news
FC Barcelona expected line-up
Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Deco, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Víctor Valdés, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Thiago Motta
Gimnàstic Tarragona line-up
Albano Bizzarri, Júlio César Cáceres López, Mingo, Anibal Matellan, David Cuéllar, Angel Morales Cuerva, Juan Díaz, Portillo, Jesús María Serrano Eugui, Buades, Generelo