Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Barcelona holds on to top spot in Spain »
Barcelona secured their place in the next round of the Champions League last night with a disappointingly 1-1 draw against Basle at the Nou Camp, owing to the defeat of Shakhtar by Sporting.
Considering Basle made just 4 incursions into Barcelona’s half throughout the match this is another case of dominating the match without scoring, in which Barça specialised earlier in the season, but a much changed squad was largely to blame. However, Xavi and Messi were brought on in the 59th minute and instantly upped the level - after just 2 minutes Leo Messi scored to put Barcelona 1-0 ahead.
While the Barcelona attack continued, Basle were able to put the ball past Valdes in the 82nd minute.
| International: Champions League grp. C |
| # |
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| 1 |
Barcelona |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
10 |
| 2 |
Sporting CP |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
| 3 |
Shakhtar Donetsk |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
| 4 |
Basel |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
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