Barcelona – Villarreal live

Min. 00WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE BROADCAST AND THE GAME !! Ronald Koeman opens in LaLiga with three points that leave good feelings knowing that this is a long-distance race. Unai Emery's Villarreal will have to improve things to reach the levels they should aspire to. AN AFFECTIVE GREETING AND UNTIL NEXT !!

Min. 00Villarreal for their part could not see the game face to face at any time. In the second half Unai Emery reinforced the center of the field but the attacks of his team were limited to the ascents of Estupiñán on the left and the interventions of Gerard Moreno to advance. Only the entry of Kubo gave a little more force to the attacks of the yellow submarine, which was well outmatched. Neto hardly had to intervene.

Min. 00Barcelona had very good ball handling throughout the game. Those of Koeman made an exit from behind that punished Villarreal enough. In addition, they were very clear about it. As soon as the ball reached three-quarters of the field, the speed multiplied. Asenjo was the protagonist of his team intervening on more than one occasion so that his team did not concede more goals.

Min. 00Barcelona's victory 4-0 against Villarreal in a good game for the Catalan team that resulted in a resounding score. In the first half Ronald Koeman's team imposed a high rhythm that ended up running over Villarreal with all the goals, and in the second half the Blaugrana team tried to control everything more so that there could be no setback.

Min. 90FULL TIME!!

Min. 90Dangerous foul in favor of Barcelona that Pjanic sends up. Kubo committed it on Dembélé after stepping on him. Somewhat angled to the left.

Min. 90THREE MINUTES ADDED !!

Min. 89KUBO DANGEROUS SHOT !! Great action from the Japanese from the right, outlining to the left and looking for a shot at the angle that Neto stopped.

Min. 88Villarreal touching the ball in these final minutes of the game. Having the ball but not finding a place to hit in attack.

Min. 86DOUBLE STOP OF ASENJO !! First he looked for a shot with the left Trincao, with a great intervention from the Spanish goalkeeper, and later Messi looked for another shot with another great save from the Villarreal goalkeeper.

Min. 85Despite the result, Kubo's entry to the field has given Villarreal a certain air in attack. The Japanese is trying to intervene a lot to get his team closer to Neto's goal.

Min. 85Last change by Unai Emery. Bacca enters the field and Gerard Moreno leaves.

Min. 85Change at Villarreal. Funes Mori enters the field and Albiol leaves.

Min. 84YELLOW FOR GERARD MORENO !! Card for the Villarreal player after kicking Piqué in a ball dispute.

Min. 81UP MARIO !! Chance for Villarreal with Kubo as the protagonist combining to the left. Estupiñán looked for him with a back pass but the Japanese did not contact the ball in the shot, which reached Mario and his hit went over the goal.

Min 79GOOD NET FOOT !! Villarreal's play on the right in which Mario looked for Kubo on the back line. The Japanese looked for a back pass but Neto put his foot so that the shipment was cut off and did not reach anyone.

Min 79Another change by Barcelona. Pjanic enters the field, making his official debut, and Busquets leaves.

Min 79New change by Ronald Koeman. Trincao enters the field, which makes its official debut, and Griezmann leaves.

Min. 76Barcelona's left wing has been the main focus of attack throughout the game. Mario is very outmatched by his side, with little help and with a Jordi Alba who is being like an airplane.

Min. 75Third change by Unai Emery. Enter the Kubo field and Chukwueze leaves.

Min. 73Good robbery of Villarreal in the exit of the ball from Barcelona. Between Parejo and Trigueros, they stole the ball from Frenkie de Jong, but after recovering the ball, the Villarreal players did not make anything concrete and the play ended with a goal kick.

Min. 71MESSI HEAD FAILURE !! Good ball out once more from the Blaugrana team, who attacked again from the left. Jordi Alba crossed back from the baseline but Messi made bad contact with the ball and went wide.

Min. 71Second consecutive change by the Dutch coach. Pedri enters the field, making his official debut, and Coutinho leaves.

Min. 71First change by Ronald Koeman. He enters the Dembélé field and Ansu Fati leaves.

Min. 68Once Barcelona steps on three-quarters of the field, it tries to accelerate its attacks. And in that sense, with the mobility of their players and Jordi Alba gaining depth on the left wing, they are managing to drown Unai Emery's team a lot.

Min. 65GREAT HAND OF ASENJO !! Messi driving from the right, outlining to the left and looking for the shot. The Villarreal goalkeeper had to put his hand in.

Min. 65Assisted by Gerard Moreno on Moi Gómez into space. Neto had to go out to go to the ground and catch the ball before the Villarreal attacker. The tip of the yellow submarine again being the beacon of his team in attack.

Min. 63Barcelona somewhat more leisurely in this second half. However, Ronald Koeman's team is touching the ball with great discretion and accelerating things when it finds some space behind the Villarreal midfield.

Min. 60Villarreal has taken a step forward to try to attack more, but Unai Emery's men are not managing to clearly reach Neto's goal. At the moment the Brazilian goalkeeper has hardly had to intervene.

Min. 57Again Estupiñán arriving on the left wing after a good support from Gerard Moreno to go out with the ball and attack from the side. The Ecuadorian made a good cross towards the Villarreal striker but Piqué cut off the action.

Min. 55Griezmann's shot blocked by Albiol. Barcelona's new attack on the left wing with a pass from Messi to Jordi Alba, who gave it to the French.

Min. 54Estupiñán has had two good arrivals on the left wing but the Ecuadorian's shipments were not very precise so that his teammates could finish.

Min. 52Villarreal once again exerted half pressure and Lenglet had the best response for his team to find space in attack. Ansu Fati crossed from the left but his delivery went straight to Asenjo's gloves.

Min. 49FIRST FOR MESSI !! Chance for Barcelona at the start of the second half. Combination between the Argentine and Ansu Fati who wanted to finish the captain of Barça without success.

Min. 48Villarreal changes its disposition for this second half. Unai Emery's team with the changes reinforces its midfield and goes from 4-4-2 to 4-1-4-1. Iborra acting as a pivot with Trigueros more advanced next to Parejo, and Gerard Moreno acting as the only forward.

Min. 47Double change by the Basque coach. Enter the Trigueros field and Coquelin leaves.

Min. 47Change of Unai Emery at half time. He enters the Iborra field and Paco Alcácer leaves.

Min. 46THE SECOND HALF BEGINS IN CAMP NOU !! The ball is already running across the grass.

Min. 01Villarreal started by conceding little on the inside, but their left wing was a source of weakness for their rivals. With the right wing unassisted and overcome, Unai Emery's men were worsening their defense as the minutes passed. Lenglet was the one who most punished the pressure of a Villarreal that in attack began trying to braid quickly to counter attack and later played more directly. Neither option worked. Bottom Unai Emery's team at the Camp Nou.

Min. 01Barcelona have completed a first half at a very good level. When Ronald Koeman's men have had room to run in their attacks, they have reached Asenjo's goal with some ease. A lot of mobility in attack and quite a few plays by the left sector with Ansu Fati and Jordi Alba as protagonists. The Blaugranas took advantage of bad rival pressure and did damage every time their opponents broke apart collectively. Ansu Fati x2, Messi and Pau Torres on their own goal scored the goals in the first 45 '.

Min. 01The first half ends at the Camp Nou with a resounding 4-0 by Barcelona against Villarreal. Good staging of Ronald Koeman's team against Villarreal that did not start out badly, but that was blurred as the goals against him fell. The locals are very comfortable in a game that could be complicated a priori.

Min. 45END OF THE FIRST PART!!

Min. 45GOOOOOLLLL OF BARCELONA !! Messi cross from the left that Pau Torres tried to cut and ended up inside his team's goal.

Min 42Gerard Moreno, who is one of the footballers who generates the most things for his team to attack with greater clarity, is not getting to intervene. It is costing Villarreal to reach attack zones.

Min 40SERGIO ASENJO TAKES IT OUT !! Villarreal goalkeeper saved after a cross by Sergi Roberto at the far post that Coutinho finished off.

Min 39Villarreal is not managing to braid passes to reach the rival field clearly. Suffering Unai Emery's team with and without ball.

Min 37The more space Barcelona is being able to find in attack, the better the possibility of completion for Koeman's team. Every time Villarreal leaves some space in defense, the rival attackers penalize them.

Min. 36GOOOOOOLLL OF MESSI !! The Argentine makes the third from the maximum penalty. It seemed that Asenjo would stop him but the ball went under the goalkeeper.

Min. 34PENALTY FOR BARCELONA !! Ansu Fati faced Mario inside the area on the left, and Villarreal's right-back fouled the Spanish attacker.

Min 32Punishing Barcelona a lot on the left wing. Either with Ansu Fati looking to be deep, or with the increases of Jordi Alba, Villarreal is not having the answer to defend Ronald Koeman's out there.

Min. 29Moi Gómez is practically always intervening from the inside. The Villarreal player leaves the left wing to be a support on the inside and thus leave Estupiñán on the side.

Min. 26ASENJO INTERVENES BEFORE JORDI ALBA'S SHOT !! He controlled the left side inside the area, almost on the baseline he looked for a strong hit that the Villarreal goalkeeper could cover.

Min. 26ALBIOL BLOCKS MESSI'S SHOT !! Combination between the Argentine and Ansu Fati, with Messi looking to finish point-blank but Albiol took the lead to cover the shot.

Min. 25Comfortable game for the moment for Barcelona, ​​which is handling the ball well in attack to be able to combine and look for Asenjo's goal.

Min. 22Bad pressure from Villarreal on Barcelona's second goal, who did not go to steal the ball with everything and in a disorganized way, Lenglet was able to find a dispatch to Coutinho, who had the entire field of the world to lead and decide. Ronald Koeman's team hits again.

Min. 20ANSU FATI GOOOOOLLL !! Second for Barcelona in a good pressure start from the Catalan team that Coutinho led through the center lane, and he gave it at the right moment to the Spanish attacker so that he could overcome Asenjo again.

Min. 20Assists Philippe Coutinho Correia

Min. 18First blow of the game promoted by Barcelona. They were warning Koeman's on the left wing, and although Villarreal was closing well in defense they could not before the appearance of Ansu Fati arriving in the second row to hit it very well with the right and score a goal.

Min. 16ANSU FATI GOOOOOLLLL !! The Spanish attacker puts the first after a vertical attack by Barcelona on the left wing. Lenglet's long pass before the side's unchecking, who controlled the baseline and passed behind his teammate to make the first of the game.

Min. 16Assists Jordi Alba Ramos

Min. 12Villarreal is also trying to play the ball judiciously. Unai Emery's men, however, do not think twice about whether they can attack running when they have space.

Min. 10Open the game in these first minutes. Barcelona attacking well with Jordi Alba's arrivals on the left wing. A lot of mobility on the part of Ansu Fati, Coutinho and Messi to leave that band free for the Spanish side.

Min 07The corner of Barcelona was not in danger, which fell to Coutinho on the edge of the area. The Brazilian looked for a shot but his attempt hit a Villarreal footballer.

Min. 05Jordi Alba's run down the left, who looked for a pass into the area reaching the baseline. Albiol cut the option to send the ball to a corner.

Min. 04First dangerous play by Villarreal. Mario's center on the right wing that centered the side towards Alcácer, who left it behind for Chukwueze, who instead of shooting looked for another pass and his team lost the ball inside the rival area.

Min. 03Finally, Barcelona's disposition in attack is with Ansu Fati playing on the left, Coutinho in the middle lane, Griezmann on the right wing and Messi starting at the attack point. Koeman is probably looking for a lot of mobility from his attackers.

Min. 01THE GAME START IN CAMP NOU !! Barcelona and Villarreal already play.

Min. 00THE PLAYERS JUMP ON THE LAWN !! Everything ready for the game to start.

Min. 00LESS THAN TEN MINUTES FOR THE GAME TO START !! The referee of the match is Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, belonging to the Referees Committee of the Balearic Islands.

Min. 00Villarreal coach Unai Emery has lost in each and every one of his 12 visits to Camp Nou in all competitions, conceding his biggest win in the last of them (6-1 with Paris SG in the round of 16 Final of the Champions League 16/17).

Min. 00FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has not won any of his three matches against Villarreal in his career on the bench (1E 2D), also losing in the only one in LaLiga (3-0 at La Cerámica with Valencia in January 2008).

Min. 00Gerard Moreno has participated in five of Villarreal's last six LaLiga goals, four goals and one assist, all of them in the second half of the game.

Min. 00The Barcelona player, Lionel Messi, has directly participated in 20 goals in his last 20 meetings with Villarreal in LaLiga (14 goals and six assists) and has scored eight goals in his eight games at the Camp Nou against the yellow box.

Min. 00Villarreal have only lost in three of their last 11 LaLiga appearances (7V 1E) after being defeated in five of the previous six in the competition.

Min. 00Barcelona have only lost one of their last 12 LaLiga matches (8V 3E), 1-2 to Osasuna in their last home match. The Barça team has not lost two consecutive home games in the competition since April 2016, with Luis Enrique Martínez as coach.

Min. 00Barcelona have only lost their first game of a LaLiga season at home on one occasion and it was in December 1939 (0-1 against Espanyol). Since that defeat, Barça have won 35 of these 40 games (5E), including the last eight.

Min. 00Barcelona have only lost their first LaLiga game of a season in one of the last 11 campaigns, 1-0 to Athletic last. The last time the Barça team began with defeat for two consecutive LaLiga seasons was between 1982 and 1983.

Min. 00Barcelona have prevailed in their last nine home games against Villarreal in LaLiga, the last time the Villarreal team scored at the Camp Nou was in January 2010 (1-1).

Min. 00Barcelona have not lost any of their last 22 LaLiga matches against Villarreal (16W 6E), since a 1-2 defeat at the Camp Nou in March 2008.

Min. 00Only a change in the starting team of Villarreal with respect to the match in which they obtained the victory against Eibar. Estupiñán makes his debut as a starter on the left wing and falls off the left side Pedraza.

Min. 00Unai Emery goes out with the following eleven at Camp Nou: Asenjo – Mario, Albiol, Pau Torres, Estupiñán – Chukwueze, Parejo, Coquelin, Moi Gómez – Gerard Moreno, Paco Alcácer

Min. 00First starting team by the Dutch coach in line with what he has been testing in preseason. A 4-2-3-1 with the ownership of Coutinho on his return, and an Ansu Fati who will surely have something to talk about (even more so) this season after having signed his first contract as a first team player.

Min. 00Ronald Koeman comes out with the following eleven to debut in LaLiga: Neto – Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba – Busquets, De Jong – Messi, Coutinho, Ansu Fati – Griezmann

Min. 00THERE ARE ALREADY ONCES !!

Min. 00Unai Emery's Villarreal, meanwhile, comes to this match after having obtained their first three points in LaLiga on the last day. The yellow submarine earned a 2-1 victory against Eibar at home. It will be the first confrontation that they dispute away from La Cerámica.

Min. 00Barcelona makes its debut in the competition and does so with a new coach on the bench. Ronald Koeman takes part in LaLiga after the Catalan club has not lived very quietly since his arrival at the club. Time to start looking at this new stage with the Dutchman as coach with different eyes after having won all the preseason games.

Min. 00GOOD EVENING EVERYONE!! The LaLiga day at the Camp Nou closes with the confrontation between Ronald Koeman's Barcelona and Unai Emery's Villarreal. The blaugranas in search of their first three points against a yellow submarine that will play its third game in the competition.