Nine-goal thrill in Barça match

Deportivo La Coruña	4-5	FC Barcelona
●Pizzi (Pen) 26' ●Bergantiños 37' ●Pizzi 47' ●Alba(OG) 79'		●Alba 3' ●Tello 8' ●Messi 18' ●Messi 43' ●Messi 77'

(October 20, 2012)

Only 18^th minute of the match, FC Barcelona already got three goals. But after that Deportivo was back in the game. They found the fate with them too. Though Messi got a hat-trick and FC Barcelona got full three points, the crowd saw a thrilling nine-goal match.

Two former students of La Masia - Jordi Alba and Christian Tello got two goals within eight minutes. Messi made it 3-0 by a back-heel from Fàbregas. Both of them also graduated from La Masia. In the 26^th minute Deportivo got their first goal from a penalty kick. In the 37^th minute they made it 3-2 from a mistake by Víctor Valdés. But two minutes before the end of the first half Messi made it 4-2 with a rare right footed shot.

In the 49^th minute Mascherano was shown red card and FC Barcelona was worried a bit because two minutes before that Pizzi made it 4-3.

Pizzi was in front of hat-trick, Messi too. Messi got at last. In the 77^th minute Messi dribbled his way to Deportivo defense and made it 5-3. Could Deportivo come back again? Yes, they could. By the touch of fate they made it 5-4 from an own goal. The Scorer was Jordi Alba, who got the first goal of the match and his first goal too as a FC Barcelona player.

Team Line-ups:

Deportivo La Coruña	FC Barcelona
1.Daniel Aranzubía	1. Víctor Valdés
5.Ze Castro	19.Martin Montoya
15.Laure	14.Javier Mascherano
17.Ayoze	25.Alex Song
24.Carlos Marchena	18.Jordi Alba
4.Alex Bergantiños	16.Sergio Busquests
9.Pizzi	4.Cesc Fàbregas(6.Xavi Hernández 61')
14.Abel Enrique Aguilar Tapias	8.Andrés Iníesta
16.Bruno Gama(25.Nelson Miguel Castro Oliveira 61')	7.David Villa(21.Adriano Correia 54')
11.Riki(22.Diogo Salomão 81')	10.Lionel Messi
21.Juan Carlos Valerón(18.Javier Camuñas 61')	37.Cristian Tello(17.Pedro Rodríguez 56')

Match Statistics:

Deportivo La Coruña		FC Barcelona
13(8)	Shots (On target)	10(6)
32%	Ball Possession	68%
13	Fouls	15
5	Corner Kicks	1
4	Offsides	1
1	Clean Sheets	5
4	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1