A difficult victory for Barcelona over Slavia Prague

Barcelona secured a precious victory over Slavia Prague Czech (2-1) in the stronghold of the latter "Eden Arena", in the third round of the group stage of the Champions League.

Barcelona scored Messi in the third minute, Peter Olinka mistake his own goal in the 57th minute, while Jan Borrell scored Slavia Prague's only goal in the 50th minute.

The victory lifted Barcelona to seven points at the top of the group standings, while Slavia Prague were held to a single point in last place.

Barca coach Ernesto Valverde relied on the way he played (4-3-3) with Ter Stegen in the goalkeeper, in front of him quartet Semedo, Pique, Linglet, Alba, and in the middle De Jong, Busquets, Arthur, and three attacking Messi, Griezmann, and Suarez.

Slavia Prague coach Jindrich Trbizovsky, on the other hand, played a 4-3-1-2 with Kolar in the keeper, in front of him Koval, Kudela, Horkova and Borel, and in the middle Peter, Thomas, Zeleni, Stanchio, and attacking duo Alainica and Masubust.
Barcelona started the game with an early goal, through star and captain Lionel Messi in the third minute, where he received a pass from Brazilian Arthur Melo in the penalty area, and hit the right of the keeper Braga Collar.

The first response from the home side came in the 20th minute, when Slavia Prague's Zeleni fired a powerful shot from Ter Stegen's brilliant save.

Ter Stegen continued his brilliance in the game, with another save from Slavia Prague striker Olenka in the 36th minute.

Barcelona returned to threaten the home goal, with a shot from Dutchman Frinky de Jong inside the penalty area on the right side, but passed through the goal keeper Kolar.

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez missed the opportunity to double the score in the 42nd minute, with a powerful shot that passed the top of Slavia Prague.

Slavia Prague's Lucas Masubost missed the opportunity to equalize in the 45th minute, firing a powerful ball past Ter Stegen.
At the start of the second half, in the 50th minute Jan Borrell equalized for Slavia Prague, receiving a pass in the penalty area from teammate Masubust, and hit the far left of keeper Ter Stegen.

In the 57th minute, Barca's Slavia defender Peter Olenka scored his own goal in the 57th minute when he converted a shot from Suarez against Collar.

Slavia Prague goalkeeper Kolar deprived Barcelona captain Lionel Messi of the third goal, where he penetrated
The Argentine was in the penalty area of ​​the opponent, and the defender deflected but the keeper turned around to a corner in the 67th minute.

Valverde decided to make his first changes in the game, involving Frenchman Osman Dembele, instead of compatriot Antoine Griezmann, then Vidal instead of Busquets, and finally Rakitic instead of Arthur.

Barcelona continued to waste opportunities, where Luis Suarez sprinted on the right side, and hit a powerful ball passed by the right post of goalkeeper Collard in the 69th minute.

Slavia put intense pressure in the last 10 minutes of the match, but Barcelona's defense shone and kept the win.

Slavia keeper Kollar was brilliant in the 89th-minute strike from Lionel Messi and turned it into a corner.

Barca survived a fierce Czech attack in the final minutes, and managed to achieve their goal by taking the three points and topping the group.

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