Jordi Alba delivered the whole stadium with a goal at the very end of the added time (90’+4). Mascherano scored on own goal early in the first half, while Inisesta put the equalizer just before half time. Bar\u00e7a, with 3 wins in 3 matches, has a foot in the next round of the Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Still playing without Puyol<\/strong>, Piqu\u00e9<\/strong> and Alv\u00e9s<\/strong> (we may also add Abidal, and Thiago Alcantara to this list), Vilanova<\/strong>, FC Barcelona<\/strong>‘s head coach, decided to give the key of the defense to ‘canterano’ Marc Bartra<\/strong>. moving Alex Song to a midfiled position, while Sergio Busquets was in the stands, and cesc Fabregas on the bench, despite his stellar performance last weekend against La Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celtic Glasgow<\/strong> was only a few seconds away from bringing one point home from the Camp Nou<\/strong>. An early header from Samaras (min 18), slightly deflected by Mascherano<\/strong> entered the goal defended by V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bar\u00e7a<\/strong> scored an equalizer just before half time in a great tiki-taka combination between Messi, Xavi and Iniesta (min 45).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second half was all Blaugrana, while the Scottish team had 9 men posted in the last 30 metres to protect their goal. A very discreet Alexis sanchez<\/strong> was replaced by Villa<\/strong> with 10 minutes remaining on the clock. A sub which could have paid off if it was not for the right post of the Celtic goalkeeper (min 87).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call it abnegation, determination… some may say that’s just the luck playing its role for FC Barcelona. They once again waited until the very last minutes to clinch victory: Jordi Alba<\/strong> scored the winning goal in the 94th minute on a cross from Adriano. This is the 3rd time already this season they get the 3 points on late goals, very late goals… The win tastes even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 0-1 Samaras min 18 Still unbeaten in the Champions League group phase, Bar\u00e7a have one foot in the next round with three matches still to play in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordi Alba delivered the whole stadium with a goal at the very end of the added time (90’+4). Mascherano scored on own goal early in the first half, while Inisesta put the equalizer just before half time. Bar\u00e7a, with 3 wins in 3 matches, has a foot in the next round of the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barca","category-champions-league"],"yoast_head":"Celtic score first<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Golden touch from Messi, Xavi and Iniesta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Celtic under pressure in the second half<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Luck of the Champion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1-1 Iniesta min 45
2-1 Jordi Alba min 90+4<\/p>\n\n\n\nGroup G Classification<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Rankings<\/td> Played<\/td> Win<\/td> Draw<\/td> Loss<\/td> G.F.<\/td> G.A.<\/td> +\/-<\/td> Points<\/td><\/tr> 1.<\/td> FC Barcelona<\/td> 3<\/td> 3<\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td> 7<\/td> 3<\/td> +4<\/td> 9<\/td><\/tr> 2.<\/td> Celtic Glasgow<\/td> 3<\/td> 1<\/td> 1<\/td> 1<\/td> 4<\/td> 4<\/td> 0<\/td> 4<\/td><\/tr> 3.<\/td> Spartak Moscow<\/td> 3<\/td> 1<\/td> 0<\/td> 2<\/td> 6<\/td> 7<\/td> -1<\/td> 3<\/td><\/tr> 4.<\/td> Benfica Lisbon<\/td> 3<\/td> 0<\/td> 1<\/td> 2<\/td> 1<\/td> 4<\/td> -1<\/td> 1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"