Monaco vs Barcelona, Champions League: Match Thread, Live ...

71’ GOAL, Monaco 2-1 Barcelona (Ilenikhena): Monaco retake the lead. A long ball from the back finds George Ilenikhena all alone with time and space to run into the box and fire it past Ter Stegen and into the net.

SECOND HALF KICKOFF! Monaco 1-1 Barcelona: Back underway in Monaco!

HALFTIME, Monaco 1-1 Barcelona: A wild and chaotic first half ends with two goals, a red card, plenty of fouls and physicality and a Barça team that is competing as hard as they can with 10 men. There is still 45 minutes to go, and Hansi Flick now has a chance to organize and rally his troops at the break to try and salvage at least a point.

35’ GOAL DISALLOWED: Wilfried Singo finds the net for Monaco on a free-kick, but the goal is correctly ruled out for offside.

28’ GOAL!!!! Monaco 1-1 Barcelona (Yamal): BARÇA EQUALIZE!!! Marc Casadó plays a gorgeous ball over the top to find Lamine Yamal, who cuts inside and finds the bottom corner to score his first career Champions League goal!!!

16’ GOAL, Monaco 1-0 Barcelona (Akliouche): Monaco take the lead. A long ball from left to right finds Maghnes Akliouche in space, and the young winger cuts inside on his left foot and finds the net for the home team.

11’ RED CARD: Barça are down to 10 men as Eric García is shown a straight red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity with a foul on Takumi Minamino. Marc-André ter Stegen put Eric in a tough spot with a bad pass, and García took one for the team to avoid an early goal.

KICKOFF! Monaco 0-0 Barcelona: And we’re underway in Monaco!

WELCOME TO THE STADE LOUIS II!!! The charming home of AS Monaco in the beautiful Principality of Monaco, France is the site of the opening Champions League clash between the hosts and Barcelona, who look to maintain their perfect record to begin the season and start a new European journey in the competition’s new League Phase format with three points against a young, fast, good Monaco side that beat Barça in the Blaugrana’s final preseason game. This should be all kinds of fun, and you’re welcome to join us to follow and comment all the action. Vamos!

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BARCELONA

Starting XI: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Cubarsí, Iñigo, Balde; Eric, Casadó; Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha; Lewandowski (4-2-3-1)

Substitutes: Peña (GK), Astralaga (GK), Domínguez, Cuenca, Fort, Martín, Torre, Guille, Toni, Ferran, Fati, Víctor

MONACO

Starting XI: Köhn; Vanderson, Kehrer, Salisu, Singo; Camara, Zakaria; Akliouche, Minamino, Ben Seghir; Embolo (4-2-3-1)

Substitutes: Lienard (GK), Teze, Matazo, Balogun, Golovin, Henrique, Mawissa, Ouattara, Ilenikhena, Diatta, Magassa

Competition/Round: 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase, Matchday 1

Date/Time: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Friday)

Venue: Stade Louis II, Monaco, France

Referee: Allard Lindhout (NED)

VAR: Dennis Higler (NED)

On TV: TUDN (USA), TNT Sports 2 (UK), SONY TEN 1 (India), SuperSport (Nigeria), Movistar (Spain), others

Online: Paramount+ (USA), discovery+ (UK), Movistar+ (Spain), others

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