Barcelona vs Celtic : Live Score and Commentary, ICC 2016

Barcelona vs Celtic : Live Score and Commentary, ICC 2016 

BARCELONA XI: Masip, Vidal, Martinez, Mathieu, Camara, Roberto, Turan, D. Suarez, Messi, Munir, L. Suarez
CELTIC XI: Gordon; Janko, Ambrose, O'Connell, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton, McGregor; Roberts, Griffiths, Forrest

1 min CHANCE! Celtic could easily be ahead after just 15 seconds! After the ball is given away to Roberts, the on-loan winger runs forward before curling a shot narrowly wide of Masip's far corner. That would have been some start.
11 min : GOAL! Celtic 0-1 Barcelona (Turan)Oh my word. It has taken just 11 minutes of pre-season for Barcelona to find their stride. After Vidal nutmegs a Celtic defender on the right flank, he passes the ball to Turan on the edge of the penalty area and his first-time strike is curled into the top corner of Gordon's net. It's a stunning Barcelona goal.
 22' CHANCE! Great work from Brown, as the Celtic skipper gets in early on Mathieu, with the France defender losing the ball in a dangerous area. The aforementioned Scotland midfielder drives towards goal before powering a low strike on target, but Masip is equal to it.
 26'CHANCE! Superb defending from Janko, as Celtic’s right-back gets across just in time to smuggle the ball away from the feet of Messi, who looked all set to double Barca’s lead from close range after combining brilliantly with Denis Suarez.
29'Goal Leigh GriffithsGOOOOALLLLL!!! WHAT A SHOCKER! Awful from Barca, as they throw away their lead by overplaying at the back, as Martinez’s heavy first touch in the 18-yard box is capitalised on by Griffiths, who has the easy job of slotting home into an empty net, with Masip also out of position. Barca 1-1 Celtic!
31'Own Goal Efetobore Ambrose Emuobo GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Bizzarre scenes in Dublin! Well, after an awful moment for a defender at one end of the pitch, Efe Ambrose has just suffered an even worse calamity, as he inadvertently turns a low cross from the left - that was providing no real threat to Celtic’s defence - past Craig Gordon and into his own goal, meaning Barca regain their lead just two minutes after parity was restored.  
41' Goal-Munir El Haddadi Mohamed GOOOAAALLL! Ambrose may have done well just a moment ago, but he was embarrassed there as Suarez slid a sumptuous pass through the legs of the Nigerian, setting up Munir for an easy tap-in in the process. Barca 3-1 Celtic!
41' Assist-Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz Assist Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz
 54' CLOSE! Sublime play from Barca, as the two Suarez’s combine expertly to carve through Celtic’s defence, but Denis is just unable to find Luis with a low cross, and the chance goes begging. 60' MISS! Well, by Luis Suarez’s standards, that is a poor effort! It was a terrific ball from Samper that picked out the striker in the area, but he was unable to direct his left-footed volley on target.

• 75'

  CHANCE! Better play from Celtic, as Rogic penetrates Barca’s lines with a powerful run from deep. He eventually tees up Armstrong, who tires his luck from the cusp of the box, but Masip gets down well to make an easy stop.

• 83'

  The game is simply winding down now, with little threat at either end. Barca are still well in control, but the main positive form this result for Enrique will have been able to utilise the majority of his squad, meaning that some of the youngsters have been able to have a good run-out this evening.

   

  FULL TIME! It’s all over in Dublin, where it has finished Barcelona 3-1 Celtic! All the action occurred during the first-half, with strikes from Arda Turan, Munir and an own goal from Efe Ambrose doing the damage for Luis Enrique’s side, who only conceded due to an error by Jose Martinez.