Schalke 04 vs Barcelona, 1st Leg
Match pulse
S04Attacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Barcelona 1-0
Barcelona beat Schalke 04 1-0 in 1st Leg on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at VELTINS-Arena. Goals for Barcelona: Bojan Krkic (12').
Play by play
- 94'
And that should be it. The ref blows for full-time and Barca will take a lead into the home leg.
- 92'
Another free header for Larsen! But the ball is over! Schalke have had their chances, but haven't managed to take any of them
- 90'
Oh but are they? Valdes forced to make the save after Rafinha gets a ball in. Bordon is there with the header and Valdes saves the day by tipping the ball over the bar.
- 90'
Barca just running the clock down now. They look safe.
- 89'
Lovenkrands nearly gets onto the ball with his first touch. Valdes comes out well.
- 88'
Iniesta slips a great ball to Dos Santos. He wins a corner. This second half performance really has not been good from the Spaniards, but at least they have a precious away goal.
- 87'
It's scruffy, stop-start and that will suit Barca. Schalke have lost the momentum that they had and it's going to be tough from now on.
- 86'
His first touch is a great cross, but Neuer did really well to block the cross. Henry was waiting.
- 85'
Bojan comes off. The 17 year old has done really well and Sylvinho comes on.
- 83'
Larsen now goes in late on Milito. That was forward's tackle if ever you've seen one. He goes in the book and the game is getting a little spiky.
- 82'
Pander gets himself booked. Lazy tackle.
- 82'
Dos Santos is on for Eto'o, so there's a real youthful feel to Barca's frontline. And Henry of course.
- 81'
Pander swings a cross in after all that Bojan injury stuff. Westermann is there and gets his head on the ball. Abidal had his hands all over the German, but there's no foul given.
- 79'
Dos Santos may be coming on as Bojan has an injury. The ref is going mad asking for the stretcher. He wants to get on with the game.
- 78'
Poor ball from Bojan. But Barca get the throw in, despite the linesman benig all of two inches away.
- 77'
Barca have let the Germans back into the game. It really is a game of two halves.
- 76'
The ball comes back in from Westermann and Larsen has the chance! Oh he got that badly wrong. Five yards out and he heads the ball wide. The ball hit him, rather than him heading it. How they may rue these missed opportunities.
- 76'
Schalke have just gone off the boil again. They looked really dangerous a while ago, but seem to have lost their fire. Sanchez fires in a cross but it's over the head of Larsen.
- 74'
Pander hits it, but it isn't good enough to test Valdes.
- 74'
Marquez's first contribution is to bring down Altintop. Yes he dived, but it was a poor tackle. Good chance now for Pander.
- 72'
Asamoah is coming off, he hasn't played well. And the giant Larsen is on.
- 72'
Altintop will hold his head if Schalke don't score now. He really should have made something out of that chance. Why didn't the Germans start the game like this???
- 70'
That was a great chance there. Marquez looks ready to shore up the Barca defence, but Schalke are dangerous at the moment.
- 68'
Oh what a miss! The best chance there for Schalke! Altintop is played onside and dinks the ball over Valdes. It spins off the turf and just slides past the post!
- 68'
Schalke throwing men forward now. Larsen looks ready to come on and trouble the Barca defence. Pander does really well and gets to the byline. He drags it back, Ernst smashes it wide and Asamoah should have got something on it.
Leaders
S04BAR 
