barcelona (teknik direktör: louis van gaal) roberto bonano, carles puyol, frank de boer, fernando navarro, gaizka mendieta (fabio rochemback 66'), xavier hernandez “xavi”, phillip cocu, gabriel garcia “gabri”, javier saviola, roman riquelme, patrick kluivert
lokomotiv moskova (teknik direktör: yurij sjomin) sergej ovchinnikov, dmitrij sennikov, sergej ignashevich, oleg pashinin, vladimir maminov, vadim evseev, milan obradoviç, ruslan pimenov, dmitrij loskov, james obiorah, julio cesar da silva (maksim buznikin 73')
yardımcı hakemler: henri reuter (lux), claude martinez (fra)
4. hakem: stéphane moulin (fra)
barcelona: roberto bonano (gk), frank de boer, carles puyol, xavi hernández, javier saviola, phillip cocu (c), patrick kluivert, juan riquelme, gaizka mendieta (dk. 66 fábio rochemback), gabri, fernando navarro
lokomotiv moskva: sergei ovchinnikov(gk), sergei ignashevich, vladimir maminov, james obiorah, dmitri loskov (c), júlio césar (dk. 84 maksim buznikin), oleg pashinin, vadim evseev, dmitri sennikov, milan obradović, ruslan pimenov
yedekler: zaur khapov (gk), yuri drozdov, nemanja vučićević, thabo mnguni, sergei ovchinnikov, baba adamu
teknik direktör: yuri semin (rus)
gol: 1-0 dk. 76 frank de boer
sarı kartlar: dk. 47 frank de boer, dk. 78 gabri (barcelona) dk. 3 oleg pashinin, dk. 23 sergei ignashevich (lokomotiv moskva)
barça maintain perfect record published: wednesday 23 october 2002, 21.50cet
fc barcelona 1-0 fc lokomotiv moskva frank de boer goal sends barca to the next stage.fc barcelona maintained their 100 per cent record to qualify for the second group stage but were forced to struggle for a 1-0 victory against a determined fc lokomotiv moskva in their uefa champions league group h encounter at camp nou.
captain's contribution a powerful header from captain frank de boer was all that separated these two teams on the night, but louis van gaal’s side were fortunate not to concede in an impressive spell from the russian visitors in the opening stages of the second half. with club brugge kv beating galatasaray sk 3-1 in the section's other game, lokomotiv remain in contention.
gentle tempo the first half proved frustrating for barcelona. the game was played at something of a gentile tempo, and they struggled to fashion any clear-cut chances against a lokomotiv side who were prepared to sit and defend.
hosts dominated the hosts certainly dominated possession, and javier saviola was lively upfront. combined with the excellent promptings of juan riquelme, it seemed inevitable that the home faithful would be celebrating victory.
corners go to waste however, they did not take advantage of the numerous corners they won, and lokomotiv’s defensive trio of sergei ignashevitch, dmitri sennikov and oleg pachinine proved more than capable in the air.
xavi goes close xavi hernández nearly gave the hosts the lead after 14 minutes, sending a stinging drive from 20 metres just wide of sergei ovchinnikov’s right-hand post. patrick kluivert had an even better chance ten minutes later, surging on to a xavi through-ball, only for his finish to lack sufficient power to beat the goalkeeper.
shot-shy yet these were isolated efforts from the shot-shy hosts in the first period, and their lack of a killer instinct nearly cost them dear as half-time approached. lokomotiv had been feeding off scraps, but found themselves gifted a great opportunity by the misplaced pass of fernando navarro on 45 minutes. frank de boer slipped, and julio cesar found himself one-on-one with roberto bonano. the keeper justified his recall with a smart save.
obiorah twice denied van gaal needed to inject some urgency into his players at half-time, but it was lokomotiv who came out fighting. james obiorah had two excellent chances to give his side the lead, but was denied on each occasion.
puyol magnificent first, on 57 minutes, obiorah scampered on to a ruslan pimenov cross. he opted to volley first time, and it floated over bonano and on to the bar. then, nine minutes later, he rounded bonano as he rushed out of his goal, only for carles puyol to make a magnificent clearance with his chest when a goal seemed inevitable.
surprise winner with lokomotiv looking ever more likely to score, it was a surprise when a riquleme free-kick from the right was met by de boer. the goal swung the game back in barça's favour and they held on until full time. the result was harsh on a disciplined lokomotiv, who will now struggle to reach the next stage. barcelona are already there.
