Barcelona 2 - 1 AS Roma

Camp Nou (99,359)

Suarez (22) Strootman (31)

Alcacer (77)

Strootman celebrates as he scores the only goal for AS Roma

Barcelona hosts AS Roma at Camp Nou for match day 14. 99,359 fans are present here to watch these two teams play. Barcelona managed by Pat Meyer drew with Arsenal in their last match while AS Roma lost their last match to Club Brugge in the cup. Fert in his pre match conference said that he hopes that his team perform well today and fight back. He also said that De Rossi is out injured but may be available for the match against Bayern.

Barcelona line up:

AS Roma line up:

First Half:

Barcelona started the match by going straight into the opposition's half. Three minutes into the game, Turan received the ball from Suarez and struck it into the top but the ball went wide. Mascherano also had a chance to score but it went wide of the post. In the 14th minute, Busquets passed the ball to Suarez who then worked himself into a goal scoring opportunity and got his shot away but Alisson kept the ball out. A minute later, Roberto received the ball from Mascherano and curled it into the top corner but Alisson managed to tip it away. AS Roma got their first chance of the game in the 16 minute but Dzeko's shot was denied by Ter Stegen. Four minutes later, Alisson made another good save to deny Messi from scoring. The first goal of the game was scored by Barcelona in the 22nd minute as Messi linked up with Suarez and Suarez was able to get the ball past Alisson. Suarez and Messi combined again 5 minutes later but Alisson denied the Uruguay international from scoring. 31 minutes into the game, Strootman got the equalizer after firing his shot to the top corner. Barcelona got a free kick 4 minutes later as Kolarov was booked for the foul. Messi crossed the ball to Mascherano who was unmarked but his header sailed over the bar, Four minutes till the end of the first half, Dzeko almost got a goal in but his shout wasn't accurate enough. The referee blew his whistle with the first half ending 1 - 1.

Second Half:

AS Roma started the second half as soon as the referee blew his whistle. Two minutes later, Dzeko received the ball from Gonalons and took his shot quickly but it went wide of the post. Within 10 minutes, Barcelona got 2 chances to take the lead but Turan's shot missed the target and Alisson denied Suarez from scoring. Fazio was also booked after bringing Messi to the ground. In the 69th minute, Peres got a chance to score but his shot went wide of the post. 15 minutes into the end of the game, Suarez and Rakitic were brought off for Bebou and Alcacer. Rodrigues also got booked after committing a foul. Nainggolan used the free kick to cross the ball to Vietto but Vietto's shot went out for a goal kick. Barcelona got the winning goal as Alcacer received the ball from Messi and placed the ball past Alisson. The referee blew the whistle with Barcelona winning this one 2 - 1 .

Full Time: Barcelona 2 - 1 AS Roma

MOTM: Lionel Messi

Alcacer celebrates with Messi after scoring the winner against AS Roma

Match Statistics:

Post Match Conference:

The reporters managed to get a hold of Fert. Here's what he had to say. "The ream did well to almost get a draw against Barcelona at Camp Nou unfortunately Messi bailed his side out. We have another hard game on Sunday against Bayern and I hope the team will play even better than today to cause an upset". Strootman was also present to comment. He said "We thought that game was heading for a draw after I scored but unfortunately our defence couldn't contain them. We didn't want them to take shot inside the box and that's how we managed to reduce the amount of goals scored. I hope that I'm able to play the next match against Bayern".