2007/08 UEFA Champions League: Stuttgart vs. Barcelona
{{date|October 2, 2007}}
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date= October 2, 2007<br>8:45 PM ([[w:Central European Time|CET]]) |
team1=[[w:VfB Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]|
score=0–2|
team2=[[w:FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|
report=[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301184/report=rp.html Match Report]<BR>[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301184/report=mbm.html Minute-By-Minute]|
goals1={{Suboff|63}} Osorio<BR>{{Subon|63}} Marica<BR>{{Suboff|76}} Fanerud<BR>{{Suboff|76}} Khedira<BR>{{subon|76}} Magnin<BR>{{subon|76}} Meißner|
goals2= {{suboff|7}} Marquez<BR>{{subon|7}} Puyol<BR>{{Booked|41}} Messi<BR>{{Goal|53|1}} Puyol<BR>{{Suboff|64}} Puyol<BR>{{Subon|64}} Sylvinho<BR>{{Goal|67|2}} Messi<BR>{{suboff|82}} Ronaldinho<BR> {{subon|82}} Bojan|
stadium=[[w:Gottlieb Daimler Stadion|Gottlieb Daimler Stadion]], [[w:Stuttgart|Stuttgart]]|
attendance=51,300|
referee=Martin Hansson}}
Barcelona beat Stuttgart 2-0 to remain tied at the top Group E today in a game that saw plenty of chances for both sides.

Barcelona Defender Carles Puyol scored from a few metres in the 53<SUP>rd </sup> minute after a rebound off of Stuttgart goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer after failed to hold on to a  header from Ronaldinho. Messi secured the victory 14 minute later.

Rangers and Barcelona, who both lead Group E with 6 Points, faces each other the next 2 matchdays while Stuttgart and Olympique Lyonnais will face each other the next 2 matchdays.

==Starting Lineups, Substitutes' Benches' & Statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="4"|Starting lineup
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!colspan="2"|Stuttgart
!colspan="2"|Barcelona
|-
!#!!Player!!#!!Player
|- 
|1||[[w:Raphael Schäfer|Raphael Schäfer]] (GK)||1||[[w:Víctor Valdés|Víctor Valdés]] (GK)
|- 
|3||[[w:Ricardo Osorio|Ricardo Osorio]]||4||[[w:Rafael Márquez|Rafael Márquez]]
|- 
|5||[[w:Serdar Taşçı|Serdar Taşçı]]||6||[[w:Xavi Hernández|Xavi]]
|- 
|6||[[w:Fernando Meira|Fernando Meira]]||8||[[w:Andrés Iniesta|Andrés Iniesta]]
|- 
|8||[[w:Alexander Farnerud|Alexander Farnerud]]||10||[[w:Ronaldinho|Ronaldinho]]
|- 
|13||[[w:Pável Pardo|Pável Pardo]]||14||[[w:Thierry Henry|Thierry Henry]]
|- 
|15||[[w:Arthur Boka|Arthur Boka]]||19||[[w:Lionel Messi|Lionel Messi]]
|- 
|18||[[w:Cacau|Cacau]]||20||[[w:Deco|Deco]]
|- 
|19||[[w:Roberto Hilbert|Roberto Hilbert]]||21||[[w:Lilian Thuram|Lilian Thuram]]
|- 
|28||[[w:Sami Khedira|Sami Khedira]]||22||[[w:Éric Abidal|Éric Abidal]]
|- 
|33||[[w:Mario Gomez|Mario Gomez]]||23||[[w:Oleguer Presas|Oleguer Presas]]
|-
!colspan="4"|Substitutes' Bench
|- 
|2||[[w:Andreas Beck|Andreas Beck]]||5||[[w:Carles Puyol|Carles Puyol]]
|- 
|4||[[w:Gledson|Gledson]]||7||[[w:Eiður Guðjohnsen|Eiður Guðjohnsen]]
|- 
|7||[[w:Silvio Meißner|Silvio Meißner]]||16||[[w:Sylvinho Mendes|Sylvinho Mendes]]
|- 
|9||[[w:Ewerthon|Ewerthon]]||17||[[w:Giovani dos Santos|Giovani dos Santos]]
|- 
|12||[[w:Michael Langer|Michael Langer]] (GK)||25||[[w:Albert Jorquera|Albert Jorquera]] (GK)
|- 
|20||[[w:Ciprian Marica|Ciprian Marica]]||26||[[w:Marc Crosas|Marc Crosas]]
|- 
|21||[[w:Ludovic Magnin|Ludovic Magnin]]||27||[[w:Bojan Krkić|Bojan]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="4"|Statistics
|-
!colspan="1"|Statistic
!colspan="1"|Stuttgart
!colspan="1"|Barcelona
|- 
|Total Shots:||17||12
|- 
|Shots on Goal:||7||9
|-
|Fouls:||11||8
|-
|Offsides:||3||3
|-
|Corner Kicks:||4||8
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301184/report=rp.html|title=Slick Barça maintain perfect start|author=John Atkin|pub=UEFA|date=October 2, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301184/report=st.html|title=Match Statistics|author=|pub=UEFA|date=October 2, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=228766&cc=5901|title=Stuttgart 0-2 Barcelona: Messi on target again|author=|pub=ESPN Soccernet|date=October 2, 2007}}
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Barcelona beat Stuttgart 2-0 to remain tied at the top Group E today in a game that saw plenty of chances for both sides.

Barcelona Defender Carles Puyol scored from a few metres in the 53rd  minute after a rebound off of Stuttgart goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer after failed to hold on to a  header from Ronaldinho. Messi secured the victory 14 minute later.

Rangers and Barcelona, who both lead Group E with 6 Points, faces each other the next 2 matchdays while Stuttgart and Olympique Lyonnais will face each other the next 2 matchdays.


Statistics

Statistic

Stuttgart

Barcelona

Total Shots:

17

12

Shots on Goal:

7

9

Fouls:

11

8

Offsides:

3

3

Corner Kicks:

4

8
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