10-GOAL FEAST at Camp Nou! Barcelona cruise to 8-2 win over Huesca as Messi strikes brace

When Real Madrid beat Leganes 4-1 on Saturday they would have been forgiven for thinking they would go into the international break on top of the league. They didn’t count on Barcelona scoring EIGHT to overtake them on goal difference.

Match Events

3' GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Huesca (Hernandez)

Goal!  Barcelona 0, Huesca 1. Juan Camilo Hernández (Huesca) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuele Longo.

16' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Huesca (Messi)

MAGICAL MESSI RUINS HUESCA’S FUN WITH A SCINTILLATING GOAL! 

Lionel Messi with his trademark class and style ghosts past three defenders in the penalty area before heading towards the right-hand post, and flashing a shot which rifles off the left goal-post and tucks itself into the bottom corner!

21' CHANCE! Messi's header saved

24' OWN GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Huesca (Jorge Pulido)

Jorge Pulido’s own goal makes it 2-1 Barcelona! Very harsh on the defender whose outstretched leg knocks a Jordi Alba centring pass past Werner and into the net! Barcelona’s comeback is complete, but it certainly isn’t in spectacular fashion.

28' CLOSE! Dembele's shot off the bar

35' CLOSE! Messi's free kick wide out

39' GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 Huesca (Suarez)

LUIS SUAREZ MAKES IT THREE! A simple finish for the Uruguay striker who makes a run towards the penalty spot and gets on the end of the beautiful low cross sent in from Alba on the left. Using the pace of the delivery, Suarez meets it with a boot and it easily beats Werner. 3-1 Barcelona!

42' GOAL! Barcelona 3-2 Huesca (Alex Gallar)

A cross comes into the box from the right which takes a touch off of Busquets – directing it to the near post for Moi Gomez. The off-balance winger intelligently sticks a leg out to centre the ball for Alex Gallar who taps it home! This is far from over as Huesca cut the deficit to one!

44' CHANCE! Coutinho's shot saved

47' WHAT A CHANCE! Messi's shot off the bar

48' GOAL! Barcelona 4-2 Huesca (Dembele)

THE HOSTS DO INDEED MAKE IT 4-2! Ousmane Dembele makes it four of a kind for Barcelona after latching onto a splitting Luis Suarez pass in the penalty area and striking it with his left boot across his body and finishing neatly in the far post. The lead is back to two for the home side! 

52' GOAL! Barcelona 5-2 Huesca (Rakitic)

UNBELIEVABLE GOAL FROM RAKITIC TO MAKE IT A FIVE-STAR SHOW! Messi lifts a pretty pass over the Huesca line for Rakitic who gets on the end of the ball and fires home a textbook volley which gets past Werner! It’s now 5-2 to Barcelona who are displaying no signs of slowing down in the second half.

59' WHAT A CHANCE! Coutinho's shot saved

61' GOAL! Barcelona 6-2 Huesca (Messi)

6-2 Barcelona as Huesca are unable to do anything to stop the quality of the Blaugrana machine. Ter Stegen rolls the ball out in midfield to Coutinho, who turns and fires a pass through the centre-circle for Messi who obliges – taking it into the penalty area and firing it past Werner. 

81' GOAL! Barcelona 7-2 Huesca (Alba)

 7-2 as Jordi Alba gets himself a goal! Lionel Messi has two defenders in front of him, but he spots the run of Jordi Alba inside the penalty area to the left – the full-back in complete space. Werner gets down to make the save but Alba splits his legs and buries the finish! 

93' Penalty Goal! Barcelona 8-2 Huesca (Suarez)

Suarez wins a penalty in the 91st minute as he is taken down by Werner whose attempt to play the ball goes awry and he is only able to bring down the striker. It’s Suarez to take, looking for his second!

8-2! Suarez makes no mistake from the penalty spot as he sends the keeper the wrong way, finishing neatly into the bottom left!

MATCH REPORT

ionel Messi and Luis Suarez both scored twice to help Barcelona overcome a surprise early deficit and give Huesca a harsh reality check in an 8-2 thumping on Sunday.

On their first LaLiga trip to Camp Nou, the newly promoted minnows briefly continued what has been a dream start to the season by sensationally opening the scoring through Juan Camilo Hernandez.

But it proved little more than fleeting joy as Messi, Suarez and a Jorge Pulido own goal swiftly erased the early concern.

Alex Gallar did give Huesca a second reason to celebrate late in the first half before the gulf in class become evident over a one-sided second period.

Messi and Suarez completed their braces at either end of the half and Ousmane Dembele, Ivan Rakitic and Jordi Alba all joined in the fun as the hosts comprehensively maintained their perfect start to the campaign.

Barca's polished second half could not have contrasted more greatly with their sluggish start to the match as they were breached for the first time this term inside three minutes, Hernandez diverting in Samuele Longo's downward header.

That only awakened the champions as they hastily overturned the deficit, Messi driving a right-footed finish into the bottom far corner before Pulido turned Alba's cutback into his own net eight minutes later.

Left-back Alba then squared for Suarez to double the advantage in the 39th minute but there was still time for Huesca to snatch a second before the break, Gallar punishing sleepy marking with a smart first-time finish.

Barca were never unnerved and ended all doubt over the result with two more in fewer than five second-half minutes as Dembele buried his second of the season and Rakitic rifled in a splendid half-volley.

Messi waltzed through to make it a rout just beyond the hour and next turned provider for the impressive Alba in the 81st minute, before Suarez added the final gloss in stoppage time by winning and converting his own penalty.

Line-ups

Barcelona XI: L. Messi, L. Suárez, Piqué, I. Rakitić, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho, M. ter Stegen, S.Roberto, S. Umtiti, O. Dembélé

Subs: Vidal, Jasper Cillessen, Lenglet, Semedo, Arthur, Munir, Malcom

Huesca XI: Damián Musto, Etxeita, Luisinho, Jorge Pulido, Jorge Miramón, Moi Gómez, Álex Gallar, Samuele Longo, Axel Werner, Gonzalo Melero, J. Hernández

Subs: Santamaría, Lluis Sastre, David Ferreiro, Serdar Gurler, Ínsua, Ezequiel Ávila, R.Semedo