Playing 10 People, Barcelona Gilas Ferencvaros 5-1

Ousmane Dembele (Foto: Antara)

JAKARTA - Barcelona crushed his guest Ferencvaros 5-1 even though they had to complete the match with 10 players to start the Champions League Group G elimination at Camp Nou, Tuesday, October 20 local time.

Los Blaugranas were already 3-0 up with a Lionel Messi penalty which was followed by goals from Ansu Fati and Philippe Coutinho when Gerard Pique was sent off with a straight red card in the 68th minute.

Ferencvaros retaliated with Ihor Kharatin's penalty, but Barcelona confirmed the class difference between the two teams as Pedri and Ousmane Dembele completed a 5-1 win, reported Antara.

Serhiy Rebrov's team actually got off to a good start when Tokmac Nguen was able to send in a through ball that Isael was trying to finish, but his narrow corner shot still hit the crossbar.

Disaster for Ferencvaros occurred when Adnan Kovacevic brought down Messi in the penalty box and referee Sandro Scharer did not hesitate to point to the spot.

Messi took charge of the execution himself and the direction of his shot was predictable by goalkeeper Denes Dibusz, but the ball was too fast to stop to open Barcelona's lead in the 27th minute.

Dibusz then made a brilliant save with his foot to stop Trincao's shot in the 36th minute, but was unable to do anything when Fati tucked in De Jong's cross to double Barcelona's lead three minutes from half-time.

🤯 ¡#Messi lleva 1️⃣6️⃣ temporadas seguidas marcando en la @LigadeCampeones! 🔥Simply the best! 🐐 # ForçaBarça🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/KC0Y5fbkHG

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) October 20, 2020

Seven minutes into the second half, Coutinho was released from Ferencvaros' back line to complete Fati's pass in order to increase Barcelona's lead.

In the 68th minute Nguen was able to break into the penalty box, but was pulled down by Pique which left the referee Scharer with no choice but to issue a red card and award Ferencvaros a penalty.

Kharatin faced the ball confidently to outwit goalkeeper Neto and narrowly missed Ferencvaros 1-3, but the 11 vs 10 situation was not able to be taken advantage of by the Hungarian man.

In the 82nd minute a Barcelona counter-attack was successfully ended by Dembele's bait which Pedri completed perfectly to restore the hosts' three-goal lead.

⏰ ¡Final del partido! 💪 # BarçaFerencváros (5-1) ⚽ #Messi (p), @ANSUFATI, @Phil_Coutinho, @Pedri & @Dembouz / Kharatin (p) 🔵🔴 # ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/T2Gcf3zpee

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) October 20, 2020

Ferencvaros was close to scoring again, but Robert Mak's shot was tipped over by Neto and a bouncing ball that Gergo Lovrencsics tried to grab was cleared by Clement Lenglet who put on the body.

Instead, Barcelona completed their 5-1 win when Dembele fired a first-touch shot for Messi's pass in the 89th minute.

The composition of players:

Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Net; Sergi Roberto (Junior Firpo), Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Sergino Dest; Miralem Pjanic (Sergio Busquets), Frenkie de Jong; Trincao (Ousmane Dembele), Philippe Coutinho (Ronald Araujo), Ansu Fati (Pedri); Lionel Messi

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Ferencvaros (4-2-3-1): Denes Dibusz; Endre Botka (Gergo Lovrencsics), Miha Blazic, Adnan Kovacevic, Eldar Civic (Marcel Heister); Ihor Kharatin, Aissa Laidouni (Somalia); Isael, David Siger, Oleksandr Zubkov (Robert Mak); Tokmac Nguen (Franck Boli)

Coach: Serhiy Rebrov