Getafe vs Barcelona Live Score, La Liga 2023-24: GET 0-0 BAR at FT; Raphinha, Xavi Hernandez see red cards

Getafe 0-0 Barcelona at Full Time: Live coverage ends!

Defending champions Barcelona fall behind Real Madrid early in La Liga 2023-24 season as they were held for a goalless draw by Getafe at the Coliseum! The draw comes after string of three wins in the pre-season as Lewandowski and side looked pretty ordinary in front of away fans! Barca will be without the services of Raphinha and Xavi for the next game as they take on Cadiz at a new home venue on August 20! Good bye for now.

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Getafe 0-0 Barcelona at Full Time

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Full Time!

The referee finally blows the full-time whistle after the corner! Barcelona dropped points in the opening match of the season and have gone without a win at the Coliseum for four years now! Getafe goalkeeper David Soria is adjudged 'Man of the Match'

Late corner for Getafe!

90+15' Getafe win late corner as they attack through the right flank! Damian Suarez sends in the cross but Gavi makes a desperate dive to clear it! The resulting corner is headed off target by Anthony Lozano!

VAR check over!

90+14' The referee declares handball against Gavi! The Barcelona midfielder disagrees!

Ronald Araujo goes down inside the box!

90+9' Gavi aggressively asks for a penalty as Iglesias softly hits Ronald Araujo from behind! But the referee is uninterested as he feels Barcelona defender went down easy inside the box! A VAR check is underway!

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Barcelona are failing to show any quality to score that opening goal as all their efforts feel sub-standard at the moment while Getafe comfortably hold their defensive line!

End-to-end play!

90+5' Both sides foray into counter-attacks in quick succession but none could make that decisive pass into the box to present the chance to score! Frustrating for the Barcelona fans for sure!

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90+3' Big chance goes begging for Barcelona! Ansu Fati plays Lamine free to the goal but the teenager fails to control the ball as it goes out for a goal kick! Could have been the moment of the match for Barca!

Yellow card for Getafe!

90+2' This time Getafe captain Djene is booked for grabbing Balde from behind!

9 minutes of added time!

90+1' Barcelona get an ample amount of time to find the winning goal as nine minutes of added time has been added upon completion of regulation time!

Corner for Barcelona!

86' Lamine fires in a cross from the right flank to the far post but it was headed away for a corner by Damian Suarez. The resulting corner by Gavi was cleared away to safety by Lozano!

Another yellow card for Getafe!

84' This time for substitute Anthony Lozano, who roughly tackles Gavi!

YELLOW CARD FOR GETAFE!

83' Defender Damian Suarez sees the yellow card for grabbing Ez Abde while the winger was threatening to break free on the counter!

Ansu Fati misses the target!

80' Lamine Yamal turns the creator as he makes an inside run from the right flank to lob the ball marvelously to set up Ansu Fati inside the box! Fati hits it on the turn but over the bar!

16-year-old Lamine Yamal comes on!

78' The Barcelona wonderkid joins play in the opening match of the season after making his debut last season! He comes for Oriol Romeu. Gavi, Ansu Fati join the play as well in place of Pedri and Gundogan!

Abde fires off target!

75' Pedri makes a brilliant 180-degree turn to beat his marker and sets us Ez Abde to the left of the post! The Morrocan sides nets his effort! Big opportunity goes begging!

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71' It has been a bizarre game so far with seldom any quality play on the offer. Instead, the fans were greeted with three red cards in Barcelona's first competitive match of the season! The match is currently halted due to the drinks break!

RED CARD FOR XAVI HERNANDEZ!

70' The Barcelona manager is ejected from the touchline for arguing with the assistant referee!

Lightening run by Ez Abde!

68' The Barcelona winger makes a desperate lunge to keep the ball in play and run through the left flank to enter the Getafe box! He fires in a low cross but lacks options as the ball is cleared away by defenders!

Getafe make two substitutions

65' Honduran striker Anthony Lozano comes in for Carles Alena while former Real Madrid striker Borja Mayoral comes on for Juanmi Latasa!

Gaston heads it clear off the goal line!

62' The Getafe defender clears Lewandowski's goal-bound header on the goal line with another header after Ronald Araujo sends in a cross from right flank! The attack was started by Gundogan, who spotted Ronald's overlapping run!

GETAFE ARE DOWN TO 10 MEN TOO!

57' Second yellow card for Jaime Mata as he unnecessarily tackles an overlapping Ronald Araujo from behind on Barcelona's right flank! This should play to Barcelona's advantage now!

Getafe win a corner!

56' A good chance for Getafe to score a goal as Damian Suarez's cross from the right flank was headed away by De Jong! The resulting corner is wasted by Getafe as Jaime Mata hands the ball inside the box!

Abde volleys off target!

52' A delightful pass to the left side of the post for Abde by Pedri and the Moroccon hits on the volley in the air with an incredible effort! The ball, however, sailed over the bar!

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49' Getafe have changed to a 4-3-3 formation early in the half. Shows the intention to go forward and find that goal. So far nothing aggressive from either side in the second half!

2nd half begins!

46' Both sides make changes as Ez Abde comes on for Christensen in Barcelona line-up! Portu comes in for Stefan Mitrovic, who saw a yellow in the first half!

Getafe 0-0 Barcelona at Half Time

12 attacks by Barcelona in the first half! Five came from the right flank, mostly till Raphinha was given his marching orders! Four came from the left flank as Alejandro Balde made those overlapping runs! Not much space on the offer though as Getafe smartly defended with a five-at-the-back formation!

Getafe vs Barcelona Live Update: GET 0-0 BAR at Half Time

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Half Time!

The referee blows the halftime whistle right after as Barcelona finish the half at 0-0 and down to 10 men after Raphinha sees a red card late in the half!