Messi (Barcelona) takes the corner.

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Henry (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Ergić (Basel) misses the target.

Víctor Valdés (Barcelona) makes a save.

Eduardo (Basel) has an effort on goal.

Ergić (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Martín Cáceres (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Eduardo (Basel).

Henry (Barcelona) takes the free-kick.

Abraham (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Busquets (Barcelona).

Eduardo (Basel) misses the target.

Safari (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Stocker (Basel).

Henry (Barcelona) misses the target.

Derdiyok (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Bojan Krkić (Barcelona).

Eduardo (Basel) is flagged for offside.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) takes the corner.

Messi (Barcelona) takes the corner.

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) delivers the free-kick on target.

Stocker (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Daniel Alves (Barcelona).

Martín Cáceres (Barcelona) fouls.

Huggel (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Hleb (Barcelona).

Stocker (Basel) takes the corner.

Stocker (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Busquets (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Ergić (Basel).

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Henry (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Safari (Basel) misses the target.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) has a shot blocked.

Messi (Barcelona) takes the corner.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Stocker (Basel).

Streller (Basel) is flagged for offside.

Sylvinho (Barcelona) makes a save.

Streller (Basel) has an effort on goal.

Gjasula (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Stocker (Basel).

Busquets (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Ergić (Basel).

Henry (Barcelona) has a shot blocked.

Martín Cáceres (Barcelona) takes the free-kick.

Marque (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Messi (Barcelona).

Puyol (Barcelona) makes a save.

Stocker (Basel) has an effort on goal.

Marque (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Hleb (Barcelona).

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) misses the target.

Streller (Basel) is flagged for offside.

Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) scores!
Two goals in a matter of minutes for a rampant Barcelona team. Drifting inside from the left, Aleksandr Hleb plays the ball into Messi, who in turn lays it off for Xavi to direct a low shot into Costanzo's bottom-right corner.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) scores!
Having survived a rare Basel attack, Barcelona hit the Swiss side on the counterattack. Busquets receives the ball just inside his own half, sends Bojan clear, and the teenager holds off the attentions of David Abraham and Reto Zanni to slide the ball low past Costanzo.

Huggel (Basel) has a shot blocked.

The second half begins.

The referee blows for half-time.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Eduardo Rubio (Basel).

Eduardo Rubio (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Busquets (Barcelona).

Y. Touré (Barcelona) takes the free-kick.

Chipperfield (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Xavi Hernández (Barcelona).

Abraham (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Messi (Barcelona).

Ergić (Basel) takes the corner.

Ergić (Basel) has a shot blocked.

Ergić (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Messi (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Derdiyok (Basel).

Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) delivers the corner.

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Hleb (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Abraham (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Messi (Barcelona) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) misses the target.

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Busquets (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) delivers the corner.

Derdiyok (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Streller (Basel).

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Abraham (Basel) makes a save.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Marque (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Hleb (Barcelona) is adjudged to be in an offside position.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) misses the target.

Ergić (Basel) gives away a free-kick for a challenge on Messi (Barcelona).

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) scores!
Messi plays the ball into the feet of 18-year-old Bojan Krkić who, using Xavi as a decoy to wrong foot the Basel defence, drills the ball into Costanzo's bottom-right corner from the edge of the area. Basel are struggling to live with their Catalan visitors.

Messi (Barcelona) misses the target.

Costanzo (Basel) makes a save.

Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) has an effort on goal.

Messi (Barcelona) takes the corner.

Busquets (Barcelona) scores!
Barcelona's total dominance is rewarded with a second goal. The ball is worked right to left and when Xavi Hernández picks up the ball in a central position just outside the area, he flights a perfect ball to the far post for Sergi Busquets to score his first UEFA Champions League goal with a simple left-footed finish.

Busquets (Barcelona) takes the free-kick.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) is flagged for offside.

Eduardo Rubio (Basel) is penalised for a foul on Xavi Hernández (Barcelona).

Busquets (Barcelona) is penalised for a foul on Huggel (Basel).

Ergić (Basel) takes the corner.

Ergić (Basel) takes the corner.

Eduardo Rubio (Basel) fouls.

Costanzo (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Bojan Krkić (Barcelona) is flagged for offside.

Zanni (Basel) misses the target.

Ergić (Basel) takes the free-kick.

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) fouls.

Messi (Barcelona) scores!
A dream start for Barcelona and Lionel Messi. The ball is worked to Daniel Alves on the right side of the penalty area and his sublime chip over the Basel defence finds the run of Messi who, having sprung the offside trap, calmly side foots past Franco Costanzo for his third goal of Group C.

The match is under way.