Barcelona Atletico!!!

the big game is here! Barcelona V Atletico and i've managed to sleep through it!
seriously, i was here, incredibly jet lagged. tv was on, i was in front of the tv, and i'd slept through it. woke up when it was over. decided not to ruin it for myself and went for some proper sleep. now im ready to watch it.

At Madrid! I like this side. Auguero is smiling at Messi. aaah argentines. Obviously I still want Barca to win this though.
Puyol STILL not back from injury. Abidal still filling in at Centre Back and Busquets is at DMF. everything else is as per usual.
Atletico with Kun Aguero up front, Diego Forlan on the bench, David De Gea (YES) in goal.

0' Messi is fouled by Filipe. Just pushed down from behind there.
2' Kun Aguero is getting away with the ball! it's pressured out but the throw in is still for Atletico.
3' The whistle blows 3 times and Messi keeps going. why? because HE WASN'T FUCKING OFFSIDE. WHAT. unless it was given a foul against Barca. I doubt it. He stops eventually.
6' FUCK YOU. the commentator just called Pique PUYOL. "Calm defending from Puyol who just knocks it back to Valdes"
7' Oooh. Barca on the attack with skill from Messi. They can't score but no one could get the ball off messi. He gives it to Villa. The ball goes over the bar.
8' Aguero called offside.... ahh debatable again. I swear if a shitty linesman is a recurring theme in this ame i will be SO angry.
9' David Villa tries to shoot from distance but gets it wide.
10' something strange just happend. David Villa gives the ball away then ends up on the floor. not sure what's happening. he's back on his feet now. what was that.
10' Messi on the attack but he's run out of space. There have been no shots on target by Barca. i am somewhat dissapointed. but it is atletico notheless. we can't exactly cruise through. Remember the first half of the season? 2 - 1 and messi was injured. Ujfalusi went for him like an animal. his ankle was messed up as fuck.
13' Villa chasing the ball with the atletico defence. Commentator describes it as "a tangle of legs sliding on the ground" a bit sexual don't you think.
14' Abidal! what a clearence. his calmness is admirable.
14' Messi! that was shit. frankly. it was a shit attempt to score. no power, no accuracy.
15' 70% posession. for Barca. good.
16' MESSSI MESSSI GOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! WHAT! that was.... that was.... ooooooohh....... through 3 defenders. oooooooohhh.... some 16 yards out too. david de gea! hand on the ball... can't make a save.
17' Villa shoots from far out on the side... goes to the side netting.
19' MESSI! it goes wide. the look on his face. it's almost heartbraking. He does all the work. gets to the goal. shoots it wide. credits to dani alves' incredibly timed pass.
21' David Villa loosing cometrol of the ball. it looks almost commical. had there been someone behind him he wouldn't have caught it again.
22' Xavi challanged late but nothing is given. he doesn't give the ball away though. magic. Busquets is down now. free kick.
24' Free kick for Atletico. it's not far from the goal. Abidal just fouled Aguero.
25' Alves in attack doing really well to keep posession. oooh. Pedro's shot is saved by De Gea.
26' Pique fouls Ujfalusi in a dead ball.
27' MESSIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! 2 - 0! he's actually just picked up atletico's failed defence. they failed to control it, and Messi just intercepted the fail and scored it. wheeey!
28' Ujfalusi carded for saying something to the ref.
29' why has iniesta gone into such a defensive role? we haven't seen much of him today.
30' Busquets challenge on atletico. the guy's down...
31' Free kick for atletico madrid is taken. 3 off the atletico are offside. It's given to Atletico though. WHY.
32' Abidal is down. I don't think i've ever seen him taken down. Free kick given.
33' Iniesta's ball to Villa is long and he can't get on the end of it. Goal kick.
33' Messi is taken down. It gets into a bit of a mess. Free kick to Barca.
34' Shit! David Villa should've scored it. He's flagged offside. bit of a late flag though. David Villa offside. what a surprise.
37' Pedro late challenge on Lopez. he's back up.
40' First Atletico corner. Tiago (at Madrid) fouls Busquets. free kick to barca.
41' Aguero!! amazing run! but he's intercepted. it goes out of the back. Corner to Atletico. they make nothing of it.
42' Villa! so close! it's just a metre wide of the goal! could've beeen amazing...
43' forlan is warming up!
44' Dani Alves is carded for a late challenge on kun aguero! Atletico madrid are appealing for more! the ref is pointing at his whistle probably telling them to play to the whistle.
Half time!
45' Forlan has come on at half time.
46' tension between maxwell and Jose Antonio
47' Tiago throwing Iniesta in the air in a challange. camp nou is not happy about this.
48' I love Barcelona. Challange in the box on Villa and he doesnt even stop to ask for a penalty. straight back up and gets the ball back.
49' Messi with excellent defending! his name chanting in the stadium. yes. messi.
52' Atletico with some really incredible chances! Pique heads it out from just outside the goal! what a clearence but they're still in posession! Valdes makes a save! ooooh. so close! WHAT A CLEARENCE FROM PIQUEEE!
53' Atletico at it again! iniesta intercepts in defence and back passes to Valdes.
55' Forlan at it again but fails to finish! Barca forced into defence for the last few minutes.
57' Atletico substitution. Koke is on.
60' MY SIGNAL HAS FROZEN. shiiiiit. okay it's unfrozen. thank god.
63' David Villa flicks off to Pedro but he's out of space. Would've been amazing.
64' Dani Alves' flick into the goal was intercepted easily by David De Gea.
65' Oh! David Villa so close to scoring! just intercepted RIGHT before he goes for the strike.
66' Messi's gone down. Taken down by Tiago just outside the 18 yard box. They play the free kick fast and is pulled back as tiago is booked. 19 yards out what can he do? whole wall in front! WHAT? HE GOES FOR IT! IT HITS THE POST! HE'S CARDED! LIONEL. MESSI. IS. CARDED. FOR. KICKING. IT. BEFORE. THE WHISTLE IS BLOWN. Aguero is smirking at his fellow argentine NT teammate. okay. taking it again. SHIT. he goes for it again. De Gea saves it. shit. wasted. im so angry.
72' OH WHAT THE SHIT! Maxwell! CROSS TO MESSI! WHO DOES A BEAUTIFUL HEADER. AND THEN IS SAVED BY DAVID DE GEA! WHATTT!!!??? sometimes i hate you de gea. sometimes i do.
73' Flipe Luis is off with a muscle strain. Well. Quique Sanchez Flores tells him to stay on. oh good now he's off. Elias is on.
75' Messi is robbed of the ball. It's a free kick.
76' PEDRO JUST WIDE! SO. CLOSE. De Gea manages to steer it clear.
78' LIONEL MESSI! GOAL! OMG! IM SO HAPPY! im could cry. De Gea is on the floor! ooooh it looks so bad! David Villa went for it. He slides it towards the goal. De Gea's head collides with Villa's boot. Atletico defence intercepts. badly. Messi puts it in the net.
80' Keita is on for Iniesta. Bojan and Afellay are nowhere to be seen!
82' Pique takes the ball off Aguero and its goes out as a Atletico corner. Pique can't believe it. It should've been a goal kick. whatever.
83' Afellay for Xavi and Bojan for Pedro! Whoot!
85' Pique with an important clear! Valera goes for goal but Pique arrives just in time to clear it out of play!
87' Tiago's shot comes off Pique and is another corner.
87' Valera is carded! He stickes his leg out at Valdes as he's taking the goal kick. That's not right.
89' Tiago and Dani Alves both down. Tiago is more affected by it though. I swear to god Alves changes between nike and adidas boots.
3 minutes extra time.
90+1' shit. Afellay comes in with a cross to Bojan but can't get it through he 3 defenders with Bojan.
FULL TIME!
BARCELONA BREAKS THE RECORD OF HAVING 16 STRAIGHT WINS!
Lionel Messi hat trick. Lets hope c.ronaldo doesn't score so Messi is ahead in the Pichichi.
Pique picks up the ball and gives it to Messi. I think they both did BRILLIANT.
What an improvement compared to the game in the first half of the season.
WHAT. A GAME. unlike the Hercules one i haven't blogged yet. Will do one day.