dear god they're walking onto the pitch. i'm fucking scared shitless.
Cant del Barca is playing. player handshakes.
Barcelona line-up: Valdes - Alves Mascherano Pique Abidal - Xavi Busquets Iniesta - Pedro Messi Villa
Real Madrid line-up: Casillas - Ramos Pepe Carvalho Coentrao - Xabi Alonso Khedira - Di Maria Ozil Cristiano - Benzema
i am fucking terrified, in a rather uncomfortable position but i can't more other than doing all this typing and ocassionally reaching to have some green able.
o' KICK OFF. so the panic begins! Ozil coming into the area, Abidal interception, Crisitano with a shot on target, saved and rebounded out for a corner already.
1' David Villa handball, free kick Real madrid going onto the attack, Offside for Coentrao.
2' the crowd is whistling and screaming non-stop. good atomosphere.
3' David Villa and Pepe both go down, free kick given to madrid.
3' Busquets taken down late, referee waves play one.
4' Barcelona hold posession for a bit of time, looking more like the Barca we're used to seeing now, but the ball is blocked out of the area and into attack for madrid.
5' David Villa tripped up completely but referee still waving for play on.
6' Villa sliding in to keep posession for Barca but Busquets eventually gives it away.
7' Villa coming in for a lot of good tackling and contact to give Barcelona a throw in, as ramos kicks it out of play.
8' Mascherano kicking it up the field for Pedro but it's too long for him and out of play it went.
8' Benzema sprinting down the flank with the ball but eventually ran out of space.
9' Madrid attack pushing all the way into the 18 yard box, Valdes comes out attempting to block but makes a mess of it and has to kick it out of play to take it out of danger.
10' Abidal coming back just in time to make a vital interception.
10' Abidal running ahead of Ozil to prevent him from scoring a goal.
11' Madrid on the attack again, blocked out by solid defense from Barca for once.
11' Ronaldo running down the flank but his cross is blocked by Javier Mascherano who sends it back to Victor Valdes.
12' Pedro through to defense, passing to Messi who might be offside but the flag stays down, he slides in at the end of Pedro's cross but Casillas comes out in time to make a save
13' Messi looking for iniesta in the 18 yard box but is blocked out by Madrid before it gets to him.
14' WOW. LIONEL MESSI COMING THROUGH, SENDING THE BALL TO INIESTA, WHO BEATS CASILLAS ONE ON ONE AND FINISHES IT TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL GOAL. Iniesta just keeping very calm after the ball was sent to him, brilliant timing and accuracy, brilliant run from Messi. Stunning goal.
16' Mascherano goes down and a free kick is given to Barcelona.
18' Villa coming into the area with Messi and Villa is offside, who kicks the ball out and the referee has a word with him. Ramos pushes him in the chest and asking for the ref to book Villa.
19' Huge mess from Barca, Pique gives the ball away in front of the 18 yard box, Valdes has left his goal area, Pique comes back to clear it.
20' 1 - 1 MADRID! the corner comes in and it LOOKS like ronaldo has scored it , but it might've been Sergio Ramos that pushed it in, the commentator doesn't know either.
21' Pedro through the defense, gets blocked, wins the ball back, goes for goal from afar, Casillas with an impressive save.
21' Coentrao is down. The corner comes in from Xavi for Barcelona and straight into the Madrid defense.
23' Benzema is ahead of Barca defense and Victor Valdes comes out to punt it up the field.
24' Pedro onside and running towards the box, looking for iniesta but intercepted by Coentrao.
25' Alonso looking for Benzema who takes the shot and it goes wide.
25' Powerful shot from Ronaldo and good save from Valdes, Mascherano clearing it out for a Madrid throw in.
27' Khedira booked for a challenge on Messi, which by accident took Busquets down.
28' Pedro running through to take Casillas alone, but Casillas comes out and scopps the ball away from him.
28' Ronaldo diving, play on from the ref, Ozil goes for goal, Valdes gets a touch on the ball, which is just enough to tip it away from the goal.
29' Bezema takes a shot but it goes wide.
30' I know this isn't the Barca way of doing things, but all we need to do is keep Madrid from scoring, with a 2 - 2 away draw and a 1 - 1 home draw, we can still win this.
31' Iniesta takes Di Maria down in a late challenge, no booking though.
32' Coentrao taking Pedro down, referee was about to book him but decided not to.
33' Clean tackle from just outside the box from Alves on Cristiano Ronaldo.
34' Messi putting it through for Xavi but iker gets there before him.
35' Ronaldo throwing a bit of a hissy fit at the ref for giving a rightful throw in to Barca.
36' Messi going for goal, he's got two defenders on hm but he's out running both Ramos and Pepe, but Casillas' foot deflects it out.
37' Barca failing to get a shot in from two corners ina row.
38' Iniesta gets ripped from the ball by Pepe's tackle after being set up by Pique, but as pepe leaves he gets swung in the face by Pepe, the referee is not interested. Good continuous play from before though.
39' Iniesta rugby tackled by Khedira. I think he was trying to shield himself from falling with Iniesta's body.
41' Xavi is booked. for, i guess a late challenge. Coentrao seems to be making quite a big deal out of this though.
42' Playback is revealing that Madrid's goal was offside, but there's still a bit of room for doubt there since the angle doesn't show if Ramos got the touch after Ronaldo went offside.
43' Pedro trying to pull the ball back to Iniesta at the edge of the box, Ramos is there to clear it out.
44' LIONEL FUCKING MESSI. HOLY SHIT. the corner swung in from xavi, Messi recieves, offloads to Pique, back heel flick back to Messi, who just sends it to the back of the net. Brilliant.
46' Barcelona going into half time with a lead of 2 - 1 at half time (so the same as the first leg), and 4 - 3 on aggregate.
Here's something interesting:
Barca have never lost a game in which Iniesta scored.
Madrid have never lost a game in which Ronaldo scored.
So.... that's about to change...
Or maybe they'll go to extra time.... fuck.
68% Posession for Barca, good sign, in the first leg it was less than 50%, the first time ever in this Guardiola era of the team.
Marcelo is on, shit, here comes trouble. I think Khedira came off.
45' Benzema caught by Pique, free kick for Madrid.
46' Corner for Madrid, Ramos gets a head on it but can't control, out for a Barca throw in.
46' Out of control badly aimed tackling from Barca on Di Maria, free kick for Madrid. Alonso kicks it straight out for a goal kick.
47' Guardiola is freaking out on the sidelines as usual.
48' Marcelo going for the ball on the edge of the 18 yard box, but Valdes comes all the way out to clear it.
49' Abidal intercepting and flicking the ball over someone and catching it infront after. impressive.
50' Madrid almost getting in on a shot but Mascherano comes in to intercept and Valdes boots it up for Villa up the field but he's offside.
52' Villa gets the ball from Messi, Pepe gets to it, Villa coming back for the ball, Pepe dives and gets a free kick. Anger!
52' Free kick from Madrid sets Ronaldo up for a run and shot, but it's an easy save for Valdes.
53' Marcelo catches Messi in the stomach, he goes down, a bit of an angry group forms from both teams, Mascherano is booked, Cristiano Ronaldo is booked, Messi is talking to Marcelo. Alves comes to break them away from each other.
55' Mourinho talking to the linesman...
56' Two balls on the pitch, Messi kicks the extra into the field and Ozil angrily kicks out the original.
56' Marcelo gets the ball in through the gap of the defense but it's intercepted by Mascherano and sent off easily to Victor Valdes.
57' Ramos coming into attack Abidal is marking him, ramos takes a shot but it's wide and over the bar.
58' Higuain and Fabregas are both warming up.
58' Bad challenge from Pedro on Ramos.
59' Ramos going down again, this time in front of Messi, but it doesn't seem like a lot of contact, Messi could've been booked for kicking the ball away though.
60' Villa getting the ball up field but Marcelo is there to take the ball off him.
61' Free kick for Barca as Iniesta is caught.
61' Pepe is booked as Messi goes down, it looks like he elbowed or hit him in the face with a forearm. Free kick for Barca of course.
62' Messi takes the free kick, swings it in for Villa who's dashing in beyond the defense, and heading it over the bar, but it was close.
63' Di Maria is off for Higuain. don't know if that's good or not.
65' Benzema trying to get a shot in but in the process whacks Alves onto the ground trying to get him away from marking him, Free kick for Barca.
65' Taken quickly by Pique, Iniesta makes it all the way through the pitch, passes to messi before going down. Messi goes for a shot but it's saved by Casillas.
67' Pique is down as the corner is taken since Pepe has flung his arm into Pique's face, Busquets was alone on the 6 yard box and can't score from Xavi's corner.
68' Pique making a vital interception to prevent a shot from Madrid and it goes out for a corner.
68' Corner taken, it drops to Benzema who takes a wide and high shot.
69' Pedro is now down, he might need come off. he's up on his feet.
70' Ball out for a corner for Madrid, Ramos is unmarked and heads the ball JUST wide. terrible marking from Barcelona.
71' Free kick for Barca as there's an obstruction on Messi, Xavi's taken it before the whistle and the ref is maing him take it again.
72' Abidal is down after tripping over Ronaldo's knee, it wasn't intentional though.
72' Adriano is coming on for David Villa? Lets see.... he might just play up front. He can do so...
73' Messing up a bit with victor Valdes, who took his time with the ball and drew madrid's attack closer, but Madrid drew so close that it was almost a danger to Barca, Mascherano has to run back to clear it.
74' Pedro rolling off Pepe's shoulder, free kick given.
75' alonso down and tumbling, free kick for Madrid.
75' Marcelo swings it in for Ronaldo's header but he's jumped a second early and misses the header.
76' Ramos getting booked for a foul challenge on Adriano, running straight across him with a leg up.
77' Coentrao threading the ball through for Higuain but he's offside.
77' Adriano caught again, but no cards are drawn this time.
77' Ozil is off for Kaka.... i didn't think that was needed... but i've learnt not to doubt managers.
78' Free kick for madrid thumped forward by ramos to get rid of the threat of Messi who was in front of him, Cristiano is running down the flank, cut out by Pedro out for a throw in, Pedro is down holding his crotch.
80' Kaka speeding towards the area, Alves and Mascherano after him, out for a corner.
81' 2 - 2 ! BENZEMA finishes a terrible fumlbing in the area and equalises. WHY is fabregas on NOW?
82' Cavalho seems to have injured himself as Adriano was taking a shot towards the goal. Vital challenge, but he seems to have twisted his ankle in doing so.
83' Iniesta trying to flick it in for Messi but Pique was blocking him.
83' Benzema near the box again, Mascherano heading it out for a throw in.
84' Keita on for Busquets. I can see that Pep is trying to get fresh legs in for the extra time now with 6 minutes to go.
85' Everyone's getting tired and this is getting to be really disjointed and slow.
86' Cavalho takes Alves down, the ball goes out for a corner anyway.
87' MESSI GOAL! WHAT! FABREGAS WITH A PASS TO ADRIANO, TIPPING IT TO MESSI, OH WHAT AN ASSIST FROM ADRIANO AND WHAT A DEBUT FOR FABREGAS! Messi just leaping out to sending the ball flying at top speed into the goal. even iker casillas wasn't quick enough.
RIGHT WE NEED TO DEFEND NOW.
88' Pep jumping up and hugging his fellow coaches.
89' Adriano is down, again, fallen on his back leg as Marcelo obstructed his jump.
89' Messi up the field with the ball, Adriano kicks it out for a throw in.
90' Fabregas making an interception winning the ball back from Alonso, sending it through to messi, one on one with casillas now, oh saved by iker casillas!
91' Iniesta putting through to fabregas, but it's beyond him and Casillas catches onto it.
92' Valdes now taking his time with the ball.
92' Coentrao sending a ball across the 18 yard box, Valdes rushing out with an impressive jump and save.
93' Marcelo and Alonso both went for Fabregas with late and strong challenges.
93'Marcelo gets booked, it's a RED! EVERYONE IS SCREAMING AND YELLING AT EACH OTHER. EVEN THE BENCH FROM BOTH SIDES. Mascherano is trying to keep Higuain calm. EVERYONE IS YELLING. OZIL who is off, is FURIOUS, Mesut Ozil, the quiet german one, is yelling, red in the face, held back by technical staff, Xavi and Iker Casillas are yelling at each other.
VILLA IS NOW RED CARDED
Edit: it seems Villa has slapped Ozil.
96' Play starts, Madrid are straight into attack, but it's Mascherano coming out witha great challenge and takes the ball from them.
98' Nothing matters anymore, it's over, and Barcelona are THE SUPERCUP CHAMPIONS. 3 - 2 second leg, 5 - 4 on aggregate!
Madrid players are walking straight off the pitch, Barcelona and Madrid not shaking hands, i don't think Pep and Mourinho did either, Florentino Perez is looking really angry, camp nou is packed with happy fans, singing and chanting away. Puyol is probably waiting for Iker in the tunnel to speak to him.
What. a. game.
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