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.

Barcelona Real Sociedad - LATE

so in the middle of my christmas break i've decided i really want to watch the match against sociedad that i'd missed earlier this month. again, i already know the score, and will be pretty brief with this one because it's on dvr and i can fast forward if i want to.


After a few early attempts there is a foul on victor valdes. it was a close call though... don't think sociedad would've scored from that anyway.
You know xabi alonso spent his youth and early years in sociedad, i can't help but feel some respect for the club who groomed such a man.
oof! Iniesta is in new nike ctr360s! i like them.

Mascherano is booked 7 minutes in. yes, it was a very late tackle, it was a good call.

VILLA GOAL! it looked like an easy goal, great timing from Pedro's assist, and great finish. This is 9 minutes in.

Ah damn, pedro's shot goes over the crossbar after Alves' cross. so close!

Commentator is making fun of Messi! "David Villa's cross is overshot, little Leo Messi was his target man at the side of the goal, not a large target man of course" - cruel. whatever he lacks in physical form he makes up for in talent. hugely.

Dani Alves weaving through the sociedad defence. There's just way too many of them in there, he does make a typical Barcelona run.
And there was a pass so badly aimed at that it resembled something I would have done on PES.

The camera man is so obviously trying to gesture the commentator to talk about Barcelona's last apparence in the shirt with the World Champions badge. He's just not taking the hint. So I'll say it. Because of the Club World Cup final taking place after this game, new World Champions will be named, who we now know to be Inter Milan. (also showing how important the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Inter Milan was, considering that they won the Champion's League and qualified for the club world cup, and potentially if Barcelona had held their early lead during that game they could've gone on to do all that)

What an effort wasted from Sociedad. A ball from his own half saw a run 50 yards on and no good finish. -wait, why am i writing so strangely obsurely?

And then what a fucking mess this is. 5 shots were taken time after time. Messi's original shot, and then these shots followed: Xavi, Messi again, Villa, and then Dani Alves is offside. 5 shots in a row, and 5 misses in a row. ANGRY FACE! >:(

GOAL! INIESTA! In a one-two with Pedrito he's scored in the corner of the goal left empty by the keeper.

And then came the series of fumbles. David Villa takes a shot at the keeper, who manages to block it but not hold on to it, and it wobbled back to David Villa, who shoots it straight at the keeper again. why though? the keeper was about 5 yards from the goal! the GOAL WAS EMPTY.
ANGRY FACE AGAIN! >:(

Sociedad takes a shot and is deflected far away from the goal. for some strange reason though Victor Valdes is on the floor. BUT NO ONE TOUCHED HIM? no ball was near him. Im really confused.
and then nothing happens for 5 minutes. I know this because im reading the commentry.

Second half!
LEO MESSI CUT YOUR HAIR PLEASE. POR FAVOR.
if after the christmas break Messi cuts his hair short i will be a happy child.

MESSI GOAL! perhaps i shouldn't be talking about hair when messi scores 2 minutes into the half. so there was 3 one-twos between Alves and Messi, beating 6 Sociedad players in defence. I do like team effort goals, i do also like their relationship on pitch.

Busquets is on for Mascherano.
WHERE IS BOJAN.
i hate it when they swap sides after half time.

fuck, busquets is diving again. i mean, yes it was a late challenge. but he needed have gone down. it annoys me just a bit when he does that. okay, some 5 minutes after he's "taken down" again. fucking hell. show some respect. 2 minutes later something is up and the medical staff are poking at his eye. think he's contacts are giving him trouble.

61 minutes in - Bojan is on for Pedro! did i just fast forward to this? maybe....

Iniesta is taken down in the box! no one ever gives penalties to Barca! not even a spot kick. but seriously, in 4 months, there has only been ONE penalty given to us, which Leo Messi took.

Xavi is off for Keita. Well, now that Ibi Afellay has signed for Barca, either he's going to be a bit of a waste of a signing or Keita will be permanently benched, or iniesta will have some rest time. But i will comment more on afellay later.

Fuck Messi's shot goes off the post. You know you can really see the power put into a shot when it's rebounding off the post.

LEO MESSI GOAAAALLLL! WHAT! that was amazing! he just runs around 5 defenders who just don't know what to do with him! Bojan passes to him, and he out runs 5 defenders who were IN FRONT of him. so lets put this on a linear view. If this was a race, of the 10 yards he just ran, the 5 defenders would've been paced one after another each about a yard a head of each other, and they all start running. Messi, at the start of the 10 yards would beat all of them.

BOJAN GOAL! YES! right that was amazing too! going to rewind it.... so he's running down top speed to the goal, takes a shot, it's saved and rebounded back to him, and then he just fires it to the back of the net. what a goal. Messi is the first one he hugs. obviously.

I was really impressed by how chilled Eric Abidal is all the time. it seems like nothing could actually annoy him. Probably just really experienced.
where was gerard pique? Alves was in the backling with puyol, maxwell and abidal. which also works, apparently.

and that's all. i need to go watch the arsenal v chelsea game now.

Barca - Espanyol - derby

1. Kick off! 14 seconds in and espanyol is already closing in the goal area, valdes is forced to make a save!

2. I think it's safe to say that I was quite worried about this game this week, because firstly, this is a derby, it does tend to get violent, and secondly, espanyol is in very good form.

3. AH CRAP! in a barca corner, busquets almost scores with a back flip-y thing. don't know what it's called. will look it up later. the ball was inches away from the net.

4. I just realised that im watching this with chinese commentry. ah.. much better.

5. Shit, Espanyol's cross in was offside, it was too close for comfort.

6. Messi's shot is over the bar. Alves should probably have scored it himself. Sometimes Barca players need to stop being so nice and selfless.

7. Busquests is cheating like there's no tomorrow. Typical. Maybe in addition to counting David Villa's offsides every week I'll also count Busquest's dives and fouls. Actually then i'd probably lose track by half time.

8. GOAL! PEDRO! Referee missed an espanyol injury. I hope he doesn't take the goal away. He's been down from Puyol's challenge, which looks like no foul. The referee is probably in trouble for this though, he should've stopped play.

9. Valdes is making saves miles away from the box. slightly worried about the giant gaping hole which is the goal left empty.

10. Busquets gets carded. What did i say earlier about him cheating... But in his defence some of the espanyol players need to man up a bit.

David Villa offside No. 1.

11. Messi is fouled. Leo Messi get a haircut, please.

12. fucking hell, this ref is a bit shit. Villa's shot very obviously deflected off an espanyol player. No corner is given. I say obviously because h

13. What now? XAVI (who has had a haircut) GOAL! Espanyol is firing up again. The goal is given nonetheless. 2 - 0.

14. The commentator just said "you can't take your eyes off this game at the moment" - He's actually right, I've been itching to get a drink since 10 minutes in.

15. Espanyol shot on target! wicked save from Valdes. Valdes pats him on the head. I love La Liga. Let's see the corner. It's not good.

16. Some weird shit going on here. A metre away from the goal Barca's defence seems to have managed to save a goal without the use of their goal keeper, but made a messy job of it. I don't see why they didn't just give it to Valdes though.

17. I'd like to see Barca come away tonight with a clean sheet. Because that add Espanyol on the list of sides which they have not conceded against. Messi's magic seems a bit run down today...

-------------- HALF TIME ---------------

18. Alves it putting up a fight with every decision of the ref. typical dani alves. I am now having a sinking feeling that Leo Messi won't score tonight.

19. Oh fucking hell. Seriously, needed to be a bit more selfish. Pedro should have scored instead of passing to Messi, instead it gets intercepted. When the season finishes and it comes down to goal difference Pedro will be looking at this again.

20. Pique picks up a yellow card. For once he walks away without putting up too much of a fight. Free kick intercepted by Leo Messi. Messi can defend, apparently.

21. Oh... Valdes Saves! Luis Garcia's shot is on target from a freekick from a foul from Pedro.

22. I really hope Messi scores or something dramatic happens before my cold medicine sets in and i get too dopey to care. But Espanyol is a good side and maybe i'm asking too much of him.

23. PEDRO SCORE! to give credit to Leo Messi's Jedi run. That goal should've been Messi's. The reason why i look at his goals as great importance is because i secretly favor him over pedro. and secondly because i really don't want cristiano ronaldo to win the pichichi.

24. OSVALDO SCORES! oh right, there's no clean sheet for Barca then. well, that's the first conceded goal in a very long time for Valdes. it's still 3 - 1 though, see if any more goals come in.

25 Shit, Leo Messi is down. What happend here? Ah, well, he's back on his feet now. All is cool. But what's this? Busquets is down... Referee gives a drop ball because Osvaldo was taken down earlier.

26. The fans are really taking against a stand against Dani Alves. Whenever he has the ball they just boo him. I am feeling sorry for him. It's not his fualt the referee didn't call a stop before the first goal.

27. Barcelona is forced to go into defensive play now. Espanyol looking a stronger side for the last 20 minutes.... worrying.

28. SHIT, pique's shot goes way way way way off. He really should've scored it. He's annoyed. I'm annoyed.

29. DAVID VILLA GOAL! Leo Messi's great assist and david villa finishes beautifully. 4 - 1.

30. Mascherano is on for Busquets. I reckon Guardiola should've done that some 20 minutes ago.

David Villa Offside No. 2.

31. DAVID VILLA BRACE! Here it comes again, typical Villa goal, it looks so easy but it's actually down to his rediculously well timed shots.

32. I'm somewhat worried that Leo Messi is falling into a playmaker role and will score less individual efforts. Bojan is on for Villa, again, Guardiola should've done it earlier.

FULL TIME. 5 - 1. good derby, good game. a bit annoyed about the conceded goal, and that Leo Messi didn't score, but all in all it was worth getting up at 2.30, freaking out and thinking it was 5 because my clock was set to another timezone, and thinking that i'd missed the game.

and yes, i realise that i'd missed out the Barca - Real Sociedad game, maybe one day i'll catch up on that one.

Almeria Barcelona - hahaha.

So i forgot that my google homepage had football scores on it and accidently saw it before watching my recorded game.
and therefore i KNOW that real madrid is still ahead of barca before the match against the two. which is rather annoying to me.

1. Loving the turquoise away kit! We'd seen it a few times this season before, maybe i should get one for myself.... it's my favourite out of the three. Mint Chocolate Chip coloured.

2. Fontas is in for Pique because apparently he picked up a minor injury against portugal with spain earlier this week, and he's a card away from a match ban, with el clasico around the corner.

3. David Villa's shot is just half a meter wide! this is 2 minutes into the game.

4. Valdes with a very comfortable save. weak attempt.

5. i'm thinking of fast forwarding til the first goal... Gerard Pique is looking bored on the bench.

6. I am hating Xavi's lime green Adidas Predator boots.

7. Right, Alves is wearing a long sleved base layer shirt under his short sleved shirt. not a good look. just wear the long sleeved shirt! actually he's not the only one. i am not liking this.

8. what a goal from messi!

9. just 2 minutes later iniesta with another goal!

10. guardiola is firing up. why? it's 22 minutes in and we're winning 2 - 0.

11. ALMERIA OWN GOAL. from the captain as well! and it wasn't one of those "debatable and accidentally lightly deflected" own goals, he actually, kicked it in. so it's 3 - 0.

12. Fontas isn't the worst looking chap in the world.

13. why is messi taking a corner when xavi is there?

14. easy easy goal for pedro! fontas assist! i did also mention he's a decent footballer didn't i? his assist was from about 50 yards away. amazing that it's both on side and on target.

15. just one minute later messi scores a second! 37 minutes in 5 - 0 to barcelona.

16. half time.

17. Thiago is on for xavi and Keita for iniesta, or keite, as puyol calls him.

18. Thiago with a shot on target. it is saved however. when does he officially get on the first team squad? he's come on like 5 times for them this season. that's more than adriano.

19. Thiago is booked for a late tackle. I don't think he's ever been booked with the first team.

20. Bojan is on for Pedro. Good. Good.

21. fasting forward... nah. i want to watch this. bojan with a good run.

22. Valdes with a great save! it was a great strike as well, just about to curve under the crossbar.

23. GOAL for BOJAN! first goal in la liga! just flicks it past the defence! great solo effort.

24. HAT TRICK for leo messi! ball came of a sloppy save from the goal keeper. 7 - 0, one goal left.

25. Piatti is really pissed off. As i would be if i were losing by 7 goals and kept getting denied of my goals.

26. messi crosses to bojan and it's another goal! this is a good night for bojan. okay. that's all the goals. it is 8 - 0. it looks rediculous. it's kind of funny. i like this.

okay. i'm going to stop watching this now.
im so annoyed that real madrid is still on top of the league after this.
you know they should stop counting penalty goals as goals. because then messi would be ahead of ronaldo on the goal sheet.
right. next game is champions league. i will not be watching it live.

Barcelona Sevilla

So i was going to not blog this because it's 4 am and i'd hiked about 30km in the last 3 days.
i also came out 10 minutes late because i accidently set my alarm for 3.45 pm instead of am.
so when i got out it was 10 minutes in and leo messi had already scored from 3 minutes.
the score was then 1 - 0.
i would say now that sevilla are playing defensively.
at 23 minutes something amazing happend: david villa scored. finally. what a beautiful goal!
i don't understand now why puyol just got booked.
it's unfair because all he did was complain about the seville defence.
and also because he was just back from injury the last thing we want is him sent off with a match ban.
haha the guy said perotti liked CIS the tv show. idiot, it's CSI.
couple of shots blocked now.
damn messi over the bar after an amazing run.
haha david villa is literally kicked in the arse.
dear oh dear xavi is hit in the achilies heel. i say that because he has a permanant condition there. so it's a bit worrying.
david villa is blocked off after barcelona retain posession for what seemed like about 5 minutes. i thought it was incredible.
Leo messi looks like he's taking the free kick after busquets is fouled. i knew there was something up because he didn't get his ready face on like he normally does. villa takes it and it goes into the wall.
ha! konko is booked for the second time and is sent off!
busquets is down again. i think he's diving a bit. again.
half time.
first half stats are saying no barca offsides! david villa you are killing me!
sometimes when you're watching these games you can really see how PES has made such done such a great job in motion capturing.
you know i reckon if i spoke catalan i could do a pretty good pep impression. mostly because he's so incredibly animated and intense.
oh my fuck. dani alves! goal! what a goal as well! it was pretty... silly actually. sevilla trying to get the ball back to the goal keeper, he intercepts and scores it. i dont think he's happy about it, it's either because its such a weird goal, or because he used to play for sevilla.
what? leo messi lost control of the ball? when did that ever happen...
OMG FUCKING LINESMEN IT WAS ONSIDE in the replay. fuuuuuck. leo messi was meant to score that. i think they both know, because alves looked at messi and he just did the "it's okay" hand gesture.
apparently maradona is 50 today. i would say happy birthday but he pretty much fucked up argentina in the world cup. i still haven't forgiven him for that.
oh my god messi you never cease to impress me. amazing run there.
okay cool bojan is on for pedro and javier mascherano on for xavi.
i'm not complaining because 1.xavi needs to be protected before the champions league and 2. because i'm glad that it isn't villa or messi comming off.
VILLA IS OFFSIDE. damn the man can't go one day without an offside can he.
i'm waiting for bojan to score his first goal of the season.
OH MY GOD MESSI GOAL AGAIN. what is this? it was amazing. he just went through about 4 defenders. you know i thought he'd pass to either bojan or villa but he made the right choice. the man knows his own ability.
puyol is repeatedly beaten on the ground. the linesman is right there why isn't he given the free kick?
puyol is off for adriano! it's never happend before so lets see how it goes. captain armband is given to victor valdes.
haha someone just got slapped in the arse. actually i think he was trying to comfort him for a great clear and it just happend to land on his arse.
villa is offside! told you so...
erm. negredo runs into abidal's head and is on the ground for about a minute. would probably hurt less if abidal had hair.
i hope pique picks up a yellow card so it'll be 5 cards and he can be suspended for getafe, instead of going into next game with the danger of being banned against real madrid.
damn, iniesta should've scored it himself. he needs to be less selfless sometimes.
omg villa so close there. 10 minutes left i think they can and should score another.
adriano with a shot on target and saved pretty quickly.
so a little funny info on martin cacares for sevilla. he's actually on loan from barcelona and apparently wants to come back, he'd been complaining that because guardiola is a catalan coach, both pique and puyol have an advantage in being in the squad. catalan critics just say they're simply better then him. suck it.
villa scores again! good night for him, considering that he hadn't scored in a long time.
almost no stoppage time but it doesn't matter. even though there probably should be.
the final score is 5 - 0. well that was worth waking up at 4 for.
although i must admit barcelona had a bit of an advantage because Jesus Navas from Sevilla is injured and they had to play with 10 men. who cares, we would've won anyway to be honest.
i can see the sunrise. going back to bed. will publish the post tomorrow.

Barcelona Zaragoza

So i just got back and it is 9 minutes into the game.
actually i thought it started t 11.30, but the local broadcaster lies to me all the time.
pedro's beard making him look more italian than ever.
oh right yeah he's back from injury.
busquests keeps loosing the ball... like he's drunk or something. that's kinda annoying me, just a bit.
dammit, villa is blocked again. he needs to score soon.
dude, messi is comming in with these amazing attemps.
dammit zaragoza have a good keeper.
you know if gerard pique just jumped for a ball it means it's more than 6'4 high.
and i have a feeling it's going to be one of those mallorca/hercules games. like all 11 players in defence from zaragoza. annoying.
dude, the linesmen just called an offside when it really wasn't. fucking shit.
HAHAHA the ref just called a no go for leo messi's free kick, apparently he was moving.
he just did a "huh? not sure what you're talking about" eyebrow raise. it was rather funny looking.
barca has 81% posession and it's still 0 - 0
free kick, like 20 years away, leo messi poor attempt.
villa is denied. again and offside. again.
OH DEAR. pique is injured.
i think he's dislocated his shoulder. lucky it's football.
pedro misses a very good counter attack. dammmiiitt.
pique is firing up asking for a freekick. i dunno if it's a dive or not from sergio busquests.
zaragoza people are diving a lot. annoying shitface.
keita collides with the goalkeeper who does a full backflip... he feels no pain?
pep is looking really crestfallen... like his cat died this morning or something.
LEO MESSI SCORE omg. 1- 0. great counter attack. amazing. loving the messi/villa bromance.
lafeta is diving. annoyence.
Leo messi is fouled.
end of first half.
im rather annoyed because my mother forgot to put the cheese in the fridge for 3 hours.
God it would suck if zaragoza won... they haven't won a single game this season.
Dani Alves is down.... OMG red for zaragoza. he's so pissed off. the commentator is so stupid. he said it was pedro down, even though it was clearly alves who rolled over with the number 2 and his name was waaay to long to be pedro.
he looks like he's been hit in the ear. the red is probably because he didn't even have the ball.
i actually didn't see it til the replay, was mostly concentrating on the ball.
my mother just changed the channel. excellent .
changed back, it's still 1 - 0
shit... villa ran out of space.
thiago is warming up with mascherano.
leo messi goes for goal twice, once after a block. miss. shame.
villa is playing really far back... maybe he knows he can't score.
OMG MESSI. SECOND GOLLLLLL. shit. that was from like 17 yard away. what the hell.
it was from a double deflection. wow. wowowowowow.
i hope thiago is comming on for keita, not iniesta. pep is talking to him.
omg people need to stop killing alves. again. he's basically wrestles.
oh fuck. it is iniesta who comes off. WHY PEP WHY.
whatever, thiago is good as well.
bojan is warming up. he's on for pedro. coolio.
bojan's shot is extra wide.
actually it was deflected extra wide. super powerful though.
haha bojan is pushed down. foul is given. i am happy.
pique with a great challenge.
valdes with an amazing save!
villa is offside again. gosh. annoyence.
bojan is really annoyed because he was the better person to pass to.
6 minutes left. i want to see another goal though.
Villa is denied. i am so annoyed for him.
mascherano is on for busquests.
pique is booked even though the fucking zaragoza dude fired the ball at his arm.
i am fucking annoyed. what the fuck. no justice here.
there's a replay of a zaragoza shot, valdes has leaped at least a metre and a half in the air. looking a bit weird.
GOD THAT WASN"T OFFSIDE THIS LINEMAN IS SO SHIT I HATE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART.
GOD VILLA IS DENIED AGAIN. oh my god.
pep looks like a 5 year old who dropped his ice cream.
FULL TIME. annoyance.
okay done. next game. erm. barcelona..... copa del rey.... tuesday.
well. i don't know if i will watch it, given that it's like the first round. and it's late
i'm not even sure if i get coverage of it. yeah i don't think i'll watch it.
anyway, sevilla in the spanish league next... it's also bloody late so i'll just record it. plus i'm back from my 3 day hike so i will be dead!
okay. that's all for today.

Barcelona V Sporting 55 min -

I'm blogging all this from my new macbook pro. it feels amazing.
so it seems i've been a bit lazy lately and not watching full games.
i'm blogging this from 55 minutes onwards because that's when i switched on the game. the score is 1 - 0 to barca!
actually i just got back and realised it was on tonight
so barca playing without messi. it's okay i have faith in them.
Bojan is having some impressive skill there... it's a shame he doesn't score.
he's an excellent dribbler... i wonder if he'd do better in midfield.
yeah... i'm not all sobery right now... kinda out of it.
pique clearing balls with great ease. he's really one of the best defenders in the world.
30 minutes left and i'm itching to go take a shower and sleep.
it's 3 am and i haven't slept much lately.
oh xavi with failed goal attempts... i think he can just accept the fact that he's a play maker, and that he's standing waaay to far away to score.
now my head hurts...
guardiola seems pissed off... the man is never happy. but better than jose mourino. he doesn't even respond when his team scores.
apparently the turf is shitballs. there's bits with updug grass.
Leo Messi watching from the stands... he looks bored or upset... i feel sorry for him.
his injury was not worth it.
I think this would be the best oppertunity for Bojan to prove himself. Instead of comming on as a sub he might actually make the starting squad sometimes.
Bojan with a obvious dive...
What? why is mascherano comming on for bojan! isn't he a defender and bojan a striker?
David Villa elbowed in the chest... looks painful. i thought it was a dive at first til the replay.
The way Barca are playing they should've scored more goals by now
Milito booked for late challenge... if his hair wasn't so horrible he'd be good looking
Fuck i'm exhuasted. i hope i don't fall asleep.
OH what a shame of a miss from alves... would've been a stunning goal.
10 minutes left... i am going to pass out.
xavi with a shit pass... the commentator keeps mixing him up with xabi alonso. idiot.
xavi is kinda shit today... he keeps giving it away...
i need barca to score another one to feel safe...
David Villa with a near goal again.
Pique with an amazing clearence...
He fends off a few but i don't really see what was wrong with it... it's a free kick for sporting.
Man, 89 minutes and a corner, i'm fucking scared.
Pique yellow carded again!
Messi is annoyed.
FUCK free kick. this is fucked up. i'm fucking scared. am literally shaking.
oh thank jesus... valdez gets a firm hold on the ball.
40 seconds... come on! ho shit pique clears again. fuck. fuck. so scared.
FINAL WHISTLE. OMG. THANK JESUS.
oh good good good! real madrid is still ahead though.
Good thing is that this shows Barcelona isn't all messi!
okay me esta fucking tired. going to sleep.
Oh i just read on the FC Barcelona website that there was not one shot on target from sporting.
Looking at the stats of the game sporting played shit. Xavi completed 122 passes and none of the sporting players had more than 30 passes.
Bilbao V Barcelona this weekend. I shall be camping on an island...so no blog, or late replay blog.

Barcelona V Hercules

So Javier Mascherano's debut.
Barcelona against the newly promoted Hercules from the second division in spain.
For some reason this week ronaldo will be playing for Madrid, I say for some reason because 2 weeks ago they annouced he would be out for about a month after an ankle injury. what now?
The camera focuses on Leo Messi in the tunnel, clearly zoned out and chewing gum. he doesn't seem nervous.
Valdez with the captain's armband.
the game kicks off.
why is pique in a long sleeved shirt? isn't it boiling out...
puyol is apparently unable to appear in this game due to injury.
mascherano first touches of the ball in the barca shirt, not bad.
ball just skipping around the backline of barcelona.
Keita skipping around with the ball a bit.
Messi takes a shot right at the keeper, unchallenging save.
Bojan comes close to scoring his first goal of the season but shoots it wide.
Throw in taken by messi and villa heads it over the crossbar.
oh villa and his amazing heel flicks. just incredible.
personally 15 minutes in I thought barca would've scored by now. dissapointing.
OH MESSI WITH AN AMAZING RUN. GOT PAST SOME 3 DEFENDERS.
shame there was no support from his fellow team mates.
why the fuck didn't they put Dani Alves on?
Mascherano Yellow Carded. already? first game for barcelona, let's hope it doesn't go down like Joe Cole's debut for liverpool.
Commentator with a rediculous speed talking on messi's run.
WHAT THE FUCK HERCULES GOAL. FUCKING. WHAT. THE SHIT. NELSON VALDEZ.
barcelona getting owned by the newly promoted hercules. what the fuck is going on.
Last Season Barcelona won the liga, hercules was 2nd in the second division. what has the world come to. gravity might as well just dissapear now.
PIQUE almost scores. god would've been fucking impressive. he looks injured, in pain. he stays on.
Hercules players need to all stop diving.
How shameful is this! how can barcelona be behind on the scoresheet. what the fuck. fuck. fuck.
Couple of attempts from Barca, no sucess. Pique goes for goal again. so close. so fucking close.
Wouldn't it be nice to hear what Guardiola has to say at half time. he's going to fucking explode.
and pique over the bar again! FOR GOD SAKES SOMEONE SCORE.
Villa needs to stop arguing with the ref before he get in trouble. even if he didn't do anything in the first place.
Adriano diving after being slapped in the face. Messi is headbutting. Pique shouting at someone. Lots of shoving around. fucking. hell. what is this.
Adriano booked by the Ref
One minute before guardiola kills the team at half time.
One minute extra time? seems little considering the drama.
FUCK WHAT IS THIS. HALF TIME AND BARCELONA IS FUCKING LOOSING. WHAT THE SHIT. IS THIS. OH MY GOD.
2nd Half.
Xavi is here to save the day? let's hope so.
pedro passes to xavi who shoots it wide. he's so pissed off. but so am i.
fuck here comes like 15 oppertunites that were missed by barca.
Pedro is running around like a dog because they keep passing it over him.
FUCKING
NELSON
VALDEZ
FUCK
2 - 0 TO HERCULES. WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS.
bojan looks absolutly depressed on the bench.
i have stopped commenting because i'm too angry to do so.
and now my father is here to bother me, knowing NOTHING about football. i want him to go away and for me to grieve in piece.
pique is bleeding. everywhere
his face is covered in blood. everywhere. his head... leaking blood everywhere... face... covered in blood.
he's off to the sidelines.
he comes back on. WHAT!
4 minutes stoppage time.
what a waste.
2 - 0 hercules.
barcelona 73% posession. what is this. shit.
what is this. mother fucking sons of bitches lost to fucking bollocks hercules.
whatever. huge waste of my time.
camp nou is a place of moruning tonight, mourning of the pride which the cules once had for their home team. i don't understand what happend tonight. i dont really want to.
that's it. it's one depressing night for one who has waited all week for this game.
i have lost faith in barcelona... don't know if i should passionately support them at the risk of my own pride and feelings. am i being melodramatic? probably. don't care.
no one reads this blog.