last game! malaga vs barcelona

last game of la liga this season!
barca using this oppertunity to train some of the young talent from b team.
bojan is captain! it would be funny if we won this, considering we barely have any regular starters to this. i wonder if bojan is going to still be here. i wonder if this is his last la liga game ever...
0' the first play of the game begins with a shot from malaga. well this is going to be a dull game.
1' when you're watching these players trying to get in the grove of la liga you realise how difficult it is to play at the level barca normally does on a weekly basis.
2' another shot coming in from malaga.... pinto saves followed by a shot off the deflection fontas clearing...
6' ah! finally a shot for barca! Thiago taking a pass from fontas who moved from central defense to a play-maker role
7' pinto having to make yet another save...
8' Abidal not managing to find afellay... i just realised that everyone but Bojan has a two number digit squad number on pitch right now.
9' bojan waiting a second to collect himself before a shot, it's a good effort but takes a deflection out for a corner.
10' ohhh so frustating! barca doing well up front, great passing under pressure but the marking is very thorough from malaga and the shot it weak.
12' bartra missing a clearence and adriano having to clear his poor effort up.
13' shot from malaga, not far wide at all! we have to be more careful than that...
15' jeffern finally showing some pace.... but goes down... wins a corner though.
16' corner goes out for a goal kick...
17' afellay with a shot over the bar.... pep...stroking his...... tie.
18' Fontas going down...
19' ah, the ball was travelling well with barca until bojan loses it to jesus gamez. in his defense gamez is really good.
21' jeffern going down yet again. thiago to take the free kick. or not... wow! jeffern fires it on target from distance and the keeper makes a good save.
22' thiago being tripped up and lying on the ground. he gets up when the whitle is blown for a free kick.
24' fontas manages to shake of juanmi who was aaaaalll over him at the corner flag and make a good pass back out.
25' ah, bojan going down outside the box... just being tripped up there. thiago to take the free kick... it goes straight to the wall, and out for a barca corner.
28' sergi roberto goes down after being pulled back from the shoulders... not going for the ball at all. Apono is booked for it. jeffern takes it and it goes wide.
30' goal to malaga! Seba fernandas! oh what a goal! smacked striaght into the top corner. pinto had no chance. but the leaky defense had a lot to do with it. a lot.
32' bartra missing yet another clearence. pinto having to roll over to get the ball, lucky it's just wide.
34' Jeffern's hand ends up somewhere near wellington's face.... but there was a bit of play acting there too.
34' maxwell triped over in the box. it's a very late tackle but it isnt worth a penalty.
35' ahhahahahahahhaa there are two balls on the pitch. right. ref blows it up to stop play and get rid of the spare.
36' adriano looking for thiago but there's too much on it and rolls out for a goal kick.
38' grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. thiago being blocked off in the last second, so sends it to sergi roberto, who puts it over the bar. close though.
39' Maresca goes down from thiago's challenge, no free kick, but jeffern kicks it out to stop play. sportsmanship from barca.
41' bartra losing out to malaga very near to the goal, sending pinto running to make a save.
42' Bojan taken down twice in the area, but there's a penalty! what! there's a bit of a fight. ooooh they're saying things to each other... bojan chasing after Duda, who doesn't turn around until bojan says something... i wonder what he said...
43' Bojan takes it! GOAL! GOALLLLL!!! oh malaga is going to HAAAATE him for this! why there is no replay for the foul i don't know.
44' Gamez being booked. lots of bookings for Malaga today..
45' oh here we go! there's the replay, okay, so there an obstruction, then he gets tripped over. i think it's enough for a foul. hahahah the commentator just said that he was "following the real madrid method, commit the foul, pretend not to have, shout at the player, then go intimidate the players and the referee"

i would say after a dreadful start barca have picked up the game in terms of attack in the last half hour or so, but the defense is still shite and still has lots of holes in it.
why the stadium is playing keisha i will never know.
Francesc Arnau just coming out to salute the fans as it is his last game with malaga even though he's on the bench right now. he's probably going to retire too.

45' Jeffern into the side netting, Welington going for a challenge, ends up on the floor, and jeffern just jumps over him and continues to run.
47' mascherano warming up, as is dos santos...
50' Malaga singing for Arnau to come on...
51' Abidal speeding back into defense to make a good clearence back to Pinto.
52' Bojan choosing to take the sot but puts it wide, instead of passing it out.
54' Duda clipped on the ankle by bartra... he's pratically crying. it was just a knock... i don't understadn what's going on. apparently it was abidal who actually caught him even though it looked liek it was bartra. what?
56' Bojan wriggling away quite well with the malaga defense but his pass doesn't get anywhere.
58' Marseca heads it following a pass from Apono, into the side netting!
59' Dani Alves coming on for Adriano. er. why? why are we risking him?
60' tons of people just went down completely with the ref completely oblivious.
61' Malaga for another shot! Apono's shot deflected off and out for a corner...
61' Pinto out to punch it out but it gets back to Duda, Alves clears and it's antoher corner. taken again, and another coner. this time taken short.
64' Jeffern looking like a muscle injury after a back heel flick for a shot just going wide.
66' Mascherano looking like he's coming on as duda takes a corner.
66' AAAAAAH SHITTTTT damn, so close for afalley for his first la liga goal. grrr, he was one on one with the keeper after breaking through the defense, and by the time it came off Willy's save Welington was already back to take the ball off him.
68' Apono and Duda coming off. Duda looks bitter.
69' the crowd is singing so loud for arnau that i now want to see him on the pitch.
71' WHHHHYYYY WHY IS ABIDAL COMING OFF! i'm so annoyed because i so wanted Bartra gone. whatever, Pedro is on now.
73' Offside against Dani Alves. there hasn't been a lot of offsides today. but then David Villa isn't playing. so no surpise in the decline of the number of those.
73' Alves gets booked for obstruction on Eliseu. just caught him in the face a bit..
75' ohhhhh i just missed it. dammit. okayyyyyyy Afellay! oh! the replay! what a goal! it is absolutely beautiful! he cuts inside the defence and goes for a shot from range, it's high and Willy can't do anything to block it out. the first person he runs to hug is abidal. sweet. 2 - 1.
78' Mascherano with a signature violent challenge but gets away with it.
79' Thiago with an almost goal. in the right place at the right time but not the right finish.
80' Welington goes down taking Bojan with him. they're both okay though.
81' Arnau is warming up! i'm actually getting happy about this. come on!
82' Shot from malaga wide sending pinto rolling outside his goal.
83' what a shot from krkic! willing jumping to make a save. corner.
84' Bartra makes it 3 - 1! oh what a header! Bartra please consider other positions to suit your strengths and weaknesses.
85' YESSS ARNAU IS COMING ONNN!!!!! woo! Willy coming off for him.
87' Camacio getting knocked down in the head... he's up and running now.
88' Bojan leaving the ball which means arnau is there to pick it up and rolling it back out to his defense. the crowd screaming as he does that.
89' Dani Alves having the ball taken off him and getting annoyed.
89' Corner taken by Alves, Roberto taking a shot, Arnau making a save, and another corner. Corner taken again by Alves, goes nowhere, and the final whistle is blown - no injury time at all.

that was a nice game. final game of the season. nice to finish on a win. Afellay finally scoring his first La Liga goal. don't know if it's bojan's last game. youngest captain in la liga this season though. I wonder so many things in the future of barca. just btw i do know i'm behind on games. maybe i'll watch them when i miss football over the summer.

THE FINAL EL CLASICO - SEMI FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

awesome. eric abidal is in the squad.
but good thing pep is not pushing him. mascherano at centreback with puyol on the left.
mourinho is off the bench on match ban.... interesting.
0' kick off.
0'marcelo flying over pedro trying to get the header in.
1' marcelo gets it all the way into the area when it isn't cleared properly but busquets has got back in time to do so after a bit of mucking about
2' Busquets is down. cristiano has gone to get the ball after mascherano takes it off madrid and accidently takes a bit of busquet's leg as well. but he's fine.
4' Cristiano puts it through to Higuain but Pique gets there fist.
5' ball comes near the area again but puyol is there to clear it.
5' messi after the ball up front and he can't control it, but runs after to put pressure on casillas.
6' Iniesta down. Lass has put a leg between his legs. he's fine though
6' barca finally making a chance and iniesta goes for a shot but it's really weak
7' Madrid with a shot, cleared again.
8' if you look at xavi with the ball, most of the time he's not particularly fast or defensive, but people seem not to really come in with challenges for him.
9' Pedro goes down with a late challenge from kaka. it's barely a challenge. whatever, he's back up anyway.
10' Pedro putting the ball forwards for a cross but no one is there to take it.
12'ooooh jeez. messi making a run, oh god, taken down but carvalho, he doesn't go for the ball at all, he's booked.
13' Puyol going forward on the wing but taken down. nothing given but the ball goes out of play for a madrid throw in.
14' Xavi taken down. not much of a challenge, just kind of lost his balence under the force.
16' free kick for madrid, 22 yards out. Xabi alonso takes it, straight into the wall. Messi on the counter attack. Taken down by Lass, play on, waves the referee. Di Maria with a ball near the area, cleared by Pique.
17' Xavi Iniesta and Villa take it forward but Iniesta's pass to Villa is long and it gets a bit out of control. Still in posession though.
19' Real Madrid finally stringing a few passes together. Until Higuain is offside.
19' Messi makes a run, tries to cross it back in but there's like 5 people in the area and Carvalho blocks it off.
20' Messi and Pedro trying to get through the defense in the area. The two of them and Dani alves run into each other. Marcelo clears for a corner for Barca.
21' Corner comes in from Xavi and Busquets heads it! Good header, but Casillas is well prepared.
23' Ronaldo making a run, Mascherano and Dani Alves trying to run him down but neither of them can get him. He does run it out of play though, goal kick for Victor Valdes.
24' Messi making yet another break, Lass Calvaho and Kaka all crashing into him and brought him down. Free kick, taken short by Xavi.
27' Messi Taken down again. Carvalho trying to drag him up by the arm. he's looks like he took a knock.
28' Alonso shouting for Mascherano for going down under just a tap on the arm. former reds :)
29' My tv signal is dying.
30' Ronaldo and Kaka into the area. I can't see what's going on. the signal won't stop flashing. this is. fucking. annoying. why is it happening NOW.
31' Messi, Xavi, Villa, Pedro come up front, Messi goes for a shot, Casillas has to lunge to make a save.
32' Pedro putting the cross in for Messi. Alonso comes flying across to make the challenge, Messi avoids him, takes the shot, and it's wide.
33' Messi and Villa at it again! Messi puts it forward for Villa, it's a great strike for Villa but Casillas makes another great save.
34' Messi running up front again! dodging another few defenders through the middle, gives it over to Pedro, who saw his clear way some 25 yards out. He goes for a shot, it goes wide.
36' Shot after shot, it's coming in every minute, but Barca are either putting it wide or Casillas making amazing saves.
38' Alves going down the wing and mmaking a shot that goes wide. Cleared by Madrid for a corner.
38' Madrid on the counter attack but loses out on speed to Barca.
39' Madrid on the break! Cristiano on the counter attack, he's alone, he's unmarked, Di Maria coming up front to him, and Valdes is out to make a save before it gets to him.
40' Messi taken down by Lass kicked between the legs, then caught by Arbeloa's foot on the head.
42' Messi putting it forward to Pedro but it's offside.
42' Whistle blown up for offside agianst Villa with a pass from Messi.
43' Rain starting to come in at the Camp Nou.
43' Carvalho with another challenge on Messi. the ref refrains from another booking to a red. good decision i think.
45' Xabi to Arbeloa, Puyol clears for a Madrid corner. it goes straight to victor valdes.
45' HALF TIME. 0 - 0
desipte not being able to break the deadlock, it's actually been pretty interesting. much better than the first half of the last game.

back in the camp nou it is pissing down with rain. xabi alonso is stretching on the ground. everyone is drenched.
HAHAHHAHAHA PITCH RUNNER! INTRUDER RIGHT BEFORE THE KICK OFF! oooh he's chased down by the guards. ronaldo is not impressed by that delay.
45' Oh dear, Iniesta is down. Lass has just picked at his ankle...
46' Oh god. Higuain puts the ball into the back of the net! er... its not given. crisitiano tumbled/dived over and Mascherano was caught too. The whistle was blown before it.
48' Ball cleared out for a Barca corner, taken by xavi, cleared by madrid.
50' Ronaldo putting it forward for Higuain, but Puyol out runs him for a clearence.
50' Pique makes an important clearence.
52' Higuain with antoerh shot, blocked by Pique, out for a madrid corner.
53' what is this? iniesta slips it beautifully to messi, who leaves it for pedro, and it is a goal.
54' Adebayor comes on for higuain. why? i thought higuain was doing good.
56' Busquets is down. Adebayor just went in with a leg out at the back of Busquet's legs. not booked, Alonso is annoyed that he went down, he's shouting at iniesta.
57' Busquets down again. Lass is booked. a bit high, but he got the ball. not sure if it was worth a card.
59' Mascherano down. nothing given. good.
59' hahahaa iniesta's shot just went straight into carvalho, who goes down.
60' Ozil is on for Kaka.
60' Ronaldo tripping messi. really? wasn't there a huge debate about how this wasn't ronaldo vs messi?
61' Alonso falling under Messi. Foul given to Madrid.
62' David Villa is down. clutching his leg. caught by Arbeloa. god. this is deja vu. he's shouting at villa again.
63' Goal! Di Maria hits the post! it comes back to him, he makes the pass to Marcelo, and it's a goal! 1 - 1
65' Messi scrambling to a run but can't quite make it... i think he was held back. nothing given though.

66' a bit of franticness now. barca trying to get bakc forward, but madrid are pushing back and coming in with crosses forward.
67' Xavi going down. it's Lass again.
68' Alonso sticks his foot out at Messi, he doesn't go down but ref was right next to him. Alonso is booked.
69' Couple of passes into the area from Madrid, cleared by Mascherano, Arbeloa trying to get off with a foul but the ref knows he's diving.
71' Messi making yet another run but Adebayor comes in with a high kick to clear. Puyol throwing in for Villa, running up but can't get the cross in.
72' Messi trying to head the ball into the goal, twisting his body around to divert it in, but it goes over the bar.
73' Ronaldo gone down without contact off a header... Ref has given nothing. he is angry.
73' David Villa up for Keita.
74' Iniesta brought down by two but nothing is given.
74' Messi taken down at the corner, Marcelo goes for the ball but ends up just taking Messi's legs.
76' Alonso fouling Messi this time. His legs hook into Messi's. he better be careful though, he's already been booked.
77' Messi coming in with a run, can't bring the ball under control, slips and can't get back up. the pitch is absolutely soaking.
78' Messi still dashing after every ball every 30 seconds. the man has too much energy.
79' Ronaldo going down again... can't tell if there is contact. looks like there isn't.
79' Pique's hand/arm is injured. broken arm? no wait, he's back on.
81' Pedro is booked for lunging at Cristiano. Well done Pedro. That or at Lass, and then Cristiano dived.
82' Iniesta making a run but slips and loses the ball.
83' Mascherano caught by Lass. he's making a huge deal out of it but it wasn't really that much.
84' Carvalho fouls Messi with a push on the head in an arial challenge.
84' Adebayor is booked for pushing Messi, who lost his balence on the ball.
86' Lots of passes, then Xavi taken down by Alonso, late challenge with the back heel.
87' Carvalho on the ground with a push on the back for Dani Alves.
88' Messi takes the shot from about 28 yards out from a free kick. On target but Casillas is there again for yet another save.
89' Puyol comes off! standing ovation, our capatin walking off the pitch, and the same amount of respect for the man coming on for him. it's eric abidal. abosolutely pure respect for those two.
91' bit of a mess at the back. Pedro is down, having had Marcelo fall on him. the ball's been left for a bit and valdes has to come rushing out for it.
92' Pedro has had to come off for Afellay, who is literally on for 10 seconds.
because it is full time. WEMBLEY.
the team hoists abidal up! okay. this is amazing.
AH SO EXCITED FOR THE FINAL!

Real Sociedad Barca

Pinto, Montoya, Piqué, Milito, Fontàs, Keita, Xavi, Thiago, Jeffren, Afellay and Messi
That is our lineup for tonight. interesting.
so we've rested valdes because pinto is on match ban for champions following the red card. and it would be risky if valdes got injured, because we er, only have two keepers in our first team. which is fine unless your second keeper gets booked when he isn't even on the pitch.

o' kick off! tons of youth team/ b team players on tonight. it would be nice if we have a win here, considering that madrid lost earlier. not sure why xavi isn't being rested.
1' Montoya and Fontas on full back tonight. Fontas is normally a centre back. but we're running out of fit full backs so... yeah. that's what we've had to do.
3' break from jeffern who continues the run but his pass to messi is a fraction wide and gets to the defender infront of him.
3' Pique dropping the ball fowards for messi, it gets intercepted but Messi gets back on the end of it but it's over the bar. close though!
4' Messi gets the ball into space for Afellay but it's a good save from Bravo.
5' Fontas with a run but the play in front of him goes down with contact, foul given.
6' Corner for Sociedad and Pinto is fouled and
7' Ball goes out when Afellay runs out of space and it's a goal kick for Sociedad.
8' there's a weak tv signal this is bad news.
9' Free kick as Thiago is pulled back. the sound has gone off my signal. grrrr.
9' Pique getting himself in trouble... He fouls with an arm on the shoulder but he doesn't get booked.
10' Montoya gets caught with a late chellange off Tamudo. Montoya with a swollen collar bone, might be dislocated or something... he's off to the sidelines for treatment, Dani Alves is warming up. shit.
12' Real Sociedad on a break, Tamudo gets caught by Pique who comes back for the clearence. It's a free kick for Sociedad.
13' Montoya is off. The commentator calling it his debut for the first team. ACTUALLY he did play for the cup. so he can shut up.
14' Free kick comes it, Pique heads it out, it comes back to Sociedad, they get a shot! oooh it's so close.... but wide. from the angle for the camera it looked like it went in....
15' Dani Alves goes down and gets striaght back up. Not stirring shit up again. Thank you.
16' Messi gets obstructed and a free kick given to Barca.
18' Afellay puts the ball in for Keita but it doesn't get there and striaght to the keeper.
19' grrrr.... Messi to Afellay and the linesman calls offside but replay shows it isn't. AND was caught by the keeper. anger.
21' Pique goes down... after being caught by Tamudo... he looks like he's taken a while to fall too... maybe he's too tall.
23' Frozen TV.... getting fucking annoying now. Alves makes a run but can't get it there.
23' emudo goes down, and a foul is given... getting booked? no...
26' oh god..... nothing is happening.... it goes all the way down both sides and then gets blocked. this is duuulllllll.
27' shit pulling on messi for a good 10 seconds and nothign given. Thiago goes down and it's a free kick.
28' THIAGOOOOOO!!! OH WHAT A GOAL!!! hahahha milito is holding Afellay's face in a group hug. Ball goes from Xavi to Messi who MISSES it and it goes ti Thiago, shoots it in, and onto the crossbar into the net.

29' Sociedad on the counter attack but Pinto catches it. god he cannot kick. it goes like 10 metres and Fontas has to double back.. lol people trying to appeal that it was over the goal line. replay shows not even close. Pinto laughing about it.
11' Jeffern trying to get the pass into the area but gets cut out...
34' Sociedad corner. headed out by Milito, comes back to Sociedad, Pinto forced to make a save.
36' Jeffern makes a run and goes with a pass but falls over as he is obstructed. Free kick for Barca.
37' Ball falls onto the feet of Messi but he can't strike it on time.
38' Pinto gets the ball from Milito and hovers over it as if he cannot really decide which direction to kick it.
38' Messi penalised for handball. He's a card away from suspension.
39' Afellay goes for the ball but he's also caught a leg with it, and it's a foul. He's motioning the shape of a ball saying it wasn't a foul. whatever. it's a free kick.
40' Corner for Sociedad when the ball is caught by pinto out of play. it's swung into the area and pique takes his time in clearing it out. boucing it several times his head first before deciding to kick it out.
42' Tamudo going for the shot but he's forced really far back by Pique and his shot can't get anywhere.
44' Dani Alves miles ahead of the defense off Real Socidad by the time it gets to him. He's actually offside anyway.
45' Milito with a strong challenge on Tamudo but it's not a foul and he goes down anyway. Referee waves play on.
46' end of first half. 1 - 0 to barca... would be nice to get another.
half time.... time to get some food. not so intersting first half.
oh god. montoya's shoulder was dislocated.
45' coutner attack by sociedad. Milito caught in the face in the clearence but there was a handball. so Sociedad free kick in. sholving in the 6 yard box.
46' Pinto punches it out. comes back to Sociedad and it's shot and it's wide. looks like Pinto might've screwed up his shoulder there.
47' went to fetch my pastery which was in the toaster... didn't miss much though heard more barca posession from the commentator.
48' Jeffern goes for goal for a long shot and the keeper spills to afellay who is taken down but nothing given.
50' Jeffern is taken down and there's a booking and Messi takes the free kick but it goes straight to the keeper.
51' Xavi getting away from trouble....
53' Milito and fontas working to pressure in defense. Squeezing the space out for Sociedad.
53' Martinez with a wide shot. it's very close but apparently offside anyway.
54' Gerard Deulofeu is seen warming up! oh! might be a debut for him!
56' Tamudo through the gaps in defense and Milito is there to run him out of space and Pinto to hold on to the ball.
57' Messi given a free kick after being fouled and he takes it back instead of going forwards.
58' Afellay's ball stolen by Martinez but doesn't realise until after... he's taken down again and free kick for Barca is given
59' Tamudo going for a shot, Pinto spills it and it gets back to him but Milito is calm and kicks it back to safety
60' FUCK. Alves clutching his face. GOD he's another fucking controversy. the crowd is roaring up. He was actually caught this time. replay obviously can't shut the crowd up though.
61' Pique off by Mascherano. interesting...
63' Fontas fouls Peretto and then gets fouled.
64' Linesman gives a wrong offside for Sociedad.
65' Clash of heads between Alves and Griezman. Alves is down.
66' Now Keita is down with a clash of heads in the area...
66' aah fucking hell. Messi runs a 60 yard fucking sprint and gets it to Jeffern, the keeper is nowhere near and he can't get it in. fucking shit. The look Messi gives him .... frustration.
68' Corner for Barca. Afellay controls and the shot isn't good.
68' Rivas subbed off.
70' Martinez goes down. Crowd gets angry and it's a free kick. Keita just caught him a bit there.
70' GOAL! SOCIEDAD! HOLY SHIT HE DOES A DOUBLE BACKFLIP IN CELEBRATION. totally saw this coming. IFRAN. I would say even though we're now drawing the celabration was cool. Fontas didn't see it coming and let Ifran run through and shooting it past the far side of Pinto. Pressure is on for another goal. Things might start getting interesting.
73' Obvious handball for Sociedad.
75' Xavi just obstructed there. He's really strangely calm....
75' Jeffern taken down again! Xavi takes a shot and Milito heads it in, it's a goal but it's actually onside but rulled offside. time to pretend not to be angry. Milito limping as well. god.
77' Busquets coming on for Milito. would like to see
79' God jesus Peretto coming in with a shot, Pinto just there to block it. Close.
80' Penalty. For Sociedad. fucking shit. Mascherano takes him down. god. jesus. christ. come on. pinto. goal. goal. fuck. 2 - 1.
9 minutes. would you believe it. fucking shit. pinto is angry at himself. Mascherano angry at himself.
83' Pep. Sub jeffern out. I'm dying here. he's either on the floor or missing shots. either time the clock is ticking.
84' Bravo spills the ball off a shot from Jeffern and Messi is almost there to take another but Bravo puts a hand on it.
85' Afellay's ball in is deflected. it's a corner. god. jesus. christ
86' Afellay goes through like 5 defenders and Jeffern fails again and Thiago's shot is way over the bar. this is. so. annoying. come on, we're undefeated away.
88' For fuck's sake what is going on. people can't make their minds up about who's throw in it is. And Markel comes on for Sociedad.
89' three minutes to be added.
90 fucking. shots at the goal. messi's pass is too long for afellay and he puts it in for Busquets but it is deflected. GOD.
92' Keita missing the chance of getting a header in goal as Bravo gets it.
93' it's over. Sociedad have got the record of longest unbeaten run tonight. oh well. better tonight against Sociedad than Espanyol next week. Imagine how they'd laugh in they were the ones who ruined our unbeaten away run.
something weird is going on tonight. Blackburn beat Bolton, Aston Villa lost to West Brom, Zaragoza scored 3 goals against Madrid and won, and Barcelona losing to Sociedad. this is... fishy....

Barcelona Osasuna

Ha! Barca against Osasuna. Last time they played each other there was that whole fuss about the bus and the air traffic and the stupid federation taking back their permission to delay the game...
Smart move by Guardiola, starting without Pique, Puyol, Pedro, Messi, Iniesta, Xavi.
Osasuna have 3 player on match ban and 3 more injured.
I'm really glad that Thiago is starting, as well as milito. jeffern on the other hand...

0' Kick off! The crowd chanting Barca! Barca!
1' Corner kick for Barca, Afellay is taking it!
2' David Villa with the ball! It's SO frustrating when he has that moment of hesitation, and misses his chance. he was unmarked!
4' Replay of Nacho handballing…. or possible handballing. meh. not really a penalty anyway.
5' Afellay takes a shot from afar and it's not far at all! it was about….. 28 yards out-ish! just touching over the net…. good shot!
7' Some extreme foul play right under the ref's nose…. jeffern is held by the shirt off a Osasuna player…. nothing given at all. psh... la liga refs…
8' God Pique shown in the stands next to Shakira. Bojan next to Puyol…. did pique ditch Puyol for Shakira!?
9' Tiki taka tiki taka…..
10' Few passes between Afellay and Villa but it ends with a deflection out for a corner….
12' Osasuna taking fucking ages for a throw in…
13' Gaby Milito trying to defend…. ball goes all the way through… it goes out the backline, but only after taking a deflection off busquets.
15' Osasuna take a shot but it's cleared by Victor Valdes. Pep isn't impressed.
16' Jeffern trying to make a run but it's so easily cleared out. god. he's tripping and falling everywhere.
17' David Villa taken down right outside the area. its a free kick. if he takes it, it won't get in… i hope i'm wrong. Actually Dani Alves takes it. just into the wall at waist height. i don't understand why we inisist on letting him take these.
19' Jeffern getting owned again…
19' Osasuna offside… probably wouldn't have done much with that one anyway.
20' there's some obstruction in front of Villa. it isn't given but he's annoyed.
21' Strike from distance. Gaby Milito can't clear it, but it goes straight into Valdes' hands.
23' GOAL! DAVID VILLA! VILLLLLAAAAAAAAAAA FIRST GOAL IN 12 GAMES! FINALLY! oh pep knew that trying to end a goal drought against madrid was probably not a good idea. Jeffern assist, finally putting himself to good use after 23 minutes.
25' Osasuna coach getting a talking to from the ref….
26' Thiago is completely covered in sweat….. it's a osasuna free kick after a foul some 22 yards out. it goes over the wall and over the wall.
27' Victor Valdes throwing a tantrum for a bit… the ball went out and he went to pick it up. linesmen calls it a corner.
28' Free kick for Osasuna for a tug on the shirt by Villa on Nelson.
29' Osasuna trying to cross the ball into the area, but just goes straight to Victor Valdes.
29' Jeffern being outmuscled by Nelson… again.
30' Afellay fouled and a free kick given.
31' i am suddenly really really impressed by Mascherano's speed. he makes a crucial clearence in defense.
32' Jeffern tries to make a cross to Villa but he's a fraction of a second late after tripping over (again) and Villa's shot is blocked.
34' Cejudo is down and he can't get up after a challenge from Maxwell. he's clutching his back. Meanwhile Xavi is in the stands with a poker face on.
36' Villa makes a run but the ball is loose and it's stolen off him.
37' Thiago is setting himself as far back as the defensive line…. not sure why.
38' Keita fouled twice and the ball goes out of play… throw in for Osasuna, no free kick given for either challenge. Iniesta throwing his arms up on the bench.
39' Cejudo going for a shot but it's cleared by Maxwell. Osasuna's corner, they take a shot but Valdes just holds on to the ball easily.
39' We see messi in the stands… in the backrow, like he's hiding or something.
41' commentator needs to stop talking about the copa del rey.
41' Dani Alves with a rough challenge but just laughs when the foul is given against him.
43' Adriano seen in the stands with his injury. He's leaving the stands. why…
44' holy ball shit. the ball struck about a yard away from the goal and valdes just pushes it out for a corner.
45' Three shots from Osasuna in a minute. Victor Valdes saving the first two and the third goes over the bar. come on…. where is our defense…
45' Half time whitle goes…

45' Andres Iniesta is the only change at the break. Jeffren is off. ha.
46' Villa put forward but can't get to the ball.
49' Dani Alves catches Sola in the face and Alves goes into the referee's book, although i might say that he's over-reacting to a brush on the face. Free kick near the corner and Victor Valdes needed to make a save.
50' Afellay goes down. Monreal with a brutal challange on him. Looks like he's been caught in the ankle. It takes him a few moments but he's back on his feet.
53' Ah what a tackle from Milito. Clean, precise, and giving Barca back their posession. finally.
54' Dani Alves going for a shot but it just gets blocked by the wall of defense.
57' Messi is on. David Villa coming off for him. not sure if that's going to be a positive move. We'll see. We'll see.
58' Damia foes to ground between Maxwell and Busquets. Free kick.
59' Thiago puts a bal forward for Afellay to chase. He tries to get it back inside for Messi but it's cut out by the Osasuna defense.
60' Messi puts the ball through for Thiago but he clashes with Cejudo and he's off for treatmeant. Thiago is fine though.
62' Free kick for Osasuna. Not sure why though, it looks like a fair challenge to me by Mascherano.
63' Gaby Milito is down and Macherano is helpng him elevate and flex his like a physio. Xavi is warming up, not Fontas. Milito is getting treatment on the sidelines. gooooooodddddddddd we have no defense.
65' Xavi is on for him! WHAT! WE HAVE NO DEFENSE. looks like Busquets is going to have to drop back into central defense with Mascherano.
67' Ball kept in play by inesta but the linemen says no.
67' Camunas with the ball but the linesman's flag goes up for offside.
69' Monreal clears out with a header and it's a corner for Barca. Xavi takes it, goes to Messi, back to Xavi and he takes a shot, a very wide shot.
70' what the fuck. Iniesta taken to ground at the edge of the box and it's not given! why no free kick! god jesus la liga refs.
72' Victor Valdes with a goal kick that runs striaght into the touchline.
73' Alright. If i ever meet this commentator my fist will probably end up in his face. He won't stop going on about why Barcelona have failed lately.
74' Dani Alves swings one in for Iniesta but his volley goes just above the crossbar.
75' hahahahhaa Nelson goes for a shot 45 yards out.
76' Messi almost goes down, could've asked for a free kick, the ref waves play on, he flicks it towards Afellay and it's deflected for a corner.
77' Sola fouls Dani Alves. Free kick for Barca. looks like Osasuna ready to make some changes in their lineup.
77' Nekounam is booked.
78' Afellay tries for a cross into the 6 yard box but no one is there to recieve it.
79' Necunan goes for a shot but it goes above the bar.
80' Double substitution for Osasuna.
80' Keita booked for a challenge on the Lolo.
80' Shot from Osasuna. Doesn't find the back of the net though.
82' grah, fail pass from iniesta and it just goes out to touch. we need. another. goal.
83' Late Late Late challenge and obstruction on Xavi by Timor. Timor is booked.
85' Afellay's cross cut out for a corner. come on!
86' Xavi going for a cross to Keita but it goes nowhere. graaaaaaaah.
86' Calleja is on for Cejudo.
86' LIONEL. LIONEL MESSI. GOAL. 2 - 0 to BARCA! Dani Alves puts the ball just in front of the Osasuna defense and Messi is there to put it at the back of the net.
88' They're at it again, Dani Alves and Messi making one-twos in the area. This time Osasuna is ready this time though, they're there to cut out an possible third goal.
89' Osasuna with another corner.
89' Jesus Christ. We look at the Shakira and Pique in the stands when Messi scored the goal. She kisses him on the cheek, and then on the lips, and he kisses her back again. and then i roll my eyes.
92' FULL TIME
BARCELONA 2 OSASUNA 0
eh. game kinda sucked. we had no magical touch as we usually do.
looks like maxwell may have picked up an injury. sigh. not another defender….
kind of worried about the madrid match in the champions. we are screwed. Madrid won 6 - 3 against Valencia earlier.

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.

Deportivo Barcelona

Delayed match, i couldn't get up, apparently I had shut off my alarm in my sleep.
SO now im watching my recording on my DVR. and i realised after that i hadn't actually selected my recording, and that THE TV WAS BROADCASTING THE REPLAY AT THE SAME TIME. EXACTLY. so that was freaky.

1. kick off! awesome, adriano is starting. he hasn't really had that much match time, especially in the league. he's mostly been playing in the copa del rey, as well as some of the champions league.

2. i am disliking how bald guardiola is. enjoyed the buzzcut...

3. the good thing about this game, in fact, the great thing about this game is that barcelona may have to play deportivo in the copa del rey, and it would certainly be good for them to know their opponants from this. but the problem is that it goes both ways, which means deportivo will also know how to destroy barca.

4. xavi is on the bench today after making 550 caps in the bilbao game. as is, to my dismay, bojan and afellay.

5. messi is taking a coner as pedro's shot is good but punched out of danger for deportivo. puyol fails to bring it under control. goal kick.

6. the colour of messi's undershirt is annoying me. and for some reason the red on their kit today looks more purple than ever.

7. messi is making a run for a shot but he's taken down by two of deportivo's defenders. he doesn't even ask for a foul and doesn't complain when none is given. this is why he's such a great player.

8. Adriano with some great passes and skill here... he should get more match time. Obviously he's normally losing out to dani alves for that postion. Guardiola has rested a lot of their players because of the mid week fixture.

9. Deportivo handball. free kick from about 25 yards out. fussy referee is making them re-take the kick because it was apparently supposed to be a bit futher wide... messi takes it and pedro fails to control.

10. messi is chased after by 3 deportivo players, he's gotten through but his wrist seems hurt or something. he shakes it off.

11. iniesta's drifted to more of a central role because xavi is on the bench. mascherano and keita try to fill in that role as well.

12. inieta with a run but can't bring it under control. looked impressive though.

13. pedro seems to be a bit less accurate now than he was with his streak in the last few games.

14. Adriano's shot goes way above the bar. perhaps he shouldn't have gone for it at all. the deportivo forward's name is also adriano. it's really confusing.

JUST TO BE ANNOYING I'LL BE TYPING WITH THE TIMECODE IN FRONT NOW, INSTEAD OF A NUMBER LIST.

25' GOAL GOAL DAVID VILLA! GOAL! MESSI ASSIST! VILLA GOAL! great timed assist by leo messi! ahh... that's the stuff. barcelona 1 - 0 deportivo. it's apparently villa's 150th goal in la liga.

27' something up with messi. im not sure. commentator says it's his wrist from earlier, i thought it was his nose. he's been taken down, rolled over, coughs, spits, and coughs again... i'm rather worried now...

30' it seems like keita doesn't even want the ball, he moves away from the direction they're moving it. maybe he's just trying to get out a second option for a team.

32' apparently this is the least messi has scored in 8 months, having not scored in 3 out of 5 in his last la liga games.

33' david fucking villa you frustrate me sometimes. abidal with an amazing run and cross, and then villa takes a shot right at a defender... WHY, messi was free and clear...

34' again, villa misses a shot. again.

35' leo messi is stopped, deportivo player is down, messi is angry and kicks the ball out of the game. player is taken onto the sidelines for medical, play is restarted.

37' SHIT GOAL IS FUCKING OFFSIDE. IT WAS AMAZING. SHIT IT"S NOT EVEN ACTUALLY OFFSIDE FUCKING LA LIGA REFEREES. ABIDAL. what a same. messi with a great assist. abidal was almost so close to getting his second goal for barca EVER, last one being 4 days ago.

40' deportivo take a shot from distance and it is wide...

41' apparently these are the two least aggresive sides in la liga, in terms of least cards. technically it should make a dull match, but it's barca so it's not dull. mostly becuase we play fair and well. HA.

43' damn it... iniesta with a great pass to messi who makes a great run, but there was no goal as the defenders take the ball off him...

44' iniesta is down, the ball smacked him in the face. he looks okay. his face and nose are red though.

45' HALF TIME before the game re-starts the camera comes back to the game, and in the stadium there's just a guy talking into the microphone in a creepy voice... im not sure what's going on here... oh good, he's stopped talking and waving flag comes on. spanish version. david bisbal. good, the game is on again.

46' Villa's taken a shot, which was blocked and he looked a bit knocked on... he's limping a bit.

i hope to god that we get to see some of afellay today. not just 2 seconds of him like we did in the cup game.

49' Leo messi is taken down, he's so annoyed. i am too. he was pulling his shirt for about 5 seconds. what... it's not even legal in rugby. messi takes the shot quick but the ref calls for it to be pulled back and taken again. he does.

50' Villa taking the free kick, no, messi takes it. it's some 27 meters out. HE GOES FOR GOAL! AND IT"S IN! just brillant. amazing. stunning goal.

54' Messi gives the ball away. rare incident.

56' deportivo free kick. it looks like a dangerous spot to take it. it's far far off. good.

59' ...someone is down. it's... david villa. it's his leg. caught on the ankle. pedro is looking smug...

60' Bojan Krkic is warming up. please come on...

61' Adriano's cross is deflected out and we have a corner for barca. messi takes it short and sends it back.

65' david villa is offside. what a shocker. if i had a nickle...

69' David Villa comes off. Bojan is on! where is afellay.... i have a feeling he's being held back becaus he won't be able to communicate with the team..

71' Pedro's run out of space and fails to control it for a cross or shot.

71' Afellay is warming up!

72' Bojan wobbles over and wins a free kick. sometimes i just want to tell him to man up a bit..

apparently messi was bidded for by espanyol, and almost got bought, but then after the gamper trophy he played well and barca decided to keep him for another season in 2005 and the discision did not disappoint.

75' Bojans shot is wide.

i am now desperately trying to silence my friend over skype who is watching this a few minutes ahead and telling me everything that goes on before i get to watch it.

78' attack went wrong. bad accuracy and teamwork from barca, but we win a corner. messi looks like he's feeling uncomfortable. hoping tog od it's not an injury.

79' INIESTA GOAL! WHAT! it was CRAZY! from about 20 yards out, much like the leo messi free kick it just had so much power and accuracy. there was nothing the keeper could do.

80' PEDRO GOAL! (i know right? it was one minute after) messi with INSANE footwork and pedro scores it. wish messi had scored it himself. he's still behind cristano for the pichichi trophy.

81' YES! Afellay is on! for pedro, and iniesta is on for thiago! i like this...
i mean don't get me wrong, i love iniesta but i do enjoy it when Barca B players play up.

83' Deportivo crowd is insane, chanting with great intensity and togetherness as a coner is taken.... i wish i could understand them.

they're showing a clip now of guardiola talking to afellay, i've rewinded to look at it after i realised he was speaking english.

86' Puyol comes in with an important interception but walks away from it with a painful look on his face..

87' Afellay and messi passing around and bojan steps in for a cross to messi who goes for it and it's then saved so merely by the keeper. i am SO annoyed. and so is he. nice to see afellay in action though.

88' Ariano is hurt... not sure why... need to see the replay... i think it was a shoulder that got caught.

90' AHHH Afellay is running after an overshot pass and it's no use.

91' Deportivo player are diving. uncool. Adrian. damn it.

92' FULL TIME! 4 - 0 BARCA! that was good. well. yeah it was good.

by the way, thought it was worth pointing out that messi had a ginger beard throughout this game.