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!

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.

Racing Santander Barcelona

This morning I woke up with a negative air and a horrible feeling that Barcelona lost. I'd had this on my DVR and for once didn't ruin the game for myself :)
A few days ago Barcelona lost to Betis in the Copa Del Rey second leg, but not that it matters, as we won the first leg by 5 - 0, 3 - 1 isn't going to do anything in the long run.
However Dani Alves did pick up an injury, so Adriano is playing at right back today. And Pique is given a rest, with Abidal playing in centre back for him.
Minute of silence before the game. not to be disrespectful, but is it me or has this been happening almost every week now?
I just died inside because my TV lost signal for a second. but it came back on so life is okay.
This is the beginning of the second half of the season, Barcelona won the away match earlier this year by 1 - 0.

1' Corner to Barcelona off a run from Lionel messi.
1' GOAL! Pedro! i know, what the fuck!? Well, it was kind of Messi's goal, but Pedro just made sure it went in, tipping it on the goal line.
4' there was just a ball that i was 100% sure it was out, but it might just be my eyes.
6' David Villa being stupid and challenges a Santander defender when he could've gotten a corner. Santader gets a free kick.
7' Shit stop diving Santander! can't believe the ref fell for that...
8' Eric Abidal with an excellant clearence in front of the goal.
9' Pedro tries to cross to Messi but
9' Alright here we go again. Barca players being too selfless. Villa should've scored himself, instead his cross is wide to Iniesta.
10' Leo Messi's goal is flagged offside! i can't complain too much, it was really quite obvious.
11' ha! Pedro is outmuscled, he just bounces off the defender who's just standing in front of him.
12' Messi surrouded by 4, 5 defenders in front of the goal. Mate he looks like he's being gang raped.
15' Victor Valdes with a great save!
16' Pedro is offside! wow he's taking on David Villa's usual role now...
19' Adriano with a failed strike...
20' Busquets is down... well, he looks like he's holding an area that was untouched by the defence... i'll just leave it at that.
21' David Villa making a run! oh dear Henrique challage... it's out for a corner.
21' Commmentator just said "Carlos" Puyol. (there was someone down there but I thought that mistake was more important)
23' David Villa almost heel flicking back to himself for a goal. Ah, so close. Would've been incredible...
26' David Villa fails to control the ball properly and it's cleared for a corner.
27' Two failed shots! Messi can't score it, and nor can Puyol! AH! They were both about half a meter from the goal...
28' In the frenzy it seems the Racing Santander keeper is injured. He's okay for the moment.
30' Adriano close to a goal! it's saved after being one on one with the keeper. Pedro is fouled on the sidelines. He's in a lot of pain. First aid spray and he's back on his feet.
31' Messi wasting the free kick and unable to score from it.
32' David Villa with a crazy piece of footwork, but he's taken down in the box... PENALTY!
32' Lionel Messi takes it. I think to silence the stupid "he can't do penalties" since the Betis game. He scores it! He lifts up his shirt and the undershirt says "Happy Birthday Mom" awwww...
36' Corner! David Villa with a repeat of having the ball cleared out.
36' Busquets heads it to the goal but it's saved...
37' Santander shot goes wide. It's offside anyway. Actually, now looking at the playback it isn't clear if it was offside or not...
39' Late challange on Xavi. It's a free kick. Messi takes it. It's a shot. Curling into the goal. Saved. He's biting the shirt again. As with all missed goals from Messi.
43' David Villa's shot is wide. A pass from Eric Abidal sent him running down the pitch. sha,e.
44' Victor Valdes save! it's out for a corner though. Nah they make a bit of a mess of it.
45 + 1' WHAT!? alright that was really good attempt from Santander. Where is our defence.

Half Time!

YES! looks like pique is comming off! *dance* there was just camera footage of him basically chugging down half a bottle of powerade. that... was caveman like of him. He's on for Puyol.
45' Santader close to a shot but it's wide. COME ON BARCA DEFENCE.
47' Messi plays it to Iniesta, who is offside. haven't really seen much of iniesta this game...
48' Adrian from Racing with a shot over to crossbar. I hate how there's an Adrian and an Adriano on pitch.
50' Maxwell's offside... it's Villa's fualt. actually it was barely offside.
51' Adriano's shot/cross is wide. I say that because it was so bad that i didn't know if it was a cross or a shot.
53' What's going on here.... Ball comming into the 18 yard box and Messi's just standing in an offside position. Doesn't matter... the ball is picked up by the keeper.
55' INIESTA GOAL! Ball from Pedro to Iniesta and it was deflected off a defender but still found its way into the goal. Scoresheet says Iniesta, I say own goal. Probably less embarassing for Santander though.
57' Keita is warming up. I reckon his game time is affected by how much Guardiola likes him as a person, rather than him as a player.
59' The Gerard Pique moment... being impatient and kicking it out of touch.
62' Maxwell wobbles over to try get a ball ahead of him. It skipps pass him and he looks like an idiot.
63' Iniesta with a rediculous foul. He just tugs on the guys arm for about 10 seconds.
63' Jeffren is seen in the stands under a blanket. haha. it looks like my blanket.
64' Maxwell comes in with a cross but it's wide.
65' Iniesta is surrounded by 3 defender and comes away with the ball. that's insane control there.
65' Villa flicks the ball on for Messi but there's just too much on it and Tono pick it up.
67' Apparently Racing Santader has only scored 15 goals all season. Lionel Messi himself has scored more than their entire team.
68' Xavi off for Keita. He gets a standing ovation. I admire Keita's patience...
68' Bojan is warming up.
69' Rosenberg from Santander is down and Barca asking if he wants them to kick the ball out of play for him. This is why I love Barca. They're not all just about winning.
74' Substitution for Santander. Rosenburg is off. He looks like he's about to cry.
75' Both Afellay and Bojan are warming up now.
77' DAMN IT! Messi's shot is saved after a MEGA JEDI run. AHH frustration.
79' Bojan is needing help putting on his shoes. oh come on he's not THAT young. I think Afellay is staying on the bench. Why get him to warm up then?
81' Pedro is off for Bojan! he has 9 minutes to impress.
83' Again Bojan overestimating himself. trying to wriggle free and left the ball with the defence.
85' Bojan wins a corner for the team when his shot is deflected.
88' Iniesta's shot is saved again! Messi's pass to him was supurb, twisting around yet know exatly where Iniesta was.
90+2' FULL TIME! WIN!

So basically it was a good weekend because all the teams i support won by 3 - 0
there's Barca, Liverpool and Arsenal :D
And yes this means that this game mirrored the one in the first half of the season. Hopefully we'll be doing as well as we did for the last few months with that pace we can actually win the league.
There's a cup game in the midweek fixture, not sure if i'll be following that one against Almeria.

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.

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.

LATE GAME. Barcelona Osasuna

Am annoyed right now because the Spanish Football Federation messed with the timings and took back the approval for barcelona to postpone the match til tomorrow. and so they'd just made a crazy trip and went to zaragoza by train and off to a 200 km bus ride to pampola. insanity. so now they're here 49 minutes late. I hope no one gets motion sickness.

Barcelona has new away shorts! shame, i liked the blue ones...
am worried because osasuna has been unbeaten at home and they're looking like the better team a few minutes into the game.
ahaaa.. villa trips and misses his chance.
dude, i've seen this ref many time before...
oho shit so close villa is to scoring once again...
the icy pitch is not helping.
shit, osasuna is really doing well. barca can't hold posession in their own half.
pique has given away a free kick with a foul from a corner...
what! ref says no foul when messi is taken down.
and now osasuna is freaking out because they're asking for a penalty. i think he was diving.
i guess the fouls cancel each other out.
woho shit valdes accidently chucks the ball to the wrong person. lucky he redeems himself by saving it.
david villa offside No. 1.
the osasuna shit looks like a thermal undershit that people wear to ski.
pedro GOAAAL!!!! finally! 1 - 0. leo messi assist (i love leo messi). jedi run from him. and great timing from pedro. i hope messi scores tonight.
messi's shot hits the post. dammit.
pique just came in from the right of my screen. he looks giant.
TV dimentions are annoying because sometimes you think you're seeing the ball go left but it's actually going right.
camera zooms into the ref's finger... camera man, are you bored or something?
i'm annoyed at how all messi's shots are blocked or hitting the post.
icy slippery pitch is not helping anyone.
whoops i fell asleep at half time. it is 5 am anyway. and no goals have been scored since the first. it's now 52 minutes in.
Leo messi is less Jedi tonight...
Villa' shot is wide. annoyance.
Osasuna need to stop diving.
Guardiola is looking more mellow than usual. i wonder what's up.
it would certainly be awesome if leo messi could score a goal tonight.
oh right, just as i said that MESSI SCORES A GOAL! JEDDIIII. that was one crazy break there. insane speed. i feel a bit jedi for saying that at the right moment.
oho shit what a jedi run with no goal for messi. what a shame. it's one of those runs which we see in his goal against getafe
what a shame he doesn't score.
a bit of a fight type thing here, nothing like barca madrid one though. they reckon busquests has dived. but they weren't going for the ball either. so a yellow for each was a good decision.
dude what the fuck the linesmen is saying the ball's gone out when it hasn't.
dammit! villa SO close! AND onside!
Villa offside no.2. i may have missed one cosidering that i fell asleep.
looks like the camera man is playing with his extreme zoom again.
Villa's shot is saved.
Keita is on for Xavi. Mascherano is yet to see a game since a few games ago.
PENALTY! on messi! come on leo messi, COME ON. barca's first penalty all season OHO! YES. 3 - 0. and it looked. SO. EASY. okay i was so nervous just then that my legs just cramped up.
Villa's shot is blocked by ricardo agian.
substitutions to waste time, bojan on for villa and jeffern for pedro.
bojan's shot is wide! it was close though, would've been amazing.
FULL TIME 3- 0.
we see puyol taking his shirt off. he is, still, ripped, to the max.
so this game means barca will keep the lead on la liga no matter how real madrid plays tonight. and there were NO yellow cards!? strange.
i realise i haven't mentioned iniesta at all this game. he was amazing as usual and his hair is starting to grow into a faux hawk, but it's in its very early stages.

EL CLASICO!!!!!

okay so my annoying friend ruined the game for me.
but it's the BIGGEST GAME OMG!
either way, ruined or not i heard it was the best clasico in a while and am SO excited to watch it.
KICK OFF!
14s in and ronaldo has already dived!
a few oppertunities with the ball in the area but no real attempt yet.
Hand ball from Pedro.
The camp nou is in chants: "boti boti boti madridista qui no boti" consequently my favourite chant from us.
Valdes witha good save blocking a cross from ronaldo.
He is taken down by pique who has run into his head.
Pinto warming up in case anything happens to Valdes.
oh my god WHAT! messi with an amazing run. people are argueing that it went out.
The corner is taken and messi's shot hits the post!
Madrid has some really annoying defence tatics. they just keep kicking it out of play.
Ronaldo with some crazy as skill on the ball. he looks like a puppet or something. could be a new dance move.
XAVI GOAL!!! OMG WHAT I DIDN"T SEE IT! REWINDING.... whoops over did it...
OMG FUCK THAT"S A BEAUTIFUL GOAL! the ball flips on from iniesta and xavi plays it past with crazy control! 10 minutes in and we're in the lead!
Di Maria going for goal! saved by victor valdes. good save!
Ozil takes the corner... he hasn't really made an impression this game until now... Ramos with a failed header...
Benzema is blocked bu Valdes and Abidal! it's out for a madrid corner.. another failed header from ramos!
I love that barca are just passing around to mind madrid up... OMG PEDRO! GOALLLLLL!
2 - 0 ! 17 minutes in! I think they just caught madrid off guard. WHAT A GREAT CROSS FROM VILLA AND GREAT FINISH FROM PEDRO. ramos and casillas were caught off guard.
Villa with one of his many offsides...
Xabi Alonso takes a free kick... ginger beard in the close up... Benzema with a failed cross.
Ramos is freaking out. He's talking to the ref, asking for a free kick.
Guardiola is shouting again... "yes we're winning 2 - 0, but i can never be satisfied!".... I love guardiola.
Barca just won 4 consecutive headers. amazing.
Ahhhh Pedro bailed on his one on one with Casillas with a chance of a shot.... i guess he got intimidated.
I hope the rain gets hard enough for us to see ronaldo's hair flop...
HAHAHHAA THEY JUST DID A SPLIT SCREEN OF THE COACHES ON THE SECOND GOAL.
dude fuck some fight is getting on...
Valdes has left his box, pique is fired up. OHHHH
ronaldo pushed guardiola on the chest. but it was disrespect. i think i would freak out if i was there... the man is looking like he's done nothing wrong. he's just smiling. Valdes is carded for taking the 50 yard run to shout at ronaldo, and ronaldo is also carded. What's strange is that pique is the one trying to calm them down, yet he's normally the one that causes trouble.
Villa is carded for pushing Khedira. Ronaldo with a free kick some 30 yards out. the barca fans are going crazy. He goes for goal! the shot is wide!
Pepe is carded for lashing across Messi's neck with his hand...
Villa is offside... the second time on my count. Xabi with am amazing pass... but the ball is cleared by puyol. Corner is blocked.
Ronaldo is blocked by Valdes. He asked for a penalty... a goal kick is given... ownage.
What a Jedi run from Messi, but the shot is wide. his hair is getting to an annoying length now.
Messi is taken down... no foul.
Di Maria and Busquest both diving... ronaldo takes a shot from distance... Easy save for Valdes.
MESSI IS ELBOWED IN THE FACE BY CARVALIO! OH WAIT NO. MESSI HAS DIVED. WHAT!. well, actually he just exaggerated a bit... he was just swept in the face... messi is booked.
...oh the commentator is so confusing....
-------HALF TIME------- 2 - 0 to Barca.... couldn't have asked for more...
It's been a violent and intresting half. What a great game so far...
i'm laughing now because the stats say barca had 61% of the posession in the first half...
The Channel switched back to the pitch to early... they're just playing a compliation of the fails and coaches' reactions... waste of advertising time...
Marcelo's cross is stopped by Valdes.
UH MESSI HOLDS ON THE THE BALL WHEN VILLA WAS COMPLETELY FREE. WHY MESSI. WHY!
Xabi alonso is booked. that's two late challenges in 2 minutes.
damn, xavi was challenged by khedira... could've been a second goal for him. it was close...
It seems madrid has stepped up a bit since half time... finally finding their usual form...
VILLA GOAL No. 3!!!! what a goal! messi in assist! Alonso is so annoyed! i love alonso, and as much as i hate to see him frustrated i am delighted that Villa has scored his first clasico goal!
OMG FUCKING GOD VILLA SCORES AGAIN! 4 - 0 WHAT IS THIS AMAZING NIGHT! VILLA!!!!!!! That was about 2 minutes after his first! AMAZINGG! and his play against his spanish captain was such an amazing one... can't believe i ever doubted this man...
the commentator is saying that "if ronaldo had any fans before this game, the might have lost them all... " do they exist? catalan ronaldo fans? such a creature is hard to imagine.
OHO almost a goal from behind the half way line. sergio busquets' shot just over the crossbar. not a bad effort considering the distance.
Messi with a few other Jedi runs.
Carvalio is booked for deliberate handball.
i'm still waiting for the violence that i was told of.
Villa is taken down by serigo ramos! Ramos is booked. he just kicks him in the back of the knee!
Khedira is booked for a late challenge! HAHA Real Madrid have 9 yellow cards!
Villa is off for Bojan! what a great night Villa has had...
Bojan's first touch is at crazy speed but he lose his balance and his second shot is straight at casillas!
HAHA Ronaldo trying to call for a corner when it's actually a goal kick... the fans are all giving him the finger! I love this! Spanish football at its best.
Casillas looks like he's about to cry. I feel sorry for him, he's such an amazing keeper and it's not his fault.
Pedro is brought down. for some strange reason xavi is doing the medical on him. where is the physio team... fail...
Puyol is injured... something up with his ankle.
Keita is on for Xavi. Pedro for Jeffern. Oh i don't like Jeffern.
HAHA as soon as ronaldo gets near the stands all the boos roar up. amazing.
Jeffern GOAL! 5 - 0 from a cross from Bojan! doesn't change my views about him. But it was STILL an amazing goal.
alright a fight is comming up. ramos red carded for a foul on messi. omg it finally happend. was waiting all game for this. Casillas the captain tries to settle things. Messi is injured. Let's lookn at the replay. He first kicks Leo Messi, then pushes Puyol in the face, that Xavi comes down from the stands and he ramos pushes him as well. what a riot. that's what i was waiting for. Casillas is shouting at Pique. It's hard to believe they're a team in the national team. they seem to HATE each other! i'm sure it all stays on the pitch though. I can't wait to see what the real madrid website has to say about this. they normally have some cocky slogan after each game.
What a great game and amazing night it has been. and as they walk off the pitch it becomes apparent that messi is incredibly short. Shame he didn't score tonight. He's had a great game. Hope the injury isn't long lasting.

Gah, amazing victory. Barca is also at the top of the league now. what a game! and what a riot it was as well. AND WHAT A MIDDLE FINGER THIS HAS BEEN TO REAL MADRID. YEAH. IN YOUR FACE.
Well, that's it for now. It's been amazing football all the way.

Barcelona Panathinaikos - lazy post

So basically i didn't have time to watch the game because i have a massive amount of work to do.
and i just watched the highlights.
But the good news is i learnt how to pronounce panathinaikos.

Pedro's first goal was excellent. Great corner delivery, great assist from Alves, and great timing. I would say almost perfect.

What's weird is that all the players on the subs bench with the exception of sergio busquets have white studs.

The second goal by Leo messi is also quite impressive. Adriano with a perfect assist. I'm glad that he was given a change to play, he's not normally seeing as much game time as he perhaps should.

Alexandros Tzorvas and Leo messi have a back and forth, in the sense that they'd played each other 3 times in the last few months. Once in the world cup with argentina v greece, where messi capatained, and twice with these two champion league matches. I don't imagine Tzorvas is a huge fan of messi, considering that messi had scored against him 3 times. It must suck to have to be a goal keeper against Leo Messi.

Adriano's shot is saved. What a shame, he is still to have his first goal with FC Barcelona. He's had a great performance in this game though.

Pedro again with another goal! These goals are so typically barca. Outworldly passing with excellent timing leading to beautiful goals. I have no idea why Pedro is rated as a one star player in PES 2010.

And that's all the goals.

So with this win Barcelona has advanced into the next round of the champions league at the top of their group with one game remaining in the group stage. I believe this means their next game is going to be incredibly chilled.
Let's hope they never meet real madrid or inter milan, until they absolutely have to.

el clasico next monday! hopefully i will either be watching it live or have it recorded.

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 V Copenhagen, 1st Leg. - injustice again.

i'm rather worried about tonight's game because firstly it is a very important game, and barcelona's #1 Victor Valdes is off sick.
oh! 4 minutes in and villa goes with a shot on target...
they really have to stop with these attempts, because year by year people are getting to know to play defensively and learning to deny them of chances.
villa offside no.1. i think i'll count them today. because he's rediculous with them.
iniesta is blocked off. what did i say earlier...
i'm kind of glad keita isn't starting. i haven't got anything against him but he's really... not that impressive.
just realised he's the only african by nationality on this side.
alves is in a different coloured pair of boots.
maxwell's shot is saved but messi goes for goal.... he's offside. what a shame.
okay.... well i trailed off for a few minutes because i went to erm... cut my toenails.
anyway, in those few minutes a couple of shots but no goals.
OH LEO MESSI I LOVE YOU. WITH ALL MY HEART. what a goal!
oh dear... from outside the box as well! oh leo messi, what will we do without you.
just... amazing. no smile from him... oh wait there it is. someone with an inflatable banana flalling thing! like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkJoQUFqXM ..in a barca kit. i want one, where can i buy it?
leo messi's shot gone wide... copenhagan has a man down....
oh dani alves with solid denfence. he's just the everything player... play maker, defender, goal scorer.
HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA copenhagen striker stopped half way through is run, he thought he was offside, but he ran from his own half. paranoid bastard. their coach is so pissed off. HAHAHHAHAAHAHA.
HAHA copenhagen initials are FCK.
i really need the bathroom but i've waited all week for this game.
bojan is looking bored as fuck on the bench... next to xavi, who is there "just in case"
david villa scores offside - #2
shame the score should be 3 - 0 by now.
so close! great save though. villa is literally about 8 yards from him. really good save.
what a dive. it's so not a foul. stupid assface.
this is what i hate about football sometimes
i hope pinto never really has to make a save. even though i know he can do it. his performance in the Joan Gamper cup was rather impressive, especially when it ended in penalities and he saved 3.
ball cleared to pinto who controls it with his feet. cool.
iniesta playing out of position. he's in dani alves' spot. referee thinks he's dived. it doesn't look that way. i'm rather annoyed.
shit. another offside goal. pique should really have just scored it himself. messi was offside, who was there to recieve it from pique. he should've just smashed it into the net himself. i'm rather annoyed. and i'm not the only one. Pep is freaking out.
alves is blocked by the keeper. some extreme, and i mean extreme dribbling, it's almost leo messi like.
what? iniesta shoots it way off? i have never... seen... that... before.... or seen him... made... ANY... mistake... ever...
i wonder who will captain the squad when puyol retires... he's 32 now, xavi seems to take up the armband when he's absent. Valdes when they're both away. but i don't see Valdes being a permanant goal keeper. Messi already has the fate of the club in his hands. maybe iniesta. or pique. i dunno.
pique is spinning around like a madman, attacked from both back and forth.
NO extra time in this half? what? the first half finish at 45.05
barcelona 1 - 0 copenhagen.
it really should be 4 - 0 but the offside rule is rather frustrating.
haha fifa 11 commercial. the only one missing in it is messi, always the rebel. PES 2011, Adidas football, always the one who's different to the rest of the sqaud.
to be honest, as a Barca fan, i'm dissatisfied with the score so far.
i feel like two of the disallowed goals are actually legit. and justice has not been served.
david villa is better looking today. maybe it's the light.
second half! good luck barca!!
puyol and pinto have been going back and forth for about 30 seconds straight.
at 3.49 am i am enjoying a cheese sausage.
copenhagen are smore aggresive after the break. i am rather worried.
barcelona people who are hard to please: Pep Guardiola, Leo Messi, David Villa.
Puyol is injured. he's enduring it but he's in pain.
i swear to god if copenhagen equalize i will fucking shame this referee. and the linesmen. because of the "offside" goals.
barcelona need to be more aware of the spaces. in relativity to the pitch not the team. its costing them a lot.
tiredness just hit me like a truck all of a sudden.
there are duck like cries in the audio of this game. i dunno if it came from the players or the audience. players i think.
messi looking absolutly gutted that his shot is off target.
villa is underachiving on the barcelona side. there's no doubt about it now.
the stupid commentator needs to stop complaining about why villa is the only one in the box.
has he not realised that all the forwards of barca are capible of scoring outside it?
i wonder if football to professional players have become more of a performance than a sport. have they lost the inital essence of sport?
whatever, leo messi is on the counter attack but is soon blocked off. his speed however... is rediculous.
FUCK. villa is fouled by two people in the box. referee is a fucking retard. no free kick, no card, no penalty.
hahahahhaaha copenhagen... shooting from 40 yards out.... it's the sort of thing i did on PES before working out the controls.
HAHA miss 5 yards out. Pinto was out after the first touch. hahahaa... fail with an empty goal as well.
xavi and pedro are warming up. pedero better be on for villa. because he's shit today.
grah, saved. david villa is going to freak out. he has not scored for barca in a while.
wait a minute... maxwell is off pedro, and villa is off for xavi... i think they did it wrong way around.
alves stops an equaliser. why are the commentators complaining about him? he's the most expensive defender in La Liga.
1 - 0 is really not a safe score to settle on...
the commentator is saying that ibrah was good for barcelona... what the shiiit?
he also pronounces "jose" wrong. he's not my fav.
oh my god, stop hesistating and missing chances.
why can't they just play with a score like arsenal last night.
who just got carded? i just checked, it was iniesta... i didn't see what was up with that... kicked the ball away in annoyence or something. he never gets booked. but if he gets a double yellow witha match ban we will probably die.
AHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH copenhagan coach picks up the ball on pitch. referee has a go at him. HAHAHAHHAA. if only he could book the coach. apparently he was clinically dead for a while...
oh my shit.... 5 minutes and a copenhagan corner...
dear, goal off the post. dani alves, just a fraction off.
oscar wendt has rediculous hair. it makes me want to throw up.
iniesta is off for... keita! DAMMIT!
this game is giving me heart attacks. i can't help but think if the score was 4 - 0 i would be feeling a bit safer. just a tad bit. dammit, 3 minutes extra time. hurry up!
messi. MESSI. MESSI. MESSI. MESSI. GOOOOOOL.
excellent control. i have to give abidal credit with an incredible cross.
FULL TIME!
WIN WIN WIN!!!
i think uefa ought to tally up the points now so i don't have to bother doing it myself. it's 4.40 and i cannot think straight.
Next Barca Liga game is on a sunday night, so DVR replay for me.
Next CL game is the same same on the 2nd of Nov.
MESSIIIIIII. i enjoy that he recently reinforced his everlasting love for barcelona and stating his intention of staying there forever.
full time: 2 - 0, Messi 19', 91' (wow, weird)