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!

Champions Leauge First leg - El Clasico 3/4

Barca are: Valdes, Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Puyol, Busquets, Xabi, Keita, Messi, Villa, Pedro.

Real Madrid are: Casillas, Arbeloa, Ramos, Albiol, Marcelo, Lass, Pepe, Xabi Alonso, Di Maria, Ozil and Ronaldo.

PUYOL IS ON.... ohhhh captainnn!!! he and Casillas shake hands.
Tis the ref who made crucial decisions that affected Barca's elimination off the semi final last year.
0' Kick off!
0' 20 seconds in and we've already lost possession twice.
0' Arbeloa is down following a push off Pedro. Foul given.
1' God the bernabau. fired up when cristiano was within 30 yards of the goal. he wasn't even breaking through.
2' Lass is diving off a push from Keita.
3' several header volleys and madrid lose posession. Iniesta goes for a shot from range.
3' Ronaldo gets the ball and it's straight into a shot but Valdes makes a save.
4' Ref is being a shitface. as is Ramos. who dived. free kick given. Puyol flips out.
5' Pedro running like a manic at Casillas who has the ball. jeez.
6' Sergio Ramos down again. Late challenge by Keita. watch out for the yellow...
7' Pedro being a bit too persistant in trying to get the ball of Arbeloa. in all fairness the lineman is completely blind. they were holding on to each other's shirts without even going for the ball in the first place.
9' Not so sure if Puyol getting in the left back position is such a great idea. Being normally at centre back he comes back to the back more often than any other barca left back. Xavi's had to come back a few times to bring it back to the front.
10' oh villa. what a run, running through 3 defenders. it goes just wide. from distance too!
12' Ah, villa trying to go for another one of those runs. gets cut out by arbeloa.
12' Lass with an arm around Xavi's neck. foul given.
13' One two between Xavi and Messi gets it through the defence and Xavi gets it to Pedro who's shot is cut out by Albiol.
14' Villa and Pedro being extra aggressive. even more so than other Clasicos. lets hope they can keep it up.
15' Messi cut out by Pepe and a combination of the rest of the Madrid defense and midfield.
16' Barca doing the usual "taking a chill pill" method. Madrid fans are getting really worked up by this passing around. well. that's how we do it.
18' Xabi Alonso already looking knackered. really?
18' lol cristiano sends the ball back to victor valdes. i think it was meant to be a shot.
18' Pepe diving for a throw in. it is not working ha.
20' Marcelo taking a short corner but it's cut out when he hesitates too much.
22' A quarter of the game gone. minutes and minutes of barca posession. nothing to it though. my limbs are shaking.
23' Marcelo and Villa going for the ball in the air. Marcelo pushes Villa. Free kick.
24' Xavi! saved by iker casillas. oh so close. so so close. first shot on target for the night.
25' Oh Lass, stop diving. it doesn't work all the time. Pique clears it. Madrid throw in.
25' Arbeloa offside for Madrid.
26' Ozil diving. right infront of the ref. so clever..... really....
27' Messi with the ball, gets grabbed by the neck by Ramos right in front of the linesman. NOTHING GIVEN.
28' Dani Alves taken down by Pepe. Pepe chucks the ball in frustration.
29' Xavi takes a shot from about 40 yards out. it goes wide. we'll get there...
31' grrrr messi with a ball to villa who can't control it. grrrr it was actually onside too.
32' hahahaaa Arbeloa trips behind Pedro and Pedro goes between his legs. like he's giving birth backwards. ew.
33' What a mess. everyone with high kicks and Busquets ends up on the floor. Free kick for Barca.
34' ooh dear. Madrid with a free kick and it's headed towards Valdes but he gets a hold on it.
34' Marcelo...diving? GR stop doing replays i want to see the kick. oh it's straight to the wall.
35' Villa tries for a shot but it's completely cut out.
36' Oh di Maria. WHAT A DIVE. it's given though. come on Barca. defend! Cristiano taking it. he's gonna take a shot. Mascherano talking to Alonso. Liverpool :')
37' Straight into the wall but madrid have it again. Barca asking for a card, a bit of a mess here. Pedro goes down and he was no where near the ball... Ramos was the first one to shout at Pique. Pedro looks like he's just run into Arbeloa. Arbeloa is booked. but he isn't on the list of possible suspensions for next week.
41' Marcelo sitting on the ball... his arm touches it but it's behind his body so the linesman can't see. Villa still takes the ball off him. Deflected shot for a corner. Madrid get hold of the ball.
42' Messi and Villa trying to break through the defense again. it's no use.
43' Sergio Ramos being gaster than Messi. what?
44' Dani Alves booked.... for pushing Di Maria. Busquets going to ground for with a dive. Free kick. 20 yards out ish.
45' Cristiano going for a shot. blocked off by Barca's two man wall.
46' Jesus, Ronaldo with a shot, another shot from Ozil who is offside, plus finally a one from Ramos who is way off.
46' Pedro's shot into Iker Casillas' safe hands.

right before they cut to commercials there was a bit of fighting. someone grabbed pinto by the neck. LOL Pinto got red carded! well it would be less of a LOL moment if Valdes can't play next week and we have no keeper. but it is LOL because he is not even on.
Adebayor is on. bollocks. oh wait. for ozil. alright.

45' Messi goes for a shot but it gets blocked by Madrid's wall of defense. Barca get on the end of it but it goes nowhere.
47' Xabi alonso going for one of his ridiculous shots from his own half. no xabi. that was liverpool. ahhh good times. :')
59' what the fuck. ronadlo getting 3 shots being blocked 3 times by Puyol who can't clear it. come on!
51' god pepe. pushing on dani alves in a late challenge. and tehn gets annoyed and kicks the ball away.
52' Keita is down. messi takes the free kick. messi is taken down by sergio ramos. ramos gets booked! oh he's missing the return.
53' Puyol doing a classic screaming at his teammates. Cristiano turns around to look at him like he's surprised or something.
54' Dani Alves ruled offside. I personally did not see it. what? oh, it's a free kick for a foul.... not offside.
56' Oh dear. Mascherano accidently trips pepe over. he's booked too. careful.... free kick not far away.
57' Victor Valdes lunges out to get the ball. Trips over Busquets. fail. but still has the ball!
57' Mascherano unable to clear Adebayor and Valdes has to kick it out. Madrid get a throw in but make nothing of it.
58' Villa running too fast for his own good, has to track back for the pass.
59' Pedro accused of diving and it's a free kick for Madrid. He wasn't diving, but it wasn't a foul either.
60' Ronaldo who IS diving gets ignored by the ref.
60' Dani Alves is down! OH JESUS. PEPE IS RED CARDED. oh my god. oh my god. Mourinho talking to Puyol. Alves brings his foot up and Pepe comes in with his studs striaght at alves' legs. Mourinho's face when he putss the card out. Dani Alves being carried off in a stretcher. This referee. is so strange.
63' Mourinho taking away from the sidelines! holy shit! he's put in the stands with a frence in!
Looks like Marca are gonna be ALL over this tomorrow.
63' Ronaldo diving! again! free kick given. Mourinho writing notes faster and angrier than before. Alves is on again.
65' Free kick finally taken by Xabi alonso but Ronaldo's header is a bit weak.
66' Dani Alves offside. Mourinho writing notes and giving it to his runner to give to the coaching team for Madrid.
67' Shit! Villa going for a shot, deflects off Casillas, Pedro tries to twist around for a header in but it looks like he's twisted his knee in doing so. Replay shows Marcelo stepped on him. my bad.
70' Tiki Taka in and near the area, but no one going for it.
70' Afellay! on for Pedro. Lets see what he can do tonight.
71' Cross comes in too long for Messi and Casillas hold on to it.
71' Handball by Busquets.
72' Villa taken down.
72' The ref's blown up against Barca. did not see what for.
72' Throw in for Madrid when it was really barca's.
73' God. Cristiano! keep on your feet! in all fairness there was contact with Pique.
74' 33m out. Cristiano takes it and it was really wide and really really high.
75' Adebayor's hand in Puyol's face.... just the throw in given.
75' HOLY FUCKBALLS. LIONEL MESSI! LIONEL MESSI GOAL! AFELLAY COMES IN WITH A GREAT CROSS IN AND MESSI JUST LEAPS INTO IT! OH WOW. WITH 15 MINUTES TO GO! MADRID WITH 10 MEN! MOURINHO IN THE STANDS! WOW.
77' Madrid on the attack. Keita down.... Xabi down but gets back up.... what a messi. Cleared by Pique.
79' Puyol chasing to clear Di Maria's ball and runs into the corner. In his attempts to balance himself he's pulled out the corner flag!
80' Messi pushing Arbeloa in an arial challenge! he's smart and doesn't argue, just nods, and gives the ref a thumbs up to let him know that he knows he's cautioned. no card :)
81' A mess at the area. Messi goes down with a challenge from Lass, and tries to get on his feet but handballs, and then Sergio Ramos' arse ends up on his back.
82' Adebayor booked for a challenge on Sergio Busquets.
83' 71% posession for barca with over 400 passes.
84' Mascherano trying to get the ball up field but instead smacks the ball into Xabi Alonso, who goes down, but striaght back up again. He almost never makes a fuss.
86' LIONEL MESSI OHHHHHH! GOAL! 2 - 0! always runs to Milito first. Solo run for Messi, through 5 defenders, sweeps the ball into the corner of the net before going down. wow.
88' Messi taken down by xabi and gets a free kick. iker is angryyyyy.
89' David Villa for Sergi Roberto! with 1 minute of normal time left pep is looking for more defense rather than attack. comes on, makes a clearence. nice.
91' 3 minutes of added time.
92' Messi goes for another but is cut off by Xabi.
FULL TIME
2 - 0 away win! NICEEEE
thank you barca. you have given us hope again.
mourinho doesn't stay to shake hands with pep. obviously.
so Pepe and Ramos out for the next tie.
alright. Calvaho is back though.
apparently Xabi went to "speak" to the ref after the game, and almost got red carded. LOL.

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.

Almeria Barcelona - hahaha.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. what a goal from messi!

9. just 2 minutes later iniesta with another goal!

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. half time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Villarreal Barcelona

I keep ruining my own games by googling the result before i go watch it on my dvr.
anyway i don't have much time so i will be fast forwarding.

1. Iniesta is one of those strange people who would actually look better if he were bald.

2. He's now done 3 amazng runs already, and it's 5 minutes in

3. Oh yeah, Pique is on match ban and milito is injured again from the copa del rey game. So abidal has shifted to the centre back position

4. Barca are literally making goal attempts every minute. I'm not complaining

5. We look like an extremely small (in terms of height) team compared to villarreal.

6. messi what a good header! excellently saved though. why is messi good at heading? he's not exactly the tallest.... I wonder what his goal tally will be at the end of the season... hope he beats cristiano ronaldo. apparently last year ronaldo said "if you look at what the footballers did this season, it's obvious that i have done the most" WHAT?

7. Puyol is pushed off... i think he was dramatizing it a bit. But if it were ronaldo he'd be off in a stretcher.

8. a series of fails at the barcelona goal. but there's no goal.

9. DAVID VILLA SCORES! 21 minutes! what a great goal as well. Camera goes to pique and milito in the stands, both looking delighted. I feel sorry for Valdes, because he only ever gets to celebrate alone. As did Casillas in the World Cup final.

10. Disallowed offside goal from Barca. VILLARREAL GOAL! RIGHT on the counterattack! Guardiloa is appealing for some sort of foul. i'm not seeing it. Nilmars goal celebration is... sucking on his thumb!?

11. Right, Now i see what Guardiola was on about the Villarreal goal. basically he said barca's goal wasn't offside in the first place, and that the counterattack wouldn't have happend anyway. I think he might be right.

12. If i hadn't checked the scores before i would literally be shitting myself. Because the last 2 minutes have been played within aobut 10 meters from the barca goal. Villarreal can't get anywhere from there.

13. Abidal is booked! Villareal taking a free kick from about 18 meters out from the goal. Valdes with a great save.

14. Linesmen calling a wrong offside again. it's starting to piss me off.

15. Messi, Xavi, Busquets, Alves and Pedro are talking to the refs about the offside calls earlier after the final whistle for the first half. They seem too tired to actually put up a fight. SO TECHNICALLY it should be 2 - 0.

16. EW love the way you lie is playing in camp nou! WHYYYYYYY! crowd is not responding, im proud of them.

17. xavi is down... he looks okay now. free kick given.

18. I reckon Villarreal and Barca have compatible styles... this is a really good game.

19. WHY HAS LEO MESSI GOT A GINGER BEARD! i am in serious doubt that he's participating in the movember movement... and the biggest question was why it was ginger, not why it was there.

20. HAHA xavi is running. i guess there's a first for everything.

21. MESSI GOOOOLLLL. WHAT A GOAL IT IS! initially i thought he had hit the side netting. but it was just a crazy angle that he scored for. if it were anyone else it would've gone out. amazing. amazing. he was literally like 2 meters from the goal line!

22. okay... i just fast forwarded a bit and now keita is on, except i have no idea when it happend of who he came on for.

23. Iniesta is down. he better not actually get injured. he's been on every minute of this season of the league i believe.

24. MESSI SCORES. it looked so easy for him. It looks offside. But whatever, it makes up for the one before.
okay that's all the goals. 3 - 1 Barcelona. i have to go.
The chance of barca actually heading the table for the week is very low. it's not like real madrid will lose to Gijon anyway.

Barcelona Getafe

basically last night i watched the first half and now can't be bothered to rewatch it.
before half time:
1. leo messi and david villa both scored, although they did miss some oppertunities before.

2. they all look rediculous in their hot pink away kits. seriously, no one looks good in those colours.

3. the commentator was quite baised.


4. he also said "other players may have opted to go down but leo messi chose to stay up, not naming any names", and then later he said it was ronaldo who obviously is a cheat and dives all the time. i too admire leo messi's honestly.

5. am rather annoyed at the shit games arsenal have played this week. but am super impressed about the liverpool win.

6. this stadium, alfonso perez, has an old, run down look to it. the lights make the game annoying to watch.

7. i ruined this game for myself by reading the score on the internet.

so this is a pretty slow game so i'm going to skip through some of it.

I think mascherano is doing great so far.
everytime xavi plays now i think he's straining himself. but he thinks he's doing okay so i shall not complain.
messi is denied again with the offside.
skipped to see messi's injury.... what's this....
ouch... looking bad. ew his legs are bruised.
alves with a rediculous attempt at the free kick. shame really.
puyol with a friendly arm around the getafe player who tried to claim an obviously barca throw in.
hahahaha mascherano with a sucessful dive. if it were against barca i would be annoyed.
HAHAHAHHAHAHHA PEDRO WHAT A FLUKE OF A GOAL! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
basically, messi intercepts a getafe playing casually passing it to his keeper. and he just flicks it to pedro. and since the keeper had came out for the ball pedro was already in front. and so he just lightly taps it into the net.
whatever, it's a barca goal, it's good.
WAIT WHAT. pique is red carded! WHAT. WHAT!
oh right he handballed. but he's really pissed. like really pissed.
valdes can't save the penalty.
3 - 1
pique is at risk of missing the madrid game again. he better not screw up in the Almeria game, because if he gets a yellow card he will be suspended for el clasico.
if i were guardiola i wouldn't play him that game, i would play milito, and save pique for el clasico.
damn, iniesta's goal is denied by the keeper.
boeteng is booked for the second time and sent off for nailing mascherano. so it's 10 a side now.
you know what? that's all the goals in the game. i don't care anymore.
yeah that's it.
also real madrid beat atletico 2 - 0 in the madrid derby.
so barca is still one point behind.
i'm really annoyed about that.
next week saturday game, against villarreal, shall be a hard game.
so that's it for today.
WTF the pink kit looks orange in the pictures.

Barcelona Sevilla

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

Barcelona Zaragoza

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

Barcelona V Atletico Madrid (in brief)

So i recorded this game from earlier and i don't have the patience to watch through everything... so i'm just skipping through.
To messi's first goal:
David villa... incredible miss by Villa gets deflected back to messi who scores it.
Villa should really have scored it himself, but whatever, i don't care, messi is amazing anyway.
What really amazes me is how barcelona players can let loose of their set positions and take on any role in defence or attack.
For some reason they pique has been penalised and free kick to alteti, even though he's done nothing.
I always worry that one day he's just going to become too much of a character against the ref and get a stright red.
It's good to see Puyol back on, his captaincy does make a difference to the team.
It sees theres often a lack of communication between Villa and the other strikers. but i'd say its hardly a step down from ibra.
I've decided i do like this away kit, it's the colour of mint chocolate chip ice cream...
Messi misses a shot, over shoots and slides across the floor in fatigue and dissapointment.
Alteti equaliser! Raul Garcia with a stunning goal! What a goal!
i have to admit i wouldn't actually mind if barcelona had lost this game, i reckon past players with the likes of Fernando Torres and Maxi Rodriguez has persuaded me that alteti is a good club. Plus i am quite fond of Diego Forlan.
Commentator is highlighting the fact that pique is the only one who's good in the air, and that it's where barcelona is vulnerable. they're pretty short as a team... aren't they...
what the shit are the white bits on the floor? they're everywhere! more on the barca end then the alteti end.
Dani Alves yellow carded. looking at the footage he really didn't do anything wrong...
That's what i love about Barca.. victor valdez defending a free kick with a smile on his face.
PIQUE SCORES! i'm in love with him. he's amazing. let's see the replay...
oh what control! he's so much more than a defender... you've gotta love his spirit...
and i know this is the end of all the goal scoring of the night... am tempted to just switch it off.
but i know how it ends for messi... what a shame. i feel so sorry for him, he's the kind of footballer that would be upset because
they're giving him 10 days off... i have a sinking feeling that it'll end up extended.
People need to stop ruining these games for me.
yeah i'm going to just skip to the end to look at messi's injury.
Okay last 10 minutes:
De Gea is actually quite good looking... only 19, just as i thought.
He could really have a great career in front of him. it's good to know spain has a chain of good keepers following the steps of casillas.
Valdez just got booked for wasting time.
I know i'd just cut out a whole chunk of the game but there's been a lot of bookings...
Oh messi here with an incredible miss.
Puyol gets booked. everyone just got booked. wtf.
and yet ANOTHER booking fot AT madrid... this is rediculous...
but to be honest they're not playing a gentle game either..
Why is Guardiola putting Javier Mascherano on 3 seconds before stoppage time?
okay 4 minutes of stoppage time... that's fucked up because if it had been 2 minutes or one minute messi wouldn't be injured.
I keep imagining all the scenearios and situations that could've prevented it from happening. It's like that time i fell and twisted my knee and had to miss my ski trip, if i hadn't gone to the bathroom or if i hadn't turned around then i could've had a great ski trip.
Messi's injury now... it doesn't look serious at first glance... but after a minute he's stull rolling in pain on the ground and you know it's fucked up.
the whole stadium booing Ujfalusi now.
They've taken off his boot, this is weird, the world's best footballer's feet on screen.
Bojan comes on for him.
Unfortuneatly for us Barcelona has 2 league games this week, which means the injury probably going to have a bigger affect than on any other week.
His hands are covering his face... i can't help but feel a huge sense of pity washing over me..
Barcelona need to win the next two games to make up for their loss against Hercules last week.
and now i feel somewhat guilty for not watching the whole game.
But i'm fucking tired.
and game tomorrow night, against sporting. Hopefully they'll do okay without Messi.
I will be blogging a replay probably. because i have better things to do on a wednesday night.
All in all: Pique has have a very impressive game. He played a huge part in this win, not only with the goal he scored, but in terms of blocking in defence and general play he has been spactacular.
I'm kind of confused about why Mascherano had even come on for iniesta.
Shame Diego Forlan didnt score, in fact, he hadn't made as big an impact as i expected.
Good game though, from what i gathered with my incredibly lazy ways of watching.
Hopefully Messi will recover in 10 days in time for next weeks Champions Legue matches.