2nd leg supercup final, el clasico!

dear god they're walking onto the pitch. i'm fucking scared shitless.
Cant del Barca is playing. player handshakes.
Barcelona line-up: Valdes - Alves Mascherano Pique Abidal - Xavi Busquets Iniesta - Pedro Messi Villa
Real Madrid line-up: Casillas - Ramos Pepe Carvalho Coentrao - Xabi Alonso Khedira - Di Maria Ozil Cristiano - Benzema
i am fucking terrified, in a rather uncomfortable position but i can't more other than doing all this typing and ocassionally reaching to have some green able.

o' KICK OFF. so the panic begins! Ozil coming into the area, Abidal interception, Crisitano with a shot on target, saved and rebounded out for a corner already.
1' David Villa handball, free kick Real madrid going onto the attack, Offside for Coentrao.
2' the crowd is whistling and screaming non-stop. good atomosphere.
3' David Villa and Pepe both go down, free kick given to madrid.
3' Busquets taken down late, referee waves play one.
4' Barcelona hold posession for a bit of time, looking more like the Barca we're used to seeing now, but the ball is blocked out of the area and into attack for madrid.
5' David Villa tripped up completely but referee still waving for play on.
6' Villa sliding in to keep posession for Barca but Busquets eventually gives it away.
7' Villa coming in for a lot of good tackling and contact to give Barcelona a throw in, as ramos kicks it out of play.
8' Mascherano kicking it up the field for Pedro but it's too long for him and out of play it went.
8' Benzema sprinting down the flank with the ball but eventually ran out of space.
9' Madrid attack pushing all the way into the 18 yard box, Valdes comes out attempting to block but makes a mess of it and has to kick it out of play to take it out of danger.
10' Abidal coming back just in time to make a vital interception.
10' Abidal running ahead of Ozil to prevent him from scoring a goal.
11' Madrid on the attack again, blocked out by solid defense from Barca for once.
11' Ronaldo running down the flank but his cross is blocked by Javier Mascherano who sends it back to Victor Valdes.
12' Pedro through to defense, passing to Messi who might be offside but the flag stays down, he slides in at the end of Pedro's cross but Casillas comes out in time to make a save
13' Messi looking for iniesta in the 18 yard box but is blocked out by Madrid before it gets to him.
14' WOW. LIONEL MESSI COMING THROUGH, SENDING THE BALL TO INIESTA, WHO BEATS CASILLAS ONE ON ONE AND FINISHES IT TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL GOAL. Iniesta just keeping very calm after the ball was sent to him, brilliant timing and accuracy, brilliant run from Messi. Stunning goal.


16' Mascherano goes down and a free kick is given to Barcelona.
18' Villa coming into the area with Messi and Villa is offside, who kicks the ball out and the referee has a word with him. Ramos pushes him in the chest and asking for the ref to book Villa.
19' Huge mess from Barca, Pique gives the ball away in front of the 18 yard box, Valdes has left his goal area, Pique comes back to clear it.
20' 1 - 1 MADRID! the corner comes in and it LOOKS like ronaldo has scored it , but it might've been Sergio Ramos that pushed it in, the commentator doesn't know either.

21' Pedro through the defense, gets blocked, wins the ball back, goes for goal from afar, Casillas with an impressive save.
21' Coentrao is down. The corner comes in from Xavi for Barcelona and straight into the Madrid defense.
23' Benzema is ahead of Barca defense and Victor Valdes comes out to punt it up the field.
24' Pedro onside and running towards the box, looking for iniesta but intercepted by Coentrao.
25' Alonso looking for Benzema who takes the shot and it goes wide.
25' Powerful shot from Ronaldo and good save from Valdes, Mascherano clearing it out for a Madrid throw in.
27' Khedira booked for a challenge on Messi, which by accident took Busquets down.
28' Pedro running through to take Casillas alone, but Casillas comes out and scopps the ball away from him.
28' Ronaldo diving, play on from the ref, Ozil goes for goal, Valdes gets a touch on the ball, which is just enough to tip it away from the goal.
29' Bezema takes a shot but it goes wide.
30' I know this isn't the Barca way of doing things, but all we need to do is keep Madrid from scoring, with a 2 - 2 away draw and a 1 - 1 home draw, we can still win this.
31' Iniesta takes Di Maria down in a late challenge, no booking though.
32' Coentrao taking Pedro down, referee was about to book him but decided not to.
33' Clean tackle from just outside the box from Alves on Cristiano Ronaldo.
34' Messi putting it through for Xavi but iker gets there before him.
35' Ronaldo throwing a bit of a hissy fit at the ref for giving a rightful throw in to Barca.
36' Messi going for goal, he's got two defenders on hm but he's out running both Ramos and Pepe, but Casillas' foot deflects it out.
37' Barca failing to get a shot in from two corners ina row.
38' Iniesta gets ripped from the ball by Pepe's tackle after being set up by Pique, but as pepe leaves he gets swung in the face by Pepe, the referee is not interested. Good continuous play from before though.
39' Iniesta rugby tackled by Khedira. I think he was trying to shield himself from falling with Iniesta's body.
41' Xavi is booked. for, i guess a late challenge. Coentrao seems to be making quite a big deal out of this though.
42' Playback is revealing that Madrid's goal was offside, but there's still a bit of room for doubt there since the angle doesn't show if Ramos got the touch after Ronaldo went offside.
43' Pedro trying to pull the ball back to Iniesta at the edge of the box, Ramos is there to clear it out.
44' LIONEL FUCKING MESSI. HOLY SHIT. the corner swung in from xavi, Messi recieves, offloads to Pique, back heel flick back to Messi, who just sends it to the back of the net. Brilliant.

46' Barcelona going into half time with a lead of 2 - 1 at half time (so the same as the first leg), and 4 - 3 on aggregate.

Here's something interesting:
Barca have never lost a game in which Iniesta scored.
Madrid have never lost a game in which Ronaldo scored.
So.... that's about to change...

Or maybe they'll go to extra time.... fuck.
68% Posession for Barca, good sign, in the first leg it was less than 50%, the first time ever in this Guardiola era of the team.
Marcelo is on, shit, here comes trouble. I think Khedira came off.

45' Benzema caught by Pique, free kick for Madrid.
46' Corner for Madrid, Ramos gets a head on it but can't control, out for a Barca throw in.
46' Out of control badly aimed tackling from Barca on Di Maria, free kick for Madrid. Alonso kicks it straight out for a goal kick.
47' Guardiola is freaking out on the sidelines as usual.
48' Marcelo going for the ball on the edge of the 18 yard box, but Valdes comes all the way out to clear it.
49' Abidal intercepting and flicking the ball over someone and catching it infront after. impressive.
50' Madrid almost getting in on a shot but Mascherano comes in to intercept and Valdes boots it up for Villa up the field but he's offside.
52' Villa gets the ball from Messi, Pepe gets to it, Villa coming back for the ball, Pepe dives and gets a free kick. Anger!
52' Free kick from Madrid sets Ronaldo up for a run and shot, but it's an easy save for Valdes.
53' Marcelo catches Messi in the stomach, he goes down, a bit of an angry group forms from both teams, Mascherano is booked, Cristiano Ronaldo is booked, Messi is talking to Marcelo. Alves comes to break them away from each other.
55' Mourinho talking to the linesman...
56' Two balls on the pitch, Messi kicks the extra into the field and Ozil angrily kicks out the original.
56' Marcelo gets the ball in through the gap of the defense but it's intercepted by Mascherano and sent off easily to Victor Valdes.
57' Ramos coming into attack Abidal is marking him, ramos takes a shot but it's wide and over the bar.
58' Higuain and Fabregas are both warming up.
58' Bad challenge from Pedro on Ramos.
59' Ramos going down again, this time in front of Messi, but it doesn't seem like a lot of contact, Messi could've been booked for kicking the ball away though.
60' Villa getting the ball up field but Marcelo is there to take the ball off him.
61' Free kick for Barca as Iniesta is caught.
61' Pepe is booked as Messi goes down, it looks like he elbowed or hit him in the face with a forearm. Free kick for Barca of course.
62' Messi takes the free kick, swings it in for Villa who's dashing in beyond the defense, and heading it over the bar, but it was close.
63' Di Maria is off for Higuain. don't know if that's good or not.
65' Benzema trying to get a shot in but in the process whacks Alves onto the ground trying to get him away from marking him, Free kick for Barca.
65' Taken quickly by Pique, Iniesta makes it all the way through the pitch, passes to messi before going down. Messi goes for a shot but it's saved by Casillas.
67' Pique is down as the corner is taken since Pepe has flung his arm into Pique's face, Busquets was alone on the 6 yard box and can't score from Xavi's corner.
68' Pique making a vital interception to prevent a shot from Madrid and it goes out for a corner.
68' Corner taken, it drops to Benzema who takes a wide and high shot.
69' Pedro is now down, he might need come off. he's up on his feet.
70' Ball out for a corner for Madrid, Ramos is unmarked and heads the ball JUST wide. terrible marking from Barcelona.
71' Free kick for Barca as there's an obstruction on Messi, Xavi's taken it before the whistle and the ref is maing him take it again.
72' Abidal is down after tripping over Ronaldo's knee, it wasn't intentional though.
72' Adriano is coming on for David Villa? Lets see.... he might just play up front. He can do so...
73' Messing up a bit with victor Valdes, who took his time with the ball and drew madrid's attack closer, but Madrid drew so close that it was almost a danger to Barca, Mascherano has to run back to clear it.
74' Pedro rolling off Pepe's shoulder, free kick given.
75' alonso down and tumbling, free kick for Madrid.
75' Marcelo swings it in for Ronaldo's header but he's jumped a second early and misses the header.
76' Ramos getting booked for a foul challenge on Adriano, running straight across him with a leg up.
77' Coentrao threading the ball through for Higuain but he's offside.
77' Adriano caught again, but no cards are drawn this time.
77' Ozil is off for Kaka.... i didn't think that was needed... but i've learnt not to doubt managers.
78' Free kick for madrid thumped forward by ramos to get rid of the threat of Messi who was in front of him, Cristiano is running down the flank, cut out by Pedro out for a throw in, Pedro is down holding his crotch.
80' Kaka speeding towards the area, Alves and Mascherano after him, out for a corner.
81' 2 - 2 ! BENZEMA finishes a terrible fumlbing in the area and equalises. WHY is fabregas on NOW?

82' Cavalho seems to have injured himself as Adriano was taking a shot towards the goal. Vital challenge, but he seems to have twisted his ankle in doing so.
83' Iniesta trying to flick it in for Messi but Pique was blocking him.
83' Benzema near the box again, Mascherano heading it out for a throw in.
84' Keita on for Busquets. I can see that Pep is trying to get fresh legs in for the extra time now with 6 minutes to go.
85' Everyone's getting tired and this is getting to be really disjointed and slow.
86' Cavalho takes Alves down, the ball goes out for a corner anyway.
87' MESSI GOAL! WHAT! FABREGAS WITH A PASS TO ADRIANO, TIPPING IT TO MESSI, OH WHAT AN ASSIST FROM ADRIANO AND WHAT A DEBUT FOR FABREGAS! Messi just leaping out to sending the ball flying at top speed into the goal. even iker casillas wasn't quick enough.


RIGHT WE NEED TO DEFEND NOW.
88' Pep jumping up and hugging his fellow coaches.
89' Adriano is down, again, fallen on his back leg as Marcelo obstructed his jump.
89' Messi up the field with the ball, Adriano kicks it out for a throw in.
90' Fabregas making an interception winning the ball back from Alonso, sending it through to messi, one on one with casillas now, oh saved by iker casillas!
91' Iniesta putting through to fabregas, but it's beyond him and Casillas catches onto it.
92' Valdes now taking his time with the ball.
92' Coentrao sending a ball across the 18 yard box, Valdes rushing out with an impressive jump and save.
93' Marcelo and Alonso both went for Fabregas with late and strong challenges.

93'Marcelo gets booked, it's a RED! EVERYONE IS SCREAMING AND YELLING AT EACH OTHER. EVEN THE BENCH FROM BOTH SIDES. Mascherano is trying to keep Higuain calm. EVERYONE IS YELLING. OZIL who is off, is FURIOUS, Mesut Ozil, the quiet german one, is yelling, red in the face, held back by technical staff, Xavi and Iker Casillas are yelling at each other. VILLA IS NOW RED CARDED

Edit: it seems Villa has slapped Ozil.

96' Play starts, Madrid are straight into attack, but it's Mascherano coming out witha great challenge and takes the ball from them.
98' Nothing matters anymore, it's over, and Barcelona are THE SUPERCUP CHAMPIONS. 3 - 2 second leg, 5 - 4 on aggregate!

Madrid players are walking straight off the pitch, Barcelona and Madrid not shaking hands, i don't think Pep and Mourinho did either, Florentino Perez is looking really angry, camp nou is packed with happy fans, singing and chanting away. Puyol is probably waiting for Iker in the tunnel to speak to him.
What. a. game.

Spanish Supercup! EL CLASICO first leg!

SO,
Madrid is a pretty standard line-up, but Barca with a few changes to the usual from last year, Valdes - Alves Mascherano Abidal Adriano - Thiago Keita Iniesta - Alexis Messi Villa
I take back what i said about the shirts before, it does look quite nice on them.
Mourinho and Pep both look rather stressed, perhaps pep more so.
Not liking the gold shirts from madrid, with the collar... don't care, not my team.
can't fucking see the time code on my TV screen, wrong resolution.
So lets use bullet points.

• abidal sprinting up the pitch breaking into the midfield already, but the ball gets passed back from pressure, keeping posession as susual.
• Benzema taking an early shot from madrid, it's forced out for a corner.
• Alexis just dodging a foul from marcelo.
• Dani alves being booed by the bernabau, after clearing a ball from Crisitano Ronaldo.
• Real Madrid now near the penalty area, looking threatning, there's been a few shots already in the last minute or so, none too dangerous.
• Iniesta taken down by Khedira and Di Maria, more booes from the madrid fans.
• A little bit more fluidity form Barca now, perhaps hitting their stride after seeing madrid as the stronger team for the first few minutes or so.
• Shot on target by karim bezema! Thiago unable to bring a ball under control, xabi alonso with a pass to Cristiano ronaldo, who swung it in for Bezema's header, Valdes makes an excellant save and it's out for a corner.
  
• Corner is taken, the ball enters the penalty area again and Ramos fails to bring it under control, out for a goal kick.
  
• It's a handball form Alexis Sanchez.
  
• Xabi alonso is on the ground, Marcelo asking for a yellow card for Alexis, slow motion reveals nothing worth a booking for.
  
• 12' It's a goal for madrid! Ozil breaks through both Abidal and Keita and draws victor valdes to the wrong side of the goal before striking it in. 12 minutes in, 1 - 0 to madrid.
• Madrid are currently still the stronger side but it's a little bit irratating having the commentator constantly saying that.
  
• Marcelo is apparently offside, hard to tell, that one.
  
• Pep is looking more stressed now, this is not good, not good at all.
  
• What Barcelona needs is to settle down, chill out, and stand straight, we're falling over more than we should, giving away loose passes, leaving gaps in the defense, constantly outnumbered in every given play, and running around like manics. calm. down.
  
• the crowd is roaring up at every free kick given to barca. this isn't so fun.
  
• apparently its not just my telly that isn't showing the clock, because the channel has actually put another clock on, which means they're not broadcasting it right!

25 min -
25' Abidal caught by khedira, who felt he'd fouled him right after, honorable move to put his hand up and ask for the ref, but doesn't change the fact that he kicked abidal in the head, he's still down.
27' Abidal's wabed the stretchers off and he seems okay, but pique is warming up, he seems to be slightly irratated to be doing so.
28' Benzema striking another one toward the goal, can't really tell if it was on target, either way valdes made the save.
29' Finally gaining some ground from alexis, but it's pushed back almost right after.
30' Frustrating first 30 minutes of the game.
31' fans flipping out, can't tell if there was a handball or not, waiting for the slow motion camera, Khedira was booked, for intentionally pushing thiago down on the shoulders.
32' fuck... Messi found villa beyong madrid's defense, the flag comes up for offside a bit late, but casillas has blocked it anyway.
33' I've forgotten how uncomfortable i get when i watch football. it's actually almost sickening.
34' Iniesta's face gets kneed by Cristiano ronaldo.
35' HOLY SHIT! GOAL FROM DAVID VILLA, OH WHAT A GOAL! i just saw the pass from messi, looked at where Villa was, and just though, jesus there is no fucking chance he's getting that one in! beautiful! just bending over casillas into the top corner of the net. best goal i've seen from villa in the Barca shirt! (and i think i've seen almost all of them)

36' Barca seems to have woken up from that goal! everything's moving a bit faster, good, lets keep this up.
39' Ball goes out of play and Mourinho catches and kicks it back. Applause from the audience.
41' a tiny bit of bitching going on, players trying to get more bookings out, oh Alexis, i wonder if he knows how much shit el clasicos are.
42' Benzema had a massive chance there, the barca defense were completely out of place, Mascherano just making a vital challenge to clear it out. Don't want to see any more of this crap defending.
43' Cristiano taking a shot that goes over the bar. For fuck's sake we need to buy a centre back, but NOOOO we bought fabregas. someone let Fontas on the pitch. we need him.
44' Marcelo doing a bit of "psh, omg!" after he fouls Alexis..
45' WHAT THE FUCK! LIONEL MESSI SCORES! I CAN"T EVEN FUCKING BREATHE! Khedira and pepe mess up their passing, Messi was right behind them, next thing messi was just sprinting towards the goal, Casillas coming out to block, Messi shoots beyond him and we're in the lead! 2 - 1! WHAT A FUCKING GOAL!


This is so weird. i've never seen Barcelona so crap in defense but what brilliant half! i can't complain, two shots on goal, two goals in!
The camera is zoomed into random people's faces now. What have they done to deserve to go on tv!?
Alright they're coming on the pitch now, Dani and Messi are huddling together discussing something. XAVI IS WARMING UP.
Here we go!

2nd Half
45' Madrid's pushing up the field again, breaking through our defense, but we're not all over the place this time. good.
46' Lionel Messi is on the ground now. After the slow motion i still can't tell what happend, he was holding his knee though, but he's okay now.
47' Messi gives the ball to alexis who runs up front but ultimately out of space, ah, should've taken the shot anyway, out for a corner.
47' Ball goes all the way back to Valdes, and now we've lost posession again.
48' Oh dear, Alexis recieves the ball from Messi again, this time outrun and pushed by Pepe, Alexis gets back up and goes for the ball but doesn't get it in the end. Good effort though.
49' Thiago making an excellant excape from the Madrid defense, out running 3 defenders at a time. It looks oddly familiar, Iniesta does that move sometimes.
51' Bit of a weirdly skillful interception by Messi there. Sometimes he has these crazy moments in defense.
51' Dani Alves commits a foul on Crisitano Ronaldo.
51' Thiago taken down as Marcelo gets a foot inbetween his legs.
52' Alexis alone up front, the ball gets taken from him by the time Thiago gets there.
53' Di Maria is off for Coentrao. XABI ALONSO SCORES THE GOAL FOR MADRID. why mourinho looks so angry i do not know. 2 - 2. it was struck with such confidence it almost looks like a penalty from the side.

54' Alexis booked, i'm not really sure why.
55' Almost another goal from madrid! a block JUSt in time from Keita i believe. Massively late challenge from Pepe on Dani who clears the ball away.
56' A bit of a row is breaking out as you would expect from these two teams. Alonso and Alves are both talking to the ref, Alonso looking rather defensive. Pep is taking this oppertunity to talk to Xavi about what to do.
57' Thiago coming off for Xavi. Callejon is on for Khedira.
59' Weird-ass moment from the Barca defense and Madrid forwards, ball bounces from Barca defense to Madrid forward to Barca again, back and forth between the teams until Valdes comes out and scoops it up.
60' a little odd how the moment Pique comes out the ref was holding a yellow card... he's on for Adriano anyway, good move i reckon, if he's feeling fit for it.
62' Oh jeez, the minute he's on pitch the balls are flying across the pitch like we're used to seeing.
63' Mascherano commits a foul right in front of the box, Crisitano now taking a free kick, just wide.
64' What a mess, 2 attemps in front of goal in uner 20 seconds, first from Ronaldo's strike, great save from Valdes, then swinging it in for Ramos who misses it.
65' Alonso takes a free kick after a foul from Alexis, straight to goal and Valdes makes a save.
66' Ozil to Benzema who is right in front of goal, but his header goes straight to Valdes.
66' Messi is down and having a word with mourinho, oddly enough.

67' Ronaldo with another shot at goal, another save form Valdes out for a corner.
67' Ozil swings it in but striaght to Barca.
68' Ronaldo with yet another shot, straight to Valdes again.
69' Barca finally get in a good position for some shots underway but Alexis is caught offside.
70' Alves playing it forward for Alexis but it goes beyond his reach and straight to Casillas.
72' Villa is off for Pedro, oddly enough the Madrid fans are shouting "Raul! Raul!" for their preferred Spain no.7 striker.
73' Pedro just running forward and Pepe flying in to smack the ball out and also kicking him a bit. weird. free kick for barca.
74' Pique coming across at just the right time to clear the ball from ronaldo. How weird is it that they used to be teammates....
76' There's nothing i hate more than Callejon's hair.
77' Messi held back by the shirt by Cavalho, then strong challenge by Xabi alonso, who picks up a booking from that foul.
78' Messi taking the free kick, but it's straight above the bar.
80' Alexis taken down in the area but no foul is given. Alexis is actually kicked in the face while trying to get up.
80' Higuain is on. for benzema.
82' Ozil lauches the ball into the box but only finds Dani Alves.
82' Cristiano Ronaldo flipped over Valdes... asking for a penalty but the ref says no. the fans are going MAD. here's another "controversy" It looks kinda like Valdes sticks his arm up at ronaldo but it could just his attempt of reaching for the ball.
85' Pedro being tripped by 3 people... how madrid is still angry about Barca getting free kick i don't know.
86' PEDRO DOWN IN THE AREA. no foul. no one is bitching.
88' Pepe and Keita yelling at each other while the ball moves forward... Pepe has to sprint back into position. how stupid is that, never abandon your job on pitch to bitch against the opponant.
89' Callejon just smacking Xavi in the back... it's one minute left and 2 - 2, still the second leg to go after the 3 added minutes of stoppage time!
90' Linesman says no foul on Pedro, Marcelo had stepped on him, but Ref books Callejon, oddly enough, he probably said something rude.
91' alexis gets the ball on the right wing, but can't get it to messi before it's cleared out.
92' Alves being booked... Pep is furious, Dani was trying to get away but had a push in right before.
92' Some asshole is whistling in the audience. so misleading
93' and there goes the REAL whistle. it's a tie, but Barca are on the advantage for away goals. We've got the second leg on Wednesday night!

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.

Copa Del Rey Final! El Clasico 2/4

Ahhhh it's starting!! Madrid panning across the screen.....
Ohhhh Pinto is starting!
Adriano - Mascherano - Pique - Alves are our backline tonight. Puyol isn't starting :(
This could be good. Madrid has a pretty standard line-up. Without Benzema.
0' KICK OFF! Barca looking to continue the record of having most Copa Del Rey titles.
0' We have the first seconds of posession until Busquets gives away posession
1' Maschernao is booked ALREADY. it's a free kick for Madrid. Ronaldo dived. sigh. The kick goes nowhere.
2' Alves is now booked. what the fuck. Di Maria is diving. This is really, really shit. The ref is incredibly gulible.
4' Free kick comes in for Ramos and he can't bring it under control. It's out for a goal kick.
5' Ramos fouls Messi by an obstruction and not going for the ball either.
6' Xavi goes for goal after a few passes from barca and it's wide. very wide. ahhhh why xavi, he was far.....
7' Khedira comes up with a cross into the area but Mascherano is there to intercetp
8' An arial battle sees Villa with Ramos competeing for the ball and Ramos is over him, Villa instinctively stuck his arm out to defend himself and it looks like a challenge. Foul given.
9' Alves tries to put it through for Messi but cannot get it anywhere so it's out for a goal kick.
11' Cristiano comes in for a goal but the Barcelona defense are there to block it out. It is very, very close though.
13' Xabi Alonso is kicked and there's no card given but it's a free kick for Madrid.
15' The past few minutes is just a few attempts to break through the Madrid defense. It's gotten nowhere. It's already getting slightly frustrating.
16' Pedro is offside.
16' Di Maria handballs and the free kick is for Barca.
17' Messi is down, the free kick is taken quickly by Xavi and barca try for a goal but it doesn't go through, as Marcelo is there to intercept it.
18' Pedro is down, it's another free kick and Xavi swings it in for Busquets but he can't get there.
20' Real Madrid have a corner and Ozil comes in with a shot but it's off target.
21' Ozil has gone for a shot again but it's offside.
22' David Villa is offside. ah. okay. as expected.
23' Khedira fouls Adriano with a push and having no intent of going for the ball. at all.
24' Madrid with like 5 header vollys and i reckon that's the only way their only way of dominating posession over Barca.
25' Pepe picks up a card and Mourinho is actually going mad.
26' Busquets goes down (eh), Alonso is going in the book. Actually i'm sure busquets did actually dive. Xabi is rightly annoyed.
27' it's another clasico fight. Villa feels like he's being fouled and arbeloa is claiming he fouled, Arbeloa picks him up. Villa is furious, he's shouting and pushing arbeloa, messi is shouting, iniesta is shouting, everyone is in this now. replay. oh son of a bitch, what a fucking brutal challenge on villa that was. madrid.
29' Ronaldo goes for a goal after a good ball in from Ozil but his shot is weak, very weak. Pinto comfortablely holds it in his hands.
31' Xabi Alonso puts the ball through for Cristiano but it is way offside.
32' Yet another attempt from Cristiano, it's debatable whether it's offside or not, but it's certainly given.
33' Everyone is complaing . Pedro is booked for a challenge... or what he said to carvalho after.
35' Forced perspective just gave me a heart attack. Ronaldo is going for goal and it looks like it was behind the line but it's not, Pinto makes a save, it comes back out and madrid take another shot. Barca get hold of it.
34' Barca are going for the counter attack, Pedro's cross in is completely shit and Casillas picks it up.
37' Busquets is diving very obviously and the foul is still given.
38' Messi is taken down, but the referee is waving play on, Villa can't put the ball through to the goal.
40' thats the third corner in like a minute. None of them have really been put to good use though.
40' Iniesta and Sergio Ramos fight for the ball but it goes out for a madrid throw, while ramos pats iniesta on the head.
41' Iniesta falls on Xabi Alonso and it's given as a free kick. Am not so sure if Xabi had to fall so easily.
42' Alonso fouls Villa when he pratically picks him up off the ground. Free kick given to Barca.
42' Pinto comes out some 20 yards to clear a ball. It's a good clearence though.
43' Pepe gets a header in and it hits the post! AHHHHHH.
45' AH THIS IS A SHIT HALF. COME ON BARCA.
all these Madrid shots are too close a call. We need Puyol in defense!
Puyol just slapped Xavi's ass in the tunnel. Didn't Adriano do that last week?
omg the queen tripped over... lol.
45' Match restart!
46' Xavi is either injured or cramping up.... doesnt look good...
47' Villa puts the ball through beautifully for Iniesta but Iniesta is caught...
48' Keita is warming up... as is granero and adebayor.
49' Dani Alves makes a run down the wing and is cleared out, its a barca throw.
49' Khedira goes down with a tap on the neck off Alves. ahhhh divers.
50' Pedro goes for goal just inside the 18 yard box and it just hits the side netting. SO close.
51' Pedro goes for a shot again and Sergio Ramos comes in for a clearence and its out for a corner. It goes nowhere, madrid throw in.
53' Messi looking for David Villa and it goes forward.... corner, taken short.
54' Messi Into the area and cannot go through the madrid defence in the box.
56' Villa makes a long run and it hits the side netting. GRAAHHHHH.
58' what the fuck. Carvalho is just lying on the ground. how is that not an obstruction. near the box as well. sigh, villa would've gone through.
59' Alonso makes a challenge on Messi and he kicks him between the legs. Foul given, free kick is taken by messi and it's straight into the wall.
61' Iniesta is taken down by Arbeloa but he gets the throw in.
62' Pedro pulls it in and it's another clearence, and another Barca corner. It just goes straight to iker.
63' Messi tried to block Xabi Alonso's free kick and gets booked.
63' Alonso takes a shot and it's pretty good but still doesn't break the deadlock.
64' Messi takes a shot from 20 yards out, it's struck quickly but straight over the bar.
66' Cristiano suddenly finding angst and running from pass to pass after Barca's spell of posession.
68' PEDRO FUCK PEDRO SCORES IT AND IT IS NOT GIVEN. IT IS OFFSIDE. IT IS VERY CLOSE. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. SON OF A BITCH.
71' Xavi tries to clip it over to Messi but it's offside and Casillas catches it anyway.
71' Villa makes another long run but he can't finish it's cleared out.
73' Mascherano dives and Adebayor is booked! LOL!
74' Dani Alves makes a run, messi takes it in, it rebounds off casillas, villa can't control, ramos clears it, barca have posession again, pedro takes a shot, casillas tips it wide and it's a corner.
76' Dani Alves takes a free kick. not sure why he goes for a shot. time is running out.
80' Iniesta goes for goal and it is SO SO close. Casillas tipped it out and it's a corner. This looks like extra time to me.
81' Villa screws up the whole set up. grahhh his back heel flick in the area gets nowhere.
83' Messi tries to bring it under control but Marcelo had blocked it out.
85' Madrid gets all the way into the barca's defense, pinto comes 30 yards out like a defender, mascherano has to drop back into goal. Di Maria handballs and gets booked.
86' Di Maria falls on Alves and they both get hit in the balls. wow.
87' Cristiano with a great chance but Dani Alves clears it out. SO close.
87' Madrid with another chance, but Xavi is there to take it out of their posession.
88' the commentator is so excited it's making me nervous.
89' Di Maria goes for goal and Pinto just makes the save!
91' Madrid going for many many shots, although nervewrecking they haven't really made a difference.

SHIT. it is EXTRA TIME. I saw this coming. no joke.

Extra time:
91' Arbeloa kicks Adriano in the balls. he can't get up.... Arbeloa is trying to help but he's not keen on being helped.
93' Villa is offside. come on...
94' Khedira is poking iniesta in all directions and is rightly called on a foul.
95' Messi just got winded by Ramos but it's out for a corner anyway... no foul. Commentator just called messi sluggish... not sure why but i'm feeling personally insulted.
97' Ronaldo going for goal! shit! he sprints in and it's JUST wide! come on barca!
99' Alonso grabbing iniesta by the waist... iniesta doesn't have the ball. It's a free kick. everyone is flipping out.
101' pepe steps on villa and it's not called on. what the fuck.
102' REAL MADRID IN LEAD! CRISTIANO RONALDO SCORES THE GOAL! DI MARIA WITH A PERFECT CROSS IN, RONALDO WITH A HEADER.
103' Khedira is going off. Granero is on.
105' Villa goes for goal and Casillas is there to make the save.
HALF TIME!

Villa is off for Afellay! good.....
Busquets on for Keita.
Adriano nailed in the balls. this is the 5th time someone gets nailed in the balls tonight.
Di Maria gets a red card for a second yellow. whatever. they've won it anyway.

Madrid have the Copa Del Rey!
this is like, the first piece of silverware in a WHILE.
alright that is it. we have no treble. I reckon we might still win La Liga though.

El Clasico (1/4)

OH MY GOD. EL CLASICO! the first of the four in 18 days and our captain puyol is back!
Ew the bernabau is so quiet and just.... snobbish. what's with this weird atomosophere.
PUYOL IS STARTING. i can't believe he is. it's been too long omg!
0' KICK OFF OMGGGG.
0' 13 seconds in and benzema fouls busquets. free kick for barca...
1' no! madrid is in posession...
2' Pepe is down! Busquets fouled him.... why is Pepe in midfield...
2' Pepe fouls Xavi. this is just ridiculous.
3' Ha! the ball rolls out and Marcelo and Messi were running after, Marcelo takes the linesmen down.
4' Cristiano is running fown the side and he has space! Adriano clears it out...
4' Busquets! yet another ball out onto the sidelines... this is the second one in 4 minutes.
5' Xabi is annoyed that no kick was given for Alves' challenge on him... did look like he dived a bit though. Im not lying, i do actually like him as a player... still think of him as a liverpool player rather than madrid.
7' Foul given for a challege on Pepe by Xavi. Actually he didn't touch him, Xavi is teasing the ref. Typical Xavi :D
8' Adriano booked! for a block on khedira..... maybe a free kick, not worth a booking. i'm kind of annoyed already.
9' Ronaldo takes it, it's about 25 yards out! He's going for goal! Valdes holds it safely in his hands! oh that was close.... looked like his tan was coming loose there in the close up, and for the record, he IS orange.
10' Xavi clips it over all the Madrid defense for Dani Alves but he's offside...
11' Hard to tell who's going better at the moment.... God the lighting in the stadium is so weird. It makes everything look.... illuminated.
11' Ronaldo makes a run but his ex-teammate Pique just clears it easily
12' Adriano rolling on the ground in exaggeration of a late challenge by Sami Khadira.
13' Ronaldo almost puts it through the Barca defence but Puyol is the one to clear it! :')
13' Marcelo being fouled by Messi. He is actually just tapped on the back by his hand and Marcelo is sent flying towards the ground..... theatrics....
15' Iniesta puts it over the top for Pedro but it's over and it's a goal kick for Casillas.
16' the tiki taka at it's best.. 126 completed passes by barcelona and 20 passes by madrid. 126, 16 minutes in!
18' Iniesta's ball comes in over to Leo Messi! He gets through the defense and he's one on one with Casillas! Casillas makes the save as expected as Messi tries to clip it over him. Ah, good try though
19' Pedro flicks it through to Iniesta but he can't control it and Casillas has it again.
20' Di Maria with the ball, here's Puyol on him, Puyol clears it! did he just... the commentator..... HIS NAME IS CARLES, NOT CARLOS.
21' Di Maria takes the corner and after Xabi wins the header Bezema takes a shot and Valdes can't hold on to it and it's another corner.
22' This time pique makes a clearence and it's the third corner in 2 minutes. Ronaldo goes for the header and it's over the bar.
23' Pique takes Ronaldo down! Some shit is cooking up..... my tv signal is weak. Ronaldo isn't fouled from the replay. Iniesta is taken down.
25' Pepe handballs and a foul is given against him. Good thing too, pepe was near...
25' Casillas takes Villa down in the box, Villa is furious! he's shouting at the ref! Pique is too! Pique is booked! Replay says Casillas didn't touch the ball! It SHOULD'VE been a penalty!!!! i swear to god if we're down by one goal at the end of this....
26' Iniesta fouled from all directions....
28' I really wish the commentator would stop calling him "carlos" puyol.
28' Pique clears the ball and it's a corner! Di Maria takes it... he gets the ball back and he goes for a shot... it's over the bar.
30' Marcelo handballs, Messi asks for a yellow card, he gets what he wants, Marcelo's reactions are actually commical.
32' Okay, what the fuck. Madrid with lots of posession. Barca have tried to get the ball back but it keeps getting back to Madrid. and then the commentator calls Xavi Pique. and Messi comes back to defend, and then he calls Barcelona the red and purple shirts. PURPLE. PURPLE and red shirts. BARCELONA THE BLAUGRANAS.
34' Cristiano with a shot but it hits Pique and Vales catches the rebound off him.
36' Puyol takes Marcelo down who's taking a shot.... just outside the box. Both Puyol and Valdes are smiling because the ref was right there and nothing was given.
38' God Busquets actually keeps on his feet.... oh wait no he's down now. and he didn't have to. typical.
39' Villa tries a long shot but Casillas gets on the end of it. As expected.
40' Messi is on the ground holding his face..... what was going on here. Iniesta helps him out. Xabi Alonso catches him in the face with a leg or something.
42' Macelo looks like he's in pain... we'll see if he makes it to the second half.
43' Messi's shot is good but Casillas makes the save! What a shot! he's trailled by 3 defenders! and what a save as well!
44' Khedira wins a corner.... come on! oh wow, what just happend.... Dani Alves is down..Ramos got the header, Cristiano heads it and Valdes oh makes a save!
45' Barca with a counter attack, oh! messi is with the ball, gets it to Villa, Villa slows down as everyone gets back in defense for Madrid. shit. it goes way wide.

Half time!
Why oh why video replay.... you make me so angry watching the injustice of football over and over again. I can just imagine if it was a penalty, and Villa scored. Whatever, im trying not to focus on it. If we keep dwelling on the what ifs, then what if i supported madrid. HAHA. i can't even imagine.

45' Second half! im toasting something... going to run off to get it soon.
45' we're being dominated.... it's almost as if we're losing. mentality wise....
47' Dani Alves taken down by Di Maria....
47' Shit, Ozil is warming up!
48' Cristiano dived! he dived and there's a free kick at the 18 yard box! FUCKKKKK.
49' He takes the shot and it's just on the post! the angle the shot it from looks like the one they do on Fifa 10...
50' Villa is down. No foul.
51' UN PENAL. ARBIOL IS GIVEN A RED CARD! OMFGGGGG. HE MADE A SHIT FOUL ON VILLA OMG. MESSI IS TAKING IT. IM DYING. COME ON! Messi against Casillas....OMG
GOAL. GOAL. 1 - 0. I think i want to scream. but i won't, everyone is asleep. it's 5.10 am. MESSI. Puyol comes in for a hug, he lifts Messi up. oh. wow. that. If anything. Messi vs Casillas... a meeting of the greatest at this given time. Wow. Wow. Messi finally scores against Mourinho's side. Madrid have 10 men from this point on...
54' Messi pushes it through to Villa and Pepe takes the ball off him. Pepe is now at centre back. Obviously.
55' Keita and Ozil waiting to come on.
56' Puyol is down... he's out for treatment. oh dear. he's still down. the stretcher is here. oh no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no.
no.
no.
no. he's carried off.
57' Keita is on for him now.
60' Ball goes forward to david villa but it's too far from him.... Puyol is sitting on the floor instead of the bench to stretch it out. Life is shit for him. At least the football life is.
61' Xavi swings one in from afar and it hits the crossbar. so close.
62' Xavi is fouled and taken down by khedira.
63' Urgh, messi flicks it on for Villa but he tries to get it back with a backheel and Madrid cuts it out.
64' Carvalho comes in for a shot and Pique just dives in to put it out for a clearence.
65' Corner, Di Maria takes it, Pepe tries to go for goal but only gets the side netting.
65' Alonso is coming off for Adebayor... XABI ALONSO IS COMING OFF? Pedro is off for Afellay, hey, it's his first clasico!
67' Gr! Villa is running after the ball and he gets a shot but it's over...
68' Adebayor almost has a chance but it just rolls over to victor valdes.
68' Ball through to Messi but just gets to iker casillas again.
70' not sure what that was. Messi with the ball and pepe just whacks him with his hands on his back. what...
70' Villa! oh god that was weak. just straight to iker... again.... could've been good. but nooo. he has to continue his goal drought apparently.
71' Guardiola shouting so loud that if i understood catalan i would be able to understand what he just said.
72' Ball gets run out by Afellay. Ronaldo just falls striaght onto him.
73' Iniesta is taken down.... he just flips over. interesting. in a bad way.
75' oof. villa fouls khedira... just pushes him out. he needs to chill the fuck out.
76' Arbeloa is booked for a poor challenge.
77' Iniesta is stopped for foul. Not sure why.... hey his hair is actually growing. Ronaldo taking the free kick from about 20 yards out. WHY THE FIFA GAME FREE KICK ANGLE. he takes a shot, it goes over the crossbar. :)
Valdes is flipping out. his teammates decided to wuss out and parted the wall.
78' Adebayor is down, Alves is booked..... it's another madrid free kick. Ozil is taking it. it's kind of shit. Ramos can't get to it at all.
79' Final change at the bernabau with adriano coming off for maxwell.
80' BOLLOCKS SHIT. VALDES IS BOOKED! D: MADRID HAS A PENALTY. ALVES WITH A LUNGE AT MARCELO. WHAT THE FUCK. OKAY. COME ON COME ON VALDES. CRISTIANO RONALDO GOAL. IT"S 1 - 1 AT 81 MINUTES.
83' Keita is down... pepe just elbows him in the back. come on barca. hurry up....
83' I am going to think of this as a 6 minute game from now.
84' Messi goes for the ball from Xavi's pass but iker gets there first! okay. i'm freaking out now.
85' what a mess. Messi goes for goal but is taken down just before. ball goes back to iniesta. goes for goal. it goes. wide.
86' stunning chance for villa but iker makes an amazing save. sigh, iker, why must you be so good.
87' Ramos blocks messi off and nothing is given. Messi takes the ball off Ramos and it's a free kick for madrid. messi is furious. i would be too.
89' Adebayor squares it for Khedira and Valdes makes a crucial save for barcelona.
89' Afellay goes for goal and it's just over the bar.
90' four minutes extra time. i think it's unethical for them to show statistics just on messi against ronaldo. it's not a game for just those two. If anything.... it's as valid as showing stats of dani alves... against sergio ramos.
91' Messi smacks the ball into the stands. Pepe tells him to use his head.... a bit of a fuss... Xavi is booked for saying something at the ref.
93' Bollocks. it's the final whistle. what a bollocks game. Pique is pissed off. i don't blame him. So the whole second half was basically everyone getting nowhere with attacks because the goalkeepers of both sides are too good. right.

okay, away draw. not that bad. the worst thing about this game, the WORST BY A MILE, IS PUYOL PICKING UP ANOTHER INJURY. THAT IS. THE WORSE. SHIT. EVER. HIS FIRST GAME IN THREE MONTHS. THE BARCELONA CAPTAIN IS OUT AGAIN. COME ON. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SHIT!? THIS WAS. SUCH. A. GRR.
AND TO GO DOWN AT 81 MINUTES. WE'RE ONLY 8 POINTS AHEAD. WE NEED THIS.
i'm not going to lie and say i wasn't frustrated by the game or annoyed by the fact that the only goals were penalties. but i'm not going to say it wasn't worth watching either. all in all, it was a pretty shit game. we didn't take the oppertunities that we could have and madrid drew with us with 10 men. whether this affects us in the long run with the league title is something that cannot be told from this point in time so we can leave it. in a way, a draw at the bernabau is not so bad anyway, but seriously, 10 men, and a draw? and don't get me started on the ref.
either way, 3 more to go, we better get through to the champions. just saying.
sigh. i will stop ranting.

Barcelona Villarreal

Oh dear, oh dear, we have so many injuries.
Messi, Pedro, Puyol, Xavi, Maxwell, Abidal
So Afellay and Thiago are starting.
I think we've also opted for a different formation.
MADRID LOST TO GIJON. it's irrelavant, but just saying.

i think if we were to lose anything before going to madrid, it would be this one.
But it is good! I love both their styles of play, it's going to be one hell of a match.
2' Afellay's cross hits the Villarreall defence.
3' Villarreal take control of the ball and go through the barca defence but are ultimately taken down by Keita, it looks like a rough challenge but pla goes on.
5' Villarreal's Rossi takes the ball all the way through our defence and Valdes blocks him out. too close!
6' Dani Alves plays it long for iniesta but we keep posession. Then Thiago coming in once again with a good run but Villarreal manage to clear it out of danger.
8' Free kick is given as Afellay is taken down.
8' David Villa offside. No point in getting angry about this. every single game.
11' ROSSI COMES IN FOR A VERY CLOSE SHOT. victor valdes stops it well and Villarreal unable to get their second shot on target.
13' Valdes has the armband tonight. Interesting.
13' Villa is offside again. SO CLOSE.
14' Mascherano writhing in pain on the floor. Bruno is booked. it would NOT be good for another injury! Looks like a gash on his leg by the studs of Bruno's boots. He's gone off the sidelines for treatment.
17' Mascherano back on. Villarreal have been dominating for 2 minutes ish.
18' Keita is taken down.
20' Afellay's cross for Villa is blocked by the keeper. I wonder if Afellay's goal for the Netherlands in the Euros influenced Pep's decision in putting him on.
21' Villarreal appealing for a handball off Busquets but none given.
23' Iniesta's ball looking for Alves but ends up with the keeper. COME ON..... 23 minutes and can't break the deadlock.
25' Mascherano comes in with a late challenge. no booking though.
26' Alves collides with the Villarreal's keeper and he's on the ground clutching his knee.
29' Villarreal coming in from a dangerous position and Mascherano clears it out for a corner.
29' Corner is taken short and Villarreal get it to Rossi, whose shot goes over and wide.
30' craaaaaaaaaap the ball goes across the face of the goal and iniesta doesn't lunge for a goal. maybe it was for the best. no idea.
32' Afellay in pain. not sure why but his expression says it.
34' Barca have a corner but make nothing of it. how come we never take it short? surely we're better on the ground than in the air.
35' Pique once again denying his fouling. it's a funny mixture between cheekiness and anger.
38' Adriano goes for a long shot after a long run of posession but it's into the keeper's hands.
39' Pique is booked, even though he's the one in pain. It was a late challenge though.
40' Pique striking the ball forwards from far back. Not sure why, it wasnt to anyone. Perhaps going for a Xabi Alonso signature goal. it just goes to the keeper though.
41' David Villa in space but Catala blocks him out.
45' Whistle goes for the first half. the reason why there's nothing there in the last 4 minutes is because it's basically just both teams failing to get any shots in despite being in space.

MESSI IS WARMING UPPPPPP. my life is complete? hahaha Thiago is speaking to Afellay, HE SPEAKS ENGLISH! YES. i've also managed to blog the entire first half without swearing. congradulate me...

46' we're just constantly being outmuscled by villarreal.
47' Iniesta's shot is on target, having been set up by afellay, but the keeper just tips it over.
48' Afellay trying to unpick some of the defence but finally taken after 3 defenders.
48' Villa shoots! but it's wide. sigh.
49' Alves is down. Marchena is booked. why is alves clutching his arm.... need a replay on this. he's been stepped on the arm. right. that. is. foul.
51' Alves' shot is over and wide. it was from far. so it's forgivable.
52' MESSI IS ON FOR..... they say afellay, he starts walking off but they call him back! it's Keita that's coming off. that was weird...
54' Alves is booked for pushing in a challange.
55' Afellay makes a beast of a run with extreme speed but no one is there to catch his pass other than the keeper.
56' shit Nilmar is coming on. ooooooooooh. interesting.
57' Victor Valdes.... some 32 feet away from the goal comes out and.... heads the ball out of danger. so un-goalkeeper-like of him.
60' the last three minutes was some lose attacks without any real danger.... and me realise how incredibly short our team is. we look so tiny. and villarreal look massive in yellow.
61' aahrhghgiugaueuaef messi makes the run, pique was almost in to take the shot but he was offside and didn't bother going for it, would've been amazing though, pique so far up front.
just wanted to highlight the fact that gerard pique, the centre back, was offside.
64' Thiago was onside, but it was just, JUST an inch wide from the goal. come ooooooooonnnnnnnnnn!!!
65' Afellay takes a shot but the keeper manages to block it. it was good though.
65' sigh... messi's beard is so non-existence and non ginger
66' PIQUUUUEEEE PPPIIIIQQQUUUEEEEEEEE OMGGG!!! finally! broken the deadlock!!! Corner taken by Alves, Busquets heads it, pique controls with his chest and strikes it in! waka waka! he's in disbelief i think. amazing. crowd chanting "gerard, pique, pique, pique"
69' Villa is off for Bojan! i hope he does well.... it would be nice to get another. god they're both so short.
73' We've been holding posession for a bit now. Funny thing is, the minute Bojan sees a defender in front he flips out. granted he gets the ball but he was waving his arms all over the place.
75' the commentator needs to stop fucking talking. he's saying that pique's chest control might be a handball. firstly, the ref didn't call it, so shut the fuck up. he's just stirring shit up. and secondly, his job is to commentate the game, not what would happen if it was a handball and what the press would do with it.
78' Villarreal get a free kick for late challenge. it's outside the 18 yard box. so like 23 yards away. shot swerves away from the wall but goes wide.
79' Victor Valdes defending like a centre back and chesting the ball away.
81' oooh a free kick for messi, taken down just outside 18 yards. messi takes a shot and it's blocked out but the keeper.
82' looks like jonathan dos santos will come on.
83' Bojan going for a cross but pique and messi are both offside.
83' Dos Santos is on for Afellay.
84' Rossi comes in the corner and karate kicks the ball outto a goal kick.
85' Santi Cazorla less than 6 yards away strikes it out and valdes manages to save it! and once again when the ball comes in from a corner, when things just got messy right in front of the goal. Valdes catches it, and everyone is shaking his hand, Dani Alves even gives him a huge. that was an amazing moment.
87' Messi comes in with space but is blocked by gonzalo..... barca regain posession.
88' Villarreal suddenly coming in with lots of energy! All the barca players are on the ground trying for tackles!
88' Alves gets the ball on the right of the goal but loses control and gives it away. Villarreal on the counter attack!
88' It's a huge mess in front of the goal! Busquets is taken down and a free kick is given for barca!
89' 3 minutes added time!
90' Villarreal desperately trying to go for a goal!
91' Santi Cazorla goes for goal but it's high and wide and they finally breaks up the play. Someone's been booked.... or something. it's a bit of a mess. Busquets is booked. He's missing the Almeria game! not el clasico! deliberate time wasting. Looks like Valdes was booked earlier was time wasting as well, but he was saying he needed someone to kick the ball, since he's injured, and wasn't wasting time deliberately.

93' FULL TIME! WOAH! what a game! Valdes is ecstatic, having captained and done so well today.
WE'RE 8 POINTS AHEAD OF MADRID!!!!!
yes, i know i've missed out a few matches. They're on my DVR, i will catch up when i can.