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.