Ibrahim Afellay. - among other things.

(Left: oh right yeah, they speak english! ...and pique is in new NIKEiD tiempo shoes)


So Ibi is training with the squad.
I think I do like him, but am not sure where his place will be. Hopefully he won't be one of those new signings glued to the bench (Adriano), and adding to the already burdening debt of FC Barcelona, which is now said to be 15M Euros, having reduced from 22M because of the new Qatar Foundation sponsors.

Having said that I think, (and if im wrong then, whoops, egg on my face), ibi will play into the roles of a combination of Andreas Iniesta and Xavi, and permanently benching keita. or not. Guardiola likes Keita, no matter how much he lacks shine when he's compared to Xavi. In that case, Afellay will get a lot less game time, because Iniesta barely needs to be substituted. And that would be a shame because he's such a star back at PSV, being captain and all, and at Barcelona he'll be like Mascherano, who's captain at the Argentina national team, and Sergio Busquets substitute at Barca.

Also intresting was the game between Cataluyna and Honduras. In that game, Bojan Krkic scored two goals and made two assists, and the final score was 4 - 0. which means Bojan contributed to every goal, and that maybe Guardiola should take the hint that he's actually leaving a very talented son of a bitch on the bench every weekend. I understand that Bojan has also just signed a new contract until 2015, hopefully he doesn't spend his youth benched in the shadows of David Villa or Leo Messi.

Speaking of Leo Messi, where is he? apparently Guardiola gave him special permission to stay on holiday until the 1st or 2nd of January. I swear to God if he's getting married and his marriage affects his footballing abilities then I will kill someone. Hopefully he'll be back for the fixture against Levente on January 2nd/3rd, because there is a dispute between the Footballing Federation and the players, who claim that the 2nd of Jan is still a holiday for them.

So we'll see on the 2nd/3rd of Jan how Barcelona will hold up against Levente without Puyol or Messi.

Barcelona Real Sociedad - LATE

so in the middle of my christmas break i've decided i really want to watch the match against sociedad that i'd missed earlier this month. again, i already know the score, and will be pretty brief with this one because it's on dvr and i can fast forward if i want to.


After a few early attempts there is a foul on victor valdes. it was a close call though... don't think sociedad would've scored from that anyway.
You know xabi alonso spent his youth and early years in sociedad, i can't help but feel some respect for the club who groomed such a man.
oof! Iniesta is in new nike ctr360s! i like them.

Mascherano is booked 7 minutes in. yes, it was a very late tackle, it was a good call.

VILLA GOAL! it looked like an easy goal, great timing from Pedro's assist, and great finish. This is 9 minutes in.

Ah damn, pedro's shot goes over the crossbar after Alves' cross. so close!

Commentator is making fun of Messi! "David Villa's cross is overshot, little Leo Messi was his target man at the side of the goal, not a large target man of course" - cruel. whatever he lacks in physical form he makes up for in talent. hugely.

Dani Alves weaving through the sociedad defence. There's just way too many of them in there, he does make a typical Barcelona run.
And there was a pass so badly aimed at that it resembled something I would have done on PES.

The camera man is so obviously trying to gesture the commentator to talk about Barcelona's last apparence in the shirt with the World Champions badge. He's just not taking the hint. So I'll say it. Because of the Club World Cup final taking place after this game, new World Champions will be named, who we now know to be Inter Milan. (also showing how important the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Inter Milan was, considering that they won the Champion's League and qualified for the club world cup, and potentially if Barcelona had held their early lead during that game they could've gone on to do all that)

What an effort wasted from Sociedad. A ball from his own half saw a run 50 yards on and no good finish. -wait, why am i writing so strangely obsurely?

And then what a fucking mess this is. 5 shots were taken time after time. Messi's original shot, and then these shots followed: Xavi, Messi again, Villa, and then Dani Alves is offside. 5 shots in a row, and 5 misses in a row. ANGRY FACE! >:(

GOAL! INIESTA! In a one-two with Pedrito he's scored in the corner of the goal left empty by the keeper.

And then came the series of fumbles. David Villa takes a shot at the keeper, who manages to block it but not hold on to it, and it wobbled back to David Villa, who shoots it straight at the keeper again. why though? the keeper was about 5 yards from the goal! the GOAL WAS EMPTY.
ANGRY FACE AGAIN! >:(

Sociedad takes a shot and is deflected far away from the goal. for some strange reason though Victor Valdes is on the floor. BUT NO ONE TOUCHED HIM? no ball was near him. Im really confused.
and then nothing happens for 5 minutes. I know this because im reading the commentry.

Second half!
LEO MESSI CUT YOUR HAIR PLEASE. POR FAVOR.
if after the christmas break Messi cuts his hair short i will be a happy child.

MESSI GOAL! perhaps i shouldn't be talking about hair when messi scores 2 minutes into the half. so there was 3 one-twos between Alves and Messi, beating 6 Sociedad players in defence. I do like team effort goals, i do also like their relationship on pitch.

Busquets is on for Mascherano.
WHERE IS BOJAN.
i hate it when they swap sides after half time.

fuck, busquets is diving again. i mean, yes it was a late challenge. but he needed have gone down. it annoys me just a bit when he does that. okay, some 5 minutes after he's "taken down" again. fucking hell. show some respect. 2 minutes later something is up and the medical staff are poking at his eye. think he's contacts are giving him trouble.

61 minutes in - Bojan is on for Pedro! did i just fast forward to this? maybe....

Iniesta is taken down in the box! no one ever gives penalties to Barca! not even a spot kick. but seriously, in 4 months, there has only been ONE penalty given to us, which Leo Messi took.

Xavi is off for Keita. Well, now that Ibi Afellay has signed for Barca, either he's going to be a bit of a waste of a signing or Keita will be permanently benched, or iniesta will have some rest time. But i will comment more on afellay later.

Fuck Messi's shot goes off the post. You know you can really see the power put into a shot when it's rebounding off the post.

LEO MESSI GOAAAALLLL! WHAT! that was amazing! he just runs around 5 defenders who just don't know what to do with him! Bojan passes to him, and he out runs 5 defenders who were IN FRONT of him. so lets put this on a linear view. If this was a race, of the 10 yards he just ran, the 5 defenders would've been paced one after another each about a yard a head of each other, and they all start running. Messi, at the start of the 10 yards would beat all of them.

BOJAN GOAL! YES! right that was amazing too! going to rewind it.... so he's running down top speed to the goal, takes a shot, it's saved and rebounded back to him, and then he just fires it to the back of the net. what a goal. Messi is the first one he hugs. obviously.

I was really impressed by how chilled Eric Abidal is all the time. it seems like nothing could actually annoy him. Probably just really experienced.
where was gerard pique? Alves was in the backling with puyol, maxwell and abidal. which also works, apparently.

and that's all. i need to go watch the arsenal v chelsea game now.

Barca - Espanyol - derby

1. Kick off! 14 seconds in and espanyol is already closing in the goal area, valdes is forced to make a save!

2. I think it's safe to say that I was quite worried about this game this week, because firstly, this is a derby, it does tend to get violent, and secondly, espanyol is in very good form.

3. AH CRAP! in a barca corner, busquets almost scores with a back flip-y thing. don't know what it's called. will look it up later. the ball was inches away from the net.

4. I just realised that im watching this with chinese commentry. ah.. much better.

5. Shit, Espanyol's cross in was offside, it was too close for comfort.

6. Messi's shot is over the bar. Alves should probably have scored it himself. Sometimes Barca players need to stop being so nice and selfless.

7. Busquests is cheating like there's no tomorrow. Typical. Maybe in addition to counting David Villa's offsides every week I'll also count Busquest's dives and fouls. Actually then i'd probably lose track by half time.

8. GOAL! PEDRO! Referee missed an espanyol injury. I hope he doesn't take the goal away. He's been down from Puyol's challenge, which looks like no foul. The referee is probably in trouble for this though, he should've stopped play.

9. Valdes is making saves miles away from the box. slightly worried about the giant gaping hole which is the goal left empty.

10. Busquets gets carded. What did i say earlier about him cheating... But in his defence some of the espanyol players need to man up a bit.

David Villa offside No. 1.

11. Messi is fouled. Leo Messi get a haircut, please.

12. fucking hell, this ref is a bit shit. Villa's shot very obviously deflected off an espanyol player. No corner is given. I say obviously because h

13. What now? XAVI (who has had a haircut) GOAL! Espanyol is firing up again. The goal is given nonetheless. 2 - 0.

14. The commentator just said "you can't take your eyes off this game at the moment" - He's actually right, I've been itching to get a drink since 10 minutes in.

15. Espanyol shot on target! wicked save from Valdes. Valdes pats him on the head. I love La Liga. Let's see the corner. It's not good.

16. Some weird shit going on here. A metre away from the goal Barca's defence seems to have managed to save a goal without the use of their goal keeper, but made a messy job of it. I don't see why they didn't just give it to Valdes though.

17. I'd like to see Barca come away tonight with a clean sheet. Because that add Espanyol on the list of sides which they have not conceded against. Messi's magic seems a bit run down today...

-------------- HALF TIME ---------------

18. Alves it putting up a fight with every decision of the ref. typical dani alves. I am now having a sinking feeling that Leo Messi won't score tonight.

19. Oh fucking hell. Seriously, needed to be a bit more selfish. Pedro should have scored instead of passing to Messi, instead it gets intercepted. When the season finishes and it comes down to goal difference Pedro will be looking at this again.

20. Pique picks up a yellow card. For once he walks away without putting up too much of a fight. Free kick intercepted by Leo Messi. Messi can defend, apparently.

21. Oh... Valdes Saves! Luis Garcia's shot is on target from a freekick from a foul from Pedro.

22. I really hope Messi scores or something dramatic happens before my cold medicine sets in and i get too dopey to care. But Espanyol is a good side and maybe i'm asking too much of him.

23. PEDRO SCORE! to give credit to Leo Messi's Jedi run. That goal should've been Messi's. The reason why i look at his goals as great importance is because i secretly favor him over pedro. and secondly because i really don't want cristiano ronaldo to win the pichichi.

24. OSVALDO SCORES! oh right, there's no clean sheet for Barca then. well, that's the first conceded goal in a very long time for Valdes. it's still 3 - 1 though, see if any more goals come in.

25 Shit, Leo Messi is down. What happend here? Ah, well, he's back on his feet now. All is cool. But what's this? Busquets is down... Referee gives a drop ball because Osvaldo was taken down earlier.

26. The fans are really taking against a stand against Dani Alves. Whenever he has the ball they just boo him. I am feeling sorry for him. It's not his fualt the referee didn't call a stop before the first goal.

27. Barcelona is forced to go into defensive play now. Espanyol looking a stronger side for the last 20 minutes.... worrying.

28. SHIT, pique's shot goes way way way way off. He really should've scored it. He's annoyed. I'm annoyed.

29. DAVID VILLA GOAL! Leo Messi's great assist and david villa finishes beautifully. 4 - 1.

30. Mascherano is on for Busquets. I reckon Guardiola should've done that some 20 minutes ago.

David Villa Offside No. 2.

31. DAVID VILLA BRACE! Here it comes again, typical Villa goal, it looks so easy but it's actually down to his rediculously well timed shots.

32. I'm somewhat worried that Leo Messi is falling into a playmaker role and will score less individual efforts. Bojan is on for Villa, again, Guardiola should've done it earlier.

FULL TIME. 5 - 1. good derby, good game. a bit annoyed about the conceded goal, and that Leo Messi didn't score, but all in all it was worth getting up at 2.30, freaking out and thinking it was 5 because my clock was set to another timezone, and thinking that i'd missed the game.

and yes, i realise that i'd missed out the Barca - Real Sociedad game, maybe one day i'll catch up on that one.

LATE GAME. Barcelona Osasuna

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

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

EL CLASICO!!!!!

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

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

Barcelona Panathinaikos - lazy post

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And that's all the goals.

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

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

Almeria Barcelona - hahaha.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. what a goal from messi!

9. just 2 minutes later iniesta with another goal!

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. half time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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