2011-12 Barça n'LFP season: marzo 2012

domingo, 25 de marzo de 2012

And they say they're the best in defending (0-2)

They say they're the best at what they do, defending. Really?? I don't think so.
Truly it's been a quite fast-paced match, with a mad ball going constantly from one field to the other and somtimes staying for some time in one field, but in the end it wasn't as troublesome as we thoguht.
After many clears and recovers, ins and outs, kicks and shots, Nunes (a RCD Mallorca defender) commits a silly fault over Alexis. Messi kicks it and after a mess of heads trying to head it in and to clear it at the same time, it goes in. The goal was given to Messi, but Alexis possibly touched the ball (min. 25)
After that, we had to wait late in the second half to see the second of the night: Messi sends a flat cannonball crashing against the left post and, with Aouate (Mallorca's goalkeeper) grounded, the ball falls in the range of Piqué's boots, who only has tu push the ball to score the second (min. 79)
Again, the story repeats, Barça wins, Madrid wins, so still six points to leave behind.
La Liga takes a rest in order to let in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal's first leg, against an ol'known of the group stage, AC Milan. I haven't got good impressions about it, as the last time this happened was in the 2009-10 season, against José Mourinho's Internazionale Milano, in the semifinals, and Barça ended up KO.
May the one who lives above our heads help us. So, this Wednesday, 20:45, AC Milan-Barça, on TV3. So, that's all for now, folks, pray to be alive after San Siro and see ya after the Milan-Barça!!

martes, 20 de marzo de 2012

11 vs 15, and still not enough to win (5-3)

11 vs 15, and still NOT ENOUGH to win. Tonight, Granada CF didn't deserve the three goals they got, as they were from a foul and two penalties (which, in turn, costed a red card to Dani Alves) COMPLETELY NON EX-IS-TENT. So? The referee clearly portraited himself.
The match begun in the best way, with Xavi scoring an early can opnener, after a center from Isaac Cuenca (recently, irregular, the boy) which Messi lowered with a header and Xavi volleyed in (min. 4).
Later, Messi would equal César after a a center again from Isaac Cuenca, which Mainz, Granada CF's captain, barely reached to head it off, Messi then reaches it, made a diagonal volley which crashed against the right post and ended up netted in (min. 16).
Aside from many more chances, there wasn't anything more to remark in the first half.
Because all the action was about to come in the second half. Action and CONTROVERSY. Looooots of controversy.
The first controversial action was an non existent fault by Piqué on Dani Benítez. Carlos Martins then kicked it as a high pass, and Diego Mainz (the captain) won the jump over Piqué and headed it in. 2-1 with a non existent fault. Nice one, mr. Teixeira Vitienes, nice one...
Then, AGAIN Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (the referee) would portrait himself again, by whistling a penalty where there was nothing, a penalty commited by Alves after a supposed arm strike on Dani Benítez. The replay shows that mr. Benítez was theatring aorund. So, Granada CF's left back, Guilherme Siqueira, kicked and transformed the penalty.
Granada CF was happy with that controversial 2-2, so they proceded to lock their area with a thousand padlocks, that would be broken just five minutes later (min. 66), after a great through pass by Alves to Messi, who spooned the ball over Júlio César, the andalusian side's goalkeeper. History. Messi becomes Barça's top goalscorer in the whole club's history.
Barça then proceeded to take things more calmly, and it's this way how the fourth goal arrived, in minute 81, after a mess in fornt of the andalusian goal, the ball was left dead in the area, to which Tello (a brute diamond, believe me) saw it and kicked it in in order to net the fourth.
Four minutes later, Messi ensured that he would take another ball home, by netting the fifth, after a tremendous through pass, AGAIN by Alves, then dribbling Júlio César and breaking the ball in beacuse two defenders were disposed to stop him at any cost.
Also four minutes later, another controversial penalty costed Dani Alves his second yellow card, to which he was sent off, after an appeal for a non existent handball inside the area. Again, Siqueira kicked and transformed.
And that's how the match ended.
You see, referees are always moved by interests, and maybe they thought they were doing wrong last season after drinking some of Mourinho's poison, so now the interest is to whistle against Barça. But not even that works already.
Our next opponent is RCD Mallorca, next Saturday, 18:00, PPV (TV3's time is 22:00), at the Iberostar Stadium, or Ono Estadi, if you want.
That's all for now, folks, see ya after the Mallorca-Barça!!

lunes, 19 de marzo de 2012

A complete skimming for all this time gone