Another curse?? Anoeta: the story of Guardiola's black beast (2-2)

4 victorys, 17 draws and 11 defeats.

What? No, i'm not talking about Sporting de Gijón or Racing de Santander, no.

These numbers are everything that Guardiola has done in Anoeta as player and manager. Surprising, isn't it?? I'd say yes. It seems that Real Sociedad is somewhat Guardiola's black beast (while playing as visitors, they're a joke team, but playing as locals, they can become a nightmare even for Barça and Madrid).

The match begun as it had to begin: Barça taking the lead role and scoring two goals in 11 minutes (Xavi (the grandmaster of the midfield) and Cesc (I shall repeat: This guy is on fire!!)).

But after that, Barça seemed to take a nap, thing that Mr. Philippe Montanier used in favor of the "Txuri-urdin".

First of all, after half an hour of game, Estrada delivers an horrorful tackle to Alexis. Result? Alexis, two months K.O., and Estrada, not even a yellow card. Who was the referee?? Mateu Lahoz (that says everything).

The catastrophe culminated in the second half, in a period of three fatidical minutes: 59-61.

1- A very long pass from Griezmann to Agirretxe that Xabi Prieto manages to save from throw in. Then Prieto delivers a clumsy, slow, and heavy long pass that Agirretxe somehow heads in Valdés's net. That makes the 1-2 (min. 59).

2-The most polemical instant of the game: counterattack driven by Agirretxe, Valdés makes a fake outcome (not typical at all in him), Agirretxe dribbles past him, shoots, and Busquets (the unlucky fool of the match) does not have other idea than crossing in the shot's path and handling out the ball to the crossbar. Everyone was claiming penalty and sending off, when Griezmann came and headed the falling ball in. This ended with everybody arguing with Mr. Lahoz, who finally validated the goal and gave a yellow card (still no known if it's for Busquets for handling out the ball, or for Zurutuza, for too much protesting) (min. 61).

Conclusion? We may be the best team of the world, but arrogancy is one of the worst enemies, and the "Txuri-urdin" have forced us to learn the lesson.

We gotta get in the way again, beacuse La Liga takes a breath and the UEFA Champions League group stage begins, with AC Milan visiting the Camp Nou this Tuesday (Yes, Ibrahimovic will also come, yes^^).

Well that's all for now, folks, hope we'll find the good way again and easily get rid of CA Osasuna, the 3rd league opponent.