Dark grey, almost black (0-1)

Dark grey match. That's what happened in El Molinón.

Barça began the match with the usual high energy, and we did not have to wait much for the first goal: min. 11, as a missile from Xavi crashes against the right post, Adriano catches a forced rebound and manages to connect an irregular, low and slow shot that, luckily, is refracted by a defender and ends inside the net.

We can't complain, coming from a defender, but comparing to other goals and masterpieces we've seen, this is quite an ugly and flawed piece. Well, the most important is that it ended in the net.

Barça had more chances along the first half, but the second never fell. In the second half, the madness began, first beacuse Abidal went to enlarge the injuries list (it's a second degree contracture, one week down, luckily), and then Barça seemed to sink, and Sporting began to add pressure and freak out the culés (you'll wonder why precisely freaked out. What about Maxwell's many gifts to the opponents??).

And things kept this way till the match ended.

Well, as La Liga takes a breath to let a national team takeover, I'll say the our next match is on Saturday, the 15th, at 20:00, vs Racing de Santander, playing home.

That's all for now, folks, see ya after the Barça-Racing!!