As soon as the match began (both teams starting with a 4-3-3), action by both teams was granted. But the lions were the first to strike : Mascherano slips off while chasing Susaeta, allowing him to sprint all over the left side. As he gets to the area, Susaeta gives the ball to Ander Herrera, who tries to (and succesfully does) connect a magnificient threaded cannonball (min. 20, 1-0). Bam. Trouble. What the hell will we do...
Not much after, Abidal picks a dead ball from a leg mess, centers it straight to Cesc's head, who only has to make a small jump in order to strike an unstoppable header for Iraizoz (min. 24, 1-1). Wham! That's an answer!!
Late in the second half, luck would smile to the lions, as the field itself was beginning to trouble both teams, beacuse it was raining so heavily that the drainage pipes became overwhelmed and weren't able to absorb all that much water. That caused a ball from Mascherano to Valdés to go too fast and end up in a fatidical corner. Muniaín kicked it, and after a mess of rebounds inside the culé area, the ball ended up flippering in Piqué's right leg and ending netted as an own goal (min. 80, 2-1). OMG. Frozen water jar.
When the points seemed to clearly stay in Bilbao, the lions wanted to hurry too much, and there's an old proverb that says "hurries aren't good messengers". So: a dead ball causes a defensive mess in the lion area, in one of these Iraizoz left himself sold by trying to catch a nearly-kicked away ball by a defender (I think that was the later sent off Fernando Amorebieta), thereby leaving the goal empty ,and the ball fell right in Messi's boots. Imagine (min. 90, 2-2). Boom!! It's in the net!! Epic draw!!
It was said that Marcelo Bielsa was a fearsome coach, and now I suppose you'll understand why...
Well, we need some rest after this heart-attacking match, and we'll have it in the most curious way: with the first Copa del Rey match, against a Segunda División B club (CE L'Hospitalet), playing in the La Feixa Llarga stadium (theirs, as you'll suppose), this Wednesday, 20:00??, TV3.
Well, that's all for now, folks, I ain't gonna write about this match, so see ya after the Barça-Zaragoza!!
The chronicles - like yours - say it was an epic match. I will try to see the goals on youtube because I didn't see the game...
ResponderEliminarTwo weeks pause in La Liga now... Good because Real look in top form...
Yea^^ they're slipping away and if they keep dis way, we won't be able to catch them^^ also I've noticed a mistake and corrected it (3rd line)
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