Monday, June 18, 2007

Captains + Coach + President. (GUTI SOOOOO HANDSOME!! :D)

IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT A COMEBACK AS LIVERPOOL DID AGAINST AC MILAN 2 YEARS AGO BUT NEVERTHELESS IT IS A COMEBACK WORTHY OF ONLY TRUE BLUE CHAMPIONS - REAL MADRID!:D

First Half

1 minute into the game and Casillas was forced to make a fine save already, followed by a power punch out of the danger zone in min 11. then R. Carlos had a great chance, only to shoot just wide as the ball passed across the whole goal mouth and no one was there to capitalise!

goal kick by Mallorca, ball travels all the way upfield and MALLORCA SCORES! Real defenders fault for not marking Varela, and he managed to beat Casillas with a ground shot.

Becks had a free kick (he had plenty of free kicks in the game), and IRRITATING MALLORCA GK GOT IN THE WAY!
minute 20 scoreline: Real 0-1 Mallorca, Barca 1-0 Gimnastic.

then Raul missed the perfect chance to equalise, he was right in front of goal! great effort by Salgado, too bad he couldn't get bast the Mallorca defenders. awhile later, Salgado managed to get past the defenders only to deliver a horrible cross that went over the penalty box.

31 minutes has passed, van Nistelrooy is forced to get subbed by Higuain after receiving a bad tackle. then Casillas makes yet another great save, JUST AS MESSI SCORES A STUNNER FOR BARCA, adding on more pressure on Real.
minute 34 scoreline: Real 0-1 Mallorca, Barca 2-0 Gimnastic

at this point of time, i think Real had already missed 185369 freaking good chances, and there was once where the Mallorca GK was out of position but he made a quick recovery just in time to save Higuain's header. and... BARCA SCORES AGAIN (and its not even half-time!)
minute 36 scoreline: Real 0-1 Mallorca, Barca 3-0 Gimnastic

PRESSURE, PRESSURE &MORE PRESSURE! Capello looks very displeased, and Raul got caught terribly offside. at times, i feel like the Real defence is pushing up too far front. MAJOR HIGHLIGHT: CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON GUTI ON THE SIDELINES WARMING UP!!!

another missed great opportunity for Real just before half-time, this time by Becks as he was one step to slow to scoring an equaliser that the Mallorca GK would have absolutely no chance!

Second Half

GUTI IS IN TO REPLACE THE INEFFECTIVE EMERSON! and Real is employing a tactic that is irritating me, ball too concentrated in midfield already, then finally they pump the ball forward. and RAMOS ALMOST SCORES, but his power header got blocked by the keeper.
minute 50 scoreline: Real 0-1 Mallorca, Barca 4-0 Gimnastic

a foul on Carlos leads to another free kick for Real, and Becks delivers it a little too high AGAIN. another heart attack moment as Mallorca almost got another one, in a way similar to how they scored their first goal, and yes its the DEFENDERS FAULT AGAIN!

Real's defence seriously got problem la! Carlos & Salgado keep running upfield to try and help in the attack, leaving only Ramos & Cannavaro behind. very dangerous when the ball gets pumped to the Real half of the field.

in the 65th minute, Capello makes the wisest decision of his career and subs Becks with Reyes, because just 2 minutes later...

GOAL!!! Reyes taps in an assist from Higuain. Camera zooms in on Casillas who looks extremly relieved.
minute 67 scoreline: Real 1-1 Mallorca, Barca 4-0 Gimnastic

just as i was celebrating, the ref had to spoil my magical moment by yelLow carding Guti! cos Guti got pushed and he was pissed so he confronted the stupid Mallorca player for pushing him and the ref gives the yellow card to Guti?! shortly after the ref confirms my suspicions that HE IS BIAS cos he yellow carded Reyes even though it was Reyes who got tripped!

Robinho had two chance denied by the Mallorca GK in the 73rd and 79th minute! but it doesn't matter because a minute later Diarra scores, what may be the winner! Real players celebrate like crazy, even van Nistelrooy joins the celebrations, running out from the bench to celebrate with his teammates on the pitch. and Casillas is damn happy, he actually cried! but hello, match not over yet so he should stop crying and focus!

okay the goal was damn funny i tell you. Diarra heads it, the keeper catches it just as he is falling into his own goal, so he tries to throw it out but it whacks the butt of the Mallorca defender standing at the right post and goes into goal! so it may just be a BUTT-OWN-GOAL!
minute 80 scoreline: Real 2-1 Mallorca, Barca 4-0 Gimnastic

2 minutes later REYES THE SUPER SUB makes the impending victory more secure by scoring the best goal of the match just outside the box! everyone is overjoyed, Casillas even runs all the way upfield to celebrate with the entire team.
minute 82 scoreline: Real 3-1 Mallorca, Barca 4-1 Gimnastic

hah, the Mallorca GK is not so impenetrable after all! then the game gets really heated up. fight almost breaks out, as Salgado is really pissed and Casillas had to prevent him from punching this Mallorcian. seems quite serious as even Becks comes back to try and calm Salgado down.

but no worries, VICTORY IS OURS! 3 minutes of injury time to be added, but Becks &co are already celebrating on the sidelines. last minute free kick awarded to Mallorca but NO USE, it goes over, even Casillas leave an open goal also won't go in la!

FULL-TIME SCORELINE: Real 3-1 Mallorca, Barca 5-1 Gimnastic
REAL ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF SPAIN 06/07!

char/min blogged at 1:02 PM