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Someone Will Get Hlebbed: Barcelona vs Real Sociedad Liveblog

Kari — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:57 +0000

Win, lose, or draw.

I’m excited for the game today. You should be too.

Kick off is at 4pm EST, 6am in Tokyo, 11pm in Beirut, 3pm in Tegucigalpa, and midnight in ~~Minsk~~ HLEB CITY. Liveblog starts whenever I feel like it. (Probably half an hour before)

FCB Lineup: Valdés, Alves, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano; Fàbregas, Dos Santos, Thiago; Messi, Cuenca Tello

Bench: Pinto, Xavi, Alexis, Pique, Busi, Abidal, Sergi Roberto

Barca v Real Sociedad

Copa Semifinal First Leg: Valencia – Barcelona

Calvin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:27:42 +0000

Our prize for beating Madrid in the Copa is a semifinal against Valencia with an injury depleted squad.

Starting XI: Pinto, ~~Alves~~, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Busquets, Mascherano, Thiago, Fabregas, Cuenca, Messi, Sanchez

Bench: Valdes, Adriano, Alves, ~~Busquets~~, Dos Santos, Xavi, Sergi, Tello

Liveblog starts a couple minutes before the 3:00 PM EST kickoff.

Operation Win And Don’t Get Injured: Villarreal vs Barcelona Liveblog

Kari — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:13:17 +0000

Well. It seems we haven’t got any forwards left with Pedro picking up a small injury, forcing Alexis to travel and possibly play with painkillers.

At first glance, this is terribly unfortunate. And annoying. And thought provoking. But mostly why is this happening I hate hamstring injuries screw it all to Madrid and back arghhhhhh!!!112!1!

But then you stop and realize the truth behind the madness. That we actually have 32 first team players when you really think about it.

Xavi is worth 12 players*, Abidal is 7 players, Busi is roughly worth 3[10^2974*(x-3 + 71)] + 2 – YAYA + y players, and Puyol is worth PUYI players. Messi is worth ∞ players.

*Where 0.12452 player is equal to approximately 3 million Pepe-s.

So have no fear, our lineup of heroes are here. The only kryptonite is yellow cards, as if Busi and Messi pick up one [both on 4] they’ll be suspended for the next match (vs. Real Sociedad)

FCB lineup: Valdes Alves Puyol Pique Abidal; Xavi Busquets Mascherano: Cesc Messi Adriano

Bench: Pinto, Thiago, Alexis, dos Santos, Roberto, Tello, Cuenca.

Villarreal Barcelona Liveblog

El Clasico Copa Style: Second Leg Liveblog

Calvin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:32:06 +0000

Welcome to Celebrity Deathmatch… LET’S GET IT ON!

Starting XI: Pinto, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Messi, Cesc, Sanchez

Bench: Valdes, Adriano, Mascherano, Dos Santos, Thiago, Pedro, Cuenca

Bad Guys: Casillas, Arbeloa, Pepe, Ramos, Coentrao, Alonso, Lass, Ozil, Kaka, Ronaldo, Higuain

Boarding begins 15 minutes before the scheduled 4:00 PM EST takeoff time. Don’t be late.

Let’s Fix That Away Form: Malaga vs Barcelona Liveblog

Kari — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:08:37 +0000

Getting right to it:

Barca lineup: Valdes; Alves, Pique, Masche, Abidal; Busi, Iniesta, Thiago; Adriano, Messi and Alexis

Bench: Pinto, Puyol, Jona, Xavi, Cesc, Cuenca, Pedro. In the stands: Sergi Roberto.

Malaga v Barca

El Clasico Copa Style: First Leg Liveblog

Calvin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:28:17 +0000

Words can’t describe the anticipation.

Starting XI: Pinto Alves Pique Puyol Abidal Xavi Busquets Iniesta Fabregas Messi Sanchez

Bench: Valdes, Mascherano, Adriano, Dos Santos, Thiago, Sergi, Cuenca

Storm Trooper XI: Casillas, Altintop, Ramos, Carvalho, ~~Marcelo~~, Coentrao, Pepe, Alonso, Diarra, ~~Ozil~~, ~~Callejon~~, Higuain, Ronaldo, Benzema

Boarding begins 15 minutes before the 4:00 PM EST flight. Don’t be late.

Camp Nou – Where Teams Come to Die: Barca v Betis Liveblog

Kari — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:43:35 +0000

We’re looking to cut it back down to 5 points! Visca Barca!

…I don’t jinx my own team, okay?

Betis will no doubt be a tricky opponent–they’ve always given us trouble — but we’re playing in Camp Nou. CAMP NOU. No matter how much fight you put up, you’ll die eventually.

FCB lineup (official): Valdés, Puyol, Mascherano, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc, Messi, Cuenca and Alexis.

3-4-3, no Alves or Pique.

Barca v Betis

Osasuna – Barcelona: Second Leg Liveblog

Calvin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:27:20 +0000

We carry a 4-0 lead from the first leg, and unless Hell freezes over (I wouldn’t mind if that meant we got some snow in upstate NY) we will be punching our free Clasico card tonight and getting two free Clasico’s. Iniesta and Alves were left home to defend the fort Nou against any preemptive Madridista attacks (although Khedira won’t be pulling any blitzkriegs anytime soon), but Montoya and Sergi get first team starts. This is Post-Maxwell Match One, so let the dawn of Montoya begin.

Starting XI: Pinto, Montoya, Pique, Fontas, Adriano, Mascherano, Thiago, Sergi Roberto, Cuenca, Pedro, Sanchez

Bench: Valdes, Puyol, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Fabregas, Messi

Refreshments, as always, served shortly before kickoff. 4:00 PM EST

El Derbi Catala Part 1: Espanyol vs Barcelona Liveblog

Kari — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:48:20 +0000

As per usual, Liveblog start 10-15 minutes before the game. Everyone is welcome! Including you. Yes, YOU.

Barca lineup (official): Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Cesc, Alexis, Messi

Bench: Pinto, Fontas, Adriano, Masche, Keita, Pedro, Thiago. No Cuenca or Maxwell.

Same lineup as the one that won at the Bernabeu. We got this. Vamos!

Espanyol v Barca

Barcelona – L’Hospitalet Liveblog

Calvin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:55:15 +0000

Not much to say about this one, other than I wish more B-teamers had seen a start.

Starting XI: Pinto, Piqué, Puyol, Fontàs, Cesc, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Cuenca, Pedro

Bench: Valdes, Muniesa, Sergi Roberto, Dos Santos, Tello

Hors d’oeuvres and drinks served at 4:00 pm EST