| | Christmas Clásico
F.C. BARCELONA 0 - 1 REAL MADRID
...Don't feel like talking about it much at all. 
Football is a team sport, so I can't really blame Barça's failure to perform on Messi's absence. Still, when the effort from Ronnie, Eto'o & el. fell flat and scoring opportunities were left unrealized, (from a fangirl's perspective) the always energetic and inspiring Messi was desperately missed. Plus, for all of the surrounding controversy and criticism, I was particularly hoping to see Ronnie prove himself to his naysayers tonight -- especially when he was supposed to be benched and Coach Rijkaard's decision to play him was as-far-as-we-could-tell last minute. But *sighs* things don't always go the way one hopes to, I suppose.
Compare tonight's Clásico to last season's spectacular one and, honestly, tonight's was definitely a disappointing letdown. ;_; We had needed this victory, damnit. Now the Liga is approaching winter break and Madrid, having won and are now seven (!!) points ahead, have widened the gap at the head of the table. Can Barça stage a comeback next year? Or are we still suffering from the resulting malaise, the lack of confidence, unity and focus, of last season's defeat?
Related:
- "Barcelona 0-1 Real Madrid: Baptista brilliance" on ESPN's Soccernet
- "Baptista gives Madrid win over Barça" on FOX Sports
- "Barça stunned in el Clásico" on FCB.cat
If you think obesity is a problem for humans only...
Just look at our pets!!!  What a lazy, real-life Garfield couch potato! ...The cat's cute tho, lol!
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