It's Super Sunday, but not a beautiful Sunday. 

这场红蓝大战也可说是本季英超目前的榜首之战，虽然就算曼联赢了，切尔西也还是榜首，但是两队积分差距仅仅是1分。

赛前我认为切尔西会以4:2胜出，我想，我是对的，但那只限于一切是正常的情况下。

 

开赛不到15分钟，切尔西就以0:2落后，虽然一球是算在路易斯(David Luiz)身上的乌龙球，但是两球的功臣应该都算是范佩西(Robin van Persie)，赛前我觉得曼联这季的防线很烂，但是看了这15分钟，我觉得切尔西后防似乎更糟，而且锋线无力。

如果这场比赛冻结在这里是这样输的，我想我不会有这么多话可以说。首先，虽然不喜欢曼联，我个人却是很欣赏范佩西的，当初在范佩西加盟曼联时，我感到难过，我有想过，当切尔西对上曼联，是输在范佩西手里，这或许是我所能够接受的，但错就错在这场比赛帐面上来看是输给范佩西，实际上却是输给一个叫做克雷滕伯格(Mark Clattenburg)的人，一个理应代表著正义、不应该接管比赛的人--这场比赛的执法裁判。

蓝军的前15分钟看不出丝毫胜利的迹象，但他们很快振作，在上半场结束之前Mata以任意球世界波破门，将比分追至1:2，虽然比分依旧落后，但看得出来此时的切尔西状况是比曼联要好的，士气也比较高昂，根据那时我的想法:下半场一开始没多久就能追平，最后会超前，甚至会符合我所预测的4:2!!

果然下半场开赛不到10分钟，就由哈扎德(Eden Hazard)、马塔(Juan Mata)和奥斯卡(Oscar)切尔西中场三核心协力策划，拉米雷斯(Ramires)头球破门，追平比分!!接下来的10分钟，两队急于进攻，虽有不少精彩画面，比分并没有因此改变，但就在第10分钟，这场比赛的第一个重要之处来了，蓝军后卫伊凡诺维奇(Branislav Ivanovic)铲倒将要型成单刀的艾绪利杨(Ashley Young)，被裁判直接红牌，出场!说实在，对于这张红牌我其实没有甚么意见，虽然我更倾向给出黄牌，毕竟伊凡很明显并不是故意的，但是真要给红牌也不是说不过去。

 

想想，以当时的状况，10打11不见得没有机会，就算搞死守，也可以拼个和局，但接著却出现我最无法理解的判决，比赛第68分钟，距离刚才伊凡下场才只有5分钟，托雷斯(Fernando Torres)的一次反击被伊凡斯(Jonathan Evans)放倒，裁判掏出黄牌，我想这时候大家都以为伊凡斯因为阻挡进攻得到一张黄牌，包刮他自己，没想到裁判，刚刚提到的克雷滕伯格先生指者托雷斯，示意他因为假摔得到黄牌，加上上半场反抢时得到的一张黄牌，双黄变一红，托雷斯下场!切尔西就这么从最常见最熟悉的4231变成了3230......

 

这就是托雷斯在切尔西，也是在英超的第二张红牌的经过，非常的不合理。

有多少球迷今天入场是为了想要目睹托雷斯第100个英超入球，没有达成，但我想没有人会怪罪于他，很明显的，这并不是他的错!更何况，他还差点达成了，托雷斯全场唯一射门，要不是曼联守门员德荷亚(David De Gea)的神级扑救，这球就会是天子英超第100球。

  

回归正题，你或许会想，9打11，直接放弃好了?至少我是这么想的。然而切尔西的表现令人赞叹，场上的球员，依然卖力的跑动，不曾松懈，直到比赛的哨声响起的前一秒，他们都还在卖力的为比赛付出，这一季的切尔西改打技术流，但这场比赛我依旧看到昔日铁血蓝军的精神，直到最后一刻马塔还在组织进攻，而因为少了2人跑动范围变的更大的哈扎德早已体力透支，却依旧试图进攻，直到被换下，看到这些我真的很感动。

第75分钟，一个明显的越位球将比分改写至2:3，裁判没有判越位，而是给了进球有效，切尔西的球员们抗议无效...

落后了，9打11的胜率是多少?那时我想的已经是我要坚持看完比赛而不是胜利了，球员心里一定也明白，但他们依旧出尽全力的完成这场比赛，这是球员对球赛的态度；

观众席上，看著这一切的球迷，有人双目含泪，但却鲜少有人离开，他们用陪伴告诉场上奋力的球员们:你们并不孤单!!，这是球迷对球赛的态度。

当哨声响起比赛结束，所有的球迷对于要离场的裁判报以最大的嘘声，但当球员邻近观众席时，球迷们站了起来，大力的鼓掌，并且唱著Blue Is The Colour。

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这次留的新闻纪录比较不一样，写这篇的正是蓝军的中场核心球员Juan Mata: 

This team never gives up 

This time I’m writing to you from home, just arrived from Stamford Bridge, and obviously disappointed after our defeat. It was a very important match for us, first vs second, and we were eager to win in order to open a gap at the top of the table. Yet we couldn’t make it. 

The match started bad for us, conceding two goals in the early minutes (the first one very unlucky), but there was plenty of time to fight back. And we did it. Little by little, with the support of the crowd, we put more and more pressure on United and we managed to tie the game thanks to a very intense start in the second half. 

But soon afterwards, when the team’s belief was higher, we had to play with nine men after Torres being unfairly sent off. Yet I prefer to be positive, we were very competitive against a great rival and we fought back with 0-2. Also we keep at the top of the table. It’s still too early, but it’s important to be up there. 

But football keeps going, there is no time to look back and this coming Wednesday we are again facing United, again at Stamford Bridge. The Capital One this time. I hope we can win and forget today’s defeat… 

Talking about Spanish football now, I managed to watch some interesting matches… Starting with a draw in the Galician derby (Celta-Deportivo). Iván, our physio (from Vigo and a Celta supporter), suffered until the end as if he was in the stadium! It was a very emotional match between two big rivals. I keep thinking that Valerón is great, so skilled, so elegant, and of course his quality of passing… His football has been like that during his whole career. I’ve always liked him a lot. 

Following this match, Barcelona scored five in Vallecas against Rayo, who was brave since the beginning, pressing hard. I like those kind of teams. However, when you are facing players like Villa (pure striker, never misses), Cesc (amazing assists), or Messi (what else can we say about him), things are even more difficult. Barcelona keeps in great form. I still remember our semifinal in the last Champions League, suffering a lot and, again,  overcoming the difficulties. 

Valencia did not play very good and lost 3 points at Betis, but I keep saying that things will change for good and they will do well this season. Come on, my friends! By the way, I think Rubén Castro is a fantastic striker. Very very good. 

On Sunday I only managed to watch a bit of Atlético vs Osasuna and Mallorca vs Real Madrid. Atlético’s results are not surprising any more. Aside from Falcao, some other players are in great shape: Raúl García, Cebolla, Emre… I always say the same about Atleti: how competitive they are! 

As well as Barcelona, Real Madrid won 0-5 in Mallorca and showed one more time that they are not going to slow down. Great goals by Cristiano and Higuaín, by the way. 

We will finish this week playing in Wales vs Swansea, on Saturday, thus I’ll have more time to write to you…  

Lastly, about my London experience, I recommend Kensington Park Road, in Notting Hill, with nice restaurants and cafes… ;-) I like to go there to switch off! 

Hug, Juan.