It's Super Sunday, but not a beautiful Sunday.
這場紅藍大戰也可說是本季英超目前的榜首之戰，雖然就算曼聯贏了，切爾西也還是榜首，但是兩隊積分差距僅僅是1分。
賽前我認為切爾西會以4:2勝出，我想，我是對的，但那只限於一切是正常的情況下。
開賽不到15分鐘，切爾西就以0:2落後，雖然一球是算在路易斯(David Luiz)身上的烏龍球，但是兩球的功臣應該都算是范佩西(Robin van Persie)，賽前我覺得曼聯這季的防線很爛，但是看了這15分鐘，我覺得切爾西後防似乎更糟，而且鋒線無力。
如果這場比賽凍結在這裡是這樣輸的，我想我不會有這麼多話可以說。首先，雖然不喜歡曼聯，我個人卻是很欣賞范佩西的，當初在范佩西加盟曼聯時，我感到難過，我有想過，當切爾西對上曼聯，是輸在范佩西手裡，這或許是我所能夠接受的，但錯就錯在這場比賽帳面上來看是輸給范佩西，實際上卻是輸給一個叫做克雷滕伯格(Mark Clattenburg)的人，一個理應代表著正義、不應該接管比賽的人--這場比賽的執法裁判。
藍軍的前15分鐘看不出絲毫勝利的跡象，但他們很快振作，在上半場結束之前Mata以任意球世界波破門，將比分追至1:2，雖然比分依舊落後，但看得出來此時的切爾西狀況是比曼聯要好的，士氣也比較高昂，根據那時我的想法:下半場一開始沒多久就能追平，最後會超前，甚至會符合我所預測的4:2!!
果然下半場開賽不到10分鐘，就由哈扎德(Eden Hazard)、馬塔(Juan Mata)和奧斯卡(Oscar)切爾西中場三核心協力策劃，拉米雷斯(Ramires)頭球破門，追平比分!!接下來的10分鐘，兩隊急於進攻，雖有不少精彩畫面，比分並沒有因此改變，但就在第10分鐘，這場比賽的第一個重要之處來了，藍軍後衛伊凡諾維奇(Branislav Ivanovic)鏟倒將要型成單刀的艾緒利楊(Ashley Young)，被裁判直接紅牌，出場!說實在，對於這張紅牌我其實沒有甚麼意見，雖然我更傾向給出黃牌，畢竟伊凡很明顯並不是故意的，但是真要給紅牌也不是說不過去。
想想，以當時的狀況，10打11不見得沒有機會，就算搞死守，也可以拼個和局，但接著卻出現我最無法理解的判決，比賽第68分鐘，距離剛才伊凡下場才只有5分鐘，托雷斯(Fernando Torres)的一次反擊被伊凡斯(Jonathan Evans)放倒，裁判掏出黃牌，我想這時候大家都以為伊凡斯因為阻擋進攻得到一張黃牌，包刮他自己，沒想到裁判，剛剛提到的克雷滕伯格先生指者托雷斯，示意他因為假摔得到黃牌，加上上半場反搶時得到的一張黃牌，雙黃變一紅，托雷斯下場!切爾西就這麼從最常見最熟悉的4231變成了3230......
這就是托雷斯在切爾西，也是在英超的第二張紅牌的經過，非常的不合理。
有多少球迷今天入場是為了想要目睹托雷斯第100個英超入球，沒有達成，但我想沒有人會怪罪於他，很明顯的，這並不是他的錯!更何況，他還差點達成了，托雷斯全場唯一射門，要不是曼聯守門員德荷亞(David De Gea)的神級撲救，這球就會是天子英超第100球。
回歸正題，你或許會想，9打11，直接放棄好了?至少我是這麼想的。然而切爾西的表現令人讚嘆，場上的球員，依然賣力的跑動，不曾鬆懈，直到比賽的哨聲響起的前一秒，他們都還在賣力的為比賽付出，這一季的切爾西改打技術流，但這場比賽我依舊看到昔日鐵血藍軍的精神，直到最後一刻馬塔還在組織進攻，而因為少了2人跑動範圍變的更大的哈扎德早已體力透支，卻依舊試圖進攻，直到被換下，看到這些我真的很感動。
第75分鐘，一個明顯的越位球將比分改寫至2:3，裁判沒有判越位，而是給了進球有效，切爾西的球員們抗議無效...
落後了，9打11的勝率是多少?那時我想的已經是我要堅持看完比賽而不是勝利了，球員心裡一定也明白，但他們依舊出盡全力的完成這場比賽，這是球員對球賽的態度；
觀眾席上，看著這一切的球迷，有人雙目含淚，但卻鮮少有人離開，他們用陪伴告訴場上奮力的球員們:你們並不孤單!!，這是球迷對球賽的態度。
當哨聲響起比賽結束，所有的球迷對於要離場的裁判報以最大的噓聲，但當球員鄰近觀眾席時，球迷們站了起來，大力的鼓掌，並且唱著Blue Is The Colour。
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這次留的新聞紀錄比較不一樣，寫這篇的正是藍軍的中場核心球員Juan Mata:
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.
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