If you are reading this, it means the world hasn't ended since this post was programmed to be released at 12:00 PM CST today. I suppose it also means that your Internet connection is working and many other things but at this very moment the most important thing is tickets for the U.S. Open Cup Semi-Final match against the Richmond Kickers on August 30th, 2011 at 7:30 PM CST are now on sale.

Pep vs Mourinho (Photo: Getty Images)

I've been mulling over ideas for a piece on this run of clásicos since just before the Copa del Rey final. Well, in no small part because having this many matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid this close together is affecting my mind in extreme ways.

The way Barcelona plays when it is one of their best days, is just like Harlem dream basketball team in the late 1970s. Messi, Xavi and Iniesta did big show of magic while Arsenal joined the crowd and preferred to enjoy the show, rather than to disrupt it.
The first goal explained it all: attack with quick passes to penetrate from the middle, a lot of pressing by the midfield and extra-ordinary day for Messi.

Whatever Cesc Fabregas did or didn't say in the tunnel at half time during the Everton game, David Moyes's comments on the issue are pathetic.
Clearly he wanted to distract attention away from his team's latest defeat and their lowly position (15th) in the EPL.

Apart from insisting that Cesc should have been given a red card for what he allegedly said in the tunnel, Moyes also claimed that any fair minded observer would have felt his team deserved to come away with something from Tuesday's game.