Alright so here’s how I tackled watching the Barça game tonight against Celta Vigo and tracking it properly. Woke up dead tired ’cause my neighbor decided midnight was perfect timing for hammer practice. Grabbed my laptop, planner, and this old notebook I use just for football stats tracking. Coffee first, obviously. Triple shot.
First Steps & Prepping My Sheet
Started by digging up my template spreadsheet – kinda messy but gets the job done. Renamed the tab “Live FC Barcelona vs Celta Vigo Stats“. Wrote down the kickoff time, venue, weather report looked decent. Checked my bookmark for the live stats feed I usually trust – loaded up smoother than expected for once.
Needed pens: blue for Barça, red for Celta, black for general notes. Always mess up if I use the same color for both teams. Set up columns in the notebook:
- Minute-by-minute events (yellow/red cards, subs, goals duh)
- Total shots/on target for each team
- Corners & fouls tally
- My own dumb predictions – had Barça winning 3-1.
During the Match Madness
Kickoff happened and immediately things got chaotic. Robert scored early on – like minute 3! Spilled coffee scrambling to write it down. Messed up the time at first – crossed out “5” and wrote “3′ LEWANDOWSKI ⚽” in blue. Celta pressed hard after that. My pen kept smudging when I slammed the table after Ter Stegen’s insane save at 22′.
Noticed I forgot to start counting fouls until minute 15. Went back and added tick marks like “” for the first half based on memory. Total nightmare. First half ended 1-0 – notebook looked like a toddler scribbled on it.
Halftime Fixing & Second Half Chaos
Tore out the messy pre-15 minute stats section and rewrote it clean during halftime. Fixed fouls (Barça 5, Celta 7). Drank cold coffee. Checked spreadsheet – already had basic stats auto-calculating shots, possession. Added halftime notes: “Celta right wing scary fast. Frenkie dropping too deep.“
Second half? Pure stress. Barça conceded at 76′ – wrote “76′ ASPAS ⚽” in red ink so hard the paper ripped. Thought “great, bottled it again”. Then Lamine Yamal pulled off that crazy flick at 80′. Dropped my pen shouting – had to rewind the stream just to confirm minute and scorer. Scribbled “80′ YAMAL ⚽ INSANE BACKHEEL” plus three exclamation points.
Final Stats & Standings Check
Whistle blew 2-1 Barça. Counted up corners (Barça 8, Celta 3), shots on target (Barça 6, Celta 4), yellows (three total). Transferred everything to spreadsheet and double-checked every number against the stats feed – possession was 62% Barça, close to my guess. Updated La Liga standings directly in my book: Barça temporarily 2nd, Girona still top. Circled Yamal’s name three times. Dog looked unimpressed.
Finished by scanning my notes for errors – caught one where I wrote “Gundogan” instead of “Gündoğan”. That’s it. Stats sheet survived another mess. Bed time.