New job, less soccer watching this past week or so

So I started a new job this past week (yeah!) and that basically means I have spent about five minutes paying attention to soccer. Hopefully things settle down a bit and I can get in rather quickly.

All eyes in Sevilla today as Barcelona attempts to secure the La Liga title. A slip-up though and Madrid is waiting, just a point behind heading into the last two games (edit).

Karma returns to the CL semi-finals as Barcelona visits Milan

One year ago (well, 51 weeks ago) Chelsea players and fans were left fuming following their semi-final loss to Barcelona. The referee had missed two fairly obvious penalty calls against the Spanish squad, allowing Andres Iniesta's late strike to win the two-legged tie. Accusations flew, suspensions were handed out, and Barcelona advanced, defeating Manchester United to lift the trophy.

Fast forward to this evening in Milan. Barcelona loses 3-1 to Inter, with the Italians benefiting from a penalty that wasn't called as well as a missed offside call on the final goal. There are a few differences from last year, Barcelona still have the second leg at home to overcome the deficit and Inter could easily have won by more than two goals.

However, it seems fitting that former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was the one to deliver this little bit of payback. I guess Karma really is a, well you know.