How I Put Together That FK Crvena Zvezda vs Barcelona Timeline
Alright, so I woke up yesterday buzzing about that big Champions League clash everyone’s talking about – FK Crvena Zvezda hosting Barcelona. Like, proper David vs Goliath stuff, right? Wanted a simple timeline showing key moments, goals, cards, the whole story. Couldn’t find a clean one online, so thought, screw it, I’ll just make my own.
Step one was digging for the raw info. Grabbed the official UEFA match report first. That thing lists everything – subs, corners, fouls. Problem? It’s drier than week-old bread and kinda messy. Cross-checked it with a couple major news sites to catch anything UEFA mighta missed, especially controversies near the end. Started scribbling notes: kick-off, early yellow card, when the main guys came on.
Then came the big headache: sorting out the goals and key moments. This is where it got sticky. UEFA had the minutes for each goal, fine. But some sites listed players slightly different, like using initials vs full names. Took me ages just figuring out who exactly scored the opener! Almost smashed my keyboard when I realized one source had a player name completely wrong. Had to go check his previous stats to confirm. Total ball-ache.
Built it right inside a spreadsheet. Columns for time, event type (GOAL ⚽, YELLOW CARD 📒, SUB 🔄), team, player name, notes. Started filling it row by row using the UEFA report as my bible. Slow going. Highlighted the goals in red so they’d jump out later. Got to the controversial penalty incident near the 80th minute. Different sources couldn’t even agree on the exact minute! Just picked the UEFA time and put a big note beside it.
Nearly gave up trying to make sense of all the yellows flying around in the last ten minutes. Seemed like the ref lost the plot! Had to rewind my own notes multiple times. Key things I wanted to include:
- That frantic start with the early booking
- Exactly when Barca grabbed control
- The disallowed goal drama
- All the crazy fouls near the end
- How the crowd was going mental
Once the spreadsheet looked solid (enough), copied it all over into a simple web page. Used bold for the time stamps, made the goals big ⚽. Left those annoying unknowns as just “???” – no point guessing. Ended with the final whistle.
Yeah, spent way longer than planned. Coffee pot was empty twice over. But seeing it all laid out chronologically felt worth it. Still kinda annoyed I couldn’t pin down that one player’s full name for sure though. Might have to double-check that later.