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early round qualifiers for the minnows of European league football started this week
A trip to London next spring seems a far way off, with memories still fresh of FC Internazionale Milano's Madrid triumph over FC Bayern München. Yet the four first qualifying round participants – FC Santa Coloma, SP Tre Fiori, Birkirkara FC and FK Rudar Pljevlja – and the 32 teams waiting for them in the second, stood at the very threshold of "what is widely considered the best and most challenging club competition in the world", said Mr Infantino.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1500002.html
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FC Santa Coloma handed forfeit defeat
Andorra's FC Santa Coloma have been handed a 3-0 forfeit defeat after their home UEFA Champions League qualifier with Birkirkara FC was postponed because of poor pitch conditions.
:surprised:
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/club=62180/index.html
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Yeah, you could probably just combine this with your other soccer thread and no one would care.
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Yeah, you could probably just combine this with your other soccer thread and no one would care.
uefa champions league and fifa world cup not the same :facepalm:
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Yeah, you could probably just combine this with your other soccer thread and no one would care.
I don't think you got the point of my post
kono
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Yeah, you could probably just combine this with your other soccer thread and no one would care.
I don't think you got the point of my post
kono
stop rough ridin' up the thread you $!#*
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Yeah, you could probably just combine this with your other soccer thread and no one would care.
I don't think you got the point of my post
kono
stop rough ridin' up the thread you $!#*
nice work. In the end, poster-intimidation always wins out.
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what is this?
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what is this?
european champions league started last week with some of the tiny countries' champions playing qualifying home and away matches. only 4 teams are playing in this 1st qualifying round. none of them will factor in the end. it's like the play-in game to be the 16 seed in the ncaa tournament.
Malta champion, Birkabirka(sp?) won 4-3 yesterday to go thru with an 7-3 aggregate win: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/club=62171/index.html
look on the right side of this page for setup of champions league early stages: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/index.html
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some of the bigger clubs come in during 2nd round of qualifying: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000115/index.html
3rd round qualifiers bring in teams who grabbed the last qualifying spot from leagues like England, Italy, Spain, France, Germany: teams like Tottenham, Sevilla (Fabiano :love:), Sampdoria, Werder Bremen.
group stages feature qualifying survivors and those who qualfied directly into the groups (champions & runner-ups of England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany)
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2nd round qualifiers begin next week. go Bohemians ! beat the new saints! irish over welsh :crossfingers:
only 1 more round until televised games :tongue:
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changed my mind. rooting for the Luxembourg champions, AS Jeunesse Esch against the Swedish champs, AIK Solna
fwiw, tia
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changed my mind. rooting for the Luxembourg champions, AS Jeunesse Esch against the Swedish champs, AIK Solna
fwiw, tia
motherland didn't get it done yesterday. AIK 1-0 Jeunesse Esch. still have a chance to advance next week when they take a goal deficit for the home match :crossfingers:
Dinamo Zagreb, H Tel Aviv and Salzburg all but guaranteed spots in the next round with huge wins.
Birkirkara, one of 2 qualifiers from the first round, won their home leg 1-0. :clapclapclap:
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http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1504912.html
draw today pits the winners of this round of qualifying against a a group who enters the competition during the 3rd round qualifying
one matchup drawn for the 3rd round is SP Braga (Portugal) vs Celtic (Scotland). other 'big' clubs entering the competition in this round: Dynamo Kiev (Ukriane), AJAX Amsterdam (Holland), Fenerbahçe (Turkey) & Anderlecht (Belgiu
one more round (playoff) after 3rd round qualifying until group stages
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champions league matches will include 2 extra referees patrolling the endlines. smart move imo
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champions league matches will include 2 extra referees patrolling the endlines. smart move imo
totally agree.
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3rd round qualifying is done. Celtic is out at the expense of Braga. AJAX Amsterdam & Fenerbache survives scares today.
draw for last round of qualifying before group stage (playoff stage) is Friday: http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1510074.html
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3rd round qualifying is done. Celtic is out at the expense of Braga. AJAX Amsterdam & Fenerbache survives scares today.
draw for last round of qualifying before group stage (playoff stage) is Friday: http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1510074.html
most if not all these games will be on FSC and DirecTV. first leg AUG 17/18. second leg AUG 24/25
UEFA Champions League play-off round
FC Salzburg (AUT) v Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) v FC København (DEN)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) v FC Sheriff (MDA)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v MŠK Žilina (SVK)
FK Partizan (SRB) v RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
BSC Young Boys (SUI) v Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
SC Braga (POR) v Sevilla FC (ESP)
SV Werder Bremen (GER) v UC Sampdoria (ITA)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) v AJ Auxerre (FRA)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v AFC Ajax (NED)
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Young Boys
So many jokes, so little time
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so pumped tottenham drew YBB, definitely the easiest draw spurs could have hoped for :excited:
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come on Young Boys! :)
tomorrow's games seem more intriguing than today's but Kiev/Ajax should be a good one to watch today. hopefully YBB makes the return leg to Tottenham intereseting.
tomorrow we got Sampadoria/Werder Bremen and Sevilla/Braga
such a long buildup to group play (sigh)
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we are going to rape young boys
wait, hold on...
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DATELINE: BERN, Switzerland
THAM-hotSpurs just barely escape raping by Young Boys. down 3-0 in first half they punch back to cut it to cut it to 3-2. the London club should have no problem advancing needing only a 1 goal advantage at home next week.
previously in Young Boys news: Young Boys Wankdorf erection relief (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901&cc=5901) :surprised:
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UEFA Champions League play-off round
FC Salzburg (AUT) 2 v 3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Rosenborg BK (NOR) 2 v 1 FC København (DEN)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 1 v 0 FC Sheriff (MDA)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 0 v 2 MŠK Žilina (SVK)
FK Partizan (SRB) 2 v 2 RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
BSC Young Boys (SUI) 3 v 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
SC Braga (POR) 1 v 0 Sevilla FC (ESP)
SV Werder Bremen (GER) 3 v 1 UC Sampdoria (ITA)
FC Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 1 v 0 AJ Auxerre (FRA)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1 v 1 AFC Ajax (NED)
updated w/ 1st leg results. 1st leg home teams on the left. next week should be interesting w/ a lot of results up in the air.
the only game I watched from start to finish was the Bremen/Sampadoria game. 1st half was back and forth with no goals then 2nd half was filled w/ results. Bremen scored early then scored a penalty about 10 minutes later. ref gave a 2nd yellow some Italian dude for the foul in the box. then they scored like 2 minutes later to make it 3-0. a classy header late gave Sampadoria hope. the eccentric Cassano was dissapointing for Sampadoria. hoping for fireworks in the retun leg to Italy. both these clubs would be in the group stage if they weren't drawn against each other.
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wish i had a chance to watch the bremen game yesterday. thats the budesliga team that i tend to pull for
even without ozil, they supposedly looked good, and still have mertesacker and marin. could be a dangerous team in group stages
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:ohno: <--- me waiting for the spurs-young boys match on wed
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yeseterday's Sampadoria / Werder Bremen 2nd leg match was incredible. Samp goes up 4-3 on aggregate in the 85th minute from a sweet little touch by Cassano. Bremen comes back 3 minutes into stoppage time and ties it up sending into extra time. another golazo from Bremen in the first half of stoppage time gives them the final advantage of 5-4 on the aggregate. was hoping for the Italian side to go through but not too disappointed to be able to watch more of this German side in the group stages. Pizzaro will be fun to watch for them.
Anderlecht losing on penalty kicks was hilarious. they would have won if it was an extra point contest
come on Young Boys of Bern!
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come on Young Boys of Bern!
:lol:
:pbj:
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finally down to 32 teams. the draw is tomorrow. here are the pods: http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1518328.html#lineup+complete+group+stage+draw
potential group of death: Inter, Madrid, Tottenham and Twente :gasp:
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Draw starting in 2 mins. Probably a bunch of UEFA selflove-fest crap for the first 15 mins though.
http://atdhe.net/23113/watch-champions-league-draw
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Group A: Inter, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Group C: Man Utd, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor
Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, Basel, CFR Cluj
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zilina
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar, SC Braga, Partizan
fuuuuuuu
group a is going to suck for us
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United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
:D
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United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
:D
Valencia is in big financial trouble. wouldn't be surprised at all to see Rangers go thru.
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United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
:D
Valencia is in big financial trouble. wouldn't be surprised at all to see Rangers go thru.
me neither, the rangers look to be a tough futbol squad this season
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Group A: Inter, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente
fuuuuuuu
group a is going to suck for us
the only way it could have been tougher is w/ Madrid in place of Bremen.
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Today, Bayern vs Roma
http://rutube.ru/tracks/3587128.html?v=dd766184f799633041f8bab2d351c797
:love: :love: :love:
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meuller :love:
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AC Milan vs Madrid on Tuesday :party:
just like last year these 2 European club giants were drawn together in the group stage. and again the draw resulted in them facing off on match-days 3 (in Madrid) & 4 (in Milan). on match-day 3 of last year Milan @ Madrid won 3-2. both clubs eventually advanced out of the group stage.
lot of hype for this game. but I see this game as kind of a bore. Mourinho managed sides always seems to take a bit or air out of the ball and slow things down. but star power alone makes it watchable: Pato, Robinho, Ronaldinho, & Ibrahimovic in the Milan attack vs Ronaldo, Ozil, & Higuain in the Madrid attack.
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cant wait to see what ozil does tomorrow
inter-spurs on wednesday :ohno:
hopefully van der vaart can continue on his ridiculous form
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started off :barf:
ended up :excited:
http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36810/inter-milan-vs-tottenham-hotspur-highlights-goals-4-3.html
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started off :barf:
ended up :excited:
http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36810/inter-milan-vs-tottenham-hotspur-highlights-goals-4-3.html
:eek:
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Spurs! 3 1 over inter
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Spurs! 3 1 over inter
:gocho:
bale is playing as good as anyone in the world right now not named eto'o
his move to get past maicon one that last goal? :surprised:
http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36862/tottenham-hotspur-vs-inter-milan-highlights-und-goals-3-1.html
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Spurs hangover, bolton 4 spurs 2 :pbj:
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spurs decimate bremen 3-0 to advance to the round of 16
group A winner depends on spurs v twente and inter v bremen next week
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spurfan, get ready to go crazy.
what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest. lucky
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spurfan, get ready to go crazy.
what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest. lucky
i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened
bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter
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spurfan, get ready to go crazy.
what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest. lucky
i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened
bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter
inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm. none of the players want to play for him. they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial
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spurfan, get ready to go crazy.
what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest. lucky
i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened
bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter
inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm. none of the players want to play for him. they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial
agreed, a lot of people seem to think that rafa wont even be there for the knockout round, so i am interested to see if anything happens
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spurfan, get ready to go crazy.
what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest. lucky
i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened
bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter
inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm. none of the players want to play for him. they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial
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http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1574979.html
the draw options for Arsenal and AC Milan look scary.
tottenham just needs to avoid Valencia and Milan and I think they can book their tickets through to the quarter finals
the draw options for Barcelona also look very tough: Inter, Lyon, Roma, Marseille, Milan, Arsenal. i hope they avoid Lyon, Roma, Milan and Arsenal. an Inter draw would be interesting because of the dramatic semifinal match up between the 2 last year. but Inter just isn't very good this year.
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i will cry if we draw milan
would be stoked to see a barca-arsenal/marseille matchup though
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tottenham fans here didn't mention this. hilarious own goal by FC Twente vs Tottenham on Tuesday
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2010/12/must-see-own-goal-fc-twente.html
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replay of last year's final. this time Munchen will crush the Internazionales. come on sauer KRAUT :emawkid:
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ibra/'binho are gonna drop their nuts all over our shitty backline
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best matchup of the 1st round?
tottenham vs milan
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barca vs arsenal
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i'll go w/ Milan vs Totty. huge test for the new boys from north London - meaning Tottenham. Arsenal (another N London club) will be crushed. Tottenham has a great chance to advance.
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also, its going to be fun to watch fabregas look longingly at the catalan bench while his team gets dry dicked
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best matchup of the 1st round?
tottenham vs milan
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barca vs arsenal
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i'll go w/ Milan vs Totty. huge test for the new boys from north London - meaning Tottenham. Arsenal (another N London club) will be crushed. Tottenham has a great chance to advance.
i think it is a huge test for sure. dont see any way that arsenal advances against probably the best team in the world right now
the main thing for us would be if we can get van der vaart and defoe back to form by then, and if dawson can indeed anchor our back line
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eff United & Chelsea. could they get an easier draw :dunno:
go Marseille!!!!!111!1
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not shocked at all that the rags would get a favorable draw
bunch of tossers and sheep shaggers
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eff United & Chelsea. could they get an easier draw :dunno:
go Marseille!!!!!111!1
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Maybe Arsenal should have won their group instead of coming runners up to a rough ridin' Ukrainian team :lol:
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Thanks to the suggestion in the Credit Card thread (thanks stevedave, Rick Daris, and British Airways), my son and I are heading over to England that week on a soccer vacation.
PSG on the 12th
Man U on the 15th (possibly)
Chelsea on the 16th
Man City on the 17th (if they get by Thessoloniki)
Hull City on the 19th
Unfortunate that we had already booked our flights and are going to miss Spurs vs ACM.
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Thanks to the suggestion in the Credit Card thread (thanks stevedave, Rick Daris, and British Airways), my son and I are heading over to England that week on a soccer vacation.
PSG on the 12th
Man U on the 15th (possibly)
Chelsea on the 16th
Man City on the 17th (if they get by Thessoloniki)
Hull City on the 19th
Unfortunate that we had already booked our flights and are going to miss Spurs vs ACM.
good lord
words cannot describe how jealous i am haha
glad that you get to have that experience
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Thanks to the suggestion in the Credit Card thread (thanks stevedave, Rick Daris, and British Airways), my son and I are heading over to England that week on a soccer vacation.
PSG on the 12th
Man U on the 15th (possibly)
Chelsea on the 16th
Man City on the 17th (if they get by Thessoloniki)
Hull City on the 19th
Unfortunate that we had already booked our flights and are going to miss Spurs vs ACM.
isn't PSG a club whose fans are renowned for their racism?
sounds like a great time though. while in Paris go to Musee D'Orsay
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Thanks to the suggestion in the Credit Card thread (thanks stevedave, Rick Daris, and British Airways), my son and I are heading over to England that week on a soccer vacation.
PSG on the 12th
Man U on the 15th (possibly)
Chelsea on the 16th
Man City on the 17th (if they get by Thessoloniki)
Hull City on the 19th
Unfortunate that we had already booked our flights and are going to miss Spurs vs ACM.
isn't PSG a club whose fans are renowned for their racism?
sounds like a great time though. while in Paris go to Musee D'Orsay
Yes, PSG is supposed to have a pretty bad racism problem. Flares, fighting, banners, etc.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supporters_of_Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supporters_of_Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C.)
We plan on sitting on neither end though so hopefully a good safe distance with good views of the festivities. I figure that French racist hooligans will make for good entertainment.
Thanks for the advice on the Musee.
edit to fix link
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just noticed PSG is sitting in 3rd place at the moment. who's their opponent on the day you are going?
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just noticed PSG is sitting in 3rd place at the moment. who's their opponent on the day you are going?
Montpellier. Mid-table team.
Check out this from a previous game. We won't be sitting behind the goals.
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here we go. knockout stage (round of 16 starts tomorrow)
1st legs will be played Tuesday, Wednesday this week and next. 2 games each day.
big ones this week: AC Milan hosts Tottenham on Tuesday and Arsenal hosts Barcelona on Wednesday. Milan and Barcelona both have somewhat comfortable leads in their respective domestic leagues. Arsenal is a strong 2nd in England. Should be some great games.
the other 2 games this week: Valencia hosts Schalke on Tuesday and Roma hosts Shaktar Donetsk on Wednesday.
:party: :party: :party: :party:
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:thumbsup:
pretty nervous for the match, as bale, modric, and kaboul are all out
van der vaart is back, and kranjcar has been playing well, but robinho definitely scares me
i think barca rolls arsenal, but then again, you never know in international play
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:pbj:
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does Milan have the worst midfield in the history of champions league footy? that was embarrassing
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Italian teams are garbage. This is the same Milan that is :cheese: with the league
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to their defense, andrea pirlo and his fantastic hair are injured, so that is the reason their midfield was so shitty
hate milan though, i would love to see napoli take the league from them
plus gattuso is a huge mommy and he should be suspended for a while
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Arsenal 2-1. :cheers:
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Arsenal 2-1. :cheers:
incredible game / atmosphere. was rooting for barcelona but arsenal was amazing.
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Italian teams are garbage. This is the same Milan that is :cheese: with the league
both italian team lose their home legs. doesn't get easier as inter host bayern munich next week.
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man i cant believe arsenal won their leg. rvp's goal was brilliant, though arshavin's was pretty awesome too.
still think barca advances, but arsenal definitely has a shot. depends on if puyol is playing at camp nou.
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man i cant believe arsenal won their leg. rvp's goal was brilliant, though arshavin's was pretty awesome too.
still think barca advances, but arsenal definitely has a shot. depends on if puyol is playing at camp nou.
as a tottenham fan, aren't you supposed to hate arsenal?
anyway, if they can replicate that in league then i think we might have a race for the EPL title. need to make up a couple points before manchester united comes to the emirates on 30 APR
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Quite the day of games thats for sure. Just like seeing Ibrahimovic lose. It makes me go crazy. :emawkid:
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man i cant believe arsenal won their leg. rvp's goal was brilliant, though arshavin's was pretty awesome too.
still think barca advances, but arsenal definitely has a shot. depends on if puyol is playing at camp nou.
as a tottenham fan, aren't you supposed to hate arsenal?
anyway, if they can replicate that in league then i think we might have a race for the EPL title. need to make up a couple points before manchester united comes to the emirates on 30 APR
i rough ridin' hate arsenal, and i was definitely rooting for barca
but it was still pretty impressive
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sorry spurFan
http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/story/Tottenham-suffer-injury-blow-to-star-midfielder-Van-der-Vaart
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sorry spurFan
http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/story/Tottenham-suffer-injury-blow-to-star-midfielder-Van-der-Vaart
yeah, saw that
was pretty skeptical about his coming back in the first place because it was kind of rushed, but this is why im glad that we signed pienaar, to bolster some depth
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chelsea nearly guarantees advancement to the quarters securing a 2-0 lead on the road in the 1st leg
madrid draws on the road but gets an important away goal. madrid had lost their last 6 to lyon.
tomorrow we have united @ marseilles and a rematch of last year's final: munich at inter milan.
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chelsea nearly guarantees advancement to the quarters securing a 2-0 lead on the road in the 1st leg
madrid draws on the road but gets an important away goal. madrid had lost their last 6 to lyon.
tomorrow we have united @ marseilles and a rematch of last year's final: munich at inter milan.
i absolutely cannot wait for inter-munich
schweinsteiger vs snjeider in the middle is going to be a very fun matchup and arjen robben is getting back to form (even though he is a gigantic douche)
i hope marseilles destroys man u
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bunch of duds going on, both games 0-0
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bunch of duds going on, both games 0-0
interesting result for the bayern/inter game, meh on the rags game.
so nervous for the spurs/milan return leg, but van der vaart will be fit, so there is always that
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inter breaks the heart of Munich fans scoring in the 88th minute to advance to the quarters. looked like a great game (i only caught the extended highlights). Munich begins the game w/ an 1-0 aggregate lead.
eto'o opens the scoring for Inter tying it up 1-1
munich answers w/ 2 goals in the first half going up 3-1.
inter escapes multiple threats and close calls that would have put them down for the count.
schneider gets 1 back in the 65th minute giving Inter life
pandev scores a beautiful goal off great work from Eto'o to give Inter the winning goal in the 88th minute.
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wish i could have watched. it looked like a fantastic game, and i really thought bayern would take this rather easily
didnt follow any of the man u/marseille game, but really didnt care enough to
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I hope Torres breaks through tonight. Number 1 goal is for Chelsea to advance, but close to that has to be the goal of getting Torres on the board to let the flood gates open.
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spurs will probably draw barca on friday :blank:
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Let us not forget Chad Ochocinco Johnson is trying out for Sporting KC next week!! :emawkid:
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Home Club Listed First
Real Madrid - Tottenheim
Chelsea - united
Barcelona - Shaktar Donetsk
Inter Milan - Schalke 04
Damn, that sucks!!!
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We will destroy Chelsea since the ref won't be English.
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We will destroy Chelsea since the ref won't be English.
HA! Tell Sir Fergie to quit his crying and his fanbase to quit their whining. Honestly. United takes the cake for idiocy after any loss. They TRULY believe that every game is a pre-determined win for them.
I'd like to wish Tottenham good luck, because they'll Fing need it
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yeah...ozil and ronaldo are going to have a lot of fun with our backline
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We will destroy Chelsea since the ref won't be English.
HA! Tell Sir Fergie to quit his crying and his fanbase to quit their whining. Honestly. United takes the cake for idiocy after any loss. They TRULY believe that every game is a pre-determined win for them.
:blah:
Have you watched any United/Chelsea games @Chelsea in the last 3 years? Phantom penalties, red cards, etc. etc.
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Just watched the Spurs/RM match. :goodbyecruelworld:
F'ing Crouch. Might as well take it out on Stoke this weekend, but I can sense an additional KITN
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some mayhem watching the games from earlier today. Madrid capitalizes on an early Tottenham red card and trounces them 4-0. included some very nice goals: a volley from Ronaldo and an amazing strike from Di Maria. this result paves the way for a Barcelona-Real Madrid semi-final :crossfingers:
not to be outdone Inter comes out in the 1st minute of their match catching the Schalke keeper off the line after he heads the ball clear. Stankovich volleys the header from midfield into the net. now in the 68th minute Inter is falling apart - down to 10 men and losing 2-4 @ home.
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omg. Inter :horrorsurprise:
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haven't started watching the inter match yet. too angry. :flush:
cats then this a couple of weeks apart is too much for me.
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Stankovich 60 yard volley: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/655696-inter-milan-vs-schalke-video-watch-dejan-stankovics-goal-against-schalke
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Spurs had a nice run, in the end they just aren't deep enough and could still use a world class CB and someone to partner Modric. They need to focus on the league now or they might not make 4th.
United/Chelsea and Barca/Shaktar today. I'm thinking 2-2 between United/Chelsea. Barca probably takes care of business tonight, but Shaktar won't be a push over.
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Spurs had a nice run, in the end they just aren't deep enough and could still use a world class CB and someone to partner Modric. They need to focus on the league now or they might not make 4th.
agree with all of this
we need a striker more than anything, and hopefully we sack up this year and buy connor wickham from ipswich town to be our next up-and-comer
ledley is obviously winding down on his career, and while gallas is still in top form, we could really use a RB to solidify our line
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Spurs had a nice run, in the end they just aren't deep enough and could still use a world class CB and someone to partner Modric. They need to focus on the league now or they might not make 4th.
agree with all of this
we need a striker more than anything, and hopefully we sack up this year and buy connor wickham from ipswich town to be our next up-and-comer
ledley is obviously winding down on his career, and while gallas is still in top form, we could really use a RB to solidify our line
love michael dawson when he's fit, but that's about all i can say in the back. assou-ekotto can be decent most of the time, but it's really frustrating when he goes into full-blown Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) mode. corluka looks like he's wearing snowshoes half the time, and then the rest of them are in their sunset years and/or are made of glass.
changing topics, anyone else love barca's away kit? i normally don't give two shits about sporting attire, but something about it i love.
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United being all awesome and crap. Poor ol Chelski. Big game vs the Citizens in the FA cup, but no Rooney and no Tevez :zzz:
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United being all awesome and crap. Poor ol Chelski. Big game vs the Citizens in the FA cup, but no Rooney and no Tevez :zzz:
are they suspended? both clubs have enough fire power in their reserves to make it watchable ... easily
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United being all awesome and crap. Poor ol Chelski. Big game vs the Citizens in the FA cup, but no Rooney and no Tevez :zzz:
are they suspended? both clubs have enough fire power in their reserves to make it watchable ... easily
Rooney is suspended cause he yelled "WHAT? rough ridin' WHAT?" into a camera after he completed his hat trick vs. West Ham.
Tevez tore his hamstring on Monday, out for at least 2 weeks, might be done for the season
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i expect tevez to be done for the season, and spurs will climb to 4th :bracketmouse:
really though, if we cant finish the season with production from pav and/or crouchy, we will be europa bound
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Christiano Rinaldo is really good at this soccer game
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never been easier to root for schalke.
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never been easier to root for schalke.
meh. very much looking forward to seeing United get humiliated by Barca / Madrid
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united v shcalke today.
el classico part trois tomorrow.
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i think united v schalke will be a really interesting matchup
hopefully raul can goal poach his way into the finals
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Schalke was lucky not to lose 10-0.
How crap were Inter that Schalke beat them 5-2?
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inter has had plenty of problems this year, but i thought they were past them
of course, maicon hasnt had a good season, they have had identity issues in their midfield
its crazy, united utterly dominated schalke in every facet of the game, and neuer saved them from a 5-6 goal deficit
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Neuer is amazing. United could use him as Van der sar is retiring, but he seems hellbent on wanting to play for Bayern Munich, even though their fans hate him for some weird reason.
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Neuer is amazing. United could use him as Van der sar is retiring, but he seems hellbent on wanting to play for Bayern Munich, even though their fans hate him for some weird reason.
neuer is going to bayern on a 4 year deal
i would imagine that united would buy de gea from atletico madrid this summer. only 20, and he could come in right away and be solid, although he is pretty inexperienced. he and neuer are going to be great no matter where they are playing though, imo.
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anyone watching barca vs real madrid?
spent the last week at the gf's parents place, they live directly across the street from the Bernabéu. the stadium is pretty great, ran into the espn football guys at the euro hotel a couple days ago and talked to them.
tickets for today's match were selling for $700 euros (~$1000) for shitty nosebleeds.
throughout the time i was there, there basically was always a bus or two, or 100 of asians coming in to tour the facility. both rm and barca are so popular in china that they considered changing their weekend start times to around 3pm local so that they can be watched in asia.
some pics i took-
street view
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view from the gf parent's patio
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front of Bernabéu facing the Castellana
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crest
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those pictures are awesome. i can't imagine being able to live across the street from something like that!
i watched the game when the replay was going on fsc. really tough game to watch because of the level of flopping. one of the more disgraceful displays i've seen outside of serie a.
messi is absolutely amazing though. he was able to take the game over in the last 25 and its pretty much over at this point.
i'm no soccer manager, but i would think that the special one needs to revamp his strategy when it comes to barca. it's almost like he is scared of them, because he refuses to attack, and just lets pepe patrol the middle and make sure that they dont get an attack going. also, why the hell would you bring ozil off at half when he is your second best attacking player?
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holy rough ridin' crap
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193040487639/1330054873516/noticia/Noticia/TV_images_show_Pepe_didn_t_touch_Alves.htm
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alves godammit :shakesfist: maybe mourinho's new strategy should be to negotiate to have the game officiated by someone who isn't a complete fuckhead.
clams if you were trying to make us all completely jealous it worked.
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clams if you were trying to make us all completely jealous it worked.
this :dubious:
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alves godammit :shakesfist: maybe mourinho's new strategy should be to negotiate to have the game officiated by someone who isn't a complete fuckhead.
clams if you were trying to make us all completely jealous it worked.
if it makes any difference, i thought of you and how much i thought you would enjoy it, hence the post and the pics.
it was really cool watching the first barca/rm match the previous week with a bar full of spaniards. when renaldo scored the header the entire city of madrid exploded in cheers. everyone ran out of the bars and into the streets and partied until 5am. i didn't know if they high fived or what so some i high fived and some i shook hands, it was cool/weird.
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did you see the trophy get cashed
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Barca through to the final soon to be joined by United. i can't believe i'll be rooting for United. but after that disgraceful display by the 2 Spanish giants (especially Barca) i can't go in as a neutral observer.
also could be that i have huge boner for Mourinho and am pissed to see him go out like this.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/05/04/football.barcelona.real.madrid/index.html <- Ronaldo blames loss on refs.
Rooney isn't suitin up today which may give Schalke a chance but it would still be a miracle.
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Barca through to the final soon to be joined by United. i can't believe i'll be rooting for United. but after that disgraceful display by the 2 Spanish giants (especially Barca) i can't go in as a neutral observer.
also could be that i have huge boner for Mourinho and am pissed to see him go out like this.
agree with all of this
i mean, nasri is probably the biggest bitch in world football, but the team display of cuntyness puts barca on the top of my hate list
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did you see the trophy get cashed
no it was like 4-5 in the morning and i had flown in the day before, was way too tired but did sit in bed and listen to the crowd (didn't have a choice).
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only 1 game left :bawl:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLjsN7FMQd0&feature=player_embedded
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/921307/andre-villas-boas:-porto-win-was-for-sir-bobby-robson?cc=5901
Portuguese Brad Stevens? DO WANT
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Tomorrow
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gonna be a doozy tomorrow
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meet up?
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what should i be getting pak'd with tomorrow?
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Pretty rough ridin' excited for this match. Keg @ AppleJack's.
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messi :love:
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clownsuit has been fully applied. united look completely outclassed.
having said that, this'll probably end 4-3 or something. :flush:
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Pure domination.
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Yeah, I cheer for United...tough game.
Now I'm hoping my italian team Juventus can grab some talent this summer and put a team together to challenge the Milans.
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what else can you say. this barcelona team is probably the best team since Ajax in the 70s. Maybe best ever.
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that was a great game of football :pbj:. the first half was incredible. the 2nd half was great as well. just a bit too one-sided. not sure what united/van der saar were thinking when they kept on trying to boot the ball instead of working the ball through the midfield. maybe they thought they had no chance to do that.
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More people would enjoy and watch soccer in the US if they were exposed to this rather than the boring style played in the World Cup.
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More people would enjoy and watch soccer in the US if they were exposed to this rather than the boring style played in the World Cup.
true. club teams get so much time together compared to national teams. you should expect a higher level of play from clubs. also the top club teams in the world accumulate more talent than the top national teams.