UEFA Cup
Eastern European Fans Strike Again.
By: chris |
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Inside the stadium, outside the stadium – it matters not to fans of Eastern European football. Where there’s a crime to be done, a protest to be made, they’ll be there. While Red Star Belgrade fans were busy making trouble for the Czech police before their fixture, Dinamo Bucharest fans got busy making trouble for [...]
Tags: China, Dinamo Bucharest, Eastern Europe, Europa League, Europe, Red Star Belgrade, Slovan Liberec, South America, UEFA Cup, World FootballUEFA Cup Final: The Consolation Prize.
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UEFA Cup Final: Werder Bremen v Shakhtar
Not only is this Europe’s consolation prize, but it’s the saving grace for two teams with wildly disappointing domestic seasons.
Shakhtar are supposed to, at the very least, challenge Dynamo Kyiv for the Ukrainian title. That never happened. The historic team from the capital bolted out of the gates [...]
The Unrelenting Brilliance of Mad Jens
By: chris | 2 Comments
Someone needs to pen a tribute to Jens imploring him to stay in football forever and ever. His mere presence is enough entertainment to fill two games – though having said that I’ve never been a fan of a team he’s played for, which is an entirely different prospect.
During last night’s loss to UEFA [...]
Category: UEFA CupUEFA Cup Draw — the Round of 32
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
We’re down to the final 32 in the last iteration of the UEFA Cup.
There is a certain fun unpredictability to the UEFA Cup once it hits this point. This is when most of the smallest minnows have gone home, and the third-place finishers from Champions League drop down to hang out with all the [...]
Hatchet Injuries (?) and Tear Gas in Paris for UEFA Cup Match
By: Laurie | 4 Comments
Yesterday over at Soccer by Ives, there was a discussion about which French club would be better for USMNT player Oguchi Onyewu — Olympique de Marseille (l’OM) or Paris St. Germain (PSG). A lot of the talk in the comments centered around which club has the more violent fan base, with PSG fans making [...]
Category: UEFA CupThink Next Time They’ll Trust David James with a Backpass?
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
I always feel a little guilty for picking on goalkeepers when they blunder. Except that it’s just so much fun.
(And the sad part is, I really like David James. But he has been known to make the occasional howler. Like this one.)
Partizan’s Moreira Recovering After On-field Collapse
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
It was eerily reminiscent of last season’s tragedy at Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium a year ago, where Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta collapsed on the pitch and later died.
FK Partizan Belgrade’s Portuguese midfielder Moreira collapsed on the same field in Wednesday’s night’s UEFA Cup match between Partizan and Sevilla and was unconscious for several minutes. [...]
Ronaldinho’s Portuguese Dagger
By: chris | 47 Comments
Ronaldinho, 93rd minute, 1-0, three words:
bull. shit. finish.
That’s why we watch, ladies & gents.
Category: UEFA CupJohn Carew Treated for “Fatigue.” Because Lap Dances Can Do That to a Person
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
Poor John Carew. The Aston Villa striker has been suffering from “fatigue” lately. It’s been so bad that the team docs have had him submit to blood tests. So bad that he missed Thursday’s UEFA Cup match with Ajax due to “illness.”
Poor, poor boy. Although it would be a lot easier [...]
Category: UEFA CupIs Spurs’ Heurelho Gomes Just a Brazilian Paul Robinson?
By: Daryl | 14 Comments
Didn’t Tottenham Hotspur replace Paul Robinson because he was prone to horrendous gaffes? If so, were any of them worse than today’s UEFA Cup shocker from Spurs’ current keeper Heurelho Gomes?
The first touch was bad enough, but Gomes at least recovers in time. The smart thing at that point would have been to just boot [...]
Category: UEFA CupIn Defence of the UEFA Cup
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
OK, so it’s not the UEFA Champions League. And there are at least 10 things we’d do to improve it. But this season’s UEFA Cup is actually looking pretty good. The group stage starts today, and there are some big teams involved.
Scoff all you want, but if you don’t look forward to games like Aston [...]
Category: UEFA CupUEFA Cup Draw Announced
By: chris | 18 Comments
Much of the press will go to Milan (this is the fourth story on the ESPN front page, not Soccernet) & the British clubs, but the more intriguing matchups are to be found elsewhere, and none has more potential than Group C.
Jens Lehmann: King of the Howler
By: chris | 5 Comments
Some things never change. Though to be fair, the pass back could’ve been put in a slightly better spot. But still, I think we’ve all seen Jens stumble around the box once or twice in the past.
And the goal actually mattered, because it helped Bulgarians Varna build up a 2-0 lead in Germany (3-2 [...]
Was Last Year’s UEFA Cup Fixed?
By: chris | 6 Comments
Before this goes too far: The claims that Zenit St. Petersburg’s UEFA Cup win was bought are being made by Russian mafiosi. Hardly the most reliable types when it comes to truth telling and a faction well known for embellishing their dirty deeds for the sake of building their reputation and aura. Also worth mentioning [...]
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