UEFA Europa League Thread

[aldair6]

That sets the ball rolling for another awful season in the Europa League for Italian clubs. Well done Palermo

[forzaitalia]

Yeah, cheers Palermo. Embarassing result and, as you say, probably the first of many. The co-efficient is never going to be sorted out.

[aldair6]

It is now up to the Roman clubs to carry the flag!
Yeah we can not have them Germans thinking they are the dog's bollocks

[DavidP]

well, mainz got knocked out on penalties today.

[taz]

[RomaShield27]

[taz]

UEFA Europa League - Playoff draw

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Panathinaikos
Atletico Madrid v Vitoria Guimaraes
Shamrock Rovers v Partizan Belgrade
Metalist Kharkiv v Sochaux
Besiktas v Alania Vladikavkaz
Rosenborg v AEK Larnaca
Vorskla v DInamo Bucharest
Burssaspor v Anderlecht
Roma v Slovan Bratislava*
Olympiacos Volou v Paris St Germain
Legia Warsaw v Spartak Moscow
Ekranas v Hapoel Tel Aviv
PAOK v Karpaty Lviv
Trabzonspor v Athletic Bilbao
Hearts v Tottenham Hotspur
Maribor v Rangers
Steaua Bucharest v CSKA Sofia
Nordsjaelland v Sporting Lisbon
Dnipro v Fulham
Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak Trnava
Sion v Celtic
Slask Wroclaw v Rapid Bucharest
Litex Lovech v Dynamo Kiev
Lazio v Rabotnicki*
Nacional v Birmingham City
PSV Eindhoven v Ried
Thun v Stoke City
Aalesund v AZ Alkmaar
Vaslui v Sparta Prague
Omonia Nicosia v Red Bull Salzburg
Zestafoni v Club Brugge
Hannover v Sevilla
HJK Helsinki v Schalke
Dinamo Tbilisi v AEK Athens
Rennes v Crvena Zvezda
Gaz Metan v Austria Vienna
Braga v Young Boys
Standard Liege v Helsingborg

*Roma and Lazio seem to have relatively easy ties against Slovan Bratislava and Rabotnicki respectively. Expect them to comfortably go through.

[DavidP]

rabtocniki shouldn't be taken lightly. they're a good side who knocked out anorthosis in the last round.


i'm happy with the dinamo and zestaponi results, though.

[juventino_italiano]

[DavidP]

i think we should make a bet.

i say at least 1 georgian team will qualify.

[juventino_italiano]

[RomaShield27]

[DavidP]

[taz]

[RomaShield27]

Well, the opposition does seem a level lower, but with Italian clubs in the Europa League you just can't take anything for granted. Roma should approach the competition with a fresh mentality for an Italian club – new owners and new (foreign) coach – and so presumably will harbour aspirations to go well in the competition. As for Lazio, those nazie pig-fuckers never play well away from home when separated from the comforts of their shit-farms.

[juventino_italiano]

[taz]

UEFA Europa League playoffs-1st legs

Ekranas 1-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Legia Warsaw 2-2 Spartak Moscow
Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 Spartak Trnava
Vaslui 2-0 Sparta Prague
HJK Helsinki 2-0 Schalke
Zestafoni 3-3 Club Brugge
Litex Lovech 1-2 Dynamo Kiev
Aalesund 2-1 AZ Alkmaar
Austria Vienna 3-1 Gaz Metan Medias
Omonia Nicosia 2-1 Red Bull Salzburg
Vorskla 2-1 Dinamo Bucharest
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 Panathinaikos
Steaua Bucharest 2-0 CSKA Sofia
Thun 0-1 Stoke City
Besiktas 3-0 Alania Vladikavkaz
Bursaspor 1-2 Anderlecht
Nordsjaelland 0-0 Sporting CP
PAOK 2-0 Karpaty Lviv
Slask Wroclaw 1-3 Rapid Bucharest
Standard Liege 1-0 Helsingborgs
Crvena Zvezda 1-2 Rennes
Fulham 3-0 Dnipro
Hannover 2-1 Sevilla
Metalist Kharkiv 0-0 Sochaux
AEK Athens 1-0 Dinamo Tbilisi
Differdange 0-4 Paris St Germain
Hearts 0-5 Tottenham Hotspur
Maribor 2-1 Rangers
Nacional 0-0 Birmingham City
Rosenborg 0-0 AEK Larnaca
Shamrock Rovers 1-1 Partizan Belgrade
Slovan Bratislava 1-0 Roma
Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Trabzonspor
Lazio 6-0 Rabotnicki
Celtic 0-0 Sion
Ried 0-0 PSV Eindhoven
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Vitoria Guimaraes
Braga 0-0 Young Boys

[DavidP]

[aldair6]

Roma's Squad for tonight

BRIGHI Matteo
BURDISSO Nicolas
CAPRARI Gianluca
CASSETTI Marco
CICINHO
HEINZE Gabriel
KRKIC Bojan
LOBONT Bogdan
OKAKA C. Stefano
PERROTTA Simone
ROSI Aleandro
SIMPLICIO Fabio
STEKELENBURG Maarten
TADDEI Rodrigo
TOTTI Francesco
VALDES J.Angel
VERRE Valerio
VIVIANI Federico

[forzaitalia]

Can't afford to mess up tonight.