Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[brownie]

Thanks to a faulty DVR, could not watch French action

Believe me. You did not miss anything!

Hope the next weeks will see teams in better shape.

Edited August 8, 2011 by brownie

[Van Basten II]

That bad hey ! Found a way to get a copy to see mes Verts in action, at worse it will help me put myself to sleep,

[Van Basten II]

Watched today Wolfsburg losing in a cruel fashion to the Bayern. Cruel because they had the right tactics and they limited the Munich offense to very few chances before allowing a late goal in the second half, what made it worse is the fact they had a legimate goal disallowed by a linejudge at the end of the first half. If it had standed, who knows how thighs would have developped

Question for Manfred or anyone that can answer what is the story between the Munich fans and heir new keeper

Saw finally some French action Stade Rennais was hosting the new Rockefellers of Le Championnat PSG. In what was a enjoyable match the host earned a well deserved point by equalizing the score during the last minutes of the match. Only 1 point in two games for the Parisian who have yet to find a groove.

The biggest matchup tomorrow is another duel between the rivals of La Liga.

[Van Basten II]

Poor start by Chelsea who were limited to a goalless tie despite outgunning Stoke City. Give credit to the home team for never losing their cool.

[Van Basten II]

MU looked after 15 minutes to be on their way to an easy win but then things got more complicated, not a bad match .

[Van Basten II]

Don't think they are chanting viva Zapata in Vila-real right now

[B. Goren.]

I think this would be Arsene Wenger's last season in Arsenal. Arsenal deserves more. 5 or six seasons without any title is a good reason to thank him for his contribution and say goodbye. Arsenal needs change.

[EKE BBB]

Shit!

One more championship for Barcelona (Spanish Supercopa). And this time we -Real Madrid- played better in both matches... but there's a little Argentinian guy called Lionel who fucked it all up!

[B. Goren.]

Shit!

One more championship for Barcelona (Spanish Supercopa). And this time we -Real Madrid- played better in both matches... but there's a little Argentinian guy called Lionel who fucked it all up!

Playing better is not enough.

[EKE BBB]

Shit!

One more championship for Barcelona (Spanish Supercopa). And this time we -Real Madrid- played better in both matches... but there's a little Argentinian guy called Lionel who fucked it all up!

Playing better is not enough.

But it's a step in the right direction, compared to the four Barcelona-Real Madrid matches at end of the last season. Now we just have to WIN.

Do we have to wipe out the "fleas plague"?

[Fer Urbina]

Do we have to wipe out the "fleas plague"?

"Wipe out" may not be the best choice of words, given the current state of affairs

I agree that Real Madrid played better, but there are two things that may play against them later in the year: physical condition, Barça will get better, and Madrid will peak earlier in the calendar, and that quite obviously Barça has undermined RM psychologically. Playing like they did they could well win, but they seem to get nervous and resort to stupid tactics.

F

[Van Basten II]

Watched Arsenal-Liverpool both teams looked like they barely are mid-table level , United can sleep tight.

Edited August 20, 2011 by Van Basten II

[Van Basten II]

Gunners looked better against Udinese, then again it is a sign of maybe how bleak are things in Calcio.

Some relatively shocking news as Fernerbahce was pulled out of the Champions League by the Turkish federation because of their involvment in a match fixing scandal. Last news I heard they were replaced by Trabzonspor the team that finish second, small problem, the team did play qualifications and was eliminated and was supposed to join Europa league also according to some reports Trabzonspor according to some reports was mentionned in the events relating to this scandal.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Fenerbahce-appeal-Champions-League-ban/articleshow/9734184.cms

[Van Basten II]

Here's the draw for Champions League

Groupe A

FC Bayern München (GER)

Villarreal CF (ESP)

Manchester City FC (ENG)

SSC Napoli (ITA)

Groupe B

FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)

PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)

LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)

Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)

Groupe C

Manchester United FC (ENG)

SL Benfica (POR)

FC Basel 1893 (SUI)

FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU)

Groupe D

Real Madrid CF (ESP)

Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)

AFC Ajax (NED)

GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Groupe E

Chelsea FC (ENG)

Valencia CF (ESP)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)

KRC Genk (BEL)

Groupe F

Arsenal FC (ENG)

Olympique de Marseille (FRA)

Olympiacos FC (GRE)

Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Groupe G

FC Porto (POR)

FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)

APOEL FC (CYP)

Groupe H

FC Barcelona (ESP)

AC Milan (ITA)

FC BATE Borisov (BLR)

FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Inter and MU seems to have it easy, Barcelona and AC Milan shoud be a lock for the next phase, the proverbial group of death looks to be group A , groups D, E and F have their share of intrigue, group G has to be the ugly duckling of the competition.

Edited August 26, 2011 by Van Basten II

[B. Goren.]

The most interesting games will probably be AC Milan Vs. Barca and Arsenal Vs. Borussia Dortmund.

I'm waiting for the European League draw.

Edited August 26, 2011 by B. Goren.

[B. Goren.]

Europa League groups:

Group A: Tottenham (England), Rubin (Russia), PAOK (Greece), Shamrock (Ireland).

Group B: Copenhagen (Denmark). Standard Liege (Belgium). Hannover (Germany), Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine).

GROUP C: PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), Rapid Bucharest (Romania), Legia Warsaw (Poland).

GROUP D: Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Lazio (Italy), Zurich (Switzerland), Vaslui (Romania).

GROUP E: Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Besiktas (Turkey), Stoke City (England), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel).

GROUP F: PSG (France), Athletic Bilbao (Spain), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia).

GROUP G: AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine), Austria Vienna (Austria), Malmo (Sweden).

GROUP H: Braga (Portugal), Club Brugge (Belgium), Birmingham City (England), Maribor (Slovenia).

GROUP I: Atletico Madrid (Spain), Udinese (Italy), Rennes (France), Sion (Switzerland).

GROUP J: Schalke (Germany), Steaua Bucharest (Romania), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), AEK Larnaca (Cyprus).

GROUP K: Twente (Netherlands), Fulham (England), Odense (Denmark), Wisla Krakow (Poland).

GROUP L: Anderlecht (Belgium), AEK Athens (Greece), Loko Moscow (Russia), Sturm Graz (Austria).

Three Israeli teams qualified to this stage which is of course an important achievement for the Israeli football.

Edited August 27, 2011 by B. Goren.

[Van Basten II]

Don't think we are goint to get a wilder match this weekend than Valencia-Racing

[Van Basten II]

So far it's 8-1 in Manchester against London today.

[B. Goren.]

So far it's 8-1 in Manchester against London today.

8-2 at the end. I'm sure that even Arsene Wenger is replaceable.

[Van Basten II]

I actually was combining the results of the London teams playing Manchester teams so I guess the total score would be something like 11-3. As I wrote somewhere above tthis is the worst Arsenal team I ever since I can follow the Premier League on a regular basis, this is barely a mid-table team.

Big match today between Barça and Villareal.

[B. Goren.]

Arsenal offers compensation.

[Van Basten II]

Hmmm wonder if other teams will follow suit.

[B. Goren.]

This is a very unusual step.

[B. Goren.]

Yossi Benayoun has joined Arsenal. Yossi took a very wise decision.

[Jazzjet]

Yossi Benayoun has joined Arsenal. Yossi took a very wise decision.

Not to mention Mikel Arteta from Everton.