Europa League 2013/14

Already in the qualifying stages for this, not going to bother to list all of these games as it would be a waste of time.



The know teams that are already in the group stages are:
Spain Valencia
France Bordeaux
Italy Lazio
Russia Anzhi Makhachkala
England Wigan Athletic
Germany Freiburg
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães

Tottenham Hotspur enter in the 3rd qualifying round with the CL teams that have not qualified for their Group stages.

The Final next year will be held at Juventus' new stadium.

Last years thread is here: but locked. http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,43343.0.html

Just noticed after the event that Swansea are playing Malmö tonight.

Doesn't seen to be on TV, Welsh or English.

ITV4 if you're interested.

Swansea 4-0 Malmö

Not a bad run out.

Jonjo had a good game, and the Bony/Michu partnership looked great.

Gave me a laugh seeing the tweet from the official Malmo FF twitter account last night:

@Malmo_FF: Slut. 0-4

They went on to explain two hours later:

@Malmo_FF: "Slut" in swedish = "The end", "End of the game" etc

 

Swansea City up 1-0 on Valencia after Bony with a nice finish from Michu cross. Also Valencia are down to ten men after defender got red for puling down Bony as last man

2-0 Michu finish off nice pass from Pozuelo, funny watching this I believe Swansea City have more Spanish players on the pitch than Valencia

3-0 De Guzman with a nice free kick from 25 yards out finds the top corner

DeGuzman's freekick was better than Messi's freekick from yesterdays CL. A point against them in the PL don't look too bad judging by this game.  Shame Swan's could not replicate this to the mancs. 

They should scrap this league and just make the CL a bigger league and give the Prem 6 slots, Germany 6 slots, Spain 6, italy 6 and the rest 3 slots as their leagues are crap.

They should scrap this league and just make the CL a bigger league and give the Prem 6 slots, Germany 6 slots, Spain 6, italy 6 and the rest 3 slots as their leagues are crap.

If anything, we should go back to the former setting, European Cup for league winners and defending the European Cup only.  Cup Winner's Cup and Uefa Cup should be brought back.  If they wanted to keep a Champion's League type affair, it should only be League Winners & the Countries major Cup winners that qualify, if a team wins the double, 2nd in the league gets the spot.  Unfortunately, because money talks, your crass idea may have legs amongst the brown envelope types at UEFA.

Spurs 1-0 down. Fantastic ball into the box from a free kick that was headed home.

Soldado lucky to be on the pitch, blatant elbow in the first half.

Spurs pull one back. This could get interesting.

Dnipro down to 10 men for such a stupid red card decision considering what Soldado did first half.

Spurs up 2-1 now. Need just one more.

Red card for Dnipro. Jan Vertonghan made the most of that! Soldado's elbow was more worthy of a red!

hope spurs hang on here, would love them to have at least 2 more Thursday night games maybe even the quarters as our game v them is 3 days before the quarter finals!!

Spurs through! Excellent...

Dim Sherwood through to the final then smashed by Rafa that would be perfect.

This will drain them even more and it's a good thing for us all the way .

Adebayor barely breaks into a trot all game, scores twice against ten men and now he's a world beater.

Red card for Dnipro. Jan Vertonghan made the most of that! Soldado's elbow was more worthy of a red!

I was livid when I saw it happen.  Vertonghan is a blatant cheat imo.  That was disgraceful to the highest level... absolutely ruined the game.  To shaft sportsmanship like that just so you can win an EUROPA league game is absolutely bollocks.  lost all respect for the player and for the f**king tottenham fans that say it was deserved and took the 3-1 win as a justification that they are a freakin top 4 side.

just absolutely disgraceful.  That game was ruined due to BS theatrics.   F**kin spurs and their fans


here' is a vid of it.... what a f***in tool Vert is

I was livid when I saw it happen.  Vertonghan is a blatant cheat imo.  That was disgraceful to the highest level... absolutely ruined the game.  To shaft sportsmanship like that just so you can win an EUROPA league game is absolutely bollocks.  lost all respect for the player and for the f**king tottenham fans that say it was deserved and took the 3-1 win as a justification that they are a freakin top 4 side.

just absolutely disgraceful.  That game was ruined due to BS theatrics.   F**kin spurs and their fans


here' is a vid of it.... what a f***in tool Vert is

Woudn't see our Luis doing any of that nonsense

This competition is really hotting up. Some cracking games concluded this week. Better than the UCL matches played mid week. The frankfurt - Porto game was boss. So was Ludogorets - Lazio game, Spuds game was tame compared to these.
If you missed it try to watch the whole game with only knowing the 1st leg result.

a Seville derby in the next round, love those games, insanity tends to take over, hope the referee doesn't be too fussy and lets the aggro go.

Reina just saved Napoli's bacon....Martinez with a great shot off a cross that Reina tipped over.

Reina just saved Napoli's bacon....Martinez with a great shot off a cross that Reina tipped over.

Surely you mean pepperoni?

Surely you mean pepperoni?

Either one is tasty to me

Either one is tasty to me

Veggie here 

Is it just me, or is it weird watching Pepe and Rafa with another team?

Is it just me, or is it weird watching Pepe and Rafa with another team?

Got used to see Rafa with Chelsea so that's not as big a deal, but it's weird seeing Reina with this team.

Pepe with another big save.

Pepe with another big save.

Showboating

Settling in to watch the Benfia and Spurs match.

Markovic and Rodrigo the main attraction here.

Martinez scores off the half volley, deflects off a Napoli player.

Quality finish from Rodrigo

Settling in to watch the Benfia and Spurs match.

Markovic and Rodrigo the main attraction here.

Great finish from Rodrigo that!

Great finish from Rodrigo that!

Boss little player

ha ha ha 2-0

Damn, 2-1 now

Lloris is a liability

3-1!! No stopping that shot.

HA ha ha 3-1

1-3 now.

Sherwood in melt down.

They really have had some twattings this season; we stuffed them for 5, City smashed them both times they played this season, Chelsea smashed them last time out and now they are 3-1 to Benfica.

Money well spent....

Benfica manager is apparently a c**t

and Aaron Lennon is the definition of headless chicken. rushing to dead ends since forever.

Money well spent....

Ahh, yes.  But at least they showed ambition

AVB out.
Oh wait.

 


EASY!

That finish from Rodrigo was superb.

Ahh, yes.  But at least they showed ambition

Really? Ambition to have a record for number of kick offs in a season maybe.

Bye Bye Spurs .

Really? Ambition to have a record for number of kick offs in a season maybe.

He was being sarcastic Kenny.

Pity Spurs went out as we still have to play them.

Very surprised Napoli went out too..... Portugal may not have a strong league, but they always seem to do well in Europa league.

He was being sarcastic Kenny.

I know mate

I know mate

Sorry Kenny, just me being a bit thick.

Benfica 1 up after 2 minutes against Juventus, free header for Garay.

What's the betting that will be the final score?

Townsend AGAIN!

Sevilla up 1-0, beautiful free kick by Rakitic and a heel flick goal by M'bia (sp?)

Sevilla up 1-0, beautiful free kick by Rakitic and a heel flick goal by M'bia (sp?)

2-0 up now I believe.

2-0 up now I believe.

Yep, Bacca with a great finish for the second.

Yep, Bacca with a great finish for the second.

1st goal was well offside, so much so City could have scored it.

1st goal was well offside, so much so City could have scored it.

I didn't think the ball was touched on the way through, if it was then yes, he was extremely offside.

1-1 Tevez.

1-1 Tevez.

Looks like he may be set to miss the World Cup for Argentina. Which is fine for Argentina because they are all the better without him.

Benfica go and take the lead: 2:1

No stopping that strike by Lima!

Lima

Juve vs Benfica should be a good game. Rooting for Benfica myself.

Juve vs Benfica should be a good game. Rooting for Benfica myself.

And Valencia-Sevilla, which I'd like to see Sevilla win.

Valencia 2 up

Valencia beating Sevilla 3-0, sounds like an exciting match as well, but I'm watching Juve vs Benfica. Still 0-0 but not a bad game at all!
I really like Jonas (Valencia), a relatively late boomer so to speak, but has been doing very well since going to Europe.

Wow. Markovic sent off after being subbed... he'll be sorely missed if Benfica do make it to the final, this young fella is an incredible player from what I've seen of him.
Vucinic also sent off without even playing.

And Sevilla scores in the 94th minute! Unreal. Valencia 3-1 Sevilla.

And Sevilla scores in the 94th minute! Unreal. Valencia 3-1 Sevilla.

Insane. Couldn't watch either match, but happy for Sevilla. Mbia, of all people, with two goals over the two legs.

Benfica!

That moment when you see the corrupt Juventus complaining about Clattenburg ... hahaha!

I thought Clattenburg had a good game last night, Juve were very insipid if front of goal.

What about Markovic? Does anyone watch him on a regular basis? How good can he become? Only 20 years of age but every time I watch him, he impresses me. Showed amazing work rate for an attacking player.

What about Markovic? Does anyone watch him on a regular basis? How good can he become? Only 20 years of age but every time I watch him, he impresses me. Showed amazing work rate for an attacking player.

Think our resident Benfica member hopes he comes to us Diego.  Can't remember his user name but he posts in Ilori's thread occasionally and has made comment about Markovic recently maybe in the transfer thread.

loved Unai Emery's celebration, the man's a F***ing basketcase !

What about Markovic? Does anyone watch him on a regular basis? How good can he become? Only 20 years of age but every time I watch him, he impresses me. Showed amazing work rate for an attacking player.

He was born in 94 but plays as if he had 25 years.
He grew up a lot this season defensively. Benfica play 4-4-2 then ends have to defend a lot and still be available to attack. And he has reached that level.

Too much speed, good technique makes good decisions and has ... tomatoes.
When he arrived the media said he already came with an agreement with Chelsea. I do not know if this is true. I hope he can stay here a long time. At 20 years shows more than Di Maria or Gaitán showed when they arrived.

He is a real talent.

I already posted about him:

Lazar Markovic is watched by Liverpool chief scout as Reds join Chelsea in chase for Benfica star

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2577487/Liverpool-join-hunt-Benfica-star-previous-Chelsea-target-Markovic.html


20 years old. He will be top top player.

Goals:








Others:

Europa League Final kicks off in 15 minutes on ITV4.

Reported targets Guilherme Siqueira and Nicolas Gaitan are in the Benfica line-up, with Alberto Moreno and Ivan Rakitic in Sevilla line-up.

Townsend again: FFS.

What a run by Rakitic.  Cracking player.

Poor Benfica

Dreadful pens Res.

Tell me about it - I don't get the stuttering run-up.

Can someone tell me why players even attempt them when it has at least a 90% failure rate?

He was born in 94 but plays as if he had 25 years.
He grew up a lot this season defensively. Benfica play 4-4-2 then ends have to defend a lot and still be available to attack. And he has reached that level.

Too much speed, good technique makes good decisions and has ... tomatoes.
When he arrived the media said he already came with an agreement with Chelsea. I do not know if this is true. I hope he can stay here a long time. At 20 years shows more than Di Maria or Gaitán showed when they arrived.

He is a real talent.

I already posted about him:

If we buy him I'd be delighted, he's one of a kind. His attitude, skill, work rate, pace... everything. He'd be perfect for Liverpool.
Didn't know Liverpool are thinking about buying him, when I saw him I just thought he's the type of player we need.

Tell me about it - I don't get the stuttering run-up.

Can someone tell me why players even attempt them when it has at least a 90% failure rate?

Them pens last night were embarrassing and stupid to watch.