All posts tagged "Europa League"

  • MOTD: Sevilla 3-2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

    This is how a final should be.  There were thrills and spills and tricks and flicks galore.  There was also emotion of the sort that reflects the tight, nervy final that has come to dominate top-level football;...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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  • The battle to make (or avoid) the Europa League may come down to bookings

    Football holds all different kinds of meaning for different people.  For some it may be an outlet of relief, for others a source of pride.  It can be a means of life or simply casual pleasure.  But...

    • Posted May 11, 2015
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  • MOTD: Besiktas 1-0 Liverpool (5-4 pens)

    The Ataturk Olympic Stadium, almost ten years ago, saw perhaps the greatest European comeback in history: The Miracle of Istanbul, in which Liverpool came back from 3-0 down at halftime to beat AC Milan on penalties.  Skill,...

    • Posted February 26, 2015
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  • MOTD: Liverpool 1-0 Besiktas

    There went the first odd taste of life without Steven Gerrard at Anfield, both the good, and the bad. Placed high above in the ITV broadcasting booth, Gerrard commented while Jordan Henderson subbed as captain in midfield...

    • Posted February 19, 2015
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  • Manchester United only show weakness and ineptitude by disregarding the cups

    In many ways, winning the FA Cup used to be even bigger than winning the league. Winning the FA Cup signaled you were a top club – one of the best. But as of late, the FA...

    • Posted August 26, 2014
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  • MOTD- Valencia 5-0 FC Basel

    If there has ever been a case of a team providing their own downfall, it was tonight as Valencia hosted FC Basel for the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal tie.  Basel had won the first...

    • Posted April 10, 2014
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  • MOTD- Benfica 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur

    Tottenham Hotspur might have shown plenty of spirit to come back from behind to earn a draw with Benfica, but it couldn’t have been more obvious that Tim Sherwood’s side had their eyes cast on their Premier...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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  • MOTD- Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Benfica

    Just the fact that Benfica manager Jorge Jesus managed to taunt his counterpart at Tottenham Hotspur, Tim Sherwood, to the point where Sherwood nearly started a physical fight proves that the visitors at White Hart Lane had...

    • Posted March 13, 2014
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  • MOTD- Swansea City 0-0 Napoli

    It is quite unusual for a player-manager to do well in modern football, in no small part due to the difficulty of picking whether the manager himself with be in the starting lineup, but Swansea City’s interim...

    • Posted February 20, 2014
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  • MOTD- Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sheriff Tiraspol

    Tottenham Hotspur predictably beat Moldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol at White Hart Lane, but despite the relatively low scoreline the match provided Erik Lamela’s first outstanding performance since joining Spurs for a club record fee of £30 million...

    • Posted November 7, 2013
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