UEFA held the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage today and some fascinating pairings emerged. Both Martin Jol and Steve McClaren will take their new clubs back to England as FC Twente will face Manchester City and Jol’s Hamburg will take on Aston Villa.
This year’s groups are looking really tough and the field contains […]
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UEFA Cup Group Draw
October 7th, 2008 · Comments · Rosenborg, Stuttgart, Valencia, ac milan, ajax, as nancy, aston villa, benfica, braga, cska moscow, dinamo zagreb, fc copenhagen, fc twente, feyenoord, hertha berlin, milan baros, olympiacos, portsmouth, sampdoria, schalke, sevilla, slavia prague, spartak moscow, tottenham, tottenham hotspur, udinese, uefa cup, uefa cup group stage, wolfsburg
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UEFA Cup First Round Draw Result
August 29th, 2008 · Comments · Slavia Praha, Valencia, ac milan, aston villa, benfica, borussia dortmund, braga, cska moscow, everton, fc copenhagen, fc twente, hamburg, hamburger sv, portsmouth, schalke, sevilla, slavia prague, sparta prague, tottenham, uefa cup
The UEFA Cup first-round draw was held on Friday and there are a number of interesting new faces in the competition. One of those teams is Dutch side FC Twente, who as we’ve detailed in previous posts, is now coached by former England boss Steve McClaren. Twente, who were entered into the UEFA Cup after […]
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Transfer Update: Reyes to Benfica, Crosas to Celtic, Cuellar to Villa
August 12th, 2008 · Comments · ac milan, benfica, celtic fc, champions league, portsmouth, rangers fc, transfers, uefa cup
Benfica have completed their fourth signing of the summer by agreeing a one-year loan deal for Spanish winger Jose Antonio Reyes. The 24-year-old makes the move from Atletico Madrid, with the Lisbon club also having the option to buy the player at the end of his loan spell. Benfica coach Quique Sanchez Flores continues to […]
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Bayern, Real, Lyon closing in on domestic glory
April 21st, 2008 · Comments · PSV, ajax, bayern munich, benfica, de graafschap, fc porto, olympiacos, olympique lyonnais, real madrid, vvv venlo
With so much focus on the English Premier League and its dominance of the Champions League, I wanted to switch gears and take a look at some of the other leagues in Europe.
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Benfica’s Bounceback and Inzaghi’s Golden Strike
December 5th, 2007 · Comments · ac milan, benfica, celtic, champions league group stage, filippo inzaghi, gerd muller, ruud van nistelrooy, shakhtar donetsk
The stories of legendary proportions continued to be written on Tuesday night as Group D was decided. In a stunning reversal of fortunes, former Group D leaders Shakhtar Donetsk were knocked out of all European competitions last night. Oscar Cardozo was the hero for Portugese giants Benfica as he scored two goals in the […]
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Group D Decided Today
December 4th, 2007 · Comments · ac milan, benfica, celtic, champions league group stage, shakhtar donetsk
As AC Milan will be heading to Tokyo to compete in the FIFA Club World Cup against Boca Juniors and other regional champions, the final group games in Group D have been bumped up to today.
Coming off last week’s results, AC Milan have already qualified for the next round but will want to finish on […]
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Binya banned for six matches
November 23rd, 2007 · Comments · augustin binya, benfica, celtic
Benfica midfielder Augustin Binya has been banned for six UEFA matches following his red card for a high challenge on Scott Brown in a recent Champions League match against Celtic. This is the correct decision on what can truly be described using that oft-thrown around term — horror tackle. As we showed in […]
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Please ban Binya
November 8th, 2007 · Comments · augustin binya, benfica, celtic, roy keane, scott brown
I sincerely hope that Benfica’s Augustin Binya is hit with a harsh ban for his horror tackle on Celtic’s Scott Brown. Actually, to term it a tackle is an injustice. It really was nothing more than an assault and attempt to injure Brown. The closest I’ve seen to this is when Manchester United’s Roy […]
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Koeman chooses Valencia over PSV
November 1st, 2007 · Comments · Valencia, ajax, benfica, psv eindhoven, ronald koeman
Following up on my prior post on coaching changes, news has emerged today that yet another change has occured. Ronald Koeman, the former Ajax and Benfica boss, has resigned his role as manager of PSV Eindhoven to take on the vacant managerial role for Spanish club Valencia. The La Liga side are thought to have […]
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Matchday 3: Wednesday Predictions and Players to Watch
October 24th, 2007 · Comments · Valencia, ac milan, benfica, besiktas, celtic, champions league group stage, chelsea, fc porto, liverpool, marseille, schalke
I had a pretty decent day with the predictions yesterday, so let’s see if I can keep it going. Today’s matches feature some teams that desperately need to put points on the board, including Liverpool and Werder Bremen. Let’s take a quick look at the matchups.
Besiktas - LiverpoolOn the back of their derby win over […]
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