Europa League 11/12

[Cripps_orig]

Cleverley is fucking shite

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Llorente off, Toquero on.

[Syn]

It's been a long time since I've seen a Man Utd side 'out-pressed'. They've been bullied for the 135 mins of the tie so far.

But, still, bit of a smash and grab.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafael is dead again. He is their Gibbs.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ashley Young stayed on his feet. :faint:

[Cripps_orig]

Young didnt dive there :yikes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 HT.

It's a bit concerning how often I say the same thing as someone else, at the same time. And not just on here.

[latewinner]

Man United really are average. I know Arsenal fans say that a lot when they win titles and I always think it's rubbish but it's true now and this shit team is going too win it again.
How is it Bilbao can totally outclass them and we do nothing.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Man United really are average. I know Arsenal fans say that a lot when they win titles and I always think it's rubbish but it's true now and this shit team is going too win it again.
How is it Bilbao can totally outclass them and we do nothing.

Thats more of an indication how poor the EPL has gotten tbh. Manc just the best of a bad bunch imo, even City are not as good as been made out to be.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd are playing Athletic Madrid according to Jim Rosenthal.

[Cripps_orig]

Jim Rosenthal thinks Man Utd are playing Atletico Madrid

[Syn]

One thing that has stood out for me today which is rare is the unity in the Bilbao side. Now you think that's just a buzz word but I can name examples. Just now they showed a replay of Muniain nearly capping off a great move with a goal - it hit the post, came back out and he was about to tap the rebound in but someone else snatched it away from him. He didn't complain or say anything to the other player, he just got on with it. At other times, I've also seen one of their players calling for an obvious pass and not getting it (...move breaks down) but they've just sprinted back. No dwelling on it at all.

For us, you see Ramsey yelling at players when they don't give the ball to him in great positions - others too sometimes throw a little tantrum. Nothing wrong with it IMO - we're all doing the same too. But you have to admire that about Bilbao.

Just now again - the guy who shot should've squared it. But no reaction from either player.

[Cripps_orig]

We have to get Bielsa, Munian, Llorente and Martinez in asap

[Cripps_orig]

PSV 0-1 Valencia

Rami

2-5 on agg

[Syn]

Holy fuck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

OMG Iraola. :haha:

What a run. Shame he ballsed it up.

Also, surely that's Valencia through.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

We have to get Bielsa, Munian, Llorente and Martinez in asap

Fuck yes, can we have their manager too.

[Cripps_orig]

Nearly saw the goal of the century there

Iraola doing his best to get in the list of Must Gets for Arsenal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rooney. :lol:

[Ernesto]

Iraola! Even Collymore screamed, willing it to go in!

Winterburn doing the commentary on SSN, presumably fighting to stifle his laughter.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You can tell Toquero is on instead of Llorente.

[Cripps_orig]

Torquero should do better

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rafael booked.

[Cripps_orig]

Rafael booked for handball

[Cripps_orig]

Man City: Hart, Richards, Toure, Savic, Kolarov, Pizarro, Toure Yaya, Johnson, Silva, Balotelli, Aguero. Subs: Pantilimon, Milner, Dzeko, Nasri, Clichy, De Jong, Roman.

Sporting: Rui Patricio, Daniel Carrico, Xandao, Anderson Polga, Insua, Bruno Pereirinha, Fernandez, Schaars, Diego Capel, Izmailov, van Wolfswinkel. Subs: Marcelo, Evaldo, Jeffren, Carrillo, Andre Santos, Neto, Rubio.

Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

[Cripps_orig]

Rio and Carrick hauled off

Pogba and Smalling on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0, De Marcos!

[Cripps_orig]

2-0

Mancs have been ripped apart

[Syn]

:lol: at Fergie trying to save face by bringing off important players.

They've been violated.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I've never seen Man Utd so comprehensively dicked on, in two legs. If that makes sense.

[Cripps_orig]

Giggs off, Welbeck on

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Giggs gets a standing ovation.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh dear.

Premier League. :rose:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I've never seen Man Utd so comprehensively dicked on, in two legs. If that makes sense.

They never really cared for this comp as much as they said they did, its good for them as it will help them to win the league these less games.

Shame that we won't have a manc derby final though.

[Cripps_orig]

PSV get one back

1-1

TOivonen

3-5 on agg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They never really cared for this comp as much as they said they did, its good for them as it will help them to win the league these less games.

Shame that we won't have a manc derby final though.

No, they've been outplayed. To say they don't care is just making excuses.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Arsenal should have an Islington only policy. Reppin.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Susaeta should've made it 3-0.

[Cripps_orig]

Should be 3

Shoots wide

Brilliant play though

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Toquero clears one again. :lol:

[Syn]

How has he missed that?

Over two legs, this should've been a cricket score. But 5-2's not bad.

[Globalgunner]

The 7th team in la liga making a monkey of the best team in the EPL the so called best league innthe world TM. If they really had thier eyes srewed in sraight today they would have given them a half dozen. Take that Richrd Keys and the other muppet. (name escapes me right now).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rooney is dead.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Even the Europa league is not as easy as people think come the business end of the comp.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1, great goal from Rooney.

[Cripps_orig]

3-0 Hannover

Kanu has 2 OGs in that :lol:

5-2 on agg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Herrera off, Perez on.

[Syn]

pub-team wundergoal.

Another incredibly flattering result for Man Utd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Marcos turns it wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Muniain off, San Jose on.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

City games on ESPN FFS

[Cripps_orig]

Udinese miss a penalty

[Cripps_orig]

City games on ESPN FFSAs i posted last night

[Xhaka Can’t]

As i posted last night

Charlie makes good use of the ignore button.

[Cripps_orig]

Charlie makes good use of the ignore button.If only

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd out. :lol:

Absolutely shat on in both games.

Bilbao. :bow:

Valencia are through too. Expect Atleti to get through later on, too.

[Syn]

Another smash and grab result for Bilbao.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

As i posted last night

Never looked in this tread till 7pm today.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Charlie makes good use of the ignore button.

Though i try to treat everyone fairly equality and all that even the special people need to feel loved.

[Cripps_orig]

On we go to City getting knocked out then?

Think they'll go through though

3-1 on the night

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Bilbao :bow:

A little bit wasteful, but dominated them in both legs. They were better in every single way, and ORN was probably out thought in both legs too. The scoreline flattered United hugely.

If they play like this every week then there's just no contest between the two leagues, especially as they're 7th.

If only Bilbao had said yes, we might have Llorente instead of the Bin Man.

[Cripps_orig]

1-0 Olympiaikos

0-1 Twente

McClaren :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

http://h9.abload.de/img/untitled-33ozth.gif

Ha. Keeper completely done by the instant finish. Look forward to seeing Llorente at the Euros.

[Marc Overmars]

Berbatov is leaving in the summer.

Cheeky bid?

[Dennis Bendtner]

He will emo his way back to Spurs.

[Cripps_orig]

Huntelaar scores for Schalke

1-1

1-2 on agg

0-1 Atletico

1-4 on agg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

SPL II. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 0-1 Sporting, Fernandez.

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Mancini :wave:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Berbatov is leaving in the summer.

Cheeky bid?

He's on a free in the summer.
City 0-1 down

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh need three goals now. :lol:

Premier League. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 0-2 Sporting, Van Wolfswinkel!!

:haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

EPL :rose:

[Cripps_orig]

:haha:

What a great night for football

[Dennis Bendtner]

The Old Boys are flying the flag in Europe now. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Jong on for Johnson.

Says it all.

[Cripps_orig]

Bring on a DM when you need 4 goals :haha:

Mancini is gone

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Mancini expect Jose to be in his spot in August.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Pel to Shalke.

Huntelaar 2-2 on agg. No saving that.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 1-2 Sporting, Aguero.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Silva hauled off, Nasri on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

3-2 aggregate Schalke.

Jermaine Jones. Decent goal.

[Cripps_orig]

McLaren :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty to Citeh.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh 2-2 Sporting, Balotelli.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Huntelaar seals it on the counter; 4-2 on aggregate.

He's also on a pretty ridiculous scoring run this season.

[Cripps_orig]

Huntelaar seals it on the counter; 4-2 on aggregate.

He's also on a pretty ridiculous scoring run this season.Best dutch striker around tbh if you consider his international record as well

[Olivier's xmas twist]

3-2 city Ageuro

[Cripps_orig]

Metalist get one back

1-1 on the night

2-1 on agg to Olympiaikos

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

0-2 Atletico

Falcao

[Olivier's xmas twist]

5 Mins Added time. (City game)

Balotelli booked, misses the next game if they go through.

[Cripps_orig]

1-2 Metalist

2-2 on agg

They lead on away goals

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Citeh out.

:haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Corner

Hart sprinting up... head it just wide! :haha:

Full time.

Edit: It was a really good save actually, could have been going in.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Citeh out.

:haha:

Citeh :pal:

So one of the 2 mancs will end the season trophy less.

[Cripps_orig]

Bilbao, Hannover, Valencia, AZ, A Madrid, Sporting, Mentalist and Schalke are through

[Master Splinter]

Not to discredit Athletic Bilbao and Sporting Lisbon in any way, but this was a seriously pathetic European showing from the Manchester clubs. Two of the most expensive squads in the world and to just flop out like a bunch of amateurs is beyond embarrassing. One of them will pub their way to the title, so it will be forgotten instantly. Or conveniently, I should say. United's - especially this current United with future world 'superstars' like Jones, Wellshit, Smalling - energetic GHEL style is perfect for the Premier League. But overpowering teams will never work in the face of rapidly evolving Spanish and German teams.

Come on Wilshere, Oxo and Afobe.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Europa League draw is on now.

:popcorn:

[Marc Overmars]

I think everyone on the continent is following Barca's blueprint. It's clearly the most effective form of football now and if Prem sides want to progress in Europe again they need to rethink their strategy.

[Cripps_orig]

Would rather play like Real tbh and not some team 10 points off top spot in their league

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ vs Valencia.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke vs Athletic Bilbao.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting vs Metalist Kharkiv.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid vs Hannover.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid/Hannover vs AZ/Valencia.

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting/Metalist Kharkiv vs Schalke/Athletic Bilbao.

Two all Spanish finals are quite possible I would say.

[Cripps_orig]

Can Bilbao raise their game v a pub team outfit such as Schalke?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I reckon so, Bielsa will eat them otherwise.

I can't wait for the Copa Del Rey final.

[Cripps_orig]

Atl Madrid v Hannover 96 Thu 29 Mar 20:05
AZ Alkmaar v Valencia Thu 29 Mar 20:05
Schalke 04 v Athletic Bilbao Thu 29 Mar 20:05
Sporting v Met'st Kharkiv Thu 29 Mar 20:05

Schalke v Bilbao on 5

Atletico Madrid v Hannover on ITV 4

AZ v Valencia on ESPN

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll probably watch Schalke v Athletic Bilbao.

[Cripps_orig]

Me too

Raul and Huntelaar v Llorentes and Muniain :popcorn:

[Cripps_orig]

Pat Nevin is the pundit on 5

[Cripps_orig]

EL Music :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke 04: Hildebrand, Uchida, Papadopoulos, Matip, Fuchs, Hoger, Jones, Draxler, Raul, Farfan, Huntelaar.
Subs: Schober, Escudero, Hoogland, Marica, Holtby, Jurado, Moritz.

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz, Iraola, Javi Martinez, Amorebieta, Aurtenetxe, Iturraspe, De Marcos, Ander Herrera, Susaeta, Llorente, Muniain.
Subs: Raul, Toquero, San Jose, Inigo Perez, Ekiza, Ibai, Ramalho.

Referee: Pedro Proenca (Portugal)

[Cripps_orig]

Hildebrand lives?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting: Rui Patricio, Joao Pereira, Xandao, Anderson Polga, Insua, Daniel Carrico, Fernandez, Schaars, Izmailov, Diego Capel, van Wolfswinkel.
Subs: Marcelo, Evaldo, Jeffren, Carrillo, Andre Martins, Neto, Rubio.

FC Metalist Kharkiv: Goryainov, Obradovic, Gueye, Torsiglieri, Villagra, Torres, Cleiton Xavier, Sosa, Blanco, Taison, Cristaldo.
Subs: Disljenkovic, Berezovchuk, Shelayev, Valyaev, Pshenichnikh, Marlos, Devic.

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Cristaldo. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ: Alvarado, Marcellis, Moisander, Klavan, Poulsen, Martens, Elm, Maher, Gudmundsson, Altidore, Holman.
Subs: Heijblok, Johansson, Boymans, Falkenburg, Lam, Wijnaldum, Benschop.

Valencia: Diego Alves, Barragan, Ricardo Costa, Dealbert, Mathieu, Topal, Tino Costa, Pablo, Feghouli, Jordi Alba, Soldado.
Subs: Guaita, Albelda, Jonas, Aduriz, Piatti, Victor Ruiz, Parejo.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

How is Martin Atkinson good enough for this competition? Anyway, Unai Emery has to win this one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Filipe Luis, Turan, Gabi, Mario Suarez, Koke, Adrian, Falcao.
Subs: Sergio Asenjo, Tiago, Salvio, Paulo Assuncao, Dominguez, Perea, Diego.

Hannover 96: Zieler, Cherundolo, Eggiman, Pogatetz, Pander, Stindl, Schmiedebach, Pinto, Rausch, Schlaudraff, Diouf.
Subs: Miller, Haggui, Lala, Konan, Schulz, Chahed, Abdellaoui.

Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

Eggiman?! :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Robert from London via text:Metalist Kharkiv only were promoted to the Ukranian top division in 1991 and have never actually won the Ukranian division, however they still remain only the 2nd Ukranian team to play in Europe.

Robert :doh:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Now this pitch is terrible.

Christ I've just thought I might have Channel 5 to look forward to next season :ilt:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico 1-0 Hannover, Falcao. How many has he scored in the Europa League now?!

[Cripps_orig]

Huntelaar just wide

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Very good chance for Huntelaar not so long ago. Schalke are playing well.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Llorente :bow:

1-0.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke 0-1 Athletic Bilbao, Llorente!

You'd think they were losing 10-0 the way Dave Woods was talking.

[Cripps_orig]

Hildebrand probably wishes he was dead again

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Raul :bow:

1-1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke 1-1 Athetic Bilbao, Raul. :haha:

Football. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

1-1

RAULLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

What a legend

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sort it out Iraizoz.

[Syn]

Llorente :bow:


You say that but could he hack it on a warm summer's night at the Nou Camp?

[Cripps_orig]

Would £60m be enough for Javi Martinez, Munian and Llorente?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I doubt it, try £70 million.

Another good chance for Raul.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You say that but could he hack it on a warm summer's night at the Nou Camp?

We'll find out on Saturday.

[Cripps_orig]

Raul should have made it 2

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Bilbao's defending is really slapdash.

Great to watch.

[Cripps_orig]

Hannover equalise

Diouf

[Syn]

1-1

RAULLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

What a legend

3rd best Indian in history :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Terrible dive from Raul.

1-1 HT. Great game.

[Cripps_orig]

Penalty surely?

Raul was dragged back there

1-1 HT

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ 1-0 Valencia, Holman.

:doh:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

AZ 1-0 Valencia, Holman.

:doh:
Rors will be pleased.

[Cripps_orig]

Emerys gone

Rafa back to Valencia?

[Cripps_orig]

Uwe Rosler and Chris Coleman the ITV4 pundits

[Cripps_orig]

Hannovers defending :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Great assist for their goal though

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hildebrand off, Schober on.

Hildebrand. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant tackle from Papadopoulos.

[Dennis Bendtner]

So many blasts from the transfer list past here. Hildebrand, Huntelaar, Farfan (CK :rose:)

[Cripps_orig]

Huntelaar miles offside

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ 1-1 Valencia, Topal.

[Cripps_orig]

Hoger off

Holtby on

Jurado on

Draxler off

Schalke have made their 3 changes

[Cripps_orig]

Farfan shot saved

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Farfan caught that one, Iraizoz just about does enough with it.

[Cripps_orig]

1-0 Sporting

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Raul :bow:

2-1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1, what a goal by Raul!

[Cripps_orig]

RAULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Love this guy :bow:

What a finish

2-1

Izmailov got Sportings goal

[Cripps_orig]

Great save from the Bilbao keeper

Raul chips it just wide a few seconds later

[Cripps_orig]

2-0 Sporting

Insua

The Liverpool legend

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sporting 2-0 Metalist, Insua. :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Llorente :bow:

2-2.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Llorente, he is awesome!

[Cripps_orig]

2-2!!!!!

Llorente

Bilbao :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Villa, Llorente and Soldado. Bloody Spain.

[Cripps_orig]

Brilliant defending by Papadopulous

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nearly 2-3.

Huntelaar booked.

[Cripps_orig]

KJH booked

[Cripps_orig]

Bilbao are the better team now

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-3 De Marcos!

Bilbao are brilliant.

[Cripps_orig]

2-3 Bilbao

Bloody hell

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Smash and grab again. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AZ 2-1 Valencia, Martens. :rose:

[Cripps_orig]

AZ 2-1 Valencia

Martens

[McNamara That Ghost...]

De Marcos off, Ekiza on.

Dave Woods and Collymore were accusing De Marcos of faking it despite a shocker of a challenge on him from Papadopoulos.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Huntelaar hits the post!

[Cripps_orig]

Huntelaar hits the post

Would have been a great goal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iraizoz denies Raul again!

[Cripps_orig]

Great save from Bilabaos keeper to deny Raul

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Hannover, Salvio.

[Cripps_orig]

2-1 Atletico

Salvio

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Muniain :bow:

4-2.

Bilbao :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-4 Muniain! Incredible.

[Cripps_orig]

2-4

Brilliant

Muniain

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke 2-4 Athletic Bilbao, FT. Brilliant game.

[Cripps_orig]

2-4 FT

Schalke were good, Bilbao were just :blink:

[Cripps_orig]

Metalist get one back

[Cripps_orig]

Salvios was a good goal

All games over

Three 2-1s and a 2-4

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The goals from the other games on ITV4 in a minute.

Europa League. :bow:

Much more enjoyable than it gets credit for. Just needs higher prize money for it to be taken more seriously in this country, or I suppose, when England lose the fourth Champions League place.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holman's goal was brilliant.

Good assist for the second too.

[Cripps_orig]

Villa will soon coach that out of him

Bilbao v Schalke is on 5 again next week

[Marc Overmars]

Llorente. :bow:

If he were to leave Bilbao any clues as to where he could end up? Barca or Real?

We wouldn't be in the running, obviously.

[Cripps_orig]

He doesnt seem a **** so id say Real

[Cripps_orig]

Athletic Bilbao v Schalke 04 (agg 4 - 2) Thu 5 Apr 20:05
Met'st Kharkiv v Sporting (agg 1 - 2)Thu 5 Apr 20:05
Hannover 96 v Atl Madrid (agg 1 - 2) Thu 5 Apr 20:05
Valencia v AZ Alkmaar (agg 1 - 2) Thu 5 Apr 20:05

Bilbao v Schalke on 5

Valencia v AZ on ITV 4

Hannover v Atletico on ESPN

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Bilbao. :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

Mentalist Kharkiv. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

FC Metalist Kharkiv: Goryainov, Villagra, Berezovchuk, Obradovic, Pshenichnikh, Torres, Edmar, Sosa, Cleiton Xavier, Taison, Cristaldo.
Subs: Disljenkovic, Shelayev, Valyaev, Blanco, Marlos, Devic, Radchenko.

Sporting: Rui Patricio, Insua, Anderson Polga, Xandao, Joao Pereira, Schaars, Izmailov, Fernandez, Andre Martins, Diego Capel, van Wolfswinkel.
Subs: Marcelo, Evaldo, Carrillo, Andre Santos, Neto, Ribas, Rubio.

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valencia: Diego Alves, Barragan, Rami, Ricardo Costa, Mathieu, Feghouli, Topal, Tino Costa, Jordi Alba, Jonas, Soldado.
Subs: Guaita, Maduro, Aduriz, Piatti, Dealbert, Pablo, Parejo.

AZ: Alvarado, Marcellis, Moisander, Viergever, Poulsen, Maher, Elm, Martens, Beerens, Altidore, Holman.
Subs: Heijblok, Johansson, Gudmundsson, Falkenburg, Klavan, Lam, Benschop.

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz, Iraola, Ekiza, Amorebieta, Aurtenetxe, Ander Herrera, Javi Martinez, De Marcos, Susaeta, Llorente, Muniain.
Subs: Raul, Toquero, San Jose, Gabilondo, Inigo Perez, Ibai, Ruiz de Galarreta.

Schalke 04: Unnerstall, Hoogland, Papadopoulos, Matip, Escudero, Holtby, Jones, Obasi Ogbuke, Raul, Jurado, Huntelaar.
Subs: Schober, Marica, Hoger, Farfan, Metzelder, Uchida, Moritz.

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hannover 96: Zieler, Cherundolo, Eggiman, Pogatetz, Pander, Schlaudraff, Pinto, Schulz, Rausch, Konan, Diouf.
Subs: Miller, Haggui, Lala, Sobiech, Chahed, Abdellaoui, Schmiedebach.

Atletico Madrid: Courtois, Perea, Miranda, Godin, Filipe Luis, Tiago, Mario Suarez, Koke, Diego, Adrian, Falcao.
Subs: Sergio Asenjo, Salvio, Paulo Assuncao, Pizzi, Dominguez, Momar, Niguez.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schalke have started well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Muniain with a good chance, heads it right at Unnerstall.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Brilliant save from Iraizoz to deny Huntelaar on the volley.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Valencia 1-0 AZ, Rami.

La Liga. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Valencia, Rami again!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Schalke, Huntelaar. Great finish.

[Cripps_orig]

Its on :popcorn:

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Muniain curls one not too far wide. Probably their best constructed move of the game.

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Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Schalke, Ibai Gomez! What a goal.

He came on for Herrera earlier.

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1-1

Gomez

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That is a brilliant goal

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He went for it again, going wide this time. :lol:

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Metalist 0-1 Sporting, Van Wolfswinkel. :bow:

HT in all games.

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Iraizos tips Obasi's shot over. Bit of power in that one.

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1-2 Schalke

Raul

Bloody hell

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Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Schalke, Raul. What a finish. :blink:

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Raul and Del Piero might be free this summer

Should get both

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Llorente should've left that for De Marcos.

Javi Martinez booked, misses their next game.

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Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Schalke, Susaeta! Brilliant pass by Muniain. :bow:

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2-2 :lol:

Susaeta

Europa League :bow:

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I want extra time tbh

Come on Schalke

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6-4 on aggregate. :haha:

These two ties have been brilliant.

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Huntelaar is on 42 for the season. :blink:

Llorente off, Toquero on.

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Valencia 3-0 AZ, Jordi Alba.

Emery. :bow:

Two assists for Soldado tonight. :popcorn:

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Metalist 1-1 Sporting, Cristaldo.

Farfan on, Jurado off.

Munian should've done better there.

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Valencia lead 3-0

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Obasi off, Marica on.

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Hannover 0-1 Atleti, Adrian Lopez.

La Liga. :bow:

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Holtby off, Hoeger on.

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Ibai Gomez off, San Jose on.

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Xavier has a pelanty saved. Woul've drawn Metalist level in the tie. :doh:

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Has the semi final draw already been done?

Who do Bilbao face if so?

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Valencia 4-0 AZ, Pablo.

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Has the semi final draw already been done?

Who do Bilbao face if so?

Sporting as it stands.

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Ah they face Sporting

Just heard the commentator

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Hannover 1-1 Atleti, Diouf.

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The games in Germany and Ukraine look tight :popcorn:

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1-2 Atletico

Falcao

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Hannover 1-2 Atletico Madrid, Falcao. :bow:

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Susaeta blazes across goal, great stuff from Muniain again.

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All three Spanish teams are through. :bow:

Not bad for SPL II.

Highlights will be on ITV4 soon.

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Sporting are through too.

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Bilbao v Sporting

Atletico v Valencia

We hoping for a Bilbao v Valencia final?

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Jim Rosenthal called Athletic Bilbao 'our' team. :lol:

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Bilbao v Sporting

Atletico v Valencia

We hoping for a Bilbao v Valencia final?

Yeah I would say so.

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Also now we are down to 2 games, who gets the television rights? 5, ITV or ESPN?

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Channel 5 probably have both of Athletic Bilbao's games (certainly the first leg). Maybe ITV4 and ESPN will alternate the other semi.

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5 :bow:

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Great goal from Adrian.