Europa League 11/12

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I'll probably watch Schalke v Athletic Bilbao.

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Me too

Raul and Huntelaar v Llorentes and Muniain

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Pat Nevin is the pundit on 5

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EL Music

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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)

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Hildebrand lives?

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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.

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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.

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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?!

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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