Re: Europa League 2014-15 - Pt.1

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:58 pm

And right on queue, Rudi sends on Iturbe and Ninja....times like these, I do love our depth.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:59 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Diego Benaglio, that f*cking GOAT.

Bookmarking this moment when Vivas praised an Italian

FT 2-3. Athletic giving Torino an ovation. Class

yeah Benaglio is Swiss, brah

by Lord Spencer Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:59 pm

Five Serie A teams won the round :bow:

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:02 pm

Lord Spencer wrote:Five Serie A teams won the round

It ain't over yet. "Roma" can still happen.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:02 pm

McLewis wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Diego Benaglio, that f*cking GOAT.

Bookmarking this moment when Vivas praised an Italian

FT 2-3. Athletic giving Torino an ovation. Class

yeah Benaglio is Swiss, brah

With that name he has to be a Swiss Italian. Close enough, at least as far as Viva is concerned.

http://www.gens.info/italia/it/turismo-viaggi-e-tradizioni-italia?cognome=benaglio&x=0&y=0#.VO-X6XzF9FU

by Helmer Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:03 pm

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:Italian teams: Torino, Fiorentina, Inter, Napoli and Roma. 5 teams I think Napoli will go far in this competition. Der Master Winnitez
Spanish : Sevilla, Bilbao, Villarel
German: Wolgsburg, Borussia,
Dutch: Feynoord, Ajax, PSV
English: Everton
the black hole league: Zenit

the contenders highlighted

SERIE A

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:03 pm

We've gone into our shell again. Ninja-Keita-De Rossi means a whole lot of lateral passes. Just takes one misplaced pass for Feyenoord to get in behind us and score.

by djfawnz Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:05 pm

McLewis chill, very diffcult for the opponents to score 2 you know....

by Robespierre Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:06 pm

Yes , I thought also Benaglio had Italian origins . Di Matteo is a Swiss-Italian too.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:07 pm

djfawnz wrote:McLewis chill, very diffcult for the opponents to score 2 you know....

I am a romanista, brah....we don't "chill"....ain't over til it's over.

by Lord Spencer Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:09 pm

Great foul from Feynoord.

by Lord Spencer Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:09 pm

McLewis is right.

Ita ain't over until the Fat Lady sings.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:11 pm

dat push on Iturbe's back.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:12 pm

poor tackle from Paredes.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:14 pm

FFS Gerv pass the ball

by jibers Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:16 pm

Bilbao

by Lord Spencer Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:17 pm

Europa League 2014-15 - Pt.1 - Page 27 Z

IT'S OVER

FIVE SERIE A TEAMS STILL IN EL

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:18 pm

Grazie Roma Proud

Now do it again on Monday ffs.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:20 pm

Serie Zzzz is now pulling what I call a "bundesliga": get your top teams eliminated in the group stages of the CL so you can stat pad coefficient points in the EL. Learning from the best Proud

All joking aside this has been a very exciting matchday for us calciofaces. 6 out of 6 teams that qualified for Europe are still in it Proud

Tomorrow the draw is released, hopefully there will be no Italian pairings.

by McLewis Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:24 pm

You just know there will be though Laughing

....not that it matters all that much.

by rwo power Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:27 pm

BTW, Diego Benaglio was the Nr.1 of the Swiss NT for several years until this August. ^^

But today - great job indeed by Benaglio :bow:

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(By the way, same goes for Yann Sommer who despite getting 3 goals against him did a great job to stop a couple more sitters by Sevilla).

by Hapless_Hans Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:31 pm

Benaglio >>> Sommer based on today's evidence.

Hitzfeld knew what he was doing :coffee:

by rwo power Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:32 pm

Sommer >>>> Benaglio based on the Bundesliga defense stats :coffee:

by Hapless_Hans Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:33 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Serie Zzzz is now pulling what I call a "bundesliga": get your top teams eliminated in the group stages of the CL so you can stat pad coefficient points in the EL. Learning from the best

All joking aside this has been a very exciting matchday for us calciofaces. 6 out of 6 teams that qualified for Europe are still in it

Tomorrow the draw is released, hopefully there will be no Italian pairings.

When did the Bundesliga actually do that though Laughing

As far as recall, apart from Werder once and Bayern once no Bundesliga team made it far in EL in the last decade hmm

by McAgger Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:35 pm

Hamburg were in the all German semis, Hans.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:36 pm

Pls Hans. Let's not start some revisionist history here. If only CL coefficients mattered the bundesliga would have not surpassed Italy in 2011. The reason that it did was that they outperformed Italy in EL matches. They didn't need to make it far, just farther than the Italian teams. I'm fairly certain this is a fact but am too lazy to look up the actual numbers.

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