Europa League Discussion

El Turco · Post #1 » by **El Turco** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:10 am

Inaugural Europa League starts today, some good teams like Valencia, Roma, Villarreal, Gala, Werder, Shaktar etc featuring.

Groups

Group A
Anderlecht
Ajax
Timişoara
Dinamo Zagreb

Group C
Hamburg
H. Tel-Aviv
Celtic
Rapid Wien

Group E
Roma
CSKA Sofia
Fulham
Basel

Group G
Levski
Lazio
Salzburg
Villarreal

Group I
AEK
Benfica
BATE
Everton

Group K
København
Sparta Praha
PSV
CFR Cluj

Group B
Slavia Praha
Lille
Valencia
Genoa

Group D
Sporting
Hertha
Ventspils
Heerenveen

Group F
Dinamo Bucureşti
Panathinaikos
Galatasaray
Sturm

Group H
Twente
Steaua
Sheriff
Fenerbahçe

Group J
Toulouse
Brugge
Shakhtar
Partizan

Group L
Werder
Athletic
Austria Wien
Nacional

notable matchups of Day 1

LOSC Lille Métropole-Valencia CF
Basel-AS Roma
Panathinaikos FC - Galatasaray
Sparta Praha-PSV Eindhoven
Club Brugge KV-FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Smoove · Post #2 » by **Smoove** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:30 am

Damn I hate you for making this! Did you know FK Sarajevo should be in this shite but Cluj don't deserve to be in the groups. It was 3+2 Sarajevo dominated the whole match both matches and we didn't make it

El Turco · Post #3 » by **El Turco** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:55 am

no shame losing to Cluj they had pretty good cl campaign last year. but hop on Gala bandwagon, we are going all the way this season

Batu7 · Post #4 » by **Batu7** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:36 am

Still rooting for Galatasaray.

El Turco · Post #5 » by **El Turco** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:59 pm

wow, such an easy win in Athens. Galatasaray has a habit of demolishing Greeks; Panionios two years ago, Olympiacos last year and Panathinaikos now :lol:

Zabriskie · Post #6 » by **Zabriskie** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:19 pm

Roma continues to suck, 2-0 for Basel.

Israeli teams look decent this year, draw yesterday at Atletico and now Tel Aviv beats Celtic. Haifa got a beating by Bayern but that is not something to be ashamed about.

Zabriskie · Post #7 » by **Zabriskie** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:20 pm

Smoove wrote:Damn I hate you for making this! Did you know FK Sarajevo should be in this **** but Cluj don't deserve to be in the groups. It was 3+2 Sarajevo dominated the whole match both matches and we didn't make it

I only saw the away game and I agree, FK missed on a couple of huge scoring chances. They played better in that game.

AdamTheGreek · Post #8 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:52 pm

PAO and AEK got brutally raped, vaseline sales had to have gone up.

Batu7 · Post #9 » by **Batu7** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:11 pm

Wow, Fenerbahçe lost 2-1 to Twente at home. Should be disappointing.

El Turco · Post #10 » by **El Turco** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:10 pm

retards. not that Twente is a bad team but this is a game they should have won.

AdamTheGreek · Post #11 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:32 pm

Twente has been a VERY pesky team these past few years.

GDS20 · Post #12 » by **GDS20** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:51 am

im rooting for PSV Eindhoven. Go PSV!!!!!

Smoove · Post #13 » by **Smoove** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:04 am

Zabriskie wrote:
Smoove wrote:Damn I hate you for making this! Did you know FK Sarajevo should be in this **** but Cluj don't deserve to be in the groups. It was 3+2 Sarajevo dominated the whole match both matches and we didn't make it

I only saw the away game and I agree, FK missed on a couple of huge scoring chances. They played better in that game.

Indeed mate, very disappointing. I hope Sarajevo makes it back to here once again.

El Turco · Post #14 » by **El Turco** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:43 pm

Istanbul teams dominate Bucharest teams and both teams are in first place right now. imo there is a good chance one Istanbul team will be in this years final especially if Besiktas joins the two in later stages.

Batu7 · Post #15 » by **Batu7** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:39 pm

Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe lack the defense, and Beşiktaş lacks the attack at this point. But all can change in the January transfer window, so there is a possibility.

El Turco · Post #16 » by **El Turco** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:01 pm

it is Europa league, every team lacks something unless one of the heavy hitters fall from CL-even they tend to lay an egg like Milan and Munich did last couple years.

Batu7 · Post #17 » by **Batu7** » Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:51 pm

Galatasaray guarantees to qualify after a 3-0 win against Dinamo Buc.

El Turco · Post #18 » by **El Turco** » Thu Nov 5, 2009 10:45 pm

yup, Galatasaray is looking great in Europa league with the exception of the Sturm game. Fenerbahce all but qualified as well, another Bucharest sweep.

didn't realize how many good teams are in this season; Gala, Fener, Benfica, Valencia, Shaktar, Werder all could give fits to any CL team, not to mention likes of Liverpool, Bayern, Atletico possibly will fall from CL.

Batu7 · Post #19 » by **Batu7** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:44 pm

Liverpool is in, Bayern or Juve(and possibly Sevilla) will also be in, we'll find out next week.

El Turco · Post #20 » by **El Turco** » Fri Dec 4, 2009 5:48 am

it is going to be pretty interesting, Turkish and Portuguese teams dominated group stages but those giants have something to play for now that Europa league gives substantial financial boost to the teams.

for Gala's sake, i want Olympiacos to fall from groups, now that we have 5 wins-1 loss record against greeks