UEFA Europa League 2009/10

[HarpoJoyce]

Last 32 draw made dates 18/02/2010 and 25/02/2010

http://www.uefa.com/live/competition...raw_basic.html

highlights include Panathinaikos v. Roma and Ajax v. Juventus.

Last 32
1. Rubin Kazan v Hapoel Tel Aviv
2. Athletic Bilbao v Anderlecht
3. FC Kobenhavn v Marseille
4. Panathinaikos v AS Roma
5. Atletico Madrid v Galatasaray
6. Ajax v Juventus
7. Club Brugge v Valencia
8. Fulham v Shakhtar Donetsk
9. Liverpool v Unirea Urziceni
10. Hamburg v PSV Eindhoven
11. Villarreal v Wolfsburg
12. Standard Liege v Salzburg
13. Twente Enschede v Werder Bremen
14. Lille v Fenerbahce
15. Everton v Sporting
16. Hertha Berlin v Benfica

Last 16 draw
10. Hamburg/PSV v 2. A.Bilbao/Anderlecht
1. Rubin/Hapoel v 11. Villarreal/Wolfsburg
5. Atletico/Galatasaray v 15. Everton/Sporting
16.Hertha/Benfica v 3. Kobenhavn/Marseille
4. Panathinaikos/Roma v 12. Standard Liege/Salzburg
14. Lille/Fenerbahce v 9. Liverpool/Unirea
6. Ajax/Juventus v 8. Fulham/Shakhtar
7. Club Brugge/Valencia v 13. Twente/Werder Bremen

after a few edits.

[KK77]

Nice little trip to Romania lovely stuff!

[OwlsFan]

Looks like 3 out of the last 8 might be German clubs. Good crowds with only 3 of the eight ties dipping under 20K and two of those featured the English clubs with only 11k at Juventus!! Would be surprised if Liverpool fail to overturn the defeat by Lille but I fancy Bremen for the trophy. Probably lose to Valencia now!

[Closed Account 2]

I think the Wolsburg Rubin match could be a very tight one, Rubin have the ability to score so as long as they get the first they could cause Wolfsburg problems. I hope Atletico go far but I fear theyve fluffed their lines by only getting a 0-0 at home when Sporting had 2 sent off (one near the start one at the very end). Does anyone think Fluham can turn it around ? 11k is probably a good turn out for Juventus on a mid-week night, so far as I'm aware they only ever sold the Delle Alpi* out once in europe (for a semi final vs Real in around 2003), I was there for a Champions League match in 2005 with only around 5,000 other fans at least 2,500 were from the other team (Tel Aviv) - there were probably around 200 Celtic fans at that match too boosting the attendance (Celtic were playing in Milan the next night). A very significant section of their fans come from France and Switzerland so they maybe have difficulty getting to mid week games.

* I know they dont play there anymore

[DeLorean]

Does anyone think Fluham can turn it around ?

Yeah if they get the first goal who knows? There'll be a cracking atmosphere and if Fulham are snapping at their toes and playing at a fast tempo Juve may be under pressure. Pity they couldn't have kept the first leg at 2-1 or even scraped a 3-2 though.

[Infadel]

Goals are flying in this evening. Fulham pulling off probably their most famous ever European result 4-1 against Juve, Valencia and Bremen finishing 4 all.

[Stevo Da Gull]

Sporting - Atletico is a great game to watch as well. 2-2 with 3 mins of normal time to go.

[Boo_Boy]

Phew, Hamburg scraped through. Very bad performance from us, need to step it up in the next round to have any chance.

[Closed Account 2]

Fulham v Wolfsburg
HSV v Standard of Liege
Valencia v Atletico Madrid
Benfica v Liverpool

[Closed Account 2]

...semis

HSV / Liege - v - Fluham / Wolfsburg
Valencia / Atletico - v - Benfica / Liverpool

[DeLorean]

Interesting enough. Benfica will have no fears of Merseyside after their demolition of Everton in the group stages. They also knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League fairly comfortably a few years back. Fulham will feel they have a reasonable chance but I have a feeling they're going to come unstuck this time. The Spanish clash should be a craker and will make for a very tough semi final for Liverpool, should they go through. Hamburg have a great chance of making their dream final now but they'll remember losing the German derby in the semi last year.

[Closed Account 2]

If Atletico could ever sort their defence out they would have a real chance of pushing Barca and Real in the league. They've 2 decent keepers (Asenjo and De Gea) and talent upfront (Reyes, Simao, Aguerro, Forlan, Jurado) - Aguerro's second goal last night was a gem, in some ways better than Messi's the night before.

[DaveyCakes]

Anyonbe else get tickets for the final? I got 2 €85 ones

[Stevo Da Gull]

No tickets for me, have a great time though!

Another entertaining night of football in the Europa. I watched the Valencia-Atletico match, a 2-2 draw at the Mestalla. I also saw Agger's goal in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Benfica in Lisbon, absolutely loved it! I'm a big fan of Agger's, though I wouldn't have considered cheeky flicks into the opposition net as one of his main qualities

[old git]

No tickets for me, have a great time though!

Another entertaining night of football in the Europa. I watched the Valencia-Atletico match, a 2-2 draw at the Mestalla. I also saw Agger's goal in Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Benfica in Lisbon, absolutely loved it! I'm a big fan of Agger's, though I wouldn't have considered cheeky flicks into the opposition net as one of his main qualities

not much of an agger fan if you watched valencia - athletico then

[old git]

not the worst result for liverpool, should be beating them at home now. pity fulham conceded in the last minute, 2-0 would have been a great result for them to take to germany. can see them getting knocked out now.

would fancy benfica to cause liverpool a few problems at home they looked to have some nice players .. but if liverpool can close them down and create chances for torres would fancy them to just scrape through.. did anybody else think 3e commentary tonight totally biased to liverpool every free benfica gave away they commented on why player not booked and for second penalty even had the neck to say it was a dodgy decision against carragher .. just thought their comments ruined a half decent game to watch

[Stevo Da Gull]

not much of an agger fan if you watched valencia - athletico then

I like the guy, but I don't love him I figured the Valencia-Atletico would be the most entertaining.. and I'm going to see Atletico play this weekend

All of the Europa ties are very nicely poised. Could be dramatic 2nd legs in all of them.

[Boo_Boy]

Anyonbe else get tickets for the final? I got 2 €85 ones

I've got 2 tickets on offer to me. Going to wait to see if Hamburg reach the final before I take them .

[osarusan]

did anybody else think 3e commentary tonight totally biased to liverpool

Was it commentary with Graham Taylor? The same as on UK station 5?

They were terribly biased alright. It almost killed them to admit the second one was a penalty.

[old git]

Was it commentary with Graham Taylor? The same as on UK station 5?

They were terribly biased alright. It almost killed them to admit the second one was a penalty.

think it was mark wright as other commentator kept saying as an ex liverpool centre half
and he really got carried away when torres had great chance near end he was half celebrating a goal when chance arrived with torres, took him about 10-15 mins after 2nd penalty and numerous replays to to nearly admit it was a penalty