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Group Stage Matchday 1: I fail at prediction
By: Ian Rose |
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That’s right. My OWL in Divination is in serious doubt. We had a great first matchday in the UEFA Cup group stages … but my first try at tournament prediction did not go well. Here’s a look at today’s matches:
Group A:
Zenit St. Petersburg v. AZ Alkmaar
Predicted: Home win, Actual: 1-1 Draw
The Dutch [...]
Tags: Europe, Group Stage, Matchday review, Prediction, Sucking at prediction, Tournament News, UEFA CupUEFA Cup Group H Preview
By: Ian Rose | 1 Comment
Okay, it’s finally here. We’re done with all that Champions League nonsense and now it’s time for the real tournament. Just kidding. Even I don’t like the UEFA Cup THAT much. Anyway, tomorrow, the group stage of the UEFA Cup gets underway, and this is the last of my eight group [...]
UEFA Cup Group G Preview
By: Ian Rose | 5 Comments
It’s almost time to get back to that tournament everyone in the soccer world cares about more than any other … and, it’s also time for its ignored little brother, the UEFA Cup. Here is the seventh in my soon-to-be-completed eight part series on the UEFA Cup groups.
Group G is, in order [...]
The worst starts in Europe, 2007-08
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(Like the Luxembourg post, this is a little off-topic, but I don’t really care. Sue me.)
So, we are about 1/4 into most of the football seasons in Europe, and it’s time to start taking stock of who’s doing well, who needs some improvement, and who is already headed to the basement for keeps. [...]
Category: EuropeUEFA Cup Group F Preview
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We are almost through the previews, and there’s only a week or so until I can start tallying up exactly how many games I got wrong. The sixth of the eight groups, Group F, includes nearly everyone’s favorite for the Cup, as well as a struggling English squad and a very dangerous four seed. [...]
Tags: Aris Thessaloniki, Bayern Munich, Bolton, Bolton Wanderers, Europe, Group F, Group Stage, Red Star Belgrade, Sporting Braga, Tournament News, UEFA CupUEFA Cup Group E Preview
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The fifth of eight groups in the UEFA Cup might just be the most interesting. There might not be any English or Italian teams in this one, but representatives from France, Germany, Russia and the Czech Republic make this one of the toughest groups out there. And that little team from Switzerland that [...]
Off Topic: Go Luxembourg!
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Okay, this has nothing to do with the UEFA Cup, but since the I like to talk about little minnow teams on this blog, I had to make a quick shout-out to the Luxembourg National Team, who beat Belarus 1-0 yesterday in Euro 2008 qualifying, for their first Euro qualifying points since 1995. That [...]
UEFA Cup Group D Preview
By: Ian Rose | 2 Comments
Fourth part, yada yada, eight parts, yada yada. Here’s my preview of Group D of this year’s UEFA Cup.
Group D is, in order of seeding:
Basel (Switzerland), Hamburg (Germany), Rennes (France), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Brann (Norway)
The matches:
Basel v. Rennes, 25 October
Basel doesn’t lose often at home, and will gain some of the respect they deserve [...]
UEFA Cup Group C Preview
By: Ian Rose | 4 Comments
This is the third in an eight part … blah blah blah, get to the predictions.
Group C is, in order of seeding:
Villareal (Spain), AEK Athens (Greece), Fiorentina (Italy), Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic), and Elfsborg (Sweden).
The matches:
Elfsborg v. AEK Athens, 25 October
It’s going to be a long few months for Elfsborg in this group, and I [...]
UEFA Cup Group B Preview
By: Ian Rose | 2 Comments
This is the second in an eight part series outlining each of the UEFA Cup groups, and making my predictions for each and every UEFA Cup group stage match.
Group B is, in order of seeding:
Panathinaikos (Greece), Locomotiv Moscow (Russia), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Copenhagen (Denmark), and Aberdeen (Scotland)
The matches:
Panathinaikos v. Aberdeen, 25 October
Aberdeen has a tough [...]
Tags: Aberdeen, Atletico Madrid, Copenhagen, Europe, Group B, Group stages, Locomotiv Moscow, Panathinaikos, Tournament News, UEFA Cup
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