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Should UEFA have a say on hard tackles?
By: Ian Rose |
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The media uproar around Martin Taylor’s tackle on Eduardo, and the horrifying break that resulted, has begun to subside, leaving the questions of why this sort of tackle is so routinely allowed in England, and what to do about it. The question that interests me is why the larger international bodies seem to have [...]
Category: Europe
Tags: Discipline, Eduardo da Silva, Europe, FIFA, La Liga, Ligue 1, Martin Taylor, Premier League, Referees, Serie A, UEFAThe last time they met
By: Ian Rose | No Comments
There are 16 teams remaining in the UEFA Cup, some of them perennial European squads, like Bayern Munich and Rangers, others new to the continental cups, like Bolton. In their histories, some of these 16 have met up before, and might just again if they progress far enough and the draws go a certain [...]
Category: UEFA CupThe UEFA Cup “league table”
By: Ian Rose | 3 Comments
I got to thinking last night about different ways to talk about the 16 remaining teams in the UEFA Cup. Which side really is the favorite? What has their form been like? I decided it might be interesting to look at the last 16 UEFA Cup teams as a league, with their [...]
Category: UEFA CupRussian league takes #6 spot
By: Ian Rose | 10 Comments
As predicted last week, the Russian Premier League has taken its place as the sixth-ranked league in Europe. Their current UEFA coefficient of 40.75, added to by Spartak Moscow’s 2-0 win over Marseille today, puts them just over Romania and into the coveted 6th position, with its 3 Champions League spots. This is [...]
Category: EuropeUEFA Cup Thursday Live Blog
By: Ian Rose | 7 Comments
Here are the scores, as they stand, in the UEFA Cup’s 16 matches today. Keep refreshing for updates. For final scores, the progressing side is in bold.
Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Galatasaray
Hamburg 0-0 Zurich
Spartak Moscow 2 – 0 Marseille
Panathinaikos 1 – 1 Rangers
Bayern Munich 5 – 1 Aberdeen
Helsingborg 1-2 PSV Eindhoven
Getafe 3-0 Athens
Atletico Madrid 0-0 [...]
Category: UEFA CupRussia’s next win will be massive
By: Ian Rose | 1 Comment
Now that the UEFA Cup is back, and this blog along with it, I wanted to take a look at the UEFA league coefficients, that awkward and confusing system that makes it possible for England to send four teams to the Champions League while the likes of Scotland and Ukraine send two. Every time [...]
Category: EuropeRound of 32, Leg 1, By the Numbers
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Here’s a little statistical breakdown of the sixteen matches played in the first leg of the round of 32 in this year’s UEFA Cup, with comparisons from this leg in the past few years for context. Enjoy the statistical geekery, and remind yourself that if your side’s match wasn’t the most exciting ever in [...]
Thursday UEFA Cup wrap-up
By: Ian Rose | 1 Comment
Final results in today’s UEFA Cup action, finishing up the first leg of the Round of 32. Where Everton had the only away win yesterday, there are three today, with Hamburg, Viola and Spurs all winning on the road. Nice work to Dons holding off Bayern, and keeping the British sides undefeated in [...]
Category: UEFA CupWednesday UEFA Cup wrap-up
By: Ian Rose | 4 Comments
Final scores from today’s UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg matches at the end of this post. Everton continue to look unstoppable after taking the only road victory of the day, and are making a serious bid for favorite to take home the Blender. The two Greek sides in play both took [...]
UEFA Cup returns … World collectively shrugs
By: Ian Rose | 12 Comments
I have no illusions. I know that the second-tier continental football cup of Europe is hardly everyone’s cup of tea. But it’s mine, dammit, and I am excited to say that tomorrow, my favorite football tournament on Earth, the UEFA Cup, returns, with the first leg of the Round of 32.
123 teams entered [...]
Category: UEFA Cup
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