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Third Qualifying Round: First Leg Results
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I have to say what a joy it is to watch live, competitive football again. I was able to watch Roma v. Gent, in all its blurry, internet glory. The Belgian side’s defeat might charitably be categorized as battling. Roma were clearly the superior side, but before a very questionable penalty and [...]
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Second Qualifying Round: Second Leg Results
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The second round of Europa League qualifying is complete. The second leg games that took place today proved to be rather eventful, as there were upsets, near upsets, and some impressive margins of victory.
Rosenborg 0 – Karabakh 1 [...]
Europa League Third Qualifying Round Draw
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It’s only mid-July, but even some big boys are going to have to be fully prepared for competitive football to begin. The draw for the third round of Europa League qualifying took place earlier today.
FK Sarajevo/Spartak Trnava v. Zestaponi/Helsingborg
Fredrikstad FV v. Lech Poznan
Differdange/HNK Rijeka v. Metalist Kharkiv
Naftan/KAA Gent v. AS Roma
SC Vaslui v. [...]
Second Qualifying Round: First Leg Results
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Complete with matches played back on Tuesday, it’s the first leg of the UEFA Europa League’s second qualifying round.
Rosenborg 0 – Karabakh 0
Zimbru Chisinau 0 – Pacos de Ferreira 0
Juvenes/Dogana 0 – Polonia Warsaw 1
Sturm Graz 2 – Siroki Brijeg 1
Basel 3 – Santa Coloma 0
Honka 2 – Bangor City 0
MSK Zilina 2 – Dacia [...]
Know Your Minnows: FC Zestaponi
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An 11-1 aggregate score is bound to attract attention, even when it takes place in early Europa League qualifying rounds between two teams that even the most dedicated observers are unfamiliar with. FC Zestaponi, the club that administered this beating to Northern Ireland’s Lisburn Distillery, definitely fits this description.
The amount of background [...]
First Qualifying Round: Second Leg Results
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It’s still rather early in the summer. There are people here in the U.S. still recovering from holiday weekend bottle rocket injuries. Nevertheless, as of today, there are clubs who are out of Europe.
Aggregate scores in parentheses
Sutjeska Niksic 1 – MTZ-RIPO 2 (MTZ-RIPO 3 – Sutjeska Niksic [...]
Your Future Dream is a Shopping Scheme: Florentino Perez Returns
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Compared to many people, I am fairly ambivalent about Real Madrid. Though they would definitely be categorized as a team that inspires a lot of hatred, under normal circumstances this hatred is mostly legitimate, sporting-inspired antipathy from opposing supporters. It’s safe to say that when Florentino Perez is involved, circumstances cease to be [...]
First Qualifying Round- First Leg Results
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Competitive football returns: in gamecast form for me, visually for luckier individuals.
Sutjeska Niksic 1 – MTZ RIPO 1
Lahti 4 – Dinamo Tirana 1
Grevenmacher 0 – Vetra 3
NSI Runavik 0 – Rosenborg 3
Szombathelyi Haladas 1 – Irtysh 0
Sligo Rovers 1 – Vllaznia 2
Olimpi Rustavi 2 – B36 Torshavn 0
Anorthosis 5 – Kaerjeng 0
Slaven [...]
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