Moussa Dembele was ridiculously sent-off after a meagre push on Wisla Krakow’s Gervasio Nunez, although Dembele should not have risen his hand to his opponent nor should his opponent have acted as if shot down by a sniper.
Posts tagged Europa League
Pavlyuchenko Free-Kick v Rubin Kazan
Roman Pavlyuchenko scores a thunderbolt free-kick to give Tottenham an important 1-0 win over Rubin Kazan in the Europa League last night.
Vieirinha Goal v Shamrock Rovers
A superb goal scored by PAOK Salonica’s Vieirinha denied Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers a memorable draw in Greece in their Europa League tie in Greece tonight. Costin Lazar opened the scoring with a long range strike in first-half, before Karl Sheppard grabbed an equaliser 3 minutes into the second half, but there was to be no fairytale ending for the Dubliner’s as Vieirinha’s brilliant strike in the 63rd minute denied them a share of the spoils.
Shamrock Rovers Goal v Tottenham
Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers who run their club on just £600,000 a year, take a 1-0 lead at White Hart Lane against Premier League side Tottenham, courtesy of a deftest of touches from Stephen Rice.
Celtic Reinstated in Europa League
Celtic will play in this seasons Europa League after UEFA chose to suspend FC Sion for fielding ineligible players. The result of UEFA’s investigation process will be a huge relief to the hierarchy at Celtic, who faced a huge financial loss by not playing in Europe this season. The Swiss side have been adjudged by UEFA to have included five ineligible players in their squad for the two fixtures, with Pascal Feindouno, Gabri, Mario Mutsch, Jose Goncalves and Billy Ketkeophomphone all taking to the field against Neil Lennon’s side.
Neil Lennon’s and his players can now look forward to the group stages of the competition, where they will face Atletico Madrid, Udinese and Rennes.
Shamrock Rovers Draw Tottenham in Group A
Irish heroes Shamrock Rovers were drawn in Group A of the Europa League alongside Tottenham, Rubin Kazan and PAOK Salonica today.
Rubin Kazan should be favourites having drawn three times with Barcelona in the last two seasons in the Champions League and let’s hope Rovers can stuff Tottenham after their director of football Darren Eales disrestful comments of “At least we got Shamrock”.
Shamrock Rovers Re-Write Irish History After Reaching Group Stages of Europa League
Airtricity League champion’s Shamrock Rovers have re-wrote history after beating Partizan Belgrade 2-1 in Belgrade tonight after extra-time.
Having drawn the 1st leg in Tallaght 1-1 last week, it looked like Rovers were down and out when Partizan took the lead in the 35th minute, however Pat Sullivan struck a 30 yard volley on the hour mark to draw Rovers level on aggregate, before sending the keeper the wrong way for Rovers 112th minute winning penalty. The win gives the Hoops their biggest European triumph in Irish soccer history.
Tottenham Thrash Hearts in Europe
Dempsey Double Puts Fulham in Pole Position
Clint Dempsey’s brace against Dnipro in the Europa Cup qualifiers has put Fulham in pole position to go through to the League format, following their3-0 win at Craven Cottage tonight.
Fulham Cruise to Europa League Victory
Fulham cruised to a 3-0 victory over minnows NSI Runavik at Craven Cottage to-night in their 1st leg Europa League qualifier.
Damien Duff gave the Cottagers a 1-0 half-time lead, before Danny Murphy (penalty) and Andy Johnson completed the rout giving Martin Jol a winning start to his Fulham career.
