EPT2013-2014 Champions League & Europa League Thread - Page 254
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
Gratz to benfica. I'll be cheering for you guys. Mby we need to drop to europa some time too, xD. | ||
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bObaZ
Portugal862 Posts
EPIC final minutes. 8 minutes playing with 9 players... EPIC! 3rd game against corrupt teams that we win after a sent off. GG Uefentus! | ||
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Mensol
14536 Posts
Valencia was leading 3-0 and they were ahead in tie then Sevilla scored at 90+4 and go to the finals. so harsh. | ||
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
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warding
Portugal2394 Posts
I really hope Garay is OK. | ||
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Nisyax
Netherlands756 Posts
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Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
 Hope it isn't much worse than a concussion or something. It reminded me of Cacares hitting Demy de Zeeuw in the face in the semi-final of the world cup 2010. De Zeeuw broke his jaw.Benfica got kind of shafted with the ref. Salvio's yellow was ridiculous, and apparently Markovic' red card was stupid as well? That's 2 suspensions that shouldn't be. So sad about Valencia but I had no favourite in that match. Still, the goal was scored at 93:30 with 5 minutes extra time. Then the kick-off came at 95:30 and referee ended the match after 10 seconds. Obviously it's hard to do anything in 80 seconds, but that's kinda stupid. | ||
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AXygnus
Portugal1008 Posts
On May 02 2014 06:47 Twisted wrote: Yeah Garay got hit pretty badly Hope it isn't much worse than a concussion or something. It reminded me of Cacares hitting Demy de Zeeuw in the face in the semi-final of the world cup 2010. De Zeeuw broke his jaw.Just a scratch, m8. Here, all I can find about the injury. | ||
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howLiN
Portugal1676 Posts
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
This team can survive all, i hope we can win against Sevilla i think we are stronger but lets see what happens! thank you boys! | ||
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Twisted
Netherlands13554 Posts
Ah good. Think he's a great defender, just what Argentina needs for the world cup. | ||
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danzii
Germany75 Posts
Can't really say the better team won today because both teams were equally good. This should have been the final but there's no way that Benfica can throw it again, r-right? Oh my god, Sevilla win incoming. | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
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warding
Portugal2394 Posts
"You just have to look at the statistics. Benfica had two shots on target over two legs. That was it. They have international experience and showed it tonight, as down to 10 men they stopped us playing and I am truly disappointed the referee allowed them to get away with that." http://www.espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1805446/antonio-conte-says-benfica-only-played-obstruct-juventus-europa-league?cc=5739 He got tactically outclassed by Jesus, period. You don't get points in football for hail-Mary shots from outside the box that pose no threat to the goal. I got the feeling the referee allowed too much physical play which benefits tanks like Asamoah, Lichsteiner, Pogba and Vidal over featherweights like Markovic, Ruben Amorim, Siqueira and Gaitan. Also, two penalties (on Enzo in the 1st, on Markovic at the 82nd minute in the 2nd leg) were not given to Benfica over the two legs. Also, Benfica is not a park-the-bus team. They have played brilliant football this season and in this game in particular. The way they managed to bring down Markovic and Gaitan to compensate against Juve's wings coming forward was brilliant. Several counter-attacks, even with 10 men, could have resulted in a goal. Then they complain about the stoppage time, which they claim it should have been longer because the game stopped for a long while because they decided to go full WWE on Garay to bring Benfica to 9 men, not to mention the elbows on Benfica players in aerial challenges, the two legged stomps, and so on. Bonucci is also a sore loser "Tonight it was confirmed that in this sport the best team doesn't always win," Bonucci told Sky Sport Italia. "Benfica thought only about the first leg result, they didn't come here to play and only tried to obstruct us." They had two chances worthy of note: one where Lichsteiner couldn't control the ball in the area because he doesn't have the skill, and the one Luisão saved. Benfica had two clear chances, one which was blocked by the arms of a Juve player in the box in hte beginning - the exact same way Salvio blocked a shot in the final minutes, earning Pirlo another opportunity to fail and a yellow card for Salvio banning him from the next match! But I agree with danzii, Platini could have done more. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
Europa League Semi Final Day 2 ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/52268.png) Valencia vs ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/52714.png) Sevilla + Show Spoiler [1st Leg Result] + Sevilla 2-0 Valencia+ Show Spoiler [2nd Leg Result] + Valencia 3-1 Sevilla + Show Spoiler [Overall Result] + Sevilla Advance to Finals 3-3 (Away Goals Rule) on Aggregate![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50139.png) Juventus vs ![[image loading]](http://img.uefa.com/imgml/TP/teams/logos/18x18/50147.png) Benfica+ Show Spoiler [1st Leg Result] + Benfica 2-1 Juventus + Show Spoiler [2nd Leg Result] + Juventus 0-0 Benfica+ Show Spoiler [Overall Result] + Benfica Advance to Finals 2-1 on AggregateEuropa League Final Benfica vs Sevilla | ||
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Daswollvieh
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haitike
Spain2713 Posts
Valencia - Europa League 2004 winner (+supercup) Sevilla - Europa League 2006 winner (+supercup) Sevilla - Europa League 2007 winner Atletico - Europa League 2010 winner (+supercup) Atletico - Europa League 2012 winner (+supercup) Espanyol - Europa League 2006 finalist Athletic Bilbao - Europa League 2012 finalist Sevilla - Europa League 2014 finalist And people say often that "spanish teams that are not Barcelona or Madrid are bad". I agree that is not a league as interesting as the Premier League, but common, I don't understand people that say the other teams are not competitive (It is just that Barcelona/Madrid are too powerful). | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts
That Sevilla team underachived too and then lost most of its players Ateltico got carried in the Europa League 2012 by Falcao and that year there were refused entry into the Champs League right? Bilbao in 2012 again seemed to be a fluke as the following season they nearly got relegated XD Problem stopping Spain becoming a good league is the way Barca and Real suck all the money out of it, thus forcing the likes of the other teams unable to keep the talent they sign. Aka you watch how many Atletico players leave this summer. | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On May 02 2014 17:45 Pandemona wrote: Problem stopping Spain becoming a good league  | ||
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