Articles tagged with "getafe"
Cup Tidbits and Relegation Battles
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008So I'm coming down from my high some, still reveling in last night's victory. But at the same time, I know we have lots of work to do ... for example, assuring our passage into next season's La Liga. Last night was great fun (so great that my hea ...
Cup Highlights
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008The idiots at GOL TV decided to cut away *RIGHT* when Valencia were to receive the Copa from King Juan Carlos ... What were they thinking?? They're in the soccer business, no? Aren't these the special moments we watch soccer for? Why do that to us ...
Valencia CAMPEONES!
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008So after all that, we did it ... 2007-08 Copa Del Rey champions and in impressive fashion, in what was a wonderful game to watch for Valencia fans. I admit it. I am a bit tipsy at the moment. But can you blame me?? What a season! What a c ...
Hey, Valencia Actually Won
By chris | April 16th, 2008Tis true. They'll at least be going home with some silverware after defeating Getafe 3-1 in the Copa del Rey final. Perhaps more importantly - with their La Liga status next year still up in the air, much less in contention for a spot in Europe - ...
El Corazon del Escudo ... Or, I'm Nervous
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008Here we are, Cup final day. And I'm nervous as can be ... I'm in New York City, 9am on a sunny spring day, awaiting the sight of my team playing in Spain's version of the Super Bowl. The King Juan Carlos will be there as will many dignitaries and ...
More Copa Del Rey News
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008Some more tidbits ahead of our 2-1 victory over Getafe in the Copa Del Rey final ... (I'm trying very, very hard to be optimistic here ...) - Is Koeman getting the sack win, lose or draw tomorrow night? According to this report, he is. Four win ...
The Final
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008First off, some links and other stuff ahead of tomorrow's Copa Del Rey final against Getafe. - Valencia president Agustin Morera said winning the King's Cup will not make up for a "disastrous season" ... you said it, Mr. Morera. "It isn't po ...
Out of Words ...
By Cesar | April 14th, 2008I don't know what to say right now regarding our slip-sliding club. It's a feeling bordering on moodiness, apathy and resignation. It's weird. I should be super passionate for the club right now, on the eve of a final. But with Valencia looki ...
Who Wouldn't Want To Punch Mark van Bommel In The Face?
By chris | April 12th, 2008After their supremely dramatic victory against Getafe on Thursday, some of the lads from Bavaria went a bit bonkers in celebration. Especially Olli Kahn, who decided to wind up and punch Mark van Bommel in the face (with some very poor form, migh ...
The other Getafe - Bayern Munich Highlight
By Jan | April 11th, 2008It takes 120 minutes and two last minute comebacks for this to happen. The third most hated player in the Bundesliga slaps the most hated player in the Bundesliga in the face to the music of REM. Once you get tired of the slap, turn your attention to ...
Valencia Songs and EuroGeta
By Cesar | April 11th, 2008First off, big ups to our Copa Del Rey opponents Getafe on their spectacular run in the UEFA Cup ... What a way to go out last night. Football can be very cruel at times and last night proved that. Two goals in three minutes knocks Getafe out ...
All Hail El Geta
By Isaiah | April 11th, 2008Before I do a preview of the Recreativo Huelva match, I think we should all give it up for what Getafe nearly pulled off yesterday in the UEFA Cup against Bayern Munich. After soon-to-be-Madridista Ruben de la Red was sent off in the 5th minute with ...
Luca Toni Defines Late Game Heroics
By chris | April 10th, 2008Getafe 3 - Bayern 3 What an amazing finish to an amazing game. Getafe deserves a standing ovation - aside from Robert Abbondanzieri - for a sensational performance down a man for 115 of 120 minutes. However, all their extra time heroics were cance ...
UEFA Cup quarters: live scores
By Ian Rose | April 10th, 2008Here are the latest scores and events from today's quarterfinals. Check back or refresh for the latest. Results: Zenit St. Petersburg 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen (Zenit advances on 4-2 aggregate) (Bulykin [BL] 18') Bayer needed four away goals to pul ...
UEFA Cup Time, Baby
By chris | April 10th, 2008With apologies to PSV v Fiorentina (more) and Bayer v Zenit (less), there are two games today deserving of nearly the entire spotlight, for vastly different reasons. Getafe because of its chance to not even win a trophy but simply cause a massive ups ...
UEFA Cup Thursday Preview
By Ian Rose | April 9th, 2008Now that, once again, we've gotten the Champions League out of our systems, with one great game in England, and then that other one, it's time to decide who will be the Final Four in the UEFA Cup. Here are the matches, and who needs what to progress ...
Barca 0, Getafe 0, or "Satan is a Goalpost"
By Kevin | April 6th, 2008Could someone just kill me now? I mean, right now. Lord, since you clearly don't wear the blaugrana, I only ask that you smite me, that I might never have to witness such a display ever again in my life. And I don't think that's too much to ask. ...
Barcelona - Getafe: Sunday 3pmEST
By Isaiah | April 4th, 2008[Updated Version] Just an FYI for all the readers: The Offside is listed as the 35th most powerful blog in the entire universe by The Guardian. Check it out. How cool is this!? We've also received just over 9,500 visitors last month (half of them ar ...
Cinderella Finds Her Other Shoe
By chris | April 4th, 2008What has easily become the story of the European campaign on both fronts (Fenerbahce is still a Turkish powerhouse) is only getting sweeter by the day, as little Getafe took an unexpected draw away from Bavaria in the 90th minute against what is, ...
UEFA Cup Thursday Preview
By Ian Rose | April 2nd, 2008Now that all that Champions League nonsense is over for another week, it's time to get back to the tournament everybody really cares about ... the UEFA Cup. *crickets* ... Anyway, we have four quarterfinal matches tomorrow, and the four return legs ...
Oscar Cardozo Suspended Three Matches for Being Stupid
By Greg | April 2nd, 2008Benfica's Oscar Cardozo has been suspended by UEFA for three matches following an incident in the 2-1 loss to Getafe on March 6th (see this magical work of art below). He's stupid for a few reasons... Firstly, he committed the foul in the ninth min ...
Valuable Points and Villareal campeon
By Shane | March 31st, 2008/> Cuco Ziganda our manager and ex footballing legend claimed to be very happy after Osasunas away 0-2 victory over Getafe and so am I. With more practical than beautiful football and with a defence tighter than a catalan osasuna broke a bad ome ...
Still need 6 out of 8 UEFA Cup bloggers
By Ian Rose | March 29th, 2008I know I haven't been quite as regular on this blog as in the past, with my other blogging duties at the Offside and World Cup Blog keeping me quite busy these days, but I wanted to point something out. Of the eight teams remaining in the UEFA Cup, ...
Osasuna in deep trouble!!
By Shane | March 25th, 2008Yours truly is disappointed, even more so than that time he went to see ‘No country for old men’ expecting the greatest film of all time according to the critics and found it hard to keep awake. Am I the only person in the world that hated that ...
Round of 16 First Leg Wrap-up
By Ian Rose | March 7th, 2008Anderlecht 0-5 Bayern Munich Wow. This always looked like a lopsided tie, but I didn't expect this. With ten goals in their last two European matches, and five different scorers in today's match, Munich is starting to look like the favorite everyone wa
Liveblog: Real Madrid v Getafe
By Steve | February 24th, 2008Hala Madrid! Sorry Madridistas, I must again apologize for the lack of a liveblog. The TV has been taken over by a Singstar PS3 party by my flatmates, so unfortunately I'm in the minority on watching the match, which is being shown on Sky Sports 3 here
The UEFA Cup "league table"
By Ian Rose | February 23rd, 2008I 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 leagu
Weekend Preview
By Corey | February 21st, 2008Real Madrid vs. Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid Sunday 3:00pm eastern time So after a so-so performance against Roma midweek in the Champions League, we return to domestic duties with a 5 point lead on Barcelona. Our next opponent is cross
Sevilla---The Revival? (God I Hope So)
By Ryan | January 25th, 2008I know I haven't been around these parts much lately. Normally I attribute it to my horrendous school schedule, but this time, I can't. For the last week, I've been trying to write a post about my beloved Sevilla, but couldn't muster up the streng
The current situation in the UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | December 7th, 2007There is one matchday to go in the group stages of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. Here are the current standings in each group, and which scenarios mean qualification for which teams. Group A Qualified: Everton (9 pts) Still in the mix: Zenit St. Petersburg
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