Articles tagged with "tournament-news"
Goal video: Tampere United v. Bordeaux
By Ian Rose | September 23rd, 2007Earlier this week, Bordeaux got a solid start to their UEFA Cup first round with a 3-2 win at Tampere United. But, regardless of ...
Now it's on ... 38 matches today
By Ian Rose | September 20th, 2007Alright, enough of this one-match-per-day crap. We had the grinding 1-0 Hamburg win on Tuesday, the surprising 1-1 draw between Lens and Copenhagen yesterday, ...
Hamburg get an away win to open UEFA Cup Round 1
By Ian Rose | September 18th, 2007Well, I thought it would be a tough one, and I predicted a 1-1 draw between Hamburg and Bulgarian side Litex Lovech in the first ...
Hey, we're starting too ... oh, nobody cares ...
By Ian Rose | September 17th, 2007As the first Champions League matches await, the world is once again focused on the big teams and their quest for the nearly endless pot ...
Know Your Minnows: AE Larisa
By Ian Rose | September 2nd, 2007With the UEFA Cup first round approaching, and my European vacation ('Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament') coming to an end, it's time to resurrect possibly ...
UEFA Cup first round set
By Ian Rose | August 31st, 2007Well, the draw is complete, and the first round of the UEFA Cup proper is set and ready. There are some interesting ties here. ...
Siroki 0-3 Tel Aviv ... Burning down the house (Video)
By Ian Rose | August 18th, 2007Celebrations are one thing, folks, but can we please leave the stadium intact? Hapoel Tel Aviv traveled to Bosnia to take on Siroki Brijeg ...
Lens, Hamburg and Leiria held to draws
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007It's going to be a bit tougher going for some of the bigger teams in the UEFA Cup's second qualifying round than they might have ...
Told ya so: Anorthosis shocks Romanians
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007This is the first in a one-part series in which I am right about anything. Anorthosis Famagusta, quickly becoming my favorite side in the ...
Litex and Hajduk and MIKA, oh my! ... A preview of today's matches
By Ian Rose | August 16th, 2007Unlike that other European tournament, the UEFA Cup doesn't split its match rounds over two days. All 33 first legs of the Cup's second ...
Sweden's European Beat-Down, and more...
By Ian Rose | August 13th, 2007It may not seem like it, but going into this big week of European football, with both UEFA Cup and Champions League matches on cue, ...
Partizan Belgrade expulsion confirmed
By Ian Rose | August 8th, 2007After considering their appeal, UEFA has decided against Partizan Belgrade and confirmed their expulsion from the UEFA Cup. They won decisively in the first ...
36 matches today - first qualifying round is over
By Ian Rose | August 2nd, 2007Ahhh ... the marathon days of the early rounds. There were 36 matches today, as the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup wrapped ...
Know Your Minnows - Anorthosis Famagusta FC
By Ian Rose | August 2nd, 2007God, I love that name. This week's 'Know Your Minnows' segment is all about Anorthosis Famagusta FC of Cyprus. As a football fan with a ...
Victory for the smallest side in the UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | August 1st, 2007While writing this blog, I use the term "minnow" rather loosely. Of course, there is a huge diversity of teams in European football, and ...
Partizan allowed to play second leg
By Ian Rose | July 31st, 2007The saga of Partizan Belgrade continues. A week after ejecting Partizan from the UEFA Cup due to fan violence, UEFA has taken a look ...
Eleven Intertoto winners move on to UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007The match results are in, and these are the eleven clubs from the Intertoto Cup moving on to UEFA Cup qualifying: União Leiria (Portugal) Sampdoria (Italy) Atlético Madrid ...
Hammarby are lone first-round Intertoto survivors
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Last season, two first-round Intertoto teams made it all the way through that tournament and into the UEFA Cup: Ethnikos of Cyprus and Maribor of ...
Today's video lesson: Don't clear into the box
By Ian Rose | July 29th, 2007Video from Atletico Madrid 1-0 Gloria Bistrita yesterday. It was a nice attack and cross, and all credit to Diego Forlan for the finish, ...
End of the road for Gloria. Madrid barely survives.
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Well, as Meat Loaf would have said if he was slightly less optimistic, three out of five ain't bad. I called all the easy ...
Can the Romanians hold on to Intertoto glory?
By Ian Rose | July 28th, 2007Today, the first five of the eleven UEFA Cup spots will be decided in the Intertoto Cup. Two of the highlight matches feature Romanian ...
Partizan out of UC ... what's next?
By Ian Rose | July 26th, 2007Another week, another European ejection for fan violence. All we need now is one from the Champions League and we'll have the UEFA Trifecta ...
Video: Atletico Madrid falls to Gloria Bistriţa
By Ian Rose | July 24th, 2007All the goals from the shock of the weekend - Atletico Madrid's 2-1 loss to Romanian side Gloria Bistrita in the third round of the ...
Intertoto, Round 3 ... for all the marbles
By Ian Rose | July 23rd, 2007This is it, the one that counts. The third round of the Intertoto Cup is underway, and eleven teams will move on from here ...
2007-08 UEFA Cup Is Underway
By Ian Rose | July 19th, 2007The Intertoto Cup is fun. I love it, I really do. But, let's face it. This is not the Intertoto Cup blog. ...
Bełchatów tries to reclaim Poland's footballing honor
By Ian Rose | July 18th, 2007After the Intertoto incident that got Legia Warsaw kicked out of that tournament, comments have been thrown about all over Europe as to whether Poland ...
Sunday results - Tobol and Odessa are through
By Ian Rose | July 15th, 2007The second round of the Intertoto Cup came to a close today, with Tobol Kostenay of Kazakhstan and Chornomorets Odessa of Ukraine moving into the ...
Saturday Action at Intertoto
By Ian Rose | July 14th, 2007All but two of the Intertoto Cup second round matches are decided, with the remainder to be played tomorrow. Here are the stories from ...
Intertoto Weekend Preview
By Ian Rose | July 13th, 2007Well, another week has flown by and it is time for the glory that is the weekend. Along with all the drinking and sleeping ...
Know Your Minnows: Rubin Kazan
By Ian Rose | July 12th, 2007In the last installment of "Know Your Minnows", we took a look at Rapid Vienna of Austria. This week, we'll focus on the team ...
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