UEFA Cup draw

That confused me at first, too. I said to my friend that, since Novo had no chance of winning a header, and their defence tends to lose possession when distributing the ball from the back, that Walter Smith might have instructed McGregor to knock it out of play as far up Werder’s half as possible in order to allow Rangers' defence to reorganise itself for another onslaught. I don’t think it was accidental.

Ricardo Jol wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:

De Guzman wrote:Joszef Kiprich

De Tovenaar van Tatabanja

Great guy, brilliant nickname

It was on the tip of my tongue but I couldn´t remember his nickname.... Thanks for refreshing my goldfish memory....

Kiprich tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScTQ5pYGkeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vwEajK5Zjs&NR=1

I'm assuming Rangers can play some football, they are first in their league and are forced to take the game to their opponents in Scotland... just like Sporting in Portugal.

Whatever, it doesn't really matter what's said here or anywhere else... we'll see after the two matches. By no means however am I about to say we have no chance against Rangers...even Boavista took a high flying Celtic to the last minute.

Luso wrote:

A Tribe Called BM wrote:La Viola get a bye all the way to the finals!

Ouch. I'm sorry you feel that way.. hopefully you're wrong... and the way things usually go with the Uefa cup (and Italians) you prob will be (nothing personal).

I put £50 on Fiorentina winning the cup a month ago. So hopefully they'll do it for me and Italian football.

Don't worry I know how you feel about people thinking it'll be a walkover because your team and players are less well known than the opposition. I was watching ITV and they were already talking about who Man Utd would meet in the SF, completely disregarding Roma.

I like Sporting a lot, I think their performances were better than Roma in the group stages and perhaps deserved to make it ahead of us. I always play as them in Fifa and generally do a pretty damn good job, combining beautiful Football with results.

Good Luck.

Beckenbauer: "No sabía que Laudrup entrenaba al Getafe"


Beckenbauer saying he didn't know Michael Laudrup was the coach of Getafe

kas wrote:Beckenbauer: "No sabía que Laudrup entrenaba al Getafe"


Beckenbauer saying he didn't know Michael Laudrup was the coach of Getafe

He will learn very quick.
So far i want Getafe to win and after that Sporting who has unfinished business in this cup fromn 2005.otherwise i dont care much for who wins it.

A Tribe Called BM wrote:

Luso wrote:

A Tribe Called BM wrote:La Viola get a bye all the way to the finals!

Ouch. I'm sorry you feel that way.. hopefully you're wrong... and the way things usually go with the Uefa cup (and Italians) you prob will be (nothing personal).

I put £50 on Fiorentina winning the cup a month ago. So hopefully they'll do it for me and Italian football.

Don't worry I know how you feel about people thinking it'll be a walkover because your team and players are less well known than the opposition. I was watching ITV and they were already talking about who Man Utd would meet in the SF, completely disregarding Roma.

I like Sporting a lot, I think their performances were better than Roma in the group stages and perhaps deserved to make it ahead of us. I always play as them in Fifa and generally do a pretty damn good job, combining beautiful Football with results.

Good Luck.

I hope Fiorentina win or at least get to the final. They should since they have Vieri and Montolivo

Sporting have struggled a bit in the league, but i agree, they've been impressive in Europe.

And typical Roma fan, still stuck in the dark ages playing Fifa!

A Tribe Called BM wrote:

Luso wrote:

A Tribe Called BM wrote:La Viola get a bye all the way to the finals!

Ouch. I'm sorry you feel that way.. hopefully you're wrong... and the way things usually go with the Uefa cup (and Italians) you prob will be (nothing personal).

I put £50 on Fiorentina winning the cup a month ago. So hopefully they'll do it for me and Italian football.

Don't worry I know how you feel about people thinking it'll be a walkover because your team and players are less well known than the opposition. I was watching ITV and they were already talking about who Man Utd would meet in the SF, completely disregarding Roma.

I like Sporting a lot, I think their performances were better than Roma in the group stages and perhaps deserved to make it ahead of us. I always play as them in Fifa and generally do a pretty damn good job, combining beautiful Football with results.

Good Luck.

Yea, the funny thing about that is that there's always two sides to it... it's not like Bolton get much respect in Portugal for ex. while in England the idea is we're weaker than the relegation battellers. Rangers may be resected as a club, but it's not like anyone knows who plays there... point being just because your media is hyping your club up while bashing the opposition doesn't really mean much as the same is true on the flip side.

While Sporting looked like they had more drive than Roma in the gs Roma was a very precise squad and took their chances clinically... that marked the difference between us... we just lacked the thicker skin and experience that Roma had despite not playing quite so well. In the end Roma's gotten farther than I believe Sporting would've and that's just the way football is... there's no reason they can't play toe-to-toe against Utd.. they have to at this level and stage. Roma has the beliefe that comes with being a big Italian club and I don't think that should be underestimated.. it should be an interesting 1/4 final matchup between these two clubs.

btw, if it's up to Sporting to stop Fior to reach the finals I think your bet will have a greater chance of coming good.

Next time let's hope it's Sporting and Roma that qualify, pushing United to the Uefa Cup.

I think Getafe are the toughest draw for us, especially since we're playing at home first. I have tremendous respect for them and I think Bayern really have to pull it together (on and off the pitch) if they don't want to become their latest victim.

Sporting has the best attack at home in the league... let's see how Rangers deals with that... as I've heard they don't travel very well.

I realise Sporting doesn't travel well... but if we can get a positive result in Glasgow, either win or a goal scoring draw, I think we'll be on our way to the semis.

Liedson back amongst the goals, Yannick back with a goal after being out of the side for 4 months, Moutinho in a goal scoring mood, Pereirinha in confident form... Vuk flying high.. Sporting's season might be shapping up for a good finish.

No Marseille great shame. Leverkusen win Zenit please!

Can't wait for Thursday's Sporting CP - Rangers game. Rangers don't lose many goals and they are mentally very, very strong. That's what wins them games - their mental strength.

The Quiet Earth wrote:Can't wait for Thursday's Sporting CP - Rangers game. Rangers don't lose many goals and they are mentally very, very strong. That's what wins them games - their mental strength.

That's going to be a really dull game, Rangers parking the bus against a mediocre Portuguese team.

The Quiet Earth wrote:Can't wait for Thursday's Sporting CP - Rangers game. Rangers don't lose many goals and they are mentally very, very strong. That's what wins them games - their mental strength.

Mentally we've been shakey... but they've been able to soak up large amounts of pressure alright... they don't exactly bend over or anything.

It's just this up-down season that's taken some of the confidence away at times... making play more complicated than it really needs to be.

This match at Ibrox could be a real test of fire

Murray wrote:

The Quiet Earth wrote:Can't wait for Thursday's Sporting CP - Rangers game. Rangers don't lose many goals and they are mentally very, very strong. That's what wins them games - their mental strength.

That's going to be a really dull game, Rangers parking the bus against a mediocre Portuguese team.

That mediocrity single handedly pulled apart a certain red club just days ago...

Murray wrote:

The Quiet Earth wrote:Can't wait for Thursday's Sporting CP - Rangers game. Rangers don't lose many goals and they are mentally very, very strong. That's what wins them games - their mental strength.

That's going to be a really dull game, Rangers parking the bus against a mediocre Portuguese team.

Haha! Well that is true. But I will hopefully watch it with my friend who is a massive fan of Rangers. He's never known European success with his team. So, for his sake, it will be good if Rangers triumph.

I'm just wondering what we've done in Europe this year would leave the impression that we've been mediocre... ehh who cares.

Leverkusen v Zenit on ITV4 now, Rangers on after.

Leverkusen 0-1 Zenit
Arshavin

Sporting v Rangers on ITV4 later tongiht, and the other 2 matches are being streamed on the ITV site.

Leverkusen 1-1 Zenit
Kiessling

Scrambled finish from the German Wunderkind.

Leverkusen 1-2 Zenit

Wonderful from Arshavin, easy goal for the top scorer in the competition in the end.

Dwarf wrote:Leverkusen 1-2 Zenit

Wonderful from Arshavin, easy goal for the top scorer in the competition in the end.

Looks like Dickie is handing out a can of whoopass to the Germans

Leverkusen are in big trouble

1-3 now, long range strike from Anyukov.

Leverkusen 1-3 Zenit

Anyukov long range strike, tie over if the Russians aren't naive.

1-4

Bayer are getting hammered! Zenit look like a useful side.

Leverkusen 1-4 Zenit

Tearing them apart with a fabulous counter attack.

Sheffield gunner wrote:1-4

Bayer are getting hammered! Zenit look like a useful side.

Germany in europe

Cool I dropped my Zenit players & put in lots of Bayer ones. Major fantasy f@ck up?

Who got the 4th? My man Pogrebniak again?

COTR wrote:

Sheffield gunner wrote:1-4

Bayer are getting hammered! Zenit look like a useful side.

Germany in europe

Hah, we export great managers like the Germans export mercedeses

De Guzman wrote:So Zenit will KO both German clubs & beat PSV, who beat Sporting on penalties in the SF, in the final

still very much on