UEFA CUP RETURN GAMES 2008: 1 OUT OF 3 FOR SPANISH TEAMS

Only one Spanish team managed to go onto the next round of the UEFA
CUP tonight, after the two supposingly big names said goodbye.
















Above is the away goal by PROGREBNYAK that gave ZENIT
ST.PETERSBURG
the victory over VILLAREAL, although
they lost the match. They came with a goal advantage & in case
of a draw an away goal is worth double.
Villareal almost made the comeback with goals from G.FRANCO
in the 74th min & TOMASSEN in the 89th min.
However, the effort was not enough, out & goodbye Villareal!
























GETAFE played a wonderfull match & defeated AEK ATHENS
3-0 , taking the overall score to 4-1. The less powerfull Spainish
side of the three on show tonight was the flag carrier with goals
& great play.
























Getafe player GRANERO ( above) scored first in the 45th min,
followed later by CONTRA ( below) & finally BRAULIO a minute
later. Michael Laudrups team are playing better in Uefa than in the
domestic league.
























Below is the picture , as words are not enough. SFS will try however,
disappointment & absolute embarresment. ATLETICO DE MADRID
have been eliminated by English team BOLTON WANDERERS after
drawing 0-0, the goal at home to Bolton was enough.















The English team decided to defend their one goal advantage & placed
a wall infront of Atletico. If that was hard, they had lots of
chances that were not taken: a Forlan header, Luis Garcia shot & an
apparent penalty to Atletico not called. But apart from this Atletico
were slow & non effective, quite frankly they did not deserve to win.

A disaster that may have finally sentenced the future of Mexican coach
Javier Aguirre. Now the only objective left is to consolate & keep their
Champions League position on the Spanish League table, & even that
looks difficult.

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