EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010 2ºLEG: ATLETICO DE MADRID GOES ONTO THE NEXT PHASE (SEE VIDEO) & ATHLETIC DE BILBAO ELIMINATED.

The 1ºst leg clash in Madrid finished with ATLETICO DE MADRID
drawing 1-1 with Turkish side GALATASARAY. The 2º leg EUROPA
LEAGUE return match promised to be a tough affair & it was, with
strong play, a sending off & controversy. The return game finished
with GALATASARAY losing 1- 2 against ATLETICO DE MADRID, 2-3
on the overall aggregate to take the Spaniards onto the next phase.

(photo: Forlan flying into the Q/finals)












It was a hard fought game with Aguero going off in the 1ºst half
when he received a vicious kick on the jaw from a Galatasaray
player that the referee didn’t see & certainly deserved a Red
Card. However, the match lifted a notch & began to really heat
up in the 2º half when SIMAO put Atletico ahead in the 62nd
minute to see how Galatasaray player KEITA equalized just 3
minutes later. It was heading for extra-time as both teams were
trying hard to score to avoid it when the Turks claimed a hand-ball
from Atletico defender Perea in the 78th min who slipped &
appeared to accidentally touch the ball, or that’s what the referee
thought as a penalty was not called. This infuriated the Turks &
especially their player Erkin who was sent off with double yellow
cards in the 80th min after taking out his frustration with some
really dangerous tackles.

With Galatasaray down to 10 men, Atletico in the 89th min managed
an inspiring move from Reyes who split the Turkish defence to pass
to DIEGO FORLAN – who came on earlier for the injured Aguero - to
dribble a defender in the outer goal area & score the winning goal.
Watch the below VIDEO of the winner:




In typical Atletico fashion, the Spanish team qualifies in dramatic &
last minute circumstances

(photo: Anderlecht on a scoring roll)
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ATHLETIC DE BILBAO drew 1-1 with ANDERLECHT in the 1º leg
& travelled to Belgium for the return game to lose tonight 4-0,
which is 5-1 on overall aggregate. There is not much to say here
except that it was a night for Bilbao to forget as their opponents
were far & away the better team. Anderlecht showed their
intentions early in the 4th min with the opening goal from LUKAKU
which was followed by a second in the 26th min when Bilbao
defender SAN JOSE scored an own goal.

It didn’t stop here as the home team continued “steam-rolling”
with a third goal in the 48th min via JUHASZ that was followed
with a spectacular fourth goal in the 67th min by LEGEAR who
brought the house down.

Conclusion, Athletic de Bilbao unfortunately eliminated & thrashed
by a superior Belgium team. Tweet

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