OPORTO 0 SEVILLA 1 | SEVILLA FC ELIMINATED FROM THE EUROPA LEAGUE

SEVILLA FC was always going to find things very difficult at Portugal after losing 1 - 2 in the 1º leg of their EUROPA LEAGUE clash with OPORTO. Tonight they managed to win the 2º leg match against Oporto 0 - 1 but was eliminated. The away leg result was not enough for the Spanish Club & leave the competition with their heads high although that won´t matter much now with the elimination so fresh & recent. 

Sevilla FC - Oporto Europa League

It was a very even & hard battled match which saw the only goal by Sevilla FC player LUIS FABIANO arrive in the 71st min. Oporto player Pereira received a red card in the 73rd min & then Sevilla defender Alexis received a red card in the 78th . With 10 men each the game was open with spaces & it was end to end stuff with Sevilla having chances to score more goals. Said this, Sevilla goalkeeper Javi Varas had lots of work to do stopping Oporto on various occasions.

A balanced game with the damage really done on Sevilla in the 1º leg game & a result that was extremely difficult to turn around.


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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 | THE LAST 16 TEAMS

Champions League is now down to the last 16 teams & UEFA will celebrate the team match - up draw at Lyon (France) the 17th of December. The procedure is fairly simple: Top Group Clubs in one bowl & second Group placed teams in the other, with Clubs from the same country avoiding each other, ie neither Real Madrid nor Barça can play against Valencia CF

For the three Spanish Clubs (Real Madrid, FC Barcelona & Valencia CF) the possible combinations are all "top quality" & at the same time "exciting" from the point of view of the Football espectator.

The "knock-out" - home & away - stage commences mid Febuary 2011.  Tweet

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EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP MATCHES | VILLAREAL WINS SEVILLA FC LOSE

Mixed night for Spanish Teams playing their EUROPA LEAGUE group matches with a win & a loss. Here is a brief summary with the results & the scorers of the Villareal & Sevilla FC games.

Rossi : photo courtesy of marca.com

VILLAREAL took their great Spanish League form into their European Group D  participation with another solid performance defeating Croatian Club DYNAMO ZAGREB 3 - 0. Villareal forward ROSSI had a great match with two goals both scored in the 25th & 80th min & the last for Villareal coming thanks to MARCO RUBEN in the 62nd min. This victory for Villareal assures their presence in the next stage of the Europa League competition. 

PSG defeat Sevilla FC : courtesy of marca.com

SEVILLA FC travelled to Paris for their Group J match against PSG & ended up losing 4-2 . This defeat obliges the Spanish team to win their next match against German side  Dortmund if they are to continue onto the next stage of the Europa League.

Most of tonights game action occured during the first 45 min with a total of 5 goals being scored between both sides. It was PSG player BODMAR who began things with his goal in the 17th min followed by another for the French team from HOARAU in the 19th min. Sevilla reacted to the goals by picking up its game & finding a "golden period" which saw KANOUTE scored twice to equalize in the 32nd & 36th min, however PSG got ahead again in the 45th min via NENE.

The 2ºhalf started as the 1ºst half finished with a quick goal by PSG via HOARAU in the 47th min & managed his second for the night. The result remained 4 -2 until the end to confirm a just result for PSG who deserved the win as they played much better over a Sevilla side that made too many mistakes.  Tweet

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EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP B H MATCHES | RESULTS | ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 ARIS SALONIKA 3 OB ODENSE 1 GETAFE 1

Not a good night for SPANISH FOOTBALL in the two games played of the EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches. Here are the results & the scorers from the already mentioned games.

Short lived joy for Aguero who scored.

ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted Greek side ARIS SALONIKA & needed a win to secure the second Group B spot to move on in the competition. Instead they lost 2 - 3 & have complicated seriously things as they need to win Germans Werder Bremen in their last Group game & Aris draw against Rosenberg. Nothing worst than leaving your fate in the hands of the "Football Gods".

The signs came early as "Spanish" - Greek player KOKE scored in the 1st min from a defensive mistake that would repeat itself later again. DIEGO FORLAN equalized quickly in the 11th min & SERGIO AGUERO put Atletico ahead in the 15th min. Looking good up to here but the Spaniards missed their many chances & in the 51st min Aris was awarded a penalty which KOKE scored. Then the "heavy blow" for Atletico came when LAZARIDIS put in the winner in the 80th min after a series of defensive fumbles beforehand.

The Greeks played their game & congratulations , but Atletico lost it tonight all by themselves.

Stiff night for Getafe - in orange.

GETAFE needed to win their Group H game against OB ODENSE to stay alive, but it finished in a 1 - 1 draw & they say goodbye to Europe. Getafe started well with a 16th min goal from PEDRO RIOS & were going fine. However, they went from more to less as the game went on & missed numerous occasions while the home team grew in confidence & play. The Danes were dangerous in the corners & free-kicks & while Getafe stood firm the "knock-out" punch came in the 92nd min with the equalizer by ANDERASEN.

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EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 - 2011 GROUP MATCHES | RELATIVELY GOOD NIGHT FOR SPANISH TEAMS

Busy night for all four SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS as they played their EUROPA LEAGUE Group qualifying matches with overall general joy for the Spanish fans. I personally wasn´t able to witness all four matches but managed to keep the pulse of most via TV, radio & a Twitter account, therefore excuse me if some summaries are brief & to the main detail.

Sergio Aguero scores the 2º goal for Atletico

ATLECTICO DE MADRID needed to win their Group B match against ROSENBERG if they were to keep alive hopes of passing onto the next level. They did this with a confident & well earned 3-0 victory that also included the "comeback" from injury from Sergio Aguero.

The first goal came via Atletico defender GODIN who headed in the ball in the 16th min. From here it was fairly even with chances occuring at both ends. However, the magic & the calmness came in the 2ºhalf when SERGIO AGUERO came on after 3 weeks of injury. He scored the second in the 66th min & then played the part in the third which DIEGO COSTA scored in the 75th min.

Happy Atletico fans tonight!

Marco Ruben scores the Villareal winner

VILLAREAL won 1- 0 Geek team PAOK Salonica to take top spot of Group D. It wasn´t easy as the Greeks turned out to be very tough to crack outfit with their defensive set up & didn´t allow many chances to appear. However, it was Villareal player MARCO RUBEN who took his chance in the 37th min & scored what would later turn out to be the winner.

Getafe player Marcano tussles with Camoranesi 

GETAFE travelled to Germany & lost 0 - 1 to STUTTGART in their Group H match to virtually say goodbye to the Europa League for this season. The German goal came in the 29th min when MARICA converted a goalkeeper fumble into a goal. The Spaniards were rowing upstream for the rest of the match.

Kanoute scores Sevilla FC only goal

Ukrainian team KARPATY LUIV are difficult to play at home just as SEVILLA FC found out tonight in their Group J clash. The Spaniards needed to win to stay alive in the competition & managed to do just that with a "true grit" win thanks to the solitary goal scored by KANOUTE with a header in the 34th min. Final result 0 -1. Tweet

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