The Europa League Thread 2013/14

[stealthpapes]

So Spurs and Swansea through

Juventus are an unseeded team in the draw

How?!

For the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records will be seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage will be unseeded.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Group B
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 16
2 FC Chornomorets Odesa 10
3 PSV 7
4 Dinamo Zagreb 1

Lol @ PSV and Zagreb. Who the effing 'ell are Ludogorets Razgrad and FC Chornomorets Odesa?

[soggy biscuit]

'There's only one FC Chornomorets Odesa
one FC Chornomorets Odeeeeeeeeeesa.......'

[From Despair To Where?]

Group B
1 Ludogorets Razgrad 16
2 FC Chornomorets Odesa 10
3 PSV 7
4 Dinamo Zagreb 1

Lol @ PSV and Zagreb. Who the effing 'ell are Ludogorets Razgrad and FC Chornomorets Odesa?

Bulgarian champions and defeated Ukrainian Cup finalists respectively.

Razgrad are bankrolled and didn't exist before 2001. They pinched the registration, name and history of a club that folded in 2006.

It's like that Paul Whitehouse Roman Abramovich sketch. "Ah Leeverpool, such heestory, I like heestory. I buy heestory, give to Chelsea. How much for heestory?"

[TBM]

Europa League last 32 draw
Dnipro v Tottenham
Real Betis v Rubin Kazan
Swansea v Napoli
Juventus v Trabzonspor
Maribor v Sevilla
Viktoria Plzen v Shakhtar Donetsk
Chornomorets v Lyon
Lazio v Ludogorets
Esbjerg v Fiorentina
Ajax v FC Salzburg
Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Basle
Porto v Eintracht Frankfurt
Anzhi v Genk
Dynamo Kiev v Valencia
PAOK v Benfica
Slovan Liberec v AZ Alkmaar


Europa League last 16 draw
Slovan Liberec /AZ Alkmaar v Anzhi/Genk
Lazio/Ludogorets v Dynamo Kiev/Valencia
Porto/Eintracht Frankfurt v Swansea/Napoli
Chornomorets/Lyon v Viktoria Plzen/Shakhtar Donetsk
Maribor/Sevilla v Real Betis/Rubin Kazan
Dnipro/Tottenham v PAOK/Benfica
Maccabi Tel-Aviv/Basle v Ajax/FC Salzburg
Juventus/Trabzonspor v Esbjerg/Fiorentina

[YateleyRoyal]

Europa League last 32 draw
Dnipro v Tottenham
Real Betis v Rubin Kazan
Swansea v Napoli
Juventus v Trabzonspor
Maribor v Sevilla
Viktoria Plzen v Shakhtar Donetsk
Chornomorets v Lyon
Lazio v Ludogorets
Esbjerg v Fiorentina
Ajax v FC Salzburg
Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Basle
Porto v Eintracht Frankfurt
Anzhi v Genk
Dynamo Kiev v Valencia
PAOK v Benfica
Slovan Liberec v AZ Alkmaar


Europa League last 16 draw
Slovan Liberec /AZ Alkmaar v Anzhi/Genk
Lazio/Ludogorets v Dynamo Kiev/Valencia
Porto/Eintracht Frankfurt v Swansea/Napoli
Chornomorets/Lyon v Viktoria Plzen/Shakhtar Donetsk
Maribor/Sevilla v Real Betis/Rubin Kazan
Dnipro/Tottenham v PAOK/Benfica
Maccabi Tel-Aviv/Basle v Ajax/FC Salzburg
Juventus/Trabzonspor v Esbjerg/Fiorentina

How unlucky for Swansea to get the winners in this round.

[soggy biscuit]

Europa League last 32 draw
Dnipro v Tottenham

Dnipro are managed by Juande Ramos

[TBM]

Dear oh dear

Anyone see Soldados miss

[SPARTA]

Gary Monk's druggy eyes and body warmer really annoy me. It really isn't and hasn't been 'that' cold.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Swansea looking frigging awesome against Napoli, who are flapping like mad.

Really need to put some of the chances away though

[SHORT AND CURLY]

Oh dear
Spurs beaten by a pub team

[TBM]

Ajax 3-0 down at home too

[genome]

https://vine.co/v/MZxYL0vHhwd

[Terminal Boardom]

Talk about a player with absolutely zero confidence.

Watching the Swansea game last night and they desperately need a goalscorer. All well and good having the possession and creating chances but if you don't score, you can't win.

[TBM]

Talk about a player with absolutely zero confidence.

Watching the Swansea game last night and they desperately need a goalscorer. All well and good having the possession and creating chances but if you don't score, you can't win.

Yeah, if only they had some big black fella who has scored 14 goals this season.....

[Platypuss]

Wow, Swansea were absolutely horrific.

[soggy biscuit]

Someone in our Swiss office told me Salzburg would win this competition in the early stages, I obviously lolzed at him and mocked him lots.

They just put Ajax out 6-1

[Pepe the Horseman]

Someone in our Swiss office told me Salzburg would win this competition in the early stages, I obviously lolzed at him and mocked him lots.

They just put Ajax out 6-1

Can still get them at 12/1. They've won all their games so far and Jonathan Soriano is an absolute goal machine.

[soggy biscuit]

Someone in our Swiss office told me Salzburg would win this competition in the early stages, I obviously lolzed at him and mocked him lots.

They just put Ajax out 6-1

Can still get them at 12/1. They've won all their games so far and Jonathan Soriano is an absolute goal machine.

61 goals in his last 64 games. 11 goals in 9 European games this season

Against Ajax

[TBM]

Someone in our Swiss office told me Salzburg would win this competition in the early stages, I obviously lolzed at him and mocked him lots.

They just put Ajax out 6-1

Out to Basel now tho