Tonight's UEFA Cup action

therecklessone

AS Nancy v Shakhtar Donetsk (agg 1-1)
AZ v Fenerbahce (agg 3-3)
Ajax v Werder Bremen (agg 0-3)
Blackburn v Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-3)
Celta Vigo v Spartak Moscow (agg 1-1)
Dinamo Bucuresti v Benfica (agg 0-1)
Espanyol v Livorno (agg 2-1)
Maccabi Haifa v CSKA Moscow (agg 0-0)
Newcastle v Zulte-Waregem (agg 0-0)
Osasuna v Bordeaux (agg 0-0)
PSG v AEK Athens (agg 2-0)
Panathinaikos v Lens (agg 0-0)
Parma v Braga (agg 0-0)
Rangers v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (agg 1-2)
Sevilla v Steaua Bucuresti (agg 2-0)

therecklessone

Leverkusen 0-0 Blackburn FT. Leverkusen advance.
AZ 2-2 Fenerbache FT. AZ advance

therecklessone

Nancy 0-1 Shaktar FT. Shaktar advance.

KdjaCL

therecklessone wrote:

AZ 2-2 Fenerbache FT. AZ advance

5-5 on agg


kdjac

therecklessone

Rangers 1-0 up against Hapoel, they'll go through on away goals if it stays that way.

Benfica winning 2-1 in Bucharest, 2nd half (3-1 up on agg)

eirebhoy

Delighted to see AZ and Shakhtar through. Strong competition this year. Newcastle are on TG4. They're terrible, all their players off form.

therecklessone

Dinamo 1-2 Benfica FT. Benfica advance.

Rangers 2-0 up now, looking good to advance.

Sevilla 1-0 against Steaua.

therecklessone

Maccabi Haifa 1-0 CSKA Moscow FT. Haifa advance.

eirebhoy

I don't know what's up with CSKA. This lot that Rangers are playing are absolutely terrible. Even in the first leg they played like the away team. Macabbi Haifa are midtable in the Israeli league.

therecklessone

Barcodes 1 up, Martins goal from a Duff assist.

therecklessone

Ajax take a 2-1 lead at home to Bremen but trail 4-2 on agg. Well into 2nd half.

therecklessone

Celta 2 up against Spartak, should go through.

Chucky the tree

3-1 to ajax now.

therecklessone

Ajax still need another 2 because of away goals.

Braga snatch a 1-0 win @ Parma despite being down to 10 men, 2-0 win on agg. Meet Spurs in next round, my flights are booked!

Raskolnikov

Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Zulte Waregem are complete no hopers, Rangers/Newcastle should be thankful to have effectively gotten bye's.

eirebhoy

Raskolnikov wrote:

Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Zulte Waregem are complete no hopers, Rangers/Newcastle should be thankful to have effectively gotten bye's.

Which is why it's very strange that CSKA couldn't score against a worse team than Hapoel.

therecklessone

Sorry for the lack of updates, was booking flights to Oporto for Braga...:D

PSG 2-0 AEK FT. PSG advance.

Barcodes 1-0 Zulte W FT. Barcodes advance.

Sevilla 1-0 Steaua FT. Sevilla advance.

Celta 2-1 Spartak Moscow FT. Celta advance.

Panathinaikos 0-0 Lens FT. Lens advance (3-1 on agg, despite what the first post says)

Rangers 4-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv FT. Rangers advance.

Heisenberg.

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kinaldo

The Scientist wrote:

Go on the magpies! Any chance of winning it d'ye think?

Some decent teams left in there but I think we can beat anyone on our day. Today was not one of those days! The Uefa Cup is definitely winnable though.

KdjaCL

The Scientist wrote:

Toon army advance to last 16! Go on the magpies! Any chance of winning it d'ye think?

They have AZ who a few years ago were everyones 2nd team, now they fairly crap. If newcastle continue playing as is in Europe they prolly get tru that round.

Braga v Tottenham
Celta Vigo v Werder Bremen
Lens v Bayer Leverkusen
Maccabi Haifa v Espanyol
Newcastle v AZ
PSG v Benfica
Rangers v Osasuna
Sevilla v Shakhtar Donetsk

Sevilla imo the best team there but if they have to choose between league and uefa i think they may field a weakened side (some of the players tonight got 2nd starts of the season, Kershatov in particular). Some decent games there, altho noone really watches it the games generally do be good.


kdjac

eirebhoy

I can't see Newcastle getting past AZ. AZ are excellent travellers and haven't been beaten at home in Europe in 30 years. They're conceding a lot but they won't have trouble scoring against Newcastle's defence.

Some really excellent matches there.

Braga v Tottenham
Newcastle v AZ
PSG v Benfica
Sevilla v Shakhtar Donetsk

therecklessone

KdjaCL wrote:

Braga v Tottenham
Celta Vigo v Werder Bremen
Lens v Bayer Leverkusen
Maccabi Haifa v Espanyol
Newcastle v AZ
PSG v Benfica
Rangers v Osasuna
Sevilla v Shakhtar Donetsk

Reckon Sevilla and Bremen are the two best sides left in it.

Some interesting ties in the last 16...the bottom 4 listed could all go either way TBH.

I don't care either way, I've my flights and hotel booked for two nights in Portugal. :cool:

kinaldo

eirebhoy wrote:

I can't see Newcastle getting past AZ. AZ are excellent travellers and haven't been beaten at home in Europe in 30 years.

Meh. Newcastle have an excellent record against Dutch opposition in recent seasons. Their league is muck and AZ only lie in 3rd.

UEFA Cup 04-05 Heerenveen (a) Won 2-1
UEFA Cup 04-05 Heerenveen (h) Won 2-1

UEFA Cup 03-04 PSV Eindhoven (a) Drew 1-1
UEFA Cup 03-04 PSV Eindhoven (h) Won 2-1

UEFA Cup 03-04 NAC Breda (h) Won 5-0
UEFA Cup 03-04 NAC Breda (a) Won 1-0

Champs Lg 02-03 Feyenoord (a) Won 3-2

eirebhoy

Do the teams on the left play 1st leg at home? If so it's a tough one for Seville.

kinaldo wrote:

Meh. Newcastle have an excellent record against Dutch opposition in recent seasons. Their league is muck and AZ only lie in 3rd.

Who knows. Newcastle's defence is really terrible in fairness. AZ take teams apart when they're in the mood.

therecklessone

eirebhoy wrote:

Do the teams on the left play 1st leg at home? If so it's a tough one for Seville.

Yes.

KdjaCL

kinaldo wrote:

Meh. Newcastle have an excellent record against Dutch opposition in recent seasons. Their league is muck and AZ only lie in 3rd.

Newcastle are 9th and have won 10 league games all season, hardly a case for comparing league and league position as some sort of superiority and also got into Europe via the same way as Eircom league teams.. I would go as far to say newcastle are muck in the league this season. But in Europe they are playing very well. Still think they will beat AZ but not in a league game


kdjac

kinaldo

KdjaCL wrote:

Newcastle are 9th and have won 10 league games all season, hardly a case for comparing league and league position as some sort of superiority and also got into Europe via the same way as Eircom league teams.. I would go as far to say newcastle are muck in the league this season. But in Europe they are playing very well. Still think they will beat AZ but not in a league game


kdjac

I just don't fear any team from that league. In what European match have Newcastle played well this season? I don't remember any tbh. We're unbeaten in 12 without hardly breaking sweat, and at times playing abysmal. In the league we're getting better. Martins continues to improve and injuries are clearing up.

KdjaCL

kinaldo wrote:

I just don't fear any team from that league. In what European match have Newcastle played well this season? I don't remember any tbh. We're unbeaten in 12 without hardly breaking sweat, and at times playing abysmal. In the league we're getting better. Martins continues to improve and injuries are clearing up.

Do you fear teams from the championship then? Or is Eredivise poorer than that you?


kdjac

kinaldo

KdjaCL wrote:

Do you fear teams from the championship then?

kdjac

No, and you haven't answered my question.

KdjaCL wrote:

Or is Eredivise poorer than that you?

English please!