2017/18 UEFA Europa League

monkey9

I understand the line up that Wenger put out tonight because they were three nil up going into the home leg and they have a league cup final coming up this weekend.

But it sums up Wenger's demise. No longer a Champions League club, knocked out of the FA Cup by a Championship side and he doesn't have a crop of up and coming youth players to make his next great team.

In short, there's nothing left for Wenger at Arsenal. All his excuses are gone.

Mr.Nice Guy

The draw is at noon tomorrow our time. BT Sport will show it and it will also be streamed on UEFA's website. Looking forward to it as there's quite a lot of good teams in there. I think Atletico are the one everyone will look to avoid.

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

The draw is at noon tomorrow our time. BT Sport will show it and it will also be streamed on UEFA's website. Looking forward to it as there's quite a lot of good teams in there. I think Atletico are the one everyone will look to avoid.

As far as Milan go they are the only team I'd actively dread playing. The only CL quality team left in the competition.

I loved when they blamed the English fans for trouble with the Russians a few years ago when the video showed the English all in one area coming under attack.

Mushy

https://twitter.com/mbatshuayi/status/966795800209747968

Fan trouble in Spain, racism in Italy. Hopefully UEFA step in and do something about it

Richard Hillman

Atalanta are one of those lefty hipster teams too.

spiralism

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Atalanta are one of those lefty hipster teams too.

Are you thinking of Livorno by any chance?

Richard Hillman

spiralism wrote: »

Are you thinking of Livorno by any chance?

Livorno too but Atalanta are a leftist club as well.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/07/atalanta-serie-a-club-guide-ground-ultras-caniggia

Jelle1880

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Atalanta are one of those lefty hipster teams too.

How the **** is Atalanta a hipster team ?

ERG89

Jelle1880 wrote:

How the **** is Atalanta a hipster team ?

I genuinely think its only because they got deserved praise on here & by others for this run but Donati & Doni were hardly hipster gold

Jelle1880

ERG89 wrote: »

I genuinely think its only because they got deserved praise on here & by others for this run but Donati & Doni were hardly hipster gold

I think it's just because he heard about them and their politics only recently and therefore decided they are a hipster choice of teams.

Atalanta have a long-running history of left-leaning politics and all over Italy are at the very least respected because their fans don't take crap from anyone and are also able to set political/club rivalries aside. For example they were the first club and fanbase to send out condolences when Gabriele Sandri was shot in 2007.

If anything they are about as far from a hipster team as you can get.

Harry Palmr

Some tasty sides left in this - Arsenal could have a tough enough road to the final should they reach it.

(hoping for Leipzig v Salzburg!)

Arsenal,
CSKA Moscow,
RB Leipzig,
Zenit St Petersburg,
Locomotiv Moscow,
Atlético Madrid,
Lazio,
Sporting Lisbon,
Viktoria Plzen,
Dynamo Kiev,
Lyon,
Milan,
Borussia Dortmund,
Athletic Bilbao,
Marseille
RB Salzburg

ERG89

Milan vs Arsenal

Mr.Nice Guy

Full Draw:

Lazio vs Dynamo Kiev
RB Leipzig vs Zenit
Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow
CSKA Moscow vs Lyon
Marseille vs Athletic Bilbao
Sporting Lisbon vs Viktoria Plzen
Borussia Dortmund vs FC Salzburg
AC Milan vs Arsenal


Milan vs Arsenal looks the pick of the bunch. Marseille vs Athletic could be very good too.

citytillidie

Round of 16
Lazio (ITA) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
RB Leipzig (GER) V Zenit (RUS)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) V Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
CSKA Moskva (RUS) V Lyon (FRA)
Marseille (FRA) V Athletic Club (ESP)
Sporting CP (POR) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Salzburg (AUT)
AC Milan (ITA) V Arsenal (ENG)

5star02707

Oh yeah some tie!

GavRedKing

ERG89 wrote: »

Milan vs Arsenal

10 years ago that would have been a very good CL k/o game.

Rekop dog

Sweet, might pop over to the Emirates for that one, have never been. Both fairly reliant to win this comp to qualify for Champions League next season.

Bret Hart

Didn't Arsenal get hammered on their last trip to Milan ?

Skylinehead

Bret Hart wrote: »

Didn't Arsenal get hammered on their last trip to Milan ?

Yeah in the first leg lost 4-0. Then won 3-0 in the return leg, with van Persie doing some stupid lob thing when he could have levelled it...

We beat them a year or two before that, 2-0 in the San Siro.

The Golden Miller

Skylinehead wrote: »

Yeah in the first leg lost 4-0. Then won 3-0 in the return leg, with van Persie doing some stupid lob thing when he could have levelled it...

We beat them a year or two before that, 2-0 in the San Siro.

That 2-0 defeat was the end of the last great Milan team as we knew them, the kingpins of modern European football. Where experience had got them by in years previous, age finally caught up with them and a young Arsenal team simply ran the legs off them. It's been sad to see their decline since, excluding the mini revival they had a few seasons later, but even then were never the same

citytillidie

Round of 16 1st Legs
18:00 Kick Off
AC Milan (ITA) V Arsenal (ENG) - Live on BT Sport 2
Borussia Dortmund (GER) V Salzburg (AUT) - Live on BT Sport ESPN
CSKA Moskva (RUS) V Lyon (FRA)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) V Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) - Live on BT Sport 3 / Showcase

20:05 Kick Off
Lazio (ITA) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
RB Leipzig (GER) V Zenit (RUS) - Live on BT Sport 2
Marseille (FRA) V Athletic Club (ESP) - Live on BT Sport 3
Sporting CP (POR) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Make or break for Wenger

On BT2

Milan dominating already

Mustafi is a liability

Big goal from Miki Ryan

M!Ck^

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Big goal from Miki Ryan

Followed up by a dreadful miss

Ramsey scores
Some ball from Ozil

ERG89

As embarrassing as drawing with Benevento that.

Bret Hart

Tie over.

eagle eye

Dortmund 2-0 down to Salzburg at home.

Mr.Nice Guy

Excellent result for Arsenal against one of Europe's in-form sides. Delighted for Wenger. He's given his side a great platform for the second leg and ruined the evening of his critics into the bargain. Legend.

Mr.Nice Guy

Very good start for Marseille. Gone into a 2-0 lead over Athletic inside 15 minutes. Ocampos with the first and Payet just smashed in a second.

ollie1

That was a great goal from Payet

Guy:Incognito

One of the officials behind the goal decides to get involved for once and balls up a peno decision.

That's never a peno.

Mr.Nice Guy

Can't believe that was given as a penalty. Very harsh. 2-1 now. It's funny I used to think players arguing after a referee's decision has been made was a waste of time. Guess not.

And it's half-time. Very interesting game. Marseille could have been 3-0 or 4-0 in front with the chances they had. Instead it's 2-1 after a gift of a peno. Second half should be good.

Mr.Nice Guy

Ocamposssssssssssss.

Payet involved again. He's been great tonight.

Update: Thauvin stretchered off. Hope this isn't another Neymar situation.

Mr.Nice Guy

Full-Time. Marseille win the first leg 3-1. I thought Marseille were by far the better side. Ocampos nearly grabbed a hat-trick but Etxeita cleared off the line. Some big saves from Herrerin to keep Bilbao in it too. Payet was very impressive. They had two big dollops of bad luck though: having a very harsh penalty awarded against them and then losing Thauvin to what looks a bad injury. Good night for Ligue 1 after Tuesday's disappointment as Lyon also won 1-0 away to CSKA Moscow.

Elsewhere Lazio suffered a disappointing result tonight drawing 2-2 with Dynamo Kiev at home.

citytillidie

1st leg results
AC Milan (ITA) 0 V 2 Arsenal (ENG)
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 1 V 2 Salzburg (AUT)
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 0 V 1 Lyon (FRA)
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 3 V 0 Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
Lazio (ITA) 2 V 2 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
RB Leipzig (GER) 2 V 1 Zenit (RUS)
Marseille (FRA) 3 V 1 Athletic Club (ESP)
Sporting CP (POR) 2 V 0 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Round of 16 2nd Legs
16:00 Kick Off
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) V Atlético Madrid (ESP) (Agg 0-3) - Live on BT Sport 2 / Showcase

18:00 Kick Off
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Lazio (ITA) (Agg 2-2) - Live on BT Sport TBC
Zenit (RUS) V RB Leipzig (GER) (Agg 1-2) - Live on BT ESPN
Athletic Club (ESP) V Marseille (FRA) (Agg 1-3) - Live on BT Sport 3
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V Sporting CP (POR) (Agg 0-2) - Live on BT Sport TBC

20:05 Kick Off
Arsenal (ENG) V AC Milan (ITA) (Agg 2-0) - Live on BT Sport 2
Salzburg (AUT) V Borussia Dortmund (GER) (Agg 2-1) - Live on BT Sport 3
Lyon (FRA) V CSKA Moskva (RUS) (Agg 1-0) - Live on BT Sport TBC

Mr.Nice Guy

Gonna give Athletic vs Marseille a watch. The first leg was enjoyable. Marseille lead 3-1 currently. Teams:

Athletic Bilbao XI: Herrerin - De Marcos, Yeray, Etxeita, Lekue - Iturraspe, Etxebarria - Inaki Williams, Mikel Rico, Cordorba - Aduriz.

Marseille XI: Mandanda - Sakai, Rami, Rolando, Amavi - Lopez, Gustavo - Thauvin, Payet, Ocampos - Mitroglou.

Good to see Thauvin back after his injury in the first leg. He made the France squad earlier for the international break. Interested to see how Inaki Williams does in this game. I normally like him but thought he was underwhelming in the previous match.

Update: Peno to Marseille for a foul on Payet. And Payet scores it. Long way back for Bilbao now as it becomes 4-1 on aggregate. It's Premier League ref Anthony Taylor doing this game and who gave the decision. It was a fantastic move leading up to the foul.

inforfun

Nice.....

Griezmann

https://clips.clippit.tv/qdeedk/720.mp4

Mr.Nice Guy

1-0 Marseille at half-time. Payet has been very impressive once again. He didn't make Deschamps' squad for the international break but he's making a good case for himself with this showing. This is like the Payet from the Euros two years ago.

Here's the Arsenal vs Milan line-ups for the match at 8:05 tonight:

Arsenal XI: Ospina; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Ramsey, Xhaka; Mkhitaryan, Wilshere, Ozil; Welbeck.

AC Milan XI: Donnarumma; Borini, Bonucci, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Suso, Kessie, Montolivo, Calhanoglu; Cutrone, Andre Silva.

Pleased to see Andre Silva get a run out after his stoppage time winner against Genoa.

Mr.Nice Guy

2-0 Marseille. Lovely finish from Ocampos cutting in from the left with a low shot past the keeper. Should put the tie to bed now. 5-1 Marseille on aggregate.

Update: 2-1 now. Inaki Williams gets on the scoresheet. Just over fifteen minutes remaining. Poor defending from Rami. Williams is lucky to be on the pitch after a nasty stamp on Amavi earlier. Didn't even get a card for it.

Red card: Top goalscorer in the Europa League Aduriz is given a second yellow by Anthony Taylor. Poor end to his campaign.

Full-Time: Marseille win 2-1 and 5-2 on aggregate. Very impressive display from Marseille. They bossed both legs. The Bilbao fans were waving the white flags at the end.

Payet and Ocampos were very good. Goes to show the strength of the French and Argentinian talent pools respectively when they can contemplate leaving those guys at home for the World Cup. Marseille will be a tricky enough opponent for whoever they get in the draw.

Mr.Nice Guy

I see Lazio and Leipzig have advanced. Pleased to hear that. Viktoria Plzen surprisingly have levelled things against Sporting Lisbon after being 2-0 down from the first leg. It's gone to Extra-Time.

ERG89

https://twitter.com/delinquentweet/status/974370776383217664?s=19

Summed up the game this with all the players losing their balance at key times

Mushy

Salzburg v Dortmund on Eir sport 1 if anyone has it/looking for game to watch. Salzburg could be ahead on the night, messy defending

Mr.Nice Guy

Goal for Milan. Calhanoglu. Ospina should have saved that I reckon.

~Rebel~

Hell of a strike in fairness though, and bounced at just the wrong time for the keeper.

Mr.Nice Guy

And now a peno to Arsenal. Very harsh on Milan that. Not a peno for me.

And Welbeck scores.

That's a disgraceful decision and dive.

monkey9

Those English players are really getting into the oul diving big time