‘Maccabi Haifa’ Archives
Champions League lowlights, December 8th and 9th
Another round of fixtures out of the way, we'll soon clear out the trash and get down to business. The image of the evening: Beşiktaş fans show what they think of Thierry Henry-loving ref Martin Hansson before their match against CSKA Moscow, which they would lose, no thanks to the ref, probably. Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Manchester United [...]
Champions League qualifiers
Who cares, honestly? None of these teams are going to win the bloody thing. What a useless format for a crap competition. Bring on the Wenger super league. Atletico Madrid 2 - 0 Panathinaikos (Agg. 5-2) An ugly, ugly game. Panathinaikos' defender Loukas Vintra bagged an own goal from a Diego Forlan 'pass' in the fifth minute. Sergio Aguero [...]
Champions League qualifiers
Twente 1 - 1 Sporting Lisbon (Agg. 1-1*) A second minute header from that man Douglas handed big Steve McClaren’s Twente the lead over Sporting, the scoreline remaining like that until deep into injury time, the 95th minute to be exact, when Sporting’s keeper Rui Patricio legged it into the Twente box to face a corner, the goalie incredibly [...]
