‘Atletico Madrid’ Archives
Tin Pot final: Atletico Madrid 2 – 1 Fulham
Mighty Roy Hodgson said he was 'unbelievably proud' of his team's achievement of reaching the Europa League final, despite their extra-time defeat to Atlético Madrid, and added that he would still be Fulham's manager next season. Mark Schwarzer, for example, made his 60th appearance in all competitions this season, at least 4 more than any other [...]
Thursday night: Europa League semis
Fulham 2 - 1 Hamburg (2-1) Roy Hodgson said leading Fulham in next month's final will be the high point of his career. Fulham 2 Hamburger SV 1 longer highlights - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Liverpool 2 - 1 Atletico Madrid (2-2*) Liverpool's hopes of silverware were ended by Atlético Madrid's Diego Forlán. Liverpool [...]
Thursday night: Europa League semis
Hamburg 0 - 0 Fulham Fulham drew blank in Hamburg but retain final hopes after this away draw. Mighty Fulham have now gone 371 minutes without conceding a goal in any competition. Hamburg 0 - Fulham 0 (longer) - Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Atletico Madrid 1 - 0 Liverpool More woeful scouse rubbish. In the first 30 minutes of [...]
The magic of the Europa League: 18th February
Liverpool 1 - 0 Unirea Urziceni Liverpool owe me an hour and a half of my life after making me watch this utter drivel. This can't be the 4th best team in England, it just can't. Liverpool 1 - Unirea Urziceni 0- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Fulham 2 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk Cockney gent Roy Hodgson was happy with how [...]
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 [...]
European roundup, September 19th and 20th
Real Madrid 5 - 0 Xerez That bugger Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the first minute with a trademark run and low finish with his right foot. It took until the last 15 minutes for the Buggers in white to put real gloss on the scoreline, Ronaldo bagging his second with a powerful header, Guti continued his fine recent scoring run and in [...]
First Group matches in the Champions League
Liverpool 1 - 0 Debrecen Boring, predictable pointless fixture? I have to agree with you, dear reader. Dirk Kuyt's goal on the stroke of half-time proved enough for a dominant Liverpool at Anfield. Do you really give a shit? Liverpool 1 - 0 Debrecen - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Standard 2 - 3 Arsenal The Gunners [...]
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 [...]
More Champions League qualifiers
I'm finding myself strangely drawn to Arsene Wenger's Euro Super League right now, nothing to do with these crock of shit fixtures, naturally. Panathinaikos 2 - 3 Atletico Madrid The fixture of the evening, but that's not saying much. Ten minutes before the break Panathinaikos saw a Salpingidis goal disallowed for offside, Atletico Madrid [...]
Spanish weekend
A fine weekend from one of my favourite leagues. Ten-man Valencia finally ended a run of six games without a win but are still in dire shape. Barcelona kicked the living shit out of Malaga 6-0 at the Nou Camp with an irresistible display of attacking football that reaffirmed their six-point lead at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday after Real [...]
