‘Europa League’ Archives
Aston Villa 2-3 Rapid Vienna (agg 3-4)
Villa conceded two late goals as Rapid dumped them out of the Europa League for the second year in a row (download).
Utrecht 4-0 Celtic (agg 4-2)
Having began the season with high hopes of reaching the group stage of the Champions League, Celtic now find themselves dumped out of the lowly Europa League after they let a two-goal first-leg lead slip to lose 4-0 at FC Utrecht (download).
Trabzonspor 1-2 Liverpool (agg 1-3)
Dirk Kuyt's late tap-in secured Liverpool's berth in Europa League group stages (download).
Liverpool 1-0 Trabzonspor
Ryan Babel scored the only goal and Joe Cole continued his remarkable start to life at Liverpool by missing a penalty as Liverpool beat Trabzonspor in a fairly entertaining Europa Tin Pot qualifier.
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 [...]
Thursday night: Europa League
Benfica 2 - 1 Liverpool I know you don't care, but Benfica striker Oscar Cardozo has scored more goals than any other player left in the Europa League (a whopping 6). Daniel Agger's strike was Liverpool's first goal against Benfica in four meetings, since Ian Rush's hat-trick at Anfield way back in October 1984. Benfica 2 - Liverpool 1 [...]
Thursday night footy: 18th March
Fulham 4 - 1 Juventus Game of the decade. That man Clint Dempsey's brilliant late strike sent Fulham into the quarter-finals at the expense of the Italian giants. Fulham 4 - Juventus 1 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Gentleman Roy's post match interview after Juventus... Roy Hodgson's post match interview after [...]
Thursday night footy (Europa League dross): 11th March
Lille 1 - 0 Liverpool Eden Hazard's late goal won the first leg and made a bad week even worse for lowly Liverpool. Interesting fact: 11 of Lille's 18 goals since the start of the group stage have come in the final 15 minutes. Lille vs Liverpool Longer Highlights (1:0)- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Juventus 3 - 1 Fulham This [...]
