EUROPA LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 Q/FINAL & S/FINAL DRAW: VALENCIA CF ATLETICO DE MADRID MATCHED IN QUARTER FINAL

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Straight after the Champions League draw (see above), UEFA celebrated the EUROPA LEAGUE last 8 teams match ups for their Quarter Finals & Semi Finals. The surprise, from a Spanish point of view, is the VALENCIA CF & ATLETICO DE MADRID Quarter Final draw. This guarentees at least a Spanish Team will be present in one of the semis & will meet the winner of the

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009 - 2010: SPORTING 2 ATLETICO DE MADRID 2 - ATLETICO TO Q/FINAL (WATCH VIDEO AGUERO GOALS)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Spanish Football - Soccer - has two representatives in tomorrows EUROPA LEAGUE Quarter Finals draw, after ATLETICO DE MADRID managed to qualify & join Valencia CF who qualified as well earlier tonight with their game in Germany. The final score was a 2-2 draw ( 2-2 agg, with away goal advantage) with the Lisbon team SPORTING putting up a great match & had

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010: WERDER BREMEN 4 - VALENCIA CF 4 - VALENCIA TO QUARTER FINAL & VILLA HAT-TRICK (WATCH VIDEO)

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog /Fantastic return game in the EUROPA LEAGUE between WERDER BREMEN & VALENCIA CF with the game starting with a 1-1 aggregate from the home leg game. However, this match had more opportunities, more goals & was a real cliff hanger until the end as it finished in a 4-4 draw (5-5 agg), but with Valencia scoring away they managed to qualify & go through to the

EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 16 PHASE - 1º LEG: ATLETICO DE MADRID 0 - SPORTING PORTUGAL 0 / VALENCIA CF 1 - WERDER BREMEN 1

Two Spanish sides participated tonight in the last 16 team phase of the EUROPA LEAGUE with similiar results & unfortunate overall lack of goal definition.(photo:Aguero_elmundo_efe)ATLETICO DE MADRID complicated itself & the return leg game after allowing SPORTING DE PORTUGAL "off the hook" with a 0-0 draw. The Portuguese team started strong with Liedson hitting the bar in the 27th min, but in the

EUROPA LEAGUE - VIDEO : VALENCIA CF 3 - CLUB BRUGGE 0

Here is the VIDEO of goals & highlights of yesterdays EUROPALEAGUE 3-0 victory of Valencia Cf over Club Brugge. Intensegame, with numerous goal opportunities & same outstandingsaves:

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009 - 2010 2ºLEG RESULTS: VALENCIA GOES ONTO THE LAST 16 TEAMS & VILLAREAL ELIMINATED

VALENCIA FC defeated BRUGGE 3-0 in the 2º leg EUROPA LEAGUEclash qualifying themselves for the next phase & pulling back the tieafter losing in the 1º leg 1-0 away at Belgium. (photo: Brugge goal Stijnen stops Villa)Valencia scored in the first 20 seconds via MATA & that rocked theBelgium side against the ropes. Valencia had numerous chances toscore a bag full of goals but Brugge goalkeeper

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010 2ºLEG: ATLETICO DE MADRID GOES ONTO THE NEXT PHASE (SEE VIDEO) & ATHLETIC DE BILBAO ELIMINATED.

The 1ºst leg clash in Madrid finished with ATLETICO DE MADRIDdrawing 1-1 with Turkish side GALATASARAY. The 2º leg EUROPALEAGUE return match promised to be a tough affair & it was, withstrong play, a sending off & controversy. The return game finishedwith GALATASARAY losing 1- 2 against ATLETICO DE MADRID, 2-3on the overall aggregate to take the Spaniards onto the next phase.(photo: Forlan flying

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010: SPANISH TEAMS NOTCH UP 3 DRAWS & 1 LOSS

Four Spanish teams participated tonight in the EUROPA LEAGUEhome & away phase with three draws & one loss.(photo: Marcos Senna scores from free-kick_marca.com)Great game at VILLAREAL with a 2-2 draw against Germany teamWOLFSBURG. Villareal scored first with a great free-kick from SENNAin the 42nd min. However it was Wolfsburg Brazilian star GRAFITE who scored twice (with the last a penalty) in

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010 DRAW

The "eliminated" teams from the Champions League join the qualifiersof the Group stages in the Europa League to march onward & be allthrown into a draw celebrated today to be matched up.Here is the result of the draw:Rubin Kazan - Hapoel Tel Aviv ; Athletic Bilbao - Anderlecht ;Copenhague - Olympique de Marsella ; Panathinaikos - AS Roma ;Atletico de Madrid – Galatasaray; Ajax - Juventus ;Brujas

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009: GENOVA 1 - VALENCIA CF 2 & VILLAREAL 0 - SALZBURG 1

VALENCIA CF managed to defeat Italian Club GENOVA 1-2 in a busy& hard fought match. The Spaniards finish on top of their EuropaLeague Group table & go into the next phase.The Italians at home were a tough nut, even though Valencia scoredfirst in the 46 th min via BRUNO, however veteran striker CRESPOequalized for Genova in the 51st min.From here it was end to end stuff until Valencia was awarded

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010: AT BILBAO 0 - WERDER BREMEN 3

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO managed to qualify for the next stage of theEUROPA LEAGUE even though the German side WERDER BREMENdid an authentic demolition job in the 1ºst half scoring three goals:Pizarro 12th min; Waldo 20th min & Rosenberg 35th minThe only real local highlight was the debut of another youngster inthe 2ºhalf for Bilbao called AURTENETXE ( not Ramalho as expected).The young man was nervous

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009: AUSTRIA VIENNA 0 - ATHLETIC DE BILBAO 3

The highlight of this EUROPA LEAGUE game between Austria Vienna& Spanish Club Athletic de Bilbao was the pitch invasion by "hooligans"that stopped the match in the 2ºhalf for about 30 minutes. Apart fromthe flares & the numerous objects thrown onto the pitch the behaviourneeds to be punished, something we hope UEFA will do.Athletic de Bilbao won 0 - 3 thanks to FERNANDO LLORENTE whoscored twice (

SPANISH FOOTBALL : LA LIGA 2009-10 & EUROPA LEAGUE ACTION

Round 15 of "La Liga" had a game put forward to allow FC BARCELONA to travel & participate in the World Clubs Cahmpionships. Barça managedto win a hard earned game against XEREZ 0-2 with goals from HENRY(47th min) & IBRAHIMOVIC ( 92nd min). Watch the action in the belowvideo:Apart from this there was EUROPA LEAGUE action with VALENCIACF defeating LILLE 3-1 with two goals from JOAQUIN & a goal

VALENCIA CF: VIDEO OF SPECTACULAR GOAL FROM MADURO (EUROPA LEAGUE)

Check this superb goal from VALENCIA CF player MADURO. Ithappened yesterday in the Slavia Prague vs. Valencia CF Groupclash in the Europa League.Watch the ball control…a real cracker!

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010 GROUP RESULTS: SPANIARDS DO RELATIVELY OK

Here are the three results from the EUROPA LEAGUE in which Spanishteams participated tonight in their respective Group games.VALENCIA CF travelled to SLAVIA PRAGA for their Group B game &lost the victory in the last moments of the game. The Spanish teamdominated with goals from JOAQUIN in the 21st min & MADURO inthe 47th min. However, things complicated itself with two goals fromSlavia via JANDA

EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFIERS 2009-2010: MIXED NIGHT FOR SPANISH TEAMS

Tonight three Spanish Teams have participated in their respectiveEUROPA LEAGUE-CUP (ex UEFA Cup) Group matches with mixedresults.ATHLETIC DE BILBAO came back from a horror 1ºst half performanceto win 2-1 at home NACIONAL DE MADIERA. The latter started scoringvia MICAEL in the 43rd min. Then the Spaniards changed their playto take over & score via ETXEBERRIA in the 67th min & FRANLLORENTE in the

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009/10: SPANISH TEAMS RESULTS

Spain has three Clubs that are participating in the EUROPA LEAGUE(ex-UEFA Cup) which kicked off tonight with its Group matches.VALENCIA CF travelled to France to play LILLE in its Group B clash& has left with a bitter 1-1 draw result. Valencia had played a grandgame with MATA putting his team ahead in the 78th min. However,with 4 mins left of play a defensive error from Bruno allowed Lilleplayer

EUROPA LEAGUE 2009-2010: ATHLETIC DE BILBAO THROUGH

The 1ºleg result at home 3-2 against Norweign Team TROMSOE wasvital. This afternoon ATHLETIC DE BILBAO played the 2ºleg incircumstances that took suffering to the maximum levels, but managedthe prime objective of qualifying for this seasons EUROPA LEAGUE(ex-UEFA) with a 1-1 drawJAVI MARTINEZ was the hereo after scoring in the 56th min, butTromsoe managed to draw via RUSHFELDT in the 61st min & it

EUROPA LEAGUE PRELIMINARIES 2009: YOUNG BOYS 1- ATH BILBAO 2 (VIDEO)

ATHLETIC DE BILBAO managed to pull back a 0-1 first round result& defeat YOUNG BOYS ( Switzerland) 1-2 in the second leg gameyesterday to go into the 2º round of the preliminaries of theEUROPA LEAGUE ( ex UEFA). Goals came from FERNANDO LLORENTE& 16 year old sensation MUNIAN for Bilbao & FRIMPONG for YoungBoys.