Europa League

Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos Tue 14 Feb 11:00
Braga v Besiktas Tue 14 Feb 17:30
Lokomotiv Moscow v Bilbao Thu 16 Feb 17:00
Ajax v Man Utd Thu 16 Feb 18:00
AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht Thu 16 Feb 18:00
Lazio v Atletico Thu 16 Feb 18:00
Legia Warsaw v Sporting Thu 16 Feb 18:00
Plzen v Schalke 04 Thu 16 Feb 18:00
SV Salzburg v FC Metalist Thu 16 Feb 18:00
FC Porto v Man City Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Hannover 96 v Club Brugge Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Stoke v Valencia Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Udinese v PAOK Thu 16 Feb 20:05
Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege Thu 16 Feb 20:05

Poor do for Udinese tonight, can't see them going through now. Excellent to see United lose though, Bilbao looked ace.

forzaitalia wrote:

Poor do for Udinese tonight, can't see them going through now. Excellent to see United lose though, Bilbao looked ace.

Agree with both points. Was flicking through the Udinese match and AZ seemed to be the ones actually trying to score. Fortune did favour AZ for the 2nd goal when a foul from Jozy Altidore on Maurizio Domizzi was not called. I think this is the end of Udinese's run in the EL.

Fantastic to see United to lose like you said and deservedly so. Athletic carved them open so many times and just rewards for a fantastic performance.

Saw City earlier on and deservedly lost as well. Sporting for all their domestic troubles played very well. Was impressed with Mati Fernandez.

What odds would you get on both trophies going to Spain?

ancient milanista wrote:

What odds would you get on both trophies going to Spain?

Odds on maybe. Apart from the Spanish teams, the only other team i can see challenging for the Europa League is Schalke.

AZ were very good tonight despite being down to ten men for 87 minutes.

Three out of 4 are Spanish and two out of 4 in the CL

It's certainly La Liga's period of domination.

Atletico Madrid v Bilbao final I'm thinking. Sporting are pretty good but Bilbao have looked lethal in their previous home games I've watched v Man Utd and Schalke.

forzaitalia wrote:

Atletico Madrid v Bilbao final I'm thinking. Sporting are pretty good but Bilbao have looked lethal in their previous home games I've watched v Man Utd and Schalke.

I am with you mate. Atletico were awesome yesterday and Falcaos 2nd goal was sublime. Athletic Bilbao with the away goal I feel will have too much for Sporting. I am backing Atletico to win the tournament.

Falcao is a fair machine, well done Atletico Madrid. Cracking result as Bilbao are no mugs, as they've shown. Second time in three years they've won it now, is it?

They just need to have a decent league season soon (i.e top 4 and have a crack at the CL).

Yep, 2nd time in 3 years. They can still gt 4th if they Beat Villarreal and Malaga dont get the 3 points against Sporting Gijon. However, if they were to qualify for the CL, they would need to invest some money in new players especially the defence because the CBs especially Godin seem to lose their concentration at times and signing Diego permanently is a must as he has been impressive.