UEFA-2012.com http://uefa-2012.com News and opinions about European football a.k.a. soccer Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:58:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 EURO 2012 qualifiers September 6th results http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/euro-2012-qualifiers-september-6-results/ http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/euro-2012-qualifiers-september-6-results/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:38:32 +0000 admin http://uefa-2012.com/?p=327 Pretty normal results in yesterday’s matches. I think Slovakia-Armenia 0-4 is worth mentioning as a surprise. France stumbled by Romania (or maybe the awful pitch on the new National Arena) and the group’s winner will probably be determined in the direct game versus Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 11.

Things are still pretty complicated in groups B and H, with no clear winner and runner-up yet.

Group A
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3-2 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Austria Austria 0-0 Turkey Turkey
Group B
Russia Russia 0-0 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
FYROM FYROM 1-0 Andorra Andorra
Slovakia Slovakia 0-4 Armenia Armenia
Group C
Serbia Serbia 3-1 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Estonia Estonia 4-1 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Italy Italy 1-0 Slovenia Slovenia
Group D
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Belarus Belarus
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 Albania Albania
Romania Romania 0-0 France France
Group E
Finland Finland 0-2 Netherlands Netherlands
Moldova Moldova 0-2 Hungary Hungary
San Marino San Marino 0-5 Sweden Sweden
Group F
Croatia Croatia 3-1 Israel Israel
Latvia Latvia 1-1 Greece Greece
Malta Malta 1-1 Georgia Georgia
Group G
Switzerland Switzerland 3-1 Bulgaria Bulgaria
England England 1-0 Wales Wales
Group H
Denmark Denmark 2-0 Norway Norway
Iceland Iceland 1-0 Cyprus Cyprus
Group I
Scotland Scotland 1-0 Lithuania Lithuania
Spain Spain 6-0 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein

]]> http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/euro-2012-qualifiers-september-6-results/feed/ 0 Inaugural match for Europa League final stadium http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/inaugural-match-for-europa-league-final-stadium/ http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/inaugural-match-for-europa-league-final-stadium/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:15:20 +0000 admin http://uefa-2012.com/?p=309 Today’s match Romania vs. France will be the first one played on the new National Arena, the Bucharest stadium which will host Europa League’s 2012 final on May 9.

The stadium was supposed to be inaugurated on August 10 with a friendly match of Romania against Messi’s Argentina, but the match was cancelled due to Argentina’s coach being fired.

The stadium can host 55600 people and has a retractable roof that can open in 15 minutes.

Bucharest National Arena

Photo credits: Andrei Stroe – Wikipedia

Below is a movie of the new stadium made by Skycam.ro:

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Group A
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1-1 Belgium Belgium
Turkey Turkey 2-1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Germany Germany 6-2 Austria Austria
Group B
Russia Russia 1-0 FYROM FYROM
Andorra Andorra 0-3 Armenia Armenia
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 0-0 Slovakia Slovakia
Group C
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0-1 Serbia Serbia
Slovenia Slovenia 1-2 Estonia Estonia
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 0-1 Italy Italy
Group D
Belarus Belarus 0-2 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 Romania Romania
Albania Albania 1-2 France France
Group E
Finland Finland 4-1 Moldova Moldova
Hungary Hungary 2-1 Sweden Sweden
Netherlands Netherlands 11-0 San Marino San Marino
Group F
Israel Israel 0-1 Greece Greece
Georgia Georgia 0-1 Latvia Latvia
Malta Malta 1-3 Croatia Croatia
Group G
Bulgaria Bulgaria 0-3 England England
Wales Wales 2-1 Montenegro Montenegro
Group H
Norway Norway 1-0 Iceland Iceland
Cyprus Cyprus 0-4 Portugal Portugal
Group I
Lithuania Lithuania 0-0 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Scotland Scotland 2-2 Czech Republic Czech Republic

 

Scotland Scotland 2-2 Czech Republic Czech Republic
]]> http://uefa-2012.com/2011/09/euro2012-qualifiers-02sep/feed/ 0 Europa League 2nd leg results http://uefa-2012.com/2011/08/europa-league-2nd-leg-results/ http://uefa-2012.com/2011/08/europa-league-2nd-leg-results/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:00:27 +0000 admin http://uefa-2012.com/?p=297 Sevilla, Rangers and Sparta Praha are OUT! But the biggest surprise I think is Rome, which is out too. Who bet on that happening could be a rich man.

Roman rivals Lazio succeeded an 9-1 aggregate after a 3-1 away win. Schalke recovered afer losing 0-2 in the first leg and crushed HJK 6-1. Trabzonspor got a ‘promotion’ to UCL and their match was cancelled, with Athletic going to the group stage.

Dinamo Bucureşti FC Dinamo Bucureşti 2-3 FC Vorskla Poltava Vorskla
Spartak Moskva FC Spartak Moskva 2-3 Legia Warszawa Legia
Rennes Stade Rennais FC 4-0 FK Crvena zvezda Crvena zvezda
PSV PSV Eindhoven 5-0 SV Ried Ried
Alania FC Alania Vladikavkaz 2-0 Beşiktaş JK Beşiktaş
AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC 2-1 Rosenborg BK Rosenborg
Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava 1-1 FC Lokomotiv Moskva Lokomotiv Moskva
Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 PFC Litex Lovech Litex
Gaz Metan CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 1-0 FK Austria Wien Austria Wien
Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1 AEK Athens FC AEK
H. Tel-Aviv Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 4-0 FK Ekranas Ekranas
CSKA Sofia PFC CSKA Sofia 1-1 FC Steaua Bucureşti Steaua
Young Boys BSC Young Boys 2-2 SC Braga Braga
Rapid Bucureşti FC Rapid Bucureşti 1-1 WKS Śląsk Wroclaw Śląsk
Sparta Praha AC Sparta Praha 1-0 FC Vaslui Vaslui
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC M. Tel-Aviv
Helsingborg Helsingborgs IF 1-3 R. Standard de Liège Standard
Schalke FC Schalke 04 6-1 HJK Helsinki HJK
Vitória SC Vitória SC 0-4 Club Atlético de Madrid Atlético
Partizan FK Partizan 1-2 Shamrock Rovers FC Shamrock Rovers
Anderlecht RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Bursaspor Bursaspor
Trabzonspor Trabzonspor AŞ - Athletic Club Athletic
Rangers Rangers FC 1-1 NK Maribor Maribor
Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-0 Fulham FC Fulham
Sion FC Sion 3-1 Celtic FC Celtic
Club Brugge Club Brugge KV 2-0 FC Zestafoni Zestafoni
Sochaux FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0-4 FC Metalist Kharkiv Metalist
Roma AS Roma 1-1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava Slovan Bratislava
Rabotnicki FK Rabotnicki 1-3 S.S. Lazio Lazio
Birmingham Birmingham City FC 3-0 CD Nacional Nacional
Stoke Stoke City FC 4-1 FC Thun Thun
AZ AZ Alkmaar 6-0 Aalesunds FK Aalesund
PSG Paris Saint-Germain FC 2-0 FC Differdange 03 Differdange
Karpaty FC Karpaty Lviv 1-1 PAOK FC PAOK
Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur FC 0-0 Heart of Midlothian FC Hearts
Salzburg FC Salzburg 1-0 AC Omonia Omonia
Sevilla Sevilla FC 1-1 Hannover 96 Hannover
Sporting Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-1 FC Nordsjælland Nordsjælland

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Barcelona is trying to win the Super Cup for the fifth time, in an attempt to equal AC Milan and they’ve got Messi to do it – watch some magic right here:

 

On the other hand, Porto has lost their coach, Andre Villa-Boas, who won Europa League this spring, and Falcao, the 17-time scorer in last year’s Europa League. Watch the video of all of Falcao’s last season goals:

 

Update: UEFA president Michel Platini has presented Falcao a special award for his fabulous performance in Europa League.

Who do you think will win?

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