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Europa League Final: Atlético de Madrid vs Athletic Club

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#1 ·
Draw for the Playoff round on Friday. :)
 
#102 ·
Is it tonight?
Well, at least I can answer this question my self. The Group stage draw is tomorrow at 13.00.

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid=1651736.html

And the games will be played:

Group stage, Matchday 1 15/09/11
Group stage, Matchday 2 29/09/11
Group stage, Matchday 3 20/10/11
Group stage, Matchday 4 03/11/11
Group stage, Matchday 5 30/11-01/12/11
Group stage, Matchday 6 14-15/12/11
 
#104 ·
Certainly there will be some kind of seeding, but probably they'll release it after all the playoff matches tonight.

Really looking forward to it, my ultimate wish is a match in Portugal, in or close to Benelux and one far away in Eastern Europe, at best a country I haven't been to yet.

:hopeful:
 
#109 · (Edited)
I guess it's possible to cross-check the ranking list with current Europa League contenders to find out for sure. But it is a lot of work, so let's leave that for the paid journalists out there.

The list:

http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html

EDIT: Maybe high-ranked Spartak Moscow will lose to Legia. Agg. is at 4-4 right now...

Also a few higher-ranked-then-Athletic-teams (like Schalke 04, CSKA, Sparta Praha, AZ, Salzburg, Sevilla :), Roma, Rangers, )are in trouble. Others (Celtic, PSV, Braga, Metalist, Sporting, Club Brugge) drew the first game and might lose tonight...
 
#111 · (Edited)
17 Atlético Madrid
18 Hamburger SV
20 AS Roma Ita
22 Sevilla
24 Sporting CP Lisbon
26 Schalke 04
27 PSV Eindhoven
28 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Dinamo Kiev
31 Sporting Braga
33 Panathinaikos
39 Spartak Moscow OUT
40 FC København
41 Glasgow Rangers
42 FC Twente Enschede
45 Fulham FC
46 Paris Saint-Germain
50 Anderlecht
52 Metalist Kharkiv
53 Standard Liège
54 Rubin Kazan
55 Besiktas
57 Celtic
59 Club Brugge
60 AZ Alkmaar
61 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
62 Udinese
67 Sparta Praha
74 FC Salzburg
75 AEK Athens

12 teams per pot = We have to be on the top 24 teams.

30 teams above us = We need 7 teams to loose.


Very difficult but...

1. Spartak
2...
3...
any candidates?

Celtic is loosing 1-0 and playing with 10, but actually I want them to win. :(
 
#116 ·
AEK scores on overtime and is almost qualified. :(

Our hopes:

Sion (vs Celtic) 1-0 up and Celtic with 10 men. 0-0 in the first leg
Helsinki (vs Schalke) 3-1 down, 2-0 in the first leg.
Hannover (vs Sevilla) 0-1 up, 2-1 in the first leg
FC Vaslui (vs Sparta Praha) 1-0 up, 2-0 in the first leg
Maribor (vs Rangers) 0-0, 2-1 in the first leg

We need one more appart from these 5

Edit: Shit, now Schalke makes the fourth:wallbang:
 
#118 ·
Update:

(this is quite exciting:D considering we are not playing..)

1. Spartak Moscow
2. Sparta Praha
3. Celtic? (3-1 down, 0-0 in Scotland)
4. Panathinaikos? (0-1 down, 3-0 in Tel Aviv)
5. Sevilla? (1-1, 2-1 in Hannover)
6. Rangers? (1-1, 2-1 in Maribor)
7. Salzsbourg? (0-0, 2-1 in Nicosia)
 
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