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UEFA Football Thread
I'd like to start a thread for UEFA football in general.
To start it, how about some views on certain topics such as the ones below:
Best Leagues
According to UEFA Champion's League/European Cup success since 1955:
Italy - Serie A 12 Titles (A.C. Milan - 7)
Spain - La Liga 12 Titles (Real Madrid - 9)
England - Premier League 11 Titles (Liverpool - 5)
Germany, Netherlands (6), Portugal (4), France, Scotland, Romania, Serbia (1)
Currently: according to UEFA Ranking
1- England, 2- Spain, 3- Germany, 4- Italy, 5- France
6- Ukraine, 7- Russia, 8- Portugal, 9- Turkey 10- Netherlands
Comments?
Your views on the following
1) Differences in style
2) Player and play quality, breeding of young talent
3) Entertainment quality
4) Effect on the national team in international football
5) Leagues that should be noticed more
To start it, how about some views on certain topics such as the ones below:
Best Leagues
According to UEFA Champion's League/European Cup success since 1955:
Italy - Serie A 12 Titles (A.C. Milan - 7)
Spain - La Liga 12 Titles (Real Madrid - 9)
England - Premier League 11 Titles (Liverpool - 5)
Germany, Netherlands (6), Portugal (4), France, Scotland, Romania, Serbia (1)
Currently: according to UEFA Ranking
1- England, 2- Spain, 3- Germany, 4- Italy, 5- France
6- Ukraine, 7- Russia, 8- Portugal, 9- Turkey 10- Netherlands
Comments?
Your views on the following
1) Differences in style
2) Player and play quality, breeding of young talent
3) Entertainment quality
4) Effect on the national team in international football
5) Leagues that should be noticed more
Comments
Here's a link to the current campaign, good idea to para kasama europa league at iba pang issues na involved uefa like the euros.
European football governing body, UEFA, have announced the names of shortlisted players for the positional awards as as well for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award.
European champions Inter have no fewer than five players in the list of 12, with Julio Cesar, Lucio, Maicon, Wesley Sneijder and Diego Milito all making the cut. Beaten European Cup finalists Bayer Munich have just one - winger Arjen Robben.
2008-09 European champions Barcelona are represented by Victor Valdes, Gerard Pique, Xavi and Lionel Messi while Wayne Rooney of Manchester United is the only player from the Premier League.
The nominations were decided by the coaches of the 16 teams that reached the knockout stage of last season's Champions League. Each coach will be given the opportunity to vote for the individual positional prizes as well choose their respective UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2010.
The final announcement will be made during the awards ceremoney at the Grimaldi Forum on August 26.
Full list of nominees:
UEFA Best Goalkeeper of the Year
Julio Cesar (Inter)
Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyonnais)
V?ctor Valdes (Barcelona)
UEFA Best Defender of the Year
Lucio (Inter)
Maicon (Inter)
Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
UEFA Best Midfielder of the Year
Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Wesley Sneijder (Inter)
UEFA Best Forward of the Year
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Diego Milito (Inter)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
No J friggin T, that bumhole has been winning DF awards undeserving on multiple occasions.
*okay* yeah!
Playoff round 1st leg
Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 1-0 Auxerre (FRA)
Rosenborg (NOR) 2-1 Copenhagen (DEN)
Zilina (SLO) 2-0 Sparta Prague (CZE)
Young Boys (SWI) 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Dynamo Kyiv (LIT) 1-1 Ajax (NED)
Hapoel Tel Aviv (ISR) 3-2 Red Bull Salzburg (AUT)
Basel (SWI) 1-0 Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL)
Partizan (SER) 2-2 Anderlecht (BEL)
Braga (POR) 1-0 Sevilla (ESP)
Werder Bremen (GER) 3-1 Sampdoria (ITA)
2nd Leg: Aug 24-25, 2010