From: Werner Pichler on
On 6 Nov., 04:45, El Kot <nono.black.e...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Werner Pichler wrote:
> > Europa League Matchday 4
>
> > Group G
>
> > Levski Sofia - Red Bull Salzburg 0-0
> > (Schiemer 90'+3; Red Card: Sarmov 62')
>
> > Janko hit the post early on and Yovov missed the net from 5 metres
> > out, after that not much happened until Levski 'keeper Petkov decided
> > to make a bizarre excursion outside the area, lost the ball and Sarmov
> > had to bring down Švento which got him sent off. Again, not much
> > happened but just when I thought the night would be an unmitigated
> > desaster for the Austrian clubs (0 goals, 1 point), in the 93rd minute
> > Schiemer headed in a Schwegler throw-in that crossed almost the
> > entire penalty box - the Swiss might not be the very best rightback
> > around but boy can he throw the ball far.
>
>      That goal was yet another Petkov blunder. He should have either
> gone out to catch the ball, or blocked the shot. The distance of the
> throw probably surprised him, but it is no excuse.
>
> > Table
>
> > 1 Salzburg 6-1 12
> > 2 Villarreal 6-5 6
> > 3 Lazio 8-7 6
> > 4 Levski Sofia 0-7 0
>
> > Levski are eliminated,
>
>      In practice, yes, but theoretically not yet.

True that. It seemed so outlandish that I didn't even consider
their chances.
They should start scoring, though!

Ciao,
Werner


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From: JK on
Matthias Mühlich wrote:
> Thanks for summarizing all results plus short comments in one posting.
> It's so tedious to click through 12+ web pages for all EL groups...

Seconded! Great job.
From: Benny on
> Subject : Europa League Matchday 4 (R)
> From : wpichler(a)gmail.com

> Europa League Matchday 4
>
> * = qualified for the round of 32
>
> I'll finish again with the current Country Ranking
> from Bert Kassies' site:
>
> Season 2009/10
>
> 1 Italy 8.285
> 2 Spain 8.071
> 3 England 7.928
> 4 Germany 7.583
> 5 France 7.500
> 6 Austria 7.375
> 7 Netherlands 6.583
> 8 Israel 6.500
> 9 Turkey 5.600
> 10 Switzerland 5.500
>
>
>
> Ciao,
> Werner

I know how time consuming and difficult it is to keep track of so many
games so you have my sympathies and thanks for effort. It's been a
surprisingly good season so far for Italian clubs. They should
comfortably hold onto 3rd place in the coefficient rankings.


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From: Binder Dundat on

> Werder Bremen - FK Austria Wien 2-0
> (Borowski 81', Almeida 84')
>
> I might be biased here, but Austria should have won this game.
> They had a number of gilt-edged chances, but an excellent Wiese
> and bad finishing kept a poor Werder side in the game, before
> Borowski scored an obvious offside goal. Tell me again, what did
> they put two extra refs on the field for? Especially bitter, since
> in the first game Austria were denied a legitimate goal for offside.
> Immediately afterwards, Almeida finished off a demoralized Austria
> with his first goal after coming back from injury.

They did not show the game so I can not comment on your Bias ; )
If it was a poor display by Bremen it is good to see that they can
still win playing poorly. Bringing Borowski back was a great move
( Not sure why Bayern never used him properly?) and Wiese has now
become a good goalie after about 5 years.
Nice round up of the games.

>
> CD Nacional - Athletic Club 1-1
> (Edgar (pen) 64'; Etxeberria (pen) 85'; Red Card: Nuno Pinto (Nac)
> 79')
>
> Another game, another penalty, this time for a foul by Athletic
> 'keeper Iraizoz on Slovenian international Pečnik. More than a little
> strange was the fact that the Scottish referee Callum wanted to do
> away with the penalty entirely and instead award Athletic a freekick
> after a Nacional player ran too early into the penalty area, only the
> penalty box ref could convince him to simply let retake Edgar the
> penalty, for God's sake.
>
> Athletic equalised through, you guessed right, a penalty, awarded
> for a foul on Díaz de Cerio.
>
> Table
>
> 1 Werder Bremen 10-5 10*
> 2 Athletic Bilbao 7-5 7
> 3 Nacional Funchal 5-7 2
> 4 Austria Wien 3-8 2
>
> Werder are through, Bilbao need one point in Vienna.
>
> I'll finish again with the current Country Ranking
> from Bert Kassies' site:
>
> Season 2009/10
>
> 1 Italy 8.285
> 2 Spain 8.071
> 3 England 7.928
> 4 Germany 7.583
> 5 France 7.500
> 6 Austria 7.375
> 7 Netherlands 6.583
> 8 Israel 6.500
> 9 Turkey 5.600
> 10 Switzerland 5.500
>
> Ciao,
> Werner

From: Tom on
[big snip]

Werner - Thanks a million for posting these roundups.