The Portuguese side dominated the opening half of the game, passing the ball around with confidence and having majority of the possession. But for all their invention and incisiveness, Jorge Jesus’ men could not find a goal.
Fernando Torres gave the Blues the lead in the…
Marcelo Bielsa – Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao boss Marcelo Bielsa took full responsibility for his side’s surprisingly poor showing in Wednesday night’s 3-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the final of the Europa League.The Basques had blazed their way into the…Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao both name strong sides for Wednesday night’s Europa League final in Bucharest, with Radamel Falcao leading the line for Diego Simeone’s men and Fernando Llorente flanked by Iker Muniain and Markel Susaeta in an intriguing line-up for Marcelo Bielsa’s team.Luis Perea, who had been struggling with a thigh problem and will leave Atletico at…
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Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone has confessed that he is extremely wary of the threat posed to his side’s hopes of progressing to the Europa League final by Valencia hitman Roberto Soldado.The Rojiblancos welcome Los Che…Joao Miranda, Radamel Falcao – Atletico Madrid
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Uefa president Michel Platini has contemplated the idea of scrapping the Europa League in favour of extending the Champions League to 64 teams in four years time, according to Bild.
In what would be the biggest shake-up in Europe’s club competitions since the rebranding of the European Cup to its current form in 1992, the former France midfielder is reportedly…
Atletico Madrid playmaker Diego believes it is too early to say whether his side will win the Europa League despite reaching the semi-finals of the competition.
The Spanish giants defeated Hannover 2-1 in Germany in the second leg of their quarter-final tie on Thursday to go through 4-2 on aggregate and Diego Simeone’s men will…
Thursday, March 15 FT Athletic Bilbao 2 - 1 Manchester U. FT Hannover 4 - 0 Standard Liege FT PSV Eindhoven 1 – 1 Valencia FT Udinese 2 - 1 AZ Alkmaar