2007/2008 Champions League/Uefa Cup Matches

[plato-ny]

Tomorrow is the draw for the Champions League qualification and UEFA Cup second round of qualification

AEK will probably face a difficult team in the Champions League Qualification. Olympiakos is already in the Champions League. I think Panathinaikos will draw in the first round of qualification for the UEFA Cup Group Stage

Anorthosis of Cyprus defeated Vardar of FYROM twice by 1-0 and passed out of the first qualifying round for the UEFA Cup

[Saraj Fanático]

You should kinda move this thread to the Uefa Champions League section of the site. It would work pretty well there. Since ppl can share more about their wishes and nightmares about the draw and all that. Just a thought.

Anyways best of luck!

[OCFP]

Tomorrow is the draw for the Champions League qualification and UEFA Cup second round of qualification

AEK will probably face a difficult team in the Champions League Qualification. Olympiakos is already in the Champions League. I think Panathinaikos will draw in the first round of qualification for the UEFA Cup Group Stage

Anorthosis of Cyprus defeated Vardar of FYROM twice by 1-0 and passed out of the first qualifying round for the UEFA Cup

Hopefully they get an easy opponent like last years. Greece club teams position has dropped alot. Next year we get a team in Q3 and Q2. We need good results to get back how we have it this year; Q3 and Group stage.

[plato-ny]

You should kinda move this thread to the Uefa Champions League section of the site. It would work pretty well there. Since ppl can share more about their wishes and nightmares about the draw and all that. Just a thought.

Anyways best of luck!

Well, this will be for Greek matches. But, it can also include other teams and games, too.

[OCFP]

Very hard draw for Aek. They got Seville. Very tough game. Good Luck guys.
2007/08 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round draw
First leg: 14/15 August
Second leg: 28/29 August
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) / FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Zagłębie Lubin (POL) / FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU)
Tampere United (FIN) / PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) v FC Astana (KAZ) / Rosenborg BK (NOR)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) v Celtic FC (SCO)
Werder Bremen (GER) v NK Domžale (SVN) / NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
FK Ventspils (LVA) / FC Salzburg (AUT) v FC Pyunik (ARM) / FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
AFC Ajax (NED) v MŠK Žilina (SVK) / SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Valencia CF (ESP) v Debreceni VSC (HUN) / IF Elfsborg (SWE)
KRC Genk (BEL) / FK Sarajevo (BIH) v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) v RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Rangers FC (SCO) / FK Zeta (MNE) v FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) / FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Toulouse FC (FRA) v Liverpool FC (ENG)
SL Benfica (POR) v FC København (DEN) / Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR)
S.S. Lazio (ITA) v FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti (ROU)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v Arsenal FC (ENG)
FC Zürich (SUI) v FC Sheriff (MDA) / Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
Sevilla FC (ESP) v AEK Athens FC (GRE)

[plato-ny]

Hard draw for AEK:

AEk coach Ferrer and Seville rivalry
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=567320.html

[plato-ny]

AEK lost 2-0 in Sevilla. *$%#@. Now, things get tough for AEK

1-0
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?p=1&Ln=En&ID=2452

2-0
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?p=1&Ln=En&ID=2455

[OCFP]

Yeah. that sux. and if only that post went in it would have been a different situation. Rivaldo didnt really play well either. was subed in the 60s. Uefa Cup

[PAO_HELLAS]

2-0... the defeat of AEK wasn't heavy as most of us expected. AEK still has a hope, but the chances are tiny.

[plato-ny]

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15104/match=301280/report=pr.html

[PAO_HELLAS]

I saw Liberopoulos crying in the press interview because of his homeland's destruction. Ferrer was looking him sadly and he did not know what to say. They are some other players of AEK too who are from Peloponnesus who lost their towns of origin. And actually any result would be pointless during what we are living these days.

[plato-ny]

AEK-Sevilla game cancelled:
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=576048.html

http://i15.tinypic.com/4t8t4dd.jpg

[OCFP]

I saw Liberopoulos crying in the press interview because of his homeland's destruction. Ferrer was looking him sadly and he did not know what to say. They are some other players of AEK too who are from Peloponnesus who lost their towns of origin. And actually any result would be pointless during what we are living these days.

Im not even from Peloponisos and when i see the news tears come to my eyes.

Whoever is responsible for this should be burned to death just like the victims have been. \

RIP

[plato-ny]

Group H: AEK/Sevilla, Steaua, Slavia, Arsenal(first opponent against Arsenal on the road should AEK advance)

Group C: Olympiakos, Lazio, Real Madrid, Bremen (first opponent against Lazio at home)

[OCFP]

we got the easiest one from group 2 and the hardest from group 3. I do believe if we play well we can progress. Bremen lost a lot of big players this transfer window, and lazio is in the CL bc of the scandels. they are not Italys 4 strongest side. and them having problems against Bucharest proved it. and they drew to torino at home game 1. we shall see.

Ill be in Greece for the 1st game. it sux that the stadium is closed to fans.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Lazio, Real and Werder.... Most possibly other 6 humiliating games for Olympiakos.

I hope I am wrong though, because our national position in the ranking is going lower and lower and if this goes on very soon we'll face a different situation. The first of the league will be starting from the CL qualifying rounds.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Results of the UEFA cup draw for the Greek clubs

Panathinaikos vs Artmedia Bratislava
AEK/Seville vs Salzburg
Panionios vs Sochaux
AEL Larissa vs Blackburn Rovers
Aris vs Real Zaragoza

[plato-ny]

(I wont post the highlights of this match)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Amid tributes to a Spanish player who died and victims of the Greek wildfires, Sevilla routed AEK Athens 4-1 Monday behind Luis Fabiano's two goals to reach the group stage of the Champions League.

Sevilla, which captured the last two UEFA Cups, won the first leg 2-0 and advanced on total goals 6-1. It joins FC Steaua, Arsenal and Slavia Prague in Group H of the Champions League. AEK was relegated to the UEFA Cup and a first-round game against Salzburg.

The game originally was scheduled for last week but was postponed when midfielder Antonio Puerta died Aug. 28. Three days earlier he collapsed on the field during a Spanish league game against Getafe and had subsequent heart attacks.

AEK also had requested a postponement because of wildfires in southern Greece that killed 65 people and caused a national state of emergency.

Before Monday's game, about 50,000 AEK fans clapped when a video tribute to Puerta was played at Olympic Stadium and displayed banners in his honor. Players observed a moment of silence for Puerta and the Greek fire victims, as AEK fans held lighted candles.

"We thank AEK for that initiative. They showed they are a great club," Sevilla's Ramos said. "I also offer our condolences to the families of the victims of the fires."
Fabiano scored on a penalty kick in the 31st minute and headed in a corner kick by Diego Capel in the 45th. Keita beat AEK goalkeeper Marcelo Moretto in the 40th, heading in a corner from Daniel Alvez. In the 54th, Alexander Kerzhakov raced through the AEK defense and placed the ball out of Moretto's reach.

Brazil veteran Rivaldo made a penalty kick for AEK in the 82nd minute, beating Sevilla goalie Andres Palop. Palop saved a penalty kick by Gustavo Manduca in the 65th.

[plato-ny]

The journey of the Greek teams starts tomorrow with Olympiakos in the Champions League facing SS Lazio at Karaiskaki but without fans due to the ban they picked up last year.

On Thursday there are matches for the Uefa Cup qualification:
AEK-Salzburg , Artmedia-Panathinaikos ,Aris-Zaragoza , Sochaux-Panionios and Larisa-Blackburn.

[plato-ny]

Highlights of Olympiakos-Lazio 1-1
http://www.zshare.net/video/37268624920380/

[PAO_HELLAS]

Olympiakos could not even defeat Lazio at home, not even in the bad condition they are. Imagine what will follow. I still believe that Olympiakos is going to finish last.

I honestly hope I am wrong though. Apart from our rivalries, Greece's UEFA coefficiency needs points desperately.

[plato-ny]

Milan-Benfica 2-1. Katsouranis set up Gomes' goal:

http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2802&Ln=En

[PAO_HELLAS]

A very good night for the Greek clubs in UEFA cup today. 5 wins in 5 games.

AEL Larissa-Blackburn Rovers 2-0
AEK Athens-FC Salzburg 3-0
Sochaux-Panionios 0-2
Artmedia Bratislava-Panathinaikos 1-2
Aris-Real Zaragoza 1-0

[plato-ny]

AEK-Salzburg 3-0
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2832&Ln=En
Artmedia-Panathinaikos 1-2
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2835&Ln=En
Larisa-Blackburn 2-0
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2830&Ln=En
Souchaux-Panionios 0-2
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2839&Ln=En
Aris-Saragosa 1-0
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2838&Ln=En

http://contra.gr/images/klirosiUEFAhellas3108.jpg

Greece moved up 2 spots

Η πρώτη 20άδα
1. Ισπανία 65.141 (8/8)
2. Αγγλία 61.374 (8/8)
3. Ιταλία 53.410 (8/8)
4. Γαλλία 47.954 (7/7)
5. Ρουμανία 39.799 (3/5)
6. Γερμανία 38.007 (7/7)
7. Ρωσία 35.500 (4/4)
8. Ολλανδία 35.213 (6/6)
9. Πορτογαλία 33.927 (7/7)
10. Ουκρανία 29.350 (4/4)
11. Σκωτία 26.625 (3/4)
12. Τουρκία 26.225 (4/4)
13. Βέλγιο 23.700 (3/4)
14. Τσεχία 23.000 (3/4)
15. Βουλγαρία 22.416 (3/4)
16. Ελλάδα 20.664 (6/6)
17. Ελβετία 20.475 (3/4)
18. Νορβηγία 20.425 (3/5)
19. Δανία 18.200 (4/4)
20. Αυστρία 16.900 (3/5)

Ευρωπαϊκά εισιτήρια

Θέσεις 1-3: Τέσσερις σύλλογοι στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, τρεις στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
Θέσεις 4-6: Τρεις σύλλογοι στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, τρεις στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
Θέσεις 7-8: Δύο σύλλογοι στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, τέσσερις στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
Θέσεις 9-15: Δύο σύλλογοι στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, δύο στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
Θέσεις 16-21: Ενας σύλλογος στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, τρεις στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
Θέσεις 22-52: Ενας σύλλογος στο Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ, δύο στο ΟΥΕΦΑ
*** Αναλόγως τη θέση της χώρας, οι εκπρόσωποί της μπορεί να αγωνίζονται σε προκριματικές φάσεις των διοργανώσεων.
*** Οι πρωταθλητές της Ανδόρας και του Σαν Μαρίνο και η κυπελλούχος του Λίχτενσταϊν αγωνίζονται στο Κύπελλο ΟΥΕΦΑ.

[OCFP]

Olympiakos could not even defeat Lazio at home, not even in the bad condition they are. Imagine what will follow. I still believe that Olympiakos is going to finish last.

I honestly hope I am wrong though. Apart from our rivalries, Greece's UEFA coefficiency needs points desperately.

Home game with no fans and our 2nd official game of the year. a team with all new players needs to play games to play well. And Lazios goal was offside but lets not get into that. Lazio wont finish above us. they are horrible. I was at the game against Ofi were we scored 8 goals(2 penalties not given). we can get some points.

And u dont believe Olympiakos will finish last. You Want them to finish last.:red-card:

[OCFP]

OLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Olympiakos first away win. Bremen 1-3 Olympiakos. Points for Greece. 2 tough games against Real. :) :) :) :) :)

[poutismalakas]

Nice :d

[PAO_HELLAS]

OLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Olympiakos first away win. Bremen 1-3 Olympiakos. Points for Greece. 2 tough games against Real. :) :) :) :) :)

Who expected that sir Takis would bring the first win :lol:. I guess most of you will review your opinions about him.

Congratulations to Olympiacos for the important win.

[PAO_HELLAS]

UEFA cup 1st round - 2nd leg

Panathinaikos-Artmedia Bratislava 3-0
Panionios-Sochaux 0-1
Salzburg-AEK Athens 1-0
Blackburn Rovers-AEL Larissa 2-1
Real Zaragoza-Aris 2-1

After these results, all Greek clubs qualified to the next round (group stage).

[OCFP]

All greek teams today lost but still qualified. Very nice. Do we get points for moving on or is it just by wins and draws????

[PAO_HELLAS]

All greek teams today lost but still qualified. Very nice. Do we get points for moving on or is it just by wins and draws????

No we don't get any points from yesterday's games. But after this qualification Greek clubs will have a lot of games to get points from. Most possibly they will meet clubs from Czech Republic, Bulgaria and the rest of the countries that are some points in front of us. This will be the chance to go up in the ranking.

[Panathinaikos2]

No we don't get any points from yesterday's games. But after this qualification Greek clubs will have a lot of games to get points from. Most possibly they will meet clubs from Czech Republic, Bulgaria and the rest of the countries that are some points in front of us. This will be the chance to go up in the ranking.I think we get points for qualifying.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I heard in "ERA Spor" that we don't get points from the qualifications. However during the group stage, the number of clubs will be taken into consideration in connection with their wins and draws. I am not sure how the system works, but from what understood the presense of more clubs will give more points for the same number of wins and draws.

[Panathinaikos2]

You're right. Greece not only did not gain any points from qualifications of the Greek clubs but we actually lost a place too becuase of the losses. Greece is now ranked 17th in the UEFA rankings but we still have many games to gain points from so i'm not really worried.

[PAO_HELLAS]

The draw of the UEFA cup group stage took place today. Greek clubs are participating in the groups A, B, C, F and H.

Group A

Alkmaar
Zenit
Everton
Nuremberg
AEL Larissa

Groub B

Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
Aberdeen

Group C

Villareal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
Elfsborg

Group D

FC Basel
Hamburger SV
Rennes
Dinamo Zagreb
Brann

Group E

Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
Zurich

Group F

Bayern Munich
Bolton
Branga
Red Star
Aris

Group G

RSC Anderlecht
Tottenham
Hetafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H

Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
Panionios
Helsinborg

[B-Town Rovers]

Top two teams advance in each group correct?

[PAO_HELLAS]

Top two teams advance in each group correct?

Top three teams of each group advance.

[B-Town Rovers]

Top three teams of each group advance.

Ah, thanks.

[B-Town Rovers]

My Predictions
Teams that advanced are italicized

Group A

Alkmaar
Zenit
Everton
Nuremberg
AEL Larissa

Groub B

Panathinaikos
Lokomotiv Moscow
Atletico Madrid
Copenhagen
Aberdeen

Group C

Villareal
AEK Athens
Fiorentina
Mlada Boleslav
Elfsborg

Group D

FC Basel
Hamburger SV
Rennes
Dinamo Zagreb
Brann

Group E

Bayer Leverkusen
Sparta Prague
Spartak Moscow
Toulouse
Zurich

Group F

Bayern Munich
Bolton
Branga
Red Star
Aris

Group G

RSC Anderlecht
Tottenham
Hetafe
Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Aalborg

Group H

Bordeaux
Austria Vienna
Galatasaray
PanioniosHelsinborg

[PAO_HELLAS]

The upcoming week is busy for the Greek clubs in Europe. The matches are:

Champions League

Real Madrid vs Olympiacos

UEFA cup

Panathinaikos vs Aberdeen
Elfsborg vs AEK Athens
Helsinborg vs Panionios
Everton vs AEL Larissa
*Aris have free matchday

[PAO_HELLAS]

Olympiacos' squad for the game against Real Madrid:

Nikopolidis, Sifakis, Antzas, Raul Bravo, Cezar, Zewlakow, Pantos, Patsatzoglou, Torosidis, Stoltidis, Ledesma, Djordjevic, Galleti, Mendrinos, Ne, Nunez, Kovavevic, Lua Lua, Mitroglou, Archubi.

[OCFP]

Olympiacos' squad for the game against Real Madrid:

Nikopolidis, Sifakis, Antzas, Raul Bravo, Cezar, Zewlakow, Pantos, Patsatzoglou, Torosidis, Stoltidis, Ledesma, Djordjevic, Galleti, Mendrinos, Ne, Nunez, Kovavevic, Lua Lua, Mitroglou, Archubi.

Call me crazy but I think Olympiakos can get a result from this game. Madrid is coming of an embarasing lose and Olympiakos confidence is sky high. All the players Love playing for the team and like each other. If the chemistry is there, Impossible is Nothing. And Olympiakos is expected to lose so they have nothing to lose.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I will not call you crazy. Olympiacos impressed everyone in the game against Werder and Real is not the team they were some years ago. IF your game against Werder wasn't a "flash" they are going to face problems. Of course "1" is the most possible result but everything is open.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Right now the game is in the 49th minute and the score is 1-2 for Olympiacos. Olympiacos are playing with a player less since the 13th minute.

[PAO_HELLAS]

2-2 current score.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Real Madrid-Olympiacos 4-2 final score.

Even if they lost, I think Olympiacos fans can be satisfised because their club managed to play balanced and create the most chances despite the fact they had one player less and the referee against them. This was not an ordinary performance against Real Madrid in their home and under such consequences.

Current standing of Group C

1. Real Madrid 7 3
2. Olympiacos 4 3
3. Werder Bremen 3 3
4. Lazio 2 3

[PAO_HELLAS]

Squads for the UEFA cup games.

Panathinaikos

Malarz, Galinovic, Goumas, Morris, Sariegi, Nilsson, Vyntra, Seric, Tziolis, Mattos, Dimoutsos, Karagounis, Romero, Ivanschitz, Papadopoulos, Salpingidis, Mantzios, N'Doye, Fyssas.

AEK Athens

Macho, Moretto, Aruabarena, Gerraldo, Ascarate, Dellas, Papastathopoulos, Ramos, Bourbos, Kafes, Toszer, Nsaliva, Cezar, Kone, Manu, Maduka, Pappas, Lymberopoulos, Blanco.

Panionios

Konig, Gaspar, Aravidis, Makos, Maniatis, Kapetanos, Spyropoulos, Goundoulakis, Fernandez, Jibur, Koumortzi, Plec, Kresic, Majstrovic, Kontis, Koutsopoulos, Skoufalis, Berte, Rebeiro, Nikolaou.

AEL Larissa

Kotsolis, Kypouros, Christopoulos, Dabizas, Kotsios, Venetis, Forster, Galitsios, Venetidis, Katsiaros, Boukoubalas, Kyrakidis, Gikas, Fotakis, Bachramis, Sarmiento, Alexandrou, Vergonis, Iglesias, Lambropoulos, Kalantzis, Clayton, Para, Munoz, Cosley, Bakayoko.

[OCFP]

Real Madrid-Olympiacos 4-2 final score.

Even if they lost, I think Olympiacos fans can be satisfised because their club managed to play balanced and create the most chances despite the fact they had one player less and the referee against them. This was not an ordinary performance against Real Madrid in their home and under such consequences.

Current standing of Group C

1. Real Madrid 7 3
2. Olympiacos 4 3
3. Werder Bremen 3 3
4. Lazio 2 3

Thats what happens when the whole world bets On Olympiakos. I saw this morning it was the top bet on every site, so the ref had to get paid some how. We now have to beat Real in Greece so they dont gift the points to Lazio and Bremen bc they would have progressed.

[PAO_HELLAS]

If you play like you did in the last two games, Real and Werder have no chance in Karaiskaki. But you can't know how many things will change till then.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I just got back from the Panathinaikos vs Aberdeen game. Comfortable 3-0 win, but I am not completely satisfised with our performance. We had some good parts but in most parts of the game we were average, especially when the score was 1-0 the team had many problems. Ivanschitz was definately the best player, the one that lead us to the win. We keep the 3 points and we focus on improvement :).

[Vic]

How was Nilsson??

[PAO_HELLAS]

Nilsson had some nice "saves" when the Scots had some good attacks while the score was 1-0 (in the first half I was sitting just a few meters close to his position :D). I believe the newspapers tommorow will have positive comments about him.

[Vic]

Sounds good man :D

Congrats on the win :)

[PAO_HELLAS]

Thanks, Vic :).

UEFA cup results for Greek clubs

Panathinaikos-Aberdeen 3-0
Elfsborg-AEK Athens 1-1
Helsinborg-Panionios 1-1
Everton-AEL Larissa 3-1

(Aris have free matchday)

[OCFP]

Thanks, Vic :).

UEFA cup results for Greek clubs

Panathinaikos-Aberdeen 3-0
Elfsborg-AEK Athens 1-1
Helsinborg-Panionios 1-1
Everton-AEL Larissa 3-1

(Aris have free matchday)


I saw the pao and larissa games. Pao played a bad team and in my opinion will have a tough time against a quality opponent. they will progress to the next round and HAVE to buy some players in January if they want o continue in the Uefa cup.

Panionios concede late and they are really impressing me in Europe. Larissa also had a good showing and thought they would tie late till they conceded towards the end. It would be a dream for us to have all 5 teams progress. we didnt have any bad scorelines today. 2 away draws, a home win, and a away lose to a big team.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I agree, as I said before despite the win I am not completely satisfised. I saw parts of the games of AEK and Larissa when I got back home.

Larissa were unlucky in the part I watched. While the score was 2-1 they had good chances to equalize but the bigger European experience of Everton finally dominated.

AEK on the other side were lucky taking the draw as I saw Elfsborg losing great chances in second half.

I did not watch the game of Panionios, but I heard they were better than Helsinborg and deserved something more. However an away 1-1 is not a bad result for a club without much European experience like Panionios.

[Vic]

I did not watch the game of Panionios, but I heard they were better than Helsinborg and deserved something more. However an away 1-1 is not a bad result for a club without much European experience like Panionios.

I watched the game and it's the other way around. Panionios scored on an amazing strike (one time thing) just before the end of the first half. Helsingborg owned the game in the second half and created alot of chances which they should've done better with. Larsson tied the game at the end but Helsingborg was dissapointed after the game cause they deserved something better than a draw in this one.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Is he the known Larsson, who used to play for Barcelona? He is in Helsinborg now?

[Vic]

Is he the known Larsson, who used to play for Barcelona? He is in Helsinborg now?

Yeh the legend Larsson is home again where it once started. He still got it and was succsessfull at Man Utd last winter as well on a loan contract if you remember.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Olympiacos' squad for the home game against Real Madrid announced:

Nikopolidis, Sifakis, Raul Bravo, Cezar, Papadopoulos, Zewlakow, Pantos, Patsatzoglou, Stoltidis, Djordjevic, Galetti, Mendrinos, Konstantinou, Nunez, Kovacevic, LuaLua, Mitroglou, Archubi.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I am not watching Olympiacos' game, I listen it in the radio. As it looks like Real are better and are losing many chances. It will be good for Olympiacos if they finish the first half with 0-0 and see what changes they can do in the second.

[PAO_HELLAS]

0-0 half time score.

[PAO_HELLAS]

0-0 final score. The results is good for Olympiackos considering how they played.

Group C

1. Real Madrid 8 4
2. Lazio 5 4
3. Olympiacos 5 4
4. Werder Bremen 3 4

[PAO_HELLAS]

Squads for the UEFA cup matches.

Panathinaikos (against Copenhagen):

Malarz, Galinovic, Goumas, Morris, Nilsson, Vyntra, Seric, Tziolis, Mattos, Dimoutsos, Karagounis, Ivanschitz, Papadopoulos, Salpingidis, Mantzios, N'Doye, Fyssas.

AEL Larissa (against Zenit):

Kotsolis, Kipouros, Dabizas, Kotsios, Venetis, Forster, Galitsios, Katsiaros, Venetidis, Boukoubalas, Kyriakidis, Gikas, Fotakis, Bachramis, Sarmiento, Alexandrou, Iglesias, Lambropoulos, Kalantzis, Clayton, Parra, Muniz, Closey, Bakayoko.

Aris (against Red Star):

Chalkias, Kelemen, Avraam Papadopoulos, Netto, Ronaldo, Koulocheris, Kyriakos, Koke, Gogolos, Sisston, Calvo, Javito, Nebegleras, Prittas, Papazoglou, Felipe, Garcia, Vangjeli, Ivic, Karabelas.

AEK and Panionios have free matchday.

[OCFP]

0-0 final score. The results is good for Olympiackos considering how they played.

Group C

1. Real Madrid 8 4
2. Lazio 5 4
3. Olympiacos 5 4
4. Werder Bremen 3 4

If Olympiakos wins in Italy they would be in unless Bremen wins out.
If Olympiakos loses in Italy they can't qualify for the round of 16.
If they draw 0-0. Lazio has the advantage. If they draw 2-2 Olympiakos has the advantage. If they draw 1-1 if goes to goal difference of the group which is tied right now. than goals scored which Olympiakos has the advantage on.

[PAO_HELLAS]

If Olympiakos wins in Italy they would be in unless Bremen wins out.
If Olympiakos loses in Italy they can't qualify for the round of 16.
If they draw 0-0. Lazio has the advantage. If they draw 2-2 Olympiakos has the advantage. If they draw 1-1 if goes to goal difference of the group which is tied right now. than goals scored which Olympiakos has the advantage on.

Olympiacos officially requested 10,000 tickets from Lazio and they can become more. IF Lazio accepts it a lot of gayroi will be in Olympico.

[PAO_HELLAS]

AEL Larissa vs Zenit game is in the 30th minute right now and the score is 0-0. Bakayoko lost a good chance in the first quarter, besides this they are no great chances in the game so far.

[PAO_HELLAS]

0-1 for Zenit. Pogrebnyak in the 40th minute.

[PAO_HELLAS]

1-1! Larissa equalises with Alexandrou.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Fotakis scores, 2-1 for Larissa.

[PAO_HELLAS]

2-2 equaliser goal for Zenit.

[PAO_HELLAS]

It is 2-3 currently. The 3rd of Zenit was scored by Tekke. Currently the game is in the 90th so it looks like Zenit are taking it.

[PAO_HELLAS]

2-3 final score. Larissa tried but Zenit are a superior team.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Copenhagen vs Panathinaikos starts in about 15 minutes. I am going now so I can focus on the game :D.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Copenhagen-Panathinaikos 0-1 half time score.

N'Doye scored our goal. Copenhagen started the game with a good chance but 3 very good attacks of Panathinaikos followed and one of them became goal. Copenhagen had problems in the center of the defense - this is what we must keep taking advantage of if it continues in the second half.

[plato-ny]

Hours before the ARIS-Red Star game, three Red Star fans were sitting in a cafeteria in Thessaloniki when they attacked by 7-10 men.

Three possibilites:

1) Attacked by PAOK fans because of the rivalry between Olympaikos/Red Star and PAOK/Partizan and stemming from last year's basketball match in Belgrade where fights broke out between Red Star and PAOK fans.
2) ARIS fans
3) Albanian nationalists

[PAO_HELLAS]

Copenhagen-Panathinaikos 0-1 final score. A fake penalty was given to Copenhagen but it hitted the post :p.

Aris game is at 0-0.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Aris scores with Papazoglu. 1-0.

[PAO_HELLAS]

2-0 for Aris! Papazoglou again.

[PAO_HELLAS]

3-0! Unbelievable! One minute passed? :lol:

[PAO_HELLAS]

Final scores

AEL Larissa-Zenit 2-3
Copenhagen-Panathinaikos 0-1
Aris-Red Star 3-0

And the results of the other teams in their groups were good for the Greek clubs. Standings in the groups of the 3 Greek clubs that played today:

Group A

1. Everton 2 6
2. Zenit 2 4
3. Alkmaar 1 1
4. Nürnberg 1 0
5. AEL Larissa 2 0

Group B

1. Panathinaikos 2 6 :smoking:
2. Lokomotiv Moscow 2 2
3. Atlético Madrid 1 1
4. Aberdeen 2 1
5. København 1 0

Group F

1. Bayern Munich 2 4
2. Aris 1 3
3. Bolton 2 2
4. Braga 1 1
5. Crvena Zvezda 2 0

[PAO_HELLAS]

It looks like Lazio are not going to give to Olympiacos the tickets they requested. So about only 5,500 tickets will be given to the Olympiacos supporters for the game in Rome (that's the number they deserve according to the rule) .But with the current situation in Italy, even this is doubtful.

[PAO_HELLAS]

This week's games of Greek clubs in Europe.

Champions League

Lazio vs Olympiacos

UEFA cup

AEK Athens vs Fiorentina
Panionios vs Galatasaray
AZ Alkmaar vs AEL Larissa
Bolton vs Aris
(Panathinaikos have free matchday)

[PAO_HELLAS]

About 8,000 gayroi are expected in Rome's Olimpico today.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Lazio-Olympiacos 1-1 half time score.

[OCFP]

Lazio-Olympiakos 1-2 final time, but what sux is Bremen won. So the last matchday Olympiakos Bremen, a draw or a win and we are in. a lose and we are out

[PAO_HELLAS]

Congratulations for the win.

This has to be an odd year for Olympiakos. I can't say that you are playing really good football like the one in your Bajevic era but it looks like you take what you want in European matches. No away win in CL all these years and 2 in one season :lol:.

[PAO_HELLAS]

The squads for today's UEFA cup games.

AEK

Moretto, Macho, Dellas, Papastathopoulos, Aruabarena, Kafes, Zikos, Pappas, Askarate, Bourbos, Manu, Nsaliwa, Toszer, Ramos, Cezar, Maduka, Blanco, Kone.

Aris

Chalkias, Kelemen, Avraam Papadopoulos, Netto, Ronaldo, Koulocheris, Vangjeli, Ivic, Karabelas, Kyriakos, Koke, Gogolos, Siston, Calvo, Javito, Nebegleras, Prittas, Marco Aurelio, Felipe, Garcia.

Panionios

Kresic, Tabasis, Makos, Goundoulakis, Plec, Maijstorovic, Berte, Maniatis, Spyropoulos, Koutsopoulos, Kumordzi, Aravidis, Skoufalis, Wagner, Fernadez, Djebour, Kontis, Kapetanos.

AEL Larissa

Kotsolis, Kipouros, Christopoulos, Dabizas, Kotsios, Forster, Venetidis, Katsiaros, Boukouvalas, Kyriakidis, Gikas, Fotakis, Bachramis, Sarmiento, Alexandrou, Poutas, Iglesias, Lambropoulos, Kalantzis, Cleyton, Parra, Munoz, Cosley.

[PAO_HELLAS]

This moment I am watching Aris, they have a very good game style. They are able to take points from Bolton away.

[PAO_HELLAS]

0-1 for Aris! Tony Calvo.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Fights in the stadium tiers. Aris supporters against English policemen.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Final scores:

AEK-Fiorentina 1-1
Panionios-Galatasaray 0-3

I watched a part of AEK's first half. They had a relatively good start but later there was a downfall in their performance. I expected them to blow it up before the start of the game.
I did not watch any part of Panionios' game but I hear they are complaining about the referee.

Live scores (currently):

Alkmaar-Larissa 0-0
Bolton-Aris 0-1

[PAO_HELLAS]

Unbelievable! Aris were holding the win in the whole game and Bolton equalized in the last seconds of the extra-time. Giannakopoulos was their scorer.

Final scores

AZ Alkmaar-AEL Larissa 1-0
Bolton-Aris 1-1

[PAO_HELLAS]

Not the best day for the Greek clubs in UEFA. I think that mathematically all teams have chances for qualification, but things are now very difficult for Larissa and Panionios.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Just found out that Copenhagen won in Moscow. We are already in the next round of UEFA cup :D.

[plato-ny]

Greece is now in 15th place in the rankings.

Charisteas scored a goal for Nuremburg. Zenit-Nuremburg 2-2

Giannakopoulos scored for Bolton. Bolton-ARIS 1-1

[Andygers]

^ Bolton were Disappointing tonight but what a goal by Aris....I thought they would have won the game tonight.

[PAO_HELLAS]

This goal in the last seconds was a real damper for the Aris fans. Even if I am not an Aris supporter I got upset after Giannakopoulos scored.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Panionios appeals against UEFA

http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/Panionios/177907.html

[PAO_HELLAS]

This week's games for Greek clubs in the UEFA cup:

Panathinaikos vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Mlada Boleslav vs AEK Athens
Austria Vienna vs Panionios
Aris vs Sporting Braga
(AEL Larissa have a free matchday)

[PAO_HELLAS]

Possible line-ups in the two games today.

Panathinaikos: Malarz, Vyntra, Morris, Sariegi, Fyssas, Dimoutsos, Tziolis, Romero, Ninis, N'Doye, Papadopoulos.

Lokomotiv Moscow: Peliccioli, Ivanovic, Zhenikov, Asatiani, Rodolfo, Gurenko, Maminov, Samentov, Bilijalentinov, Odemvigi, Traore.

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Mlada Boleslav: Piszanowski, Hritilka, Worisek, Kopic, Trohaska, Madejovski, Rainhov, Kizela, Collina, Mendi, Taborski.

AEK: Moretto, Dellas, Gerraldo, Aruabarena, Ramos, Nsaliwa, Toszer, Rivaldo, Cezar, Maduka, Lymberopoulos.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Just got back home from the Panathinaikos vs Lokomotiv game. In the first half we did not show anything special, the mistakes of the players (esp. Romero and Vyntra) caused the dissapointment of the fans sometimes. We were still better than Lokomotiv but not really impressive. When Karagounis and Salpingidis entered as substitutions things changed and we came to the two deserved goals.

Today's results

Panathinaikos-Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0
Mlada Boleslav-AEK Athens 0-1

Panionios and Aris are playing tommorow.

[OCFP]

Just got back home from the Panathinaikos vs Lokomotiv game. In the first half we did not show anything special, the mistakes of the players (esp. Romero and Vyntra) caused the dissapointment of the fans sometimes. We were still better than Lokomotiv but not really impressive. When Karagounis and Salpingidis entered as substitutions things changed and we came to the two deserved goals.

Today's results

Panathinaikos-Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0
Mlada Boleslav-AEK Athens 0-1

Panionios and Aris are playing tommorow.

Aek needs 1 point at home against A villereal side that has qualified or a Boleslav lose. Larissa is eliminated if they werent already. Pao is in. Aris is in good position to progress. And if Djebbour can score more times than Austria tomorrow Panionios should scrap through. Olympiakos needs a draw to progress in Champions League if not Uefa so we can have 5 teams in europe in the new year. I think 4 def.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Aek needs 1 point at home against A villereal side that has qualified or a Boleslav lose. Larissa is eliminated if they werent already. Pao is in. Aris is in good position to progress. And if Djebbour can score more times than Austria tomorrow Panionios should scrap through. Olympiakos needs a draw to progress in Champions League if not Uefa so we can have 5 teams in europe in the new year. I think 4 def.

We are already qualified but we have to fight the game in Madrid and qualify first in the group. If we qualify second we face one of the clubs coming from the Champions League.

I think Panionios can hope for something good. Lienen has knownledge of teams like Austria and he proved that he is fighting the European games let's see. Aris will not face problem either if they are focused and their psychology is not affected by the Aris loss.

I think Olympiakos is not going to blow it against Werder. You were waiting so many years for this and now you are so close to it. I think you will qualify even if it is with a draw with Werder.

[PAO_HELLAS]

So far Panathinaikos and Manchester United are the only teams that have only wins in the European leagues.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Half time scores

Aris-Sporting Braga 1-1
Austria Vienna-Panionios 0-0

I am watching the Aris game and they are losing one chance after another but can't score and make it 2-1. Javito lost two great chances. Nebegleras' chance was great too.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Final scores

Aris-Sporting Braga 1-1
Austria Vienna-Panionios 0-1

Things are difficult for Aris now, as they could not take advantage of their chances. They need a result with Bayern away.
Very good result for Panionios. With a win against Bordeaux they are in the next round.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Current situation in groups of the Greek clubs:

Group A

1. Everton 9 3
2. Zenit Petersburg 5 4
3. AZ Alkmaar 4 3
4. FC Nurnberg 4 3
5. AEL Larissa 0 3

Group B

1. Panathinaikos 9 3
2. Atletico Mardid 7 3
3. FC Copenhagen 3 3
4. Lokomotiv Moscow 2 4
5. Aberdeen 1 3

Group C

1. Villareal 7 3
2. Fiorentina 5 3
3. AEK Athens 5 3
4. Mlada Boleslav 3 3
5. Elfsborg 1 4

Group F

1. Bolton 6 4
2. Aris 5 3
3. Bayern Munich 5 3
4. Sporting Braga 3 3
5. Red Star 0 3

Group H

1. Bordeaux 9 3
2. Helsinborg 7 4
3. Panionios 4 3
4. Galatasaray 3 3
5. Austria Vienna 0 3

[PAO_HELLAS]

Lemonis: Molon Lave :lol:

http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/Olympiacos/179165.html

[plato-ny]

PAO already passed. Except for Larisa, the other teams can pass...

[OCFP]

Its olympiakos time in 4 hours. TWRA EINAI H WRA!!!!!

[PAO_HELLAS]

Good luck.

[Pape]

1-0 after first half

Kovacevic 2-0 70th min :D

[Pape]

Stoltidis again in the 74th!!!! 3-0

[PAO_HELLAS]

Congratulations to Olympiakos. After so many years it is time they feel the pleasure of some European sucess too :D.

[OCFP]

I have been waiting a very long time for this. :D :D :D
possible teams we will face.

Chelsea
Barcelona
Man United
Milan
Inter
Seville (could be Arsenal but i doubt it)
Porto

Milan or Porto I would hope for which is still a very hard task but any other team i feel would be almost impossible

[OCFP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ksXdjeMqI

[PAO_HELLAS]

Today and tommorow UEFA cup matches for the Greek clubs:

Panionios vs Bordeaux
Bayern Munich vs Aris
AEL Larissa vs FC Nurnberg
AEK Athens vs Villareal
Atletico Madrid vs Panathinaikos

Galinovic and Karagounis are officially out of the Panathinaikos squad.... It looks like Peseiro is going to change the system to 4-3-3 with 2 defensive midfielders We must purpose on a good result in Madrid to take the first place of the group and avoid the Champions League clubs.

Good luck to the other teams too, but I especially want Aris to do something good (I know it's very difficult) because this year they were so unlucky in Europe. In the first game they defeat Red Star and then in the league game with Atromitos they lose key player Papazoglou with an injury. In the Bolton game they are generally better and they keep 1-0 lead till the last seconds of the extra-time but then Giannakopoulos scores and equalizes. In their next game against Braga they dominate again but they don't manage to take the win - they stay at 1-1. With the performances they had they deserve the qualification.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Half time scores

Panionios-Bordeaux 2-1
Bayern-Aris 2-0

[PAO_HELLAS]

Final scores

Panionios-Bordeaux 2-3
Bayern-Aris 6-0

I saw Panionios game and it was like they killed themselves. A pity they lost the qualification like this in the games against Galata and Bordeaux.
I didn't saw Aris game but from what I read they kept it well till the first goal of Bayern. I guess then they decided to play an open game, which they did not achieve with sucess as the superiority of Bayern as a team prevailed.

[OCFP]

I got sick to my stomach with the Panionios result. After going up 2-0 to a team that didnt need a result to secure first place they commited suicide.

The aris result was hefty but whats the differnce between 1-0 and 6-0, I need Red star needed a result against Braga was the only way Aris passes and it didnt come. Aek has to get a result. Greece was sitting so well if they teams would have passed.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Today's results:

Atletico Madrid-Panathinaikos 2-1
AEK Athens-Villareal 1-2
AEL Larissa-FC Nurnberg 1-3

Maybe the worst week for Greek clubs in Europe this season. I watched Panathinaikos game and I can say the result isn't fair. We started good by scoring first while Atletico balanced the game in the second half, but the organized attacks they created were a few compared to ours. First defeat in Europe this year. We lost the first place and now we will play one of the clubs coming from the CL.

I did not expect anything better from AEK.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Possible opponets of Panathinaikos:

Marseille
Rosenborg
Werder Bremen
Benfica
Rangers
Sporting Lisbon
PSV Eindhoven
Slavia Prague

Possible opponets of AEK:

Everton
Atletico Madrid
Hamburger SV
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich
Hetafe
Bordeaux

[PAO_HELLAS]

The draw for the Champions League round of "16" and the UEFA cup round of "32" starts in about an hour.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Official

Olympiacos vs Chelsea

Panathinaikos vs Rangers
AEK Athens vs Getafe

[plato-ny]

I dont like AEK's draw because Spanish teams are a problem for AEK this season as well as historically. AEK lost twice to Seville and lost at home against Villareal in their only match so this Getafe squad is another Spanish team that AEK will lose to.

[OCFP]

Lazio, Real and Werder.... Most possibly other 6 humiliating games for Olympiakos.

I hope I am wrong though, because our national position in the ranking is going lower and lower and if this goes on very soon we'll face a different situation. The first of the league will be starting from the CL qualifying rounds.


I think u were wrong Pao thank G-d.

[PAO_HELLAS]

I was, I have no problem to admit it. With the away win against Werder Olympiakos managed to eject a big part of the complex they had in Europe, this wasn't something expectable. Still you have to keep a low profile - you did not became a top European club just because you qualified to the 16.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Panathinaikos and AEK are playing for the UEFA cup today. Panathinaikos plays with Rangers away and AEK with Hetafe at home.

After the sack of Ferrer, Nikos Kostenoglu is going to coach AEK in this game.

[PAO_HELLAS]

The full squads.

Panathinaikos
Galinovic, Malarz, Goumas, Vyntra, Nilsson, Morris, Mattos, Tziolis, Gonzalez, Karagounis, Seric, Ivanschitz, Salpingidis, Papadopoulos, N'Doye, Postiga, Ninis, Dimoutsos.

AEK
Moretto, Arabatzis, Alvez, Aruabarena, Azcarate, Kafes, Manduca, Pappas, Papastathopoulos, Ramos, Toszer, Manu, Kalon, Dellas, Zikos, Pavlis, Cezar, Pliatsikas, Kone, Lagos, Nsaliwa, Rivaldo, Lymberopoulos, Blanco.

[ulster21]

Rangers 1-0 :clap2:

[Andygers]

^ i think 2-0 Ulster :)

[PAO_HELLAS]

AEK drew 1-1 with Hetafe before.

Half time this moment at the Rangers vs Panathinaikos game. 0-0 is the score. Nothing important in the first half. Both teams were making many mistakes, especially in passing. Rangers had two chances which were saved by Galinovic. Panathinaikos had some good attacks too but not a great chance.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Rangers - Panathinaikos 0-0 final score. Not the best game for Panathinaikos but we managed to keep a clean sheet. All the good changes in the game were four or five and only one of them belonged to Panathinaikos.

Not a bad result considering we were playing again. We are the favourites for the Athens game now but still much attention is needed as the opponet is considerable.

[ulster21]

not very impressed by Rangers....we played Greek style football...very boring....Rangers need to be more aggressive in Greece to pull out the victory(by victory I mean a 1-1 draw)

[OCFP]

5 more days till Chelsea come to face us in Peiraia

[PAO_HELLAS]

http://contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/ChL/Chelsea/188064.html :lol:

[OCFP]

15 hours till kickoff. has it stop snowing in athens?? is the stadium full of snow??

[PAO_HELLAS]

Today it is sunny. There is still snow in the roads but I don't think there is going to be a problem in the stadium. They are working on it and they say it will be ready till the evening.

[PAO_HELLAS]

Olympiakos - Chelse 0-0 in a game without anything really great. The whole game had 2 or 3 chances and they belonged to Olympiakos. The defense of Olympiakos in this game impressed me to be honest.

[Pape]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080219/capt.xts11002192158.greece_soccer_champions_league_xts110.jpg

Thank You Olympiacos!
And may the 2nd leg be a victory, you are Serbia's CL club!

[Panathinaikos2]

As for the banner, most Greeks feel the same way about the Kosovo issue ;)

[PAO_HELLAS]

Panathinaikos-Rangers 1-1 final score. We got eliminated.

No excuses, what happened the previous years happened once more. When you spoil your chances to finish games and turn easy games into derbies, you have to expect punishment. We just gave a present to our opponet, not for the first time in a European game. Just like it happened with Porto, Auxerre and Sevilla the previous few years in the UEFA cup, it happened with Rangers this year. Some must undertake their responsibilities.

[Andygers]

^ I think you guys were extremely unlucky not to be in the last 16 but thats football for you :).

[13Ballack13]

bayern 5-1 vs Aberdeen dats what i call bayern football come to munich n get smashed!!!1 :evil::smoking:

[ionikos rule]

Panathinaiko dominated rangers but there 1 chance was a goal.. I think that pao deserved to be in last 16 but aek are just a discrace a 3-0 loss to Getafe isnt a good result at all. As a greek and a supporter of Chelsea i will not be fussed if Chelsea lose at stamford Bridge against Olympiakos they have done kela this year in cl they deserve 2 go far. With Belleuchi LuaLua Kovacevic Nunez Antzas Stoltidis Djordjevic and patsalogolou they are a very strong team and they are capable of alot. when they played Real 2-1 up with ten men away evenm tho they lost they dun well in one of the toughest stadiums to play in. I believe they will beat my chelsea 1-1 away goal will get them thru.

[whitoulias]

What is a Balkan Cup anyway?Is it a cup balkan people have their bear in it?