0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/21/2016
The year was 1902, the turn of the century had just occurred and a young Hibernian club had just won the Scottish Cup for the second time in their history. It looked like the first of many Scottish Cups to come for Hibs. Who knew that it would take 114 years (and finishing runner-up in […]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 18: Captian Jose Antonio Reyes (C) of Sevilla lifts the Europa League trophy as players celebrate at the award ceremoy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 5/18/2016
Sevilla holds onto their Europa League dominance with a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the UEFA Europa League Final. Amid being down 1-0 and being fortunate on multiple handball no-calls, Sevilla made the perfect adjustments during halftime to take the fifth Europa League title and a trip back to the UEFA Champions League. The first […]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 18: Coke of Sevilla celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
After falling behind 1-0 at halftime, Sevilla scored a quick goal to equalize. Then in the span of just six minutes, Coke scored twice to put Sevilla on an incredible advantage to put Sevilla up 3-1 over Liverpool. Here’s the first goal, a great team goal finished off by Coke. "What a sequence. What a […]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 18: Kevin Gameiro of Sevilla celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
If you got back to your seat or in front of your TV or computer late on the second half kickoff, you missed a lot. Sevilla only took 18 seconds into the second half to score the equalizer, thanks to Kevin Gameiro, who has scored 10 goals in 10 games. The entire play looked like […]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – MAY 18: Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool shoots at goal during the UEFA Europa League Final match between Liverpool and Sevilla at St. Jakob-Park on May 18, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
The UEFA Europa League Final saw some twists and turns with neither team really getting an edge early on. Not that either team struggled but it was more a midfield siege that neither team was willing to concede. In a split second, that changed thanks to Daniel Sturridge. As though he was casually walking with […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
The road to Basel, Switzerland has been a long one, but finally two teams have emerged and will battle it out for the Europa League title. Liverpool from the English Premier League will take on back-to-back Europa League champions Sevilla representing La Liga at St. Jakob-Park for the Europa League final. Sevilla look for an unprecedented […]
WARSAW, POLAND – MAY 27: Grzegorz Krychowiak of Sevilla celebrates with the trophy after the UEFA Europa League Final match between FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Sevilla FC on May 27, 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/17/2016
Sevilla is truly an enigma in the footballing world. Three years ago they qualified to the Europa League as a ninth place team because two teams ahead of Sevilla got hit with bans from UEFA, so they were thrust into the European spotlight. Who knew that Sevilla, a team who many thought had no business […]
0 comments by Jeff Snyder
Liverpool Football Club are a part of a very select group of clubs that can be considered European Super Powers. It was during the 70s and early 80s that Liverpool truly announced themselves on the European stage, winning the European Cup four times in seven years. In 2005, the Merseyside club etched its name into […]
PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 12: The UEFA European Championship Trophy is displayed prior to the UEFA Euro 2016 Final Draw Ceremony at Palais des Congres on December 12, 2015 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 5/11/2016
Tuesday was a big day for American soccer fans who are anticipating the plethora of international matches that are going to be coming their way this summer as both ESPN and Fox announced their commentary teams for their coverage of Euro 2016 and the Copa America respectively. Unsurprisingly to American fans, ESPN’s announcement was met […]
CORDOBA, SPAIN – AUGUST 06: Patrick Ekeng (2ndR) competes for the ball with Fatah (L) of Raja de Casablanca ahead his teammate Federico Cartabia (L) during the pre season friendly match between Cordoba CF and Raja de Casablanca at El Arcangel stadium on August 6, 2014 in Cordoba, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/9/2016
On May 6, the footballing world lost a brother in Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng, when in the 70th minute of a televised Romanian league match between Dinamo and Viitorul he collapsed on the pitch. He was pronounced dead two hours later in a hospital of a suspected heart attack. Less than 24 […]
NYON, SWITZERLAND – JULY 19: A UEFA Champions League draw ball is being prepared backstage prior to the UEFA Champions League Q3 qualifying round draw rehearsal on July 19, 2013 in Nyon, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
0 comments by Phillip Bupp
Over the weekend, it was revealed that UEFA was discussing the possibility of putting some more Champions League games during the weekend starting in 2021, when the new broadcasting window begins. The current situation is that games are played on Tuesday or Wednesday night in Europe and the Final played on a Saturday afternoon. UEFA has […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 5/5/2016
The Europa League is drawing closer to its conclusion and Basel is awaiting the finalists as the semifinals conclude this week. Liverpool and Villarreal will have the deciding fixture at Anfield, meanwhile Shakhtar and Sevilla will try and break their 2-2 deadlock in Seville. The Shakhtar and Sevilla matchup will be an interesting one as […]
MADRID, SPAIN – MAY 04: Gareth Bale of Real Madrid celebrates scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League semi final, second leg match between Real Madrid and Manchester City FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 4, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images )
0 comments by Harrison Prolic on 5/4/2016
Real Madrid took a big step towards the Champions League Final with a first half goal from Gareth Bale against Manchester City. After a lifeless first leg back in Manchester, today’s match has been slightly more dramatic, and Bale’s opener has made the fans in Madrid very happy. The Welshman lurked on the edge of the […]
MADRID, SPAIN – APRIL 27: Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich signals during the UEFA Champions League semi final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Bayern Muenchen at Vincente Calderon on April 27, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel on 5/3/2016
Game on. Following Antoine Griezmann’s goal early in the second half Atletico Madrid had leveled the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal at one goal apiece, but had a 2-1 lead on aggregate. Bayern had about 35 minutes to mount a comeback that would require two goals, otherwise they would be left thinking […]
VALENCIA, SPAIN – MARCH 06: Antoine Griezmann of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the La Liga match between Valencia CF and Atletico de Madrid at Estadi de Mestalla on March 06, 2016 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images)
0 comments by Pauly Kwestel
Bayern Munich had their chances. Xabi Alonso scored on a free kick in the first half but just minutes later Thomas Muller missed a penalty and Bayern Munich went to halftime of the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal against Atletico Madrid ahead just 1-0 and more importantly level on aggregate. When you […]
