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biffo
Oct 18 2002, 10:02 PM
Second round of the UEFA Cup has been drawn in Switzerland: The tie

that jumps off the page is a 'Battle of Britain' clash between

Scottish Champions Celtic and Worthington Cup winners Blackburn

Rovers. A passionate encounter is guaranteed when Turkish giants

Fenerbahce take on their Greek counterparts Panathinaikos. The

German teams have to play these games: Ferencvarosi : VfB Stuttgart /

Nicosia : Hertha Berlin / Legia Warsaw : Schalke 04 /

Vitesse : Werder Bremen // first Leg: Thursday 31st October //

second Leg: Thursday 14th November



Hertha Berlin midfielder Andreas Neuendorf has been banned for four

Uefa Cup matches as the result of headbutting an opponent during the

German capital club's 1-0 win over Aberdeen earlier this month. Uefa's

disciplinary committee have also fined Hertha 10'000 Swiss francs for

unsporting loudspeaker announcements and the setting-off of Bengal

lights by their fans during that same match.



Bundesliga club Hansa Rostock will have to reckon without Jochen

Kientz for between 3-5 weeks due to a stubborn-to-heal Achilles injury.



Miroslav Klose had confirmed that he is not looking to leave

Kaiserslautern despite the club's dire financial situation. The

Lauterer need a cash injection and the sale of German World Cup star

Klose seems the most obvious choice. 1. FC Kaiserslautern had arranged

a 5000000 Euro loan to help alleviate their financial problems.

Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH, the regional lottery council for the

Rheinland, had provided the money in exchange for the transfer rights

of the highly rated German international striker Miroslav Klose.



Eintracht Frankfurt had expressed an interest in bringing Andreas

Möller to the club as sporting director. The Schalke midfielder has

affirmed his intention to retire at the end of the current campaign

and Frankfurt want the former German international to return to

Frankfurt and help the club move forward. Möller made his debut for

Eintracht back in 1986 and played two more seasons with the Hessen

outfit before joining Borussia Dortmund in the 1987/88 season.



Bulgaria goal hero Dimitar Berbatov will be out of action for a month

after injuring his ankle in their 2-0 Group 8 victory over Croatia.

The Bayer Leverkusen forward picked up the injury in the opening

exchanges but played on and set up Stilian Petrov for the first goal

before finding the net himself. The Bayern Munich defender revealed he

targeted 2004 as the date for his international retirement.



"I want to win the next European championships with France and after

that, I think it'll be time to call it a day", Bixente Lizarazu told

France Football.



Energie Cottbus have moved to trim their squad by releasing striker

Markus Feldhoff, formerly VfL player. The 28-year-old's time at

Cottbus was ruined by a knee injury suffered in January and he has

not reclaimed his place in the team since.

Will
Oct 18 2002, 10:27 PM
thanks for the 'interesting' update!

SuperSaints
Oct 19 2002, 10:10 AM
Eintracht Frankfurt had expressed an interest in bringing Andreas

Möller to the club as sporting director. The Schalke midfielder has

affirmed his intention to retire at the end of the current campaign

and Frankfurt want the former German international to return to

Frankfurt and help the club move forward. Möller made his debut for

Eintracht back in 1986 and played two more seasons with the Hessen

outfit before joining Borussia Dortmund in the 1987/88 season.





Andy Möller is not really popular in Frankfurt! :evil:

Stay in the Ruhrpott Andy!

Mark
Oct 22 2002, 04:08 PM
Andy Möller is not really popular in Frankfurt! :evil:

Stay in the Ruhrpott Andy![/quote]



Hope he will ,another year....at Schalke and beat these yellow b... :wink: