UEFA cup

[elmubarak]

How do u guys see the BL team chances?

Domzale - VfB
Sofia - Leverkusen
Hertha - Nikosia
Mainz - Sevilla
Kopenhagen - HSV

[ACBerb]

Well Stuttgart is through even with the 1-0 lose today!
I'll tilt one back for the T-man! :drinkbeer

[ACBerb]

Loser/Neverkusen are out! losing 1-0 today and 2-0 Agg.
:handbags

[palmerq]

Hertha are winning al don't worry.

[Timonator]

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,523667,00.jpg

The conditions were great :laugh

...impossible to play football!

[The Southern Dandy]

2-0 up for us right now.

[bastian]

Hertha won 3-1 ... congrats Dandy-dude.... it seems not all german teams suck in europe ;) :drinkbeer

[Switchblade]

0-0 so far for Hamburg. They're going down :)

[Ballack13]

Mainz were very poor for most of the game but since Geissler has come on, they are looking good. This guy is talented. Definitely a future nt player.

Also Weigelt looks very good as well. Why he doesnt get a chance and Hitzlesperger keeps getting called up, I dont get.

[TheNameOfTheG..]

woow, it was hard game, but at the end with 10 man 0-1 for HSV, HSV from penalty kick (barbarez mist one before).

[Timonator]

WOW

what a game HSV - Kopenhagen!!! :woot A penalty in the 93min for Hamburg, don't know if the ref should have gave em the penalty, cause it didn't look like he intent to touch the ball.

Man those HSV guys are lucky bastards!

[Gerry_BMG]

Makes 3 teams out of 5 after 1st Uefa-Cup round. Bl teams are getting better and scaring the **** out of europe

I quickly compared the points of Germany and France (CL and Uefa-Cup)...
Germany 20, France at least 30 (Marseille is still playing)
We are gaining on them :drinkbeer

[The Southern Dandy]

Hertha won 3-1 ... congrats Dandy-dude.... it seems not all german teams suck in europe ;) :drinkbeer

Yea, but APOEL were one of the easiest draws of all. Now that we're in the group stage, I'm getting a bit nervous.

If we can avoid some of the big teams, I'll be happy.

With our luck though, we might end up with Sporting, Roma, CSKA Moscow, or Sevilla.

[TheNameOfTheG..]

WOW

what a game HSV - Kopenhagen!!! :woot A penalty in the 93min for Hamburg, don't know if the ref should have gave em the penalty, cause it didn't look like he intent to touch the ball.

Man those HSV guys are lucky bastards!

Yes, but before that situation, there were 2 situations for penalty too.

[Switchblade]

WOW

what a game HSV - Kopenhagen!!! :woot A penalty in the 93min for Hamburg, don't know if the ref should have gave em the penalty, cause it didn't look like he intent to touch the ball.

Man those HSV guys are lucky bastards!

This ******* match will be replayed. I know it will. :censored

[Gerry_BMG]

Yes, but before that situation, there were 2 situations for penalty too.

You have the eyes of a hawk, the ears of a fox and the dick of a whale. I didnt see those 2 situations. :drinkbeer

[Gerry_BMG]

This ******* match will be replayed. I know it will. :censored

I have to say Hamburg was more than lucky to go through, I felt a bit sorry for your team since it was a laughable penalty and loosing due to the referee is annoying to say the least. But nevertheless I am glad that Hamburg went through.

[TheNameOfTheG..]

You have the eyes of a hawk, the ears of a fox and the dick of a whale. I didnt see those 2 situations. :drinkbeer

They call me John. John Holmes :cool :drinkbeer
1 situation was when barbarez (or someone else) jumped and defender fauled him in the air, second one was playing with the hand... altough I am not saying those situations were penaltys but it maybe gave courage to ref for calling second penalty, 3 delicate situations->one penalty :drinkbeer

[Gerry_BMG]

altough I am not saying those situations were penaltys but it maybe gave courage to ref for calling second penalty, 3 delicate situations->one penalty :drinkbeer

So you say its like when I show my little man to a girl three times and she ignores my little fellow the first two times but wants to suck it the third time I show her. Does the honry berry understands correct, my croation-gigolo?

[TheNameOfTheG..]

So you say its like when I show my little man to a girl three times and she ignores my little fellow the first two times but wants to suck it the third time I show her. Does the honry berry understands correct, my croation-gigolo?

Yes, something like that, it is a psyhological presure :USA_Blue

[Gerry_BMG]

Almost similar to the pressure when you are swimming with some sharks, ehhh

[TheNameOfTheG..]

Swimmig with the sharks is almost deadly pressure :drinkbeer (but good mataphore if you want implicite to say bigger HSV-smaller Kopenhagen), this is kinda of average and normal pressure :USA_Blue

[ACBerb]

Makes 3 teams out of 5 after 1st Uefa-Cup round. Bl teams are getting better and scaring the **** out of europe

I quickly compared the points of Germany and France (CL and Uefa-Cup)...
Germany 20, France at least 30 (Marseille is still playing)
We are gaining on them :drinkbeer

G-man of course you know when BMG take this Uefa cup thing by storm next year, BL teams will dominate Europe!

[Gerry_BMG]

I see us playing Barcelona and Mailand in my dreams at night already. Gives me a good feeling for this season.

[ACBerb]

Whoops, did I say Uefa cup... I meant CL for BMG! ;)

[Gerry_BMG]

It will be a shame when we will take away Bayern the garanteed Cl spot since Hamburg will finish behind us as second. Makes me cry already

[ACBerb]

Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin and VfB Stuttgart will fly the flag for Germany in the UEFA Cup group stage but Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 1. FSV Mainz bowed out of the competition after the conclusion of the first-round ties.

Hdiouad goal
Having lost 1-0 in the home leg against Bulgarian side PFC CSKA Sofia, 2001/02 UEFA Champions League finalists Leverkusen needed to win in Sofia, but their hopes of progressing evaporated after Moroccan international Mourad Hdiouad latched on to a Hristo Yanev cross to put the tie out of the German team's reach and secure CSKA's passage to the group stage.

Kanouté turns the tide
Sevilla FC ended Mainz's first ever UEFA Cup campaign in Frankfurt courtesy of two unanswered goals from Frédéric Kanouté. The 28-year-old pounced for the first goal of the tie on nine minutes after Mainz goalkeeper Dimo Wache failed to hold onto Javier Saviola's shot and five minutes from half-time he effectively ended Mainz's dream of reaching the group stage when he doubled the visitor's advantage.

Hamburg through
Hamburg extended their unbeaten run to 18 games and secured their place in the group stage with a 1-0 win at FC København thanks to an added time penalty from Rafael van der Vaart. Sergej Barbarez had already had a chance to give the visitors the lead from the penalty spot but he saw his kick saved by Jesper Christiansen 12 minutes into the second half.

Hertha comfortable
Hertha comfortably progressed to the group stage after winning 3-1 in Berlin to complete a 4-1 aggregate victory against APOEL FC. Marcelinho opened the scoring with a stunning free-kick after 15 minutes, Nando Rafael made it 2-0 with a neat finish ten minutes later and Ellery Cairo completed the scoring for the German team 14 minutes into the second half. Konstantinos Makridis restored a degree of respectability for their Cypriot opponents with a goal after 76 minutes.

First qualifiers
Earlier, Stuttgart became the first side to reach the group stage despite being beaten 1-0 at NK Domžale. The German side looked to be in the driving seat after winning the first leg in the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 2-0 but Giovanni Trapattoni's side found it hard to come to terms with the waterlogged pitch in Slovenia.

Stevanovič goal
They fell behind as Dalibor Stevanovič collected Ermin Rakovič's pass and struck it past Stuttgart goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand on 16 minutes. However, the home side's hopes of forcing extra time took dwindled when Luka Elsner was sent off for a second bookable offence after 65 minutes.

[bastian]

I can see already in my dreams G-dude screaming of joy like a girl in love , if marcell scores against barcelona or milan in da CL ..... :drinkbeer

[Danish Dynamite]

Thanks to all the HSV fans I was at party with in Copenhagen... Great time :drinkbeer