World Cup and European leagues

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In UEFA Cup action today, Getafe gets a goal in approx the 90th minute to tie Bayern Munich 1-1 in the first leg.

That is an amazing result for Getafe. Getafe is a tiny club from Madrid, in the shadows of Real, Atletico, even Rayo Vallecano.  Now they have an away goal against Bayern and even on aggregate going into their home tie. Absolutely incredible.

[Greek Tragedy]

5 to go.

Man Utd:  77 pts
Chelsea:  74 pts
Arsenal:  71 pts

Man Utd	Chelsea	Arsenal
W 4-1 Aston Villa (7th)	W 1-0 Middlesbrough (12th)	W 3-2 @ Bolton (18th)
T 2-2 @ Middlesbrough (12th)	W 2-0 @ Man. City (9th)	T 1-1 Liverpool (4th)
Arsenal (3rd)	Wigan (14th)	@ Man Utd (1st)
@ Blackburn (8th)	@ Everton (5th)	Reading (15th)
@ Chelsea (2nd)	Man Utd (1st)	@ Derby (20th)
West Ham (10th)	@ Newcastle (13th)	Everton (5th)
@ Wigan (14th)	Bolton (18th)	@ Sunderland (16th)

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Liverpool 4 Arsenal 2

Summary

Torres = Brilliant !!!

Adebeyor = brilliant but not as brilliant as Torres, could/should have had 3

Liverpool = fortunate in the end

game = you'll be hard pressed to find better drama.

How does Liverpool keep doing this....amazing.

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Sac, I'm not sure why you say Liverpool were fortunate.  Both sides made mistakes, but the Scousers dominated the game I saw (starting basically with the second half). 

The Torres goal was utterly brilliant.  He seems to be able to make time stand still when he has the ball.

Adebeyor must still be shaking his head about the goal he missed.  Okay, maybe that's how Liverpool were fortunate.

Ryan Babel was responsible for both of Liverpool's two late goals, as he was the player brought down in the box to set up the penalty.  I'm sure Arsene Wenger is already complaining that the penalty was called in this match and not in the match at the Emirates, but that's not how calls are made.

This was a classic match!  Looking forward to the matchup with Chelsea!

[Hoosier Titan]

Well, perhaps some others disagree with me:

'"It's possibly one of the worst performances I've put in in a Liverpool shirt," says Steven Gerrard, who goes on to admit that Arsenal "passed us off the pitch at times".'

Guess I'll see when I watch the first half.

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I thought the penalty was fortunate, could have gone either way.  Without the penalty, Arsenal isn't pressing forward looking to score, so no clincher by Babel.  Wild stuff.


Liverpool dominated posession after they equalized the first time, otherwise it looked like a repeat of last week..........and Adebeyor should have burried his miss, plus he had another called offside that looked good to me.

....and I agree, classic!  But I suppose it depends on who you were pulling for.

[Hoosier Titan]

I just watched the first half (and fast-forwarded through the second).  Liverpool were indeed very poor in the beginning.  They perked up amazingly after scoring their first goal.

I didn't see the possession stats this afternoon:  51 %Liverpool-49 % Arsenal for the entire match.  Basically Arsenal dominated the first half and Liverpool the second.

The folks in the Kop were in great voice--I can't remember hearing them so loud for so long. 

I agree; while neutral observers will call this a classic and Liverpool supporters will be transferring it to VHS (we are), I doubt any Arsenal supporters will want to watch it again.  Maybe it will help expunge the ghosts of the final game of the EPL (okay, it wasn't the EPL then) season in 1989, when Arsenal went to Anfield needing to win by 2 goals in order to win the league.  They got the second as time expired.  It's the game that's being played at the end of the original Fever Pitch (the footie one, not the baseball adaptation.)

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ManU 1 Roma 0

Impressive performance from United, they probably deserved a couple more goals.  Exciting play even with Ronaldo and  Rooney on the bench.   Would have been interesting had DeRossi capitalized on the missed penalty but then it kind of felt right that he missed.

Owen Hargraves was excellent.

Both semi's should be great.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Can Barca run the English gauntlet?  This will be a good final session.

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In UEFA Cup action today, Getafe gets a goal in approx the 90th minute to tie Bayern Munich 1-1 in the first leg.

That is an amazing result for Getafe. Getafe is a tiny club from Madrid, in the shadows of Real, Atletico, even Rayo Vallecano.  Now they have an away goal against Bayern and even on aggregate going into their home tie. Absolutely incredible.

Bayern Munich ties Getafe 3-3 today to advance.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=238324&cc=5901

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In UEFA Cup action today, Getafe gets a goal in approx the 90th minute to tie Bayern Munich 1-1 in the first leg.

That is an amazing result for Getafe. Getafe is a tiny club from Madrid, in the shadows of Real, Atletico, even Rayo Vallecano.  Now they have an away goal against Bayern and even on aggregate going into their home tie. Absolutely incredible.

Bayern Munich ties Getafe 3-3 today to advance.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=238324&cc=5901

Instant classic..........look at the timing of those goals.  Wow!

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Getafe played a man down from the 7th minute.  Crushing loss.  If you have a few minutes, read Phil Ball's article regarding "eurogeta".

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=523665&root=europe&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos2&cc=5901

[sac]

Good find, thanks.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Chelsea drops two points to Wigan.  Not going to help them much.  Now 5 down to ManU with four to play.

[Greek Tragedy]

4 to go.

Man Utd:  80 pts
Chelsea:  75 pts
Arsenal:  71 pts

Man Utd	Chelsea	Arsenal
W 4-1 Aston Villa (7th)	W 1-0 Middlesbrough (12th)	W 3-2 @ Bolton (18th)
T 2-2 @ Middlesbrough (12th)	W 2-0 @ Man. City (9th)	T 1-1 Liverpool (4th)
W 2-1 Arsenal (3rd)	T 1-1 Wigan (14th)	L 2-1 @ Man Utd (1st)
@ Blackburn (8th)	@ Everton (5th)	Reading (15th)
@ Chelsea (2nd)	Man Utd (1st)	@ Derby (20th)
West Ham (10th)	@ Newcastle (13th)	Everton (5th)
@ Wigan (14th)	Bolton (18th)	@ Sunderland (16th)