Barca will field Mali's Seydou Keita, Cote D"Ivoire's Yaya Toure and Cameroun's Samuel Eto'o. If
they win, they join a select group of African CL winners. Eto'o would become a double winner.
Bruce Grobbelaar and Craig Johnston (Liverpool FC) in 1984, Rabah Madjer (FC Porto) in 1987,
Abédi Ayew (Olympique de Marseille) in 1993, Nwankwo Kanu and Finidi George (AFC Ajax) in 1995,
Samuel Kuffour (FC Bayern München) in 2001,
Benni McCarthy (FC Porto) in 2004, Djimi Traore (Liverpool FC) in 2005 and Samuel Eto'o (FC
Barcelona) in 2006.
One of last season's semi-finalists, Hamburger SV, enter this year's competition in the third
qualifying round against Randers FC of Denmark. Hamburg have added one of the most exciting young
talents in Europe to their squad and will look to make it all the way to the Europa League finals
which will be held at at Arena Hamburg on Wednesday 12 May 2010.
The UEFA Europa's League wraps up its group stage on Thursday, December 17, 2009 with the last
set of matches. The first and second place teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage
along with eight teams from the UEFA Champions League. The knockout stage begins with the round of
32 in February and concludes with the final on May 12, 2010.
The United States Soccer Federation has announced that the USMNT will take on world powerhouse
Netherlands on March 3rd in Amsterdam. Kickoff at the 51,628-seat Amsterdam Arena (home to AFC
Ajax) will take place at 8:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET), and the match will be broadcast live
on ESPN2 and Galavision.
Yesterday, I asked the question of implementing live video review in football. Today's
question is: are our expectations too high for international football? I enjoyed your responses to
yesterday's article. Please weigh in with your feelings on international football in the comment
section below.
The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22,
2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading.
Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the
matches on Thursday.
The UEFA Europa League has finished its group stage and the 32 teams for the knockout stage have
been decided. It includes 12 group stage winners, 12 group runner-ups, and 8 teams from the UEFA
Champions League. Thursday, December 17, 2009 was the last day of group stage matches with 12
fixtures on the schedule.
Además del sorteo de la Champions League para saber los Octavos de Final, también se realizó
el sorteo de la UEFA Europa League para definir la fase de
Dieciseisavos de Final y los Octavos de Final.
A continuación les dejo como quedo el sorteo.
Dieciseisavos de Final de la UEFA Europa League 2009/10
Partido de ida: 18 de febrero
Partido de veulta: 25 de febrero
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