3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B... no wait.

Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.

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I might be a bit premature in saying this, but with our Champion's League hopes hanging by a thread, I was looking at the B competition, The Europa League.
In it you have some of the powerhouses of European football such as Stum Graz, FC Sheriff, Fc Twente, Bate, Dinamo Zagreb, Austria Vienna and other Luminaries of the game! Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League has a full set of group stage matches on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Some of the key matches include Genoa v Lille, Werder Bremen v Austria Vienna, Fenerbahce v Steaua Bucharest, and Toulouse v Shakhtar Donetsk. Free Live Sports TV will be providing live streams and coverage of all these matches.

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Athletic Bilbao's 16-year-old forward Iker Muniain became the youngest scorer in La Liga when he earned them a point in Sunday's 2-2 draw at Real Valladolid. Muniain, who turns 17 in December and was a second-half substitute, picked up a loose ball on the edge of the area in the 77th minute and his snap shot was good enough to beat Jacobo Sanz in the Valladolid goal for the second equalizer. Click to continue reading...

Group A
Ajax Amsterdam 0-0 FC Timisoara; Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Anderlecht
Group B
Genoa 2-0 Slavia Prague; Lille 1-1 Valencia
Group C
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2-1 Celtic; Rapid Vienna 3-0 Hamburg SV
Group D
Heerenveen 2-3 Sporting Lisbon; Hertha Berlin 1-1 FK Ventspils
Group E
CSKA Sofia 1-1 Fulham; FC Basel 2-0 AS Roma
Group F
Panathinaikos 1-3 Galatasaray; SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Dinamo Bucuresti
Group G
Lazio 1-2 SV Salzburg; Villarreal 1-0 Levski Sofia
Group H
Fenerbahce 1-2 Twente Enschede; Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Sheriff Tiraspol
Group I
Benfica 2-0 BATE Borisov; Everton 4-0 AEK Athens
Group J
Club Brugge 1-4 Shakhtar Donetsk; Partizan Belgrade 2-3 Toulouse
Group K
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-0 FC Copenhagen; Sparta Prague 2-2 PSV Eindhoven
Group L
Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Austria Vienna; CD Nacional de Madeira 2-3 Werder Bremen Click to continue reading...

20/08/2009Kosice-AS Roma 3 - 3FK Baku-Basel 1 - 3BATE Borisov-Litex Lovech 0 - 1Teplice-Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 - 2Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv-PSV 0 - 1Guingamp-Hamburger SV 1 - 5Trabzonspor-Toulouse 1 - 3CSKA Sofia-Dinamo Mosca 0 - 0NAC Breda-Villarreal 1 - 3PAOK Saloniki-SC Heerenveen 1 - 1Metalurg Donetsk-Austria Vienna 2 - 2Rapid Vienna-Aston Villa 1 - 0Sturm Graz-Metalist Kharkiv 1 - 1Dinamo Bucarest- Click to continue reading...

I have been travelling around in Europe for a month, and although with the break, there wasn't much football on my busy programme, I did nevertheless notice some things:-I was in Barcelona when R.D. Espanyol inaugurated their new stadium by winning a 3-0 victory against Liverpool. I have always felt some sympathy for Español for being the "little guys" in Barcelona, and was happy to see them play Click to continue reading...

Non è andata male per le squadre di calcio italiane impegnate in questo forzato antipasto europeo. Parliamo di quelle che sono costrette (a seguito del piazzamento ottenuto nell'ultimo campionato di calcio) a superare gli ostacoli che si frappongono per poter brindare all'ingresso nella fase a gironi della Champions e della Europa League. Click to continue reading...

Xabi Alonso's future may take a step closer to being resolved today, as the midfielder is set to meet up with manager Rafael Benitez.
The Spaniard remains a transfer target for Real Madrid but Liverpool are loathe to sell one of their key players meaning the situation is currently at something of a deadlock. Click to continue reading...

Austria Vienna kept the path clear for European competition next season with a gutsy two-goal comeback in the final ten minutes over Preston Zimmerman's SV Kapfenberg. Click to continue reading...

Preston Zimmerman and the Falcons ride up to the Austrian capital on Saturday looking to preserve next season's Bundesliga spot, while Austria Vienna fight to remain in the chase for a UEFA cup berth with six games to go. Click to continue reading...

Imagine you play for Rangers and [Insert Scottish brand of high fashion here] has made professional attire for your travels. Suits, shirts, ties - the whole lot. Only problem is they#8217;re pinstriped. Green and white pinstriped. Oh my. Or say you#8217;re on the books of Roma and Valentino Garavino holds a runway show to unleash [. Click to continue reading...