O técnico da Bósnia, Miroslav Blazevic, afirmou nesta quarta-feira que as duas partidas diante de Portugal, pela repescagem europeia à Copa de 2010, são as "mais importantes" de sua carreira.
"Nunca tive partidas tão importantes nos meus 40 anos de carreira. Estamos sob forte pressão, com grandes expectativas", afirmou Blazevic, que deu entrevista coletiva em Sarajevo. Click to continue reading...

A new series on Pitch Invasion debuts, though it's actually a bit of a return to our roots as half the reason I started this site back in the day was to show tifo displays from around the world.

To kick things off, we look at Australia with a video documenting the making and display of a variety of banners by supporters of Sydney FC in the A-League.

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After losing to Legia Warsaw 0-2 in the Polish classic, Lech Poznan is already nine points behind the leaders Wisla Krakow in the Ekstraklasa. The team that last year represented Poland proudly in the European competition made a huge step backwards this term. What are the reasons behind this temporary downfall?

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In addition to being the Chicago Red Stars President and CEO, I am also an owner of the team...and I am a Red Stars fan. None of that needs to be mutually exclusive.

In the Red Stars case, thousands are fans of the club, hundreds are supporters and only a select few are actual owners. While that is true, it is my goal to have the role of Red Stars fan equate virtually to the role of  Red Stars owner for all Red Stars fans.

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In the times when Debrecen and Apoel Nicosia reach the group stage of the Champions League Poland has no clubs left in the European competition as early as August. Lech Poznan was eliminated yesterday from the European League by FC Brugge on penalties. The Bialo Czerwoni becomes the only team that represents us in international competition.

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It's Thursday so it's UEFA Europa League time and the first of of two legs with a place in the group stage for the winners:19:15 Rapid Vienna v Aston Villa (Friedel)19:30 Steaua Bucharest v St. Patricks Athletic (Guy)20:30 Lech Poznan v Club Brugge (Jeffrey)21:00 Everton (Howard) v Sigma Olomouc21:00 Fulham (Dempsey) v Amkar Perm21:00 Stabaek (Diskerud) v ValenciaIn addition, NAC Breda, with ex Click to continue reading...

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.

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Following the departure of Alexander Frei to Basel, Dortmund are preparing to swoop for his replacement.
Names on the list include Nantes' Ivan Klasnic, Robert Lewandoski of Lech Poznan, and interestingly Andriy Voronin of Liverpool.
While Klasnic is reported by Bild to be their number one target, the Croatian only moved to France last season, signing a four-year deal, thus that idea could prove to be too expensive for Dortmund to implement. Click to continue reading...

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El Director Técnico Nacional, GARY STEMPEL, dio a conocer la lista oficial de 17 jugadores de la selección de PANAMA que viajarán para disputar el partido amistoso internacional frente a su similar de HAITI programado para el viernes 19 de junio en el Estadio Nacional en Puerto Príncipe, Haití. Click to continue reading...

What motivates a supporter to spend every game with his back turned to the action on the pitch? To spend the game imploring other supporters to sing, chant, jump in unison? To be the man on the stand, above the fray, to be recognised by all in his end of the stadium?

Capo, Zenit Saint Petersburg

That man (I've yet to hear of a female capo worldwide) is typically known in ultras circles as the capo, which is (roughly speaking) Italian for "leader".

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The Polish Ekstraklasa season has come to an end. Wisla Krakow didn't blow their chances, won the last game and retained the champions' crown. Legia Warsaw finished second, whereas Lech Poznan ended in a disappointing third place. Two legendary clubs were relegated: Cracovia and Gornik Zabrze.

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Poland is preparing to host (half of) Euro 2012, and campaigns by the Polish FA and government to crack down on ultras groups at clubs across the country are producing a visceral backlash.

We've covered Polish fans' protests before here, but events have taken a further turn with the recent news that new legislation this summer means ultras caught lighting pyrotechnics inside a football stadium will face up to five years in prison.

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Wisla Krakow is the newold Polish champion. Almost. After an away win against Lechia Gdansk the Biala Gwiazda only needs one point from their home game against Slask Wroclaw in the last round. Lech Poznan and Legia Warsaw both failed to win their games at the weekend.

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Via prensa.com - ALEXANDER DA SILVA
Jugó todo el partido que terminó empatado a tres goles, con el número 25 en su camiseta, el equipo del Coco marcha tercero.
El panameño Luis Coco Henríquez anotó ayer su primer gol de la temporada en Polonia en el empate 3 a 3 de su equipo el Lech Poznan ante el Polonia Warsaw en las instancias finales de la liga polaca. Click to continue reading...

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After a very low-scoring affair last week, Damian looks set to clinch his second predictions title in a row. Damon needs some points fast from this week's set of matches which includes a huge game in Poland, the exciting Bundesliga title race, the relegation battle in the Premier League, the Championship play-off, the Champions League final, as well as Liverpool against Tottenham.

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Ireneusz Jelen scored yet another goal in the French Ligue 1. Marcin Wasilewski became Anderlecht's third best scorer after netting his eighth goal of the season. Pawel Brozek had a brace at the weekend and is close to winning both the Polish championship with Wisla and the golden boot for himself.

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A list of the winners in the 2008/09 football season in the major European Leagues. English Premier League 2008/09 winners- Manchester United Italian Serie A 2008/09 winners- Inter Milan Spanish La Liga 2008/09 winners- FC Barcelona Dutch Eredivisie 2008/09 winners- AZ Alkmaar. Portuguese Liga 2008/09 winners- FC Porto Polish Ekstraklasa 2008/09 winners- Lech Poznan Related posts:Manchester United, Inter and Barcelona crowned respective [. Click to continue reading...

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The Toronto Star talks to now former TFC coach John Carver. He is no longer part of the league, but he continues to be a bag of hot air. Hey John: Shut the hell up, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out. He claims the league was against him, but the team had his back. Click to continue reading...

Not much changed in the race for the Polish championship after Legia Warsaw drew with Lech Poznan at the weekend. In the game watched by Leo Beenhakker Legia was much better in the first half, whereas Lech controlled the game after the break. The third championship contender, Wisla Krakow, is most satisfied with the result.

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Have you all missed me? Since the Crew had a tough match against No-one this weekend, I took a couple days off from the Crew Offside to focus on my other project, the Celtic Offside. A little known fact, the Crew have never lost to No-One, but have also never been able to beat No-One and that trend continued this weekend.

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The fight for the Polish championship is not yet over. The most interesting match of the weekend ended in a 1-1 draw between Lech Poznan and Wisla Krakow. Apart from the aforementioned teams Legia Warsaw and Polonia Warsaw also compete for the champions' crown.

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Feyenoord hopes to strengthen it's selection next summer with at least one attacker. Robert Lewandowski is an important candidate in Rotterdam, Football365.com reports. The 20-year old Polish star is currently under contract at Lech Poznan, where he has made an astounding impression. The goalgetter scored a goal earlier this year against Feyenoord in the Uefa Cup. Click to continue reading...

Deportivo y Valencia dieron comienzo a la última jornada de la fase de grupos para los equipos españoles en la UEFA y, aunque cosecharon resultados distintos, ambos terminaron la liguilla en segundo lugar, por lo que tendrán que enfrentarse a alguno de los equipos que vienen de la Champions, que se unirán a la competición [. Click to continue reading...

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La jornada de la Copa de la UEFA para los equipos españoles la había abierto el Sevilla de forma brillante, con un contundente 3-0 sobre el Partizán de Belgrado en la noche de ayer. Hoy, en cambio, los otros dos -el Racing descansaba- no pudieron hacer lo propio y cosecharon sendos empates a uno. El Depor, [. Click to continue reading...

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A goalkeeping howler of epic proportions "Hey, Gennaro. Welcome to goalkeeping school. Lesson one: under no circumstances do you walk across your goalline with the ball in your possession. It's sort of like doing the opposition's job for them. Got that?" Sadly he hadn't, and this was painfully exposed during Nancy's Uefa Cup tie with Lech Poznań [. Click to continue reading...

Nancy goalkeeper Gennaro Bracigliano will want to forget about this one, from last night's 2-2 draw away to Lech Poznan in the UEFA Cup. Semir Stilic's free kick looked easy enough to deal with. Just step back and take a simple catch. And that's exactly what Bracigliano did, except he kept stepping back after he'd caught [. Click to continue reading...

16/09/2008
Apoel Nicosia - Schalke 04 1 - 4
Nordsjaelland - Olympiakos 0 - 2
Hertha Berlino - St Patrick's 2 - 0
17/09/2008
FC Mosca - Fc Copenhagen ore 16.00
Litex Lovech - Aston Villa ore 16.20
Cherno More Varda - Stoccarda ore 18.00
Hapoel Tel Aviv - Saint Etienne ore 18. Click to continue reading...

This weekend the most important event in Polish football was the game between Wisla Krakow and Lech Poznan, in which almost a half of Bialo Czerwoni squad took part. Lech won 4-1 after a great game and a brace by Robert Lewandowski. The 20 year old striker can now officially be called the biggest talent in the Polish league.

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The 1st round UEFA Cup draw took place today with Polish teams allocated to play against Austria Vienna (Lech Poznan) and Tottenham Hotspur (Wisla Krakow). Well, at least we've got a chance of one team going through. Guess which one is it.

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El Lech Poznan donde milita el panameño Luis Henríquez se enfrentó a la selección de Cuba en un partido amistoso. Henríquez jugó los 90 minutos y su equipo ganó 4-1. Los goles para el equipo polaco fueron anotados por Reiss (minuto 9), Rengifo (minuto 22), minuto 38 auto gol de Cuba, Quinteros (minuto 66 de penal). Click to continue reading...

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La selección de PANAMA viajó en la mañana del viernes 20 de junio con destino a El Salvador, donde el domingo 22 de junio enfrentará al seleccionado local en el partido de vuelta de la eliminatoria al Mundial Sudáfrica 2010.
Un total de 19 jugadores integran el equipo nacional que dirige el técnico Alexandre Guimaraes y arriba a la capital salvadoreña a la 1:26 p. Click to continue reading...

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El Director Técnico Nacional, ALEXANDRE GUIMARAES, dio a conocer oficialmente los nombres de los jugadores que integrarán la SELECCION MAYOR que disputará los partidos clasificatorios al Mundial Sudáfrica 2010 frente a EL SALVADOR programados para el 15 y 22 de junio en el estadio Rod Carew y estadio Cuscatlán, respectivamente. Click to continue reading...

Editor's note: It's not every day a Wisla Krakow supporter writes to Pitch Invasion reporting of a burgeoning fans' protest in Poland that all started with a perceived injustice done to ultras of their bitter rivals, Lech Poznan. But a writer under the pseudonym of "South Pole" has contributed the below tale of growing demands [...] Click to continue reading...