Tue 03 Apr 2007
The Spanish Inquisition
Back to domestic football, then, and some upsets:
39 LEEDS - Preston 2:1
35 BOCHUM - Hannover 2:0
34 Lyon - BORDEAUX 0:1
33 CHARLTON - Wigan 1:0
33 Newcastle - MAN CITY 0:1
33 Lens - PARIS ST GERMAIN 1:2
33 Regianna - SIENA 0:1
33 Wolves - SOUTHAMPTON 0:6 (SIX)
33 WEST HAM - Middlesbrough 2:0
32 BAYERN MUNICH - Schalke 04 2:0
32 Lille - VALENCIENNES 0:2
31 Hibs - HEARTS 0:1
31 Crystal Palace - SHEFFIELD W 1:2
31 SOCIEDAD - Levante 1:0
30 IPSWICH - Plymouth 3:0
19 DUNDEE UTD - Celtic 1:1
15 Rangers - INVERNESS CT 1:1
The French match there was the League Cup final, and Bordeaux has booked a place in Europe next season. They'll join Lyon. It's a surprise to see Bayern's victory as an upset, but defeating the league leaders must surely qualify. Leeds get the shock of the week, easing their relegation worries while knocking Preston's play-off push.
Primera Division
BAR 1198 79.2 38
SEV 1155 78.5 - 8
RMD 1137 80.6 - 7
VAL 1117 79.0 - 1
SAN 1103 83.8 49
ESP 1082 78.4 - 8
ZAR 1066 80.7 14
GET 1056 80.5 -36
AMD 1050 82.4 -29
OSA 1048 74.8 21
DEP 1035 81.0 -17
VIL 1029 83.8 30
BET 1027 79.5 -19
HEU 1026 85.8 8
MAL 969 82.3 11
CVG 950 77.7 -45
LEV 934 87.0 -55
ABL 932 83.8 -65
SOC 916 95.9 35
TAR 905 94.0 93
ALA (II) 933 119.0 -1
CAD (II) 924 130.7 1
MGA (II) 887 122.9 0
Barca pick themselves up after their European exit, Santander also advance, but three sides drop badly towards the bottom.
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Fri 06 Apr 2007
It's Viertelfinalwoche!
European League
Roma 0:2 [35]
Lyon 0:0 Roma 2
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Lille 0:0 ManchBuc 1
ManchBuc 1:1
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Celtic 0:0
AC Milan 0:0 AC Milan 2
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Real Mad 3:1 Bayern M 2
Bayern M 2:2
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Porto 1:1
Chelsea 1:2 Chelsea 1
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Inter M 2:0 Valencia 1
Valencia 2:0
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PSV 1:1
Arsenal 0:1 PSV 0
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Barclna 1:1 Liverpl 3
Liverpl 2:0 [32]
Bayern was already on the back foot - their first-choice goalie was banned for a match after protesting when UEFA botched the taking of his drugs sample in the achtelfinal match last month - and went 2:1 down when the referee was fooled by a shameful dive. Some sort of justice was served with a squeaker in the dying seconds of injury time. It will be a deep shame if Bayern goes out through situations created solely by the sheer incompetence of UEFA's officials.
UEFA Cup
CSKA Mos 0:0
Mc Haifa 0:1 Mc Haifa 0:0
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Livorno 1:0 Espanyol 0:4
Espanyol 2:2 Espanyol 3
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AEK Athn 0:0 Benfica 2
PSG 2:2 PSG 2:1
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Benfica 1:2 Benfica 1:3
Din Buch 0:1
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Zulte W 1:0
Newcastl 3:1 Newcastl 4:0
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Fenerbac 3:2 AZ Alkmr 2:2
AZ Alkmr 3:2 AZ Alkmr 0
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Spartk M 1:1 Werder B 0
Celta Vg 1:2 Celta Vg 0:0
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Werder B 3:1 Werder B 1:2
Ajax 0:3
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Lens 3:0
Panathan 1:0 Lens 2:0
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Bayer Le 3:0 Bayer Le 1:3
Blakburn 2:0 Bayer Le 0
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Hapol TA 2:0 Osasuna 3
Rangers 1:4 Rangers 1:0
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Bordeaux 0:0 Osasuna 1:1
Osasuna 0:0
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Steaua B 0:0
Sevilla 2:1 Sevilla 2:2
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Shakhtar 1:1 Shakhtar 2:2
Nancy 1:0 Sevilla 2
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Braga 1:1 Tottenhm 1
Parma 0:0 Braga 2:2
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Feyenoor Tottenhm 3:3
Tottenhm BYE
More shocking refereeing here - Espanyol only takes the lead courtesy of another blatantly wrong penalty appeal. And, in the rather wonderful AZ - Werder match, the referee tried to send off a player for two bookable offences even though he'd only booked him once. Maybe this ref should get together with Graham Poll and write Counting For Beginners...
Praise, incidentally, to ITV, who showed two-and-a-half of last night's UEFA Cup quarter-finals live. Leverkusen live at 6pm on ITV4, Sevilla at 7.45 on the main ITV, AZ on a twelve-minute delay from 7.57 on ITV4 joining the match live for the second half, and Espanyol on tape from 10pm. It's only a shame that there's no television coverage of the Wednesday matches in the European League, as we'd rather like to see how the Milan-Munich match turns out. No such special treatment next week, sadly, just Spurs on ITV and one of the others on ITV4.
1. Bundesliga
WER 1134 80.3 33
SNV 1095 87.5 -43
STT 1091 87.2 -28
BAY 1062 80.6 45
BYL 1037 78.3 34
NUR 1025 88.1 -32
HAM 1007 84.1 50
MAI 992 89.0 -53
HAN 979 86.6 -49
WLF 974 87.1 37
EIN 963 85.9 53
COT 946 88.9 33
AAA 945 86.9 34
BOC 910 89.4 25
HER 884 85.4 -89
BIE 883 88.8 23
BMO 875 89.8 2
BDO 853 87.7 -58
Does no-one want to win this league, or something? Schalke and Stuttgart are stumbling, Werder have their hands full in Europe, allowing Bayern and Bayer to come up on the rails. Note that Hamburg, relegation candidates six weeks ago, are now pushing for some sort of European entry; Hertha has gone the other way.
Our next update will be published at some point in the week-end of 14-15 April, and will cover to-morrow's matches as well as the UEFA and other mid-week games.
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Cricket update
The principle of the Super Eight is simple - it's a round-robin between the eight best sides in the world. This should be simple, because there are four really good sides (Aus, SA, NZ, SL), four very decent sides (Eng, WI, Pak, Ind), and just a couple of sides who can pull off an upset win from time to time (Ban, Ken). The problem with the current run of matches is that Bangladesh's upset win came against India, and Pakistan somehow managed to lose to Ireland. (Ireland!) Rather than having a great match every day for the best part of a month, the World Cup is left with a Bangladesh team that's probably not going to progress, and an Irish side that is clearly learning (and learning well) as it goes on.
Results in the World Cup.
- Australia 322/6 beat West Indies 219 by 103 runs. Australia 6, WI 0. Australia should now have the four wins to reach the semis - we can't see them lose to Ireland or Bangladesh.
- Sri Lanka 209 lost to South Africa 212/9 by one wicket with 10 balls remaining. SA 5, SL 1.
- West Indies 177 lost to New Zealand 179/3 by 7 wickets with 64 balls remaining. NZ 6, WI 0. NZ should also make the four wins now.
- England 266/7 beat Ireland 218 by 48 runs.
- Bangladesh 104/6 lost to Australia 106/0 by 10 wickets with 49 balls remaining. Aus 6, Ban 0. Tel criticises the piss-poor preparation - overnight rain reduced this match to 22 overs-a-side.
- Sri Lanka 303/5 beat West Indies 190 by 113 runs. SL 6, WI 0. Second win for the Sri Lankans, but the first came against Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh 174 lost to New Zealand 178/1 by 9 wickets with 124 balls remaining. Ban 0, NZ 6.
- South Africa 165-3 bt Ireland 152-8 by seven wickets (Duckworth Lewis target: 160 runs from 35 overs)
- Sri Lanka 235 beat England 233-8 by two runs. SL 5, Eng 1. This was the second win against serious competition for Sri Lanka, putting them in position for the last four.
The table
AUS 1182 153.3
NZ 1150 155.9
SL 1122 140.3
SA 1004 167.2
ENG 928 167.9
PAK 921 179.9
WI 920 145.5
BAN 908 148.7
IND 903 165.7
Looks like we know three of the semi-finalists already, to be joined by the winners of the SA-Eng-WI contest.
Next scheduled update on the cricket is scheduled for 23 April, after the conclusion of the Super Eight.
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Sat 14 Apr 2007
That was the week that was
First, the upsets.
43 BARNSLEY - Birmingham City 1:0
42 Birmingham City - BURNLEY 0:1
41 Arsenal - WEST HAM UNITED 0:1
39 ATHLETIC BILBAO - Valencia 1:0
38 DUNFERMLINE - Hibs 1:0
37 Aberdeen - DUNDEE UTD 2:4
36 ZARAGOZA - Barcelona 1:0
36 WATFORD - Portsmouth 4:2
35 TROMSO - Valerengen 1:0
35 Bayer Leverkusen - BOCHUM 1:4
34 Blackburn Rovers - ASTON VILLA 1:2
33 MALLORCA - Getafe 2:0
33 Aachen - BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1:4
32 Palermo - CAGLIARI 1:3
32 BURNLEY - Cardiff City 2:0
31 West Bromwich Albion - STOKE CITY 1:3
31 Preston North End - SOUTHEND UNITED 2:3
31 PARIS ST. GERMAIN - Le Mans 2:1
30 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - Leicester City 3:0
30 LEEDS UNITED - Plymouth Argyle 2:1
30 Coventry City - QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS 0:1
20 REGGIANA - Inter Milan 0:0
And now, the European news.
European League
Roma 0:2
Lyon 0:0 Roma 2:1
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Lille 0:0 ManchBuc 1:7
ManchBuc 1:1 ManchBuc
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Celtic 0:0 AC Milan
AC Milan 0:0 AC Milan 2:2
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Real Mad 3:1 Bayern M 2:0
Bayern M 2:2
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Porto 1:1
Chelsea 1:2 Chelsea 1:2
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Inter M 2:0 Valencia 1:1
Valencia 2:0 Chelsea
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PSV 1:1 Liverpl
Arsenal 0:1 PSV 0:0
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Barclna 1:1 Liverpl 3:1
Liverpl 2:0
UEFA Cup
CSKA Mos 0:0
Mc Haifa 0:1 Mc Haifa 0:0
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Livorno 1:0 Espanyol 0:4
Espanyol 2:2 Espanyol 3:0
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AEK Athn 0:0 Benfica 2:0
PSG 2:2 PSG 2:1
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Benfica 1:2 Benfica 1:3
Din Buch 0:1 Espanyol
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Zulte W 1:0 Werder B
Newcastl 3:1 Newcastl 4:0
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Fenerbac 3:2 AZ Alkmr 2:2
AZ Alkmr 3:2 AZ Alkmr 0:1
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Spartk M 1:1 Werder B 0:4
Celta Vg 1:2 Celta Vg 0:0
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Werder B 3:1 Werder B 1:2
Ajax 0:3
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Lens 3:0
Panathan 1:0 Lens 2:0
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Bayer Le 3:0 Bayer Le 1:3
Blakburn 2:0 Bayer Le 0:0
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Hapol TA 2:0 Osasuna 3:1
Rangers 1:4 Rangers 1:0
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Bordeaux 0:0 Osasuna 1:1
Osasuna 0:0 Osasuna
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Steaua B 0:0 Sevilla
Sevilla 2:1 Sevilla 2:2
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Shakhtar 1:1 Shakhtar 2:2
Nancy 1:0 Sevilla 2:2
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Braga 1:1 Tottenhm 1:2
Parma 0:0 Braga 2:2
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Feyenoor Tottenhm 3:3
Tottenhm BYE
Normal service resumes after the week-end matches.
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Tue 17 Apr 2007
The week-end's action
The halbenfinals of the English FA Cup saw Manchester Buccaneers beat Watford 4:1, and Chelsea beat Blackburn 1:0 in extra time after a 1:1 draw. The results mean that both cup finalists are playing in the European League, so 7th place in the league will suffice for UEFA Cup football. Celtic are through to the Scottish Cup final, after beating St. Johnstone 2:1; Dunfermline and Hibs will replay for the UEFA Cup berth after a 0:0 draw. Many of Europe's cups are at the semi-final stage this week, including fourth-division Montceaux's challenge for the French final.
The upsets
40 TARAGON - Zaragoza 1:0
37 ATHLETIC BILBAO - Espanyol 2:1
35 CELTA VIGO - Deportivo 1:0
35 IPSWICH - Derby 2:1
35 Betis - SOCIEDAD 0:1
34 West Brom - SHEFFIELD W 0:1
33 VALENCIA - Sevilla 2:0
32 LILLE - Sochaux 2:0
31 Southend - BARNSLEY 1:3
31 SHEFFIELD UTD - West Ham 3:0
30 Bochum - HERTHA BERLIN 1:3
30 SANTANDER - Real Madrid 2:1
19 ASCOLI - Lazio 2:2
18 BLACKBURN - Chelsea 1:1
18 Inter Milan - PALERMO 2:2
17 MANCHESTER C - Liverpool 0:0
Serie A
INT 1235 86.3 - 8
ROM 1151 77.1 -14
ACM 1131 77.8 18
FIO 1108 87.9 39
LAZ 1100 86.1 38
EMP 994 84.5 49
SAM 989 82.4 39
PAL 967 81.9 -22
ATL 947 85.7 -12
REG 932 85.4 16
CAG 924 85.6 -46
UDI 915 84.8 - 9
CHI 904 83.5 26
LVO 868 82.2 -23
PAR 868 81.6 -38
SIE 867 85.5 -48
TOR 861 85.6 -27
CAT 842 84.9 -43
ASC 822 90.8 6
MES 789 87.7 12
JVE (II) 1139 156.4 0
It's worth noting that five sides have pulled a long way clear of the remaining teams. Juventus, even in spite of their 9-point deduction, is miles clear at the top of Serie B, and will be in the top-flight next year.
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Fri 20 Apr 2007
Cup of nightmares
Barcelona and Seville look set to contest the Spanish cup final. Sochaux and Marseille will be in the French final; Sochaux beat Montceau-aux-Mines 2:0 in extra time, after a 0:0 draw in the first 90 minutes. It's Nurenburg and Stuttgart in Germany, but the Belgian final will be Liege-Gent, rather than Anderlecht-Bruges. Here are the upsets:
42 PARMA - Fiorentina 2:0
40 Anderlecht - LIEGE 0:1
33 Inter - ROMA 1:3
32 UDINESE - Sampdoria 1:0
30 BURNLEY - Norwich 3:0
26 Sochaux - MONTCEAU 0:0
Other European Nations
Austria
GRA 788 130.3 - 7
AWI 759 120.4 -45
RAP 731 129.6 51
Belgium
AND 901 112.5 -51
BRU 876 127.0 0
WRG 799 108.4 24
LIE 769 122.6 19
BEV 526 147.6 9
Bulgaria
LSF 941 119.6 56
CSS 819 134.0 - 2
LIT 689 146.2 -80
Serbia
RSB 913 142.5 83
PBG 702 129.6 -67
Switzerland
BAS 971 125.0 10
GRZ 853 126.1 0
THU 584 143.8 -13
Czechia
LIB 919 140.9 54
PRG 917 122.6 59
SLP 861 136.5 -50
TEP 767 144.6 -44
BLV 699 140.9 -35
Denmark
COP 1017 130.5 -31
ODE 951 126.4 -75
BRO 802 149.0 136
Greece
OLY 1024 115.2 -23
PAN 1016 106.8 0
AEK 930 105.1 6
PAO 925 118.9 7
ASS 728 132.7 33
PIO 627 134.7 0
AIG 495 128.6 -16
Croatia
DZA 670 184.7 0
Israel
MHA 988 119.2 12
HTA 831 123.1 -43
MPT 734 152.5 20
Netherlands
AJX 1123 105.0 32
AZA 1117 94.4 -55
PSV 1091 98.3 -59
FEY 967 114.5 14
HEE 862 128.9 0
UTR 805 132.8 0
Norway
ROS 972 133.8 - 8
VRG 756 154.6 -92
VIK 755 157.5 38
TRO 681 148.4 70
Poland
WIS 832 166.8 0
Portugal
PTO 1058 107.7 -64
SLS 1045 118.6 83
BEN 1020 98.6 -28
BRG 932 111.3 -86
GUI 755 181.1 0
Romania
DIB 1029 128.9 33
RBU 1028 147.3 0
STE 879 117.8 -27
Russia
CSK 1009 112.3 32
SPM 984 107.3 51
LOK 940 147.8 -61
ZSP 881 122.9 -75
Sweden
HAL 652 200.0 0
Slovakia
ART 736 154.1 0
Turkey
BES 1066 117.9 57
FEN 1011 110.8 -34
GAL 939 128.2 28
GEN 743 132.3 -55
Ukraine
SHA 1047 114.9 23
KYV 997 131.6 0
DNI 856 157.9 0
Half RD-rises for Brondby, Sporting Lisbon, and Red Star Belgrade; sizable falls for PSV Eindhoven, Zenit St Petersburg, and Braga.
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Sun 22 Apr 2007
More cricket news
More results from the cricket world cup. All matches were 5:1 wins, unless specified otherwise. Matches involving Ireland do not count for these rankings.
Bangladesh won by 67 runs. Bangladesh 251/8 (50 ov); South Africa 184 (48.4 ov)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining). England 247 (49.5 ov); Australia 248/3 (47.2 ov)
New Zealand won by 129 runs. New Zealand 263/8 (50 ov); Ireland 134 (37.4 ov)
South Africa won by 67 runs. South Africa 356/4 (50 ov); West Indies 289/9 (50 ov).
England won by 4 wickets (with 31 balls remaining). Bangladesh 143 (37.2 ov); England 147/6 (44.5 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining). New Zealand 219/7 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 222/4 (45.1 ov)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining). Ireland 91 (30 ov); Australia 92/1 (12.2 ov)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining). South Africa 193/7 (50 ov); New Zealand 196/5 (48.2 ov)
Ireland won by 74 runs. Ireland 243/7 (50 ov); Bangladesh 169 (41.2 ov)
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 44 balls remaining). Sri Lanka 226 (49.4 ov); Australia 232/3 (42.4 ov)
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 184 balls remaining). England 154 (48 ov); South Africa 157/1 (19.2 ov). South Africa 6 points, England 0.
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 240 balls remaining). Ireland 77 (27.4 ov); Sri Lanka 81/2 (10 ov)
West Indies won by 99 runs. West Indies 230/5 (50 ov); Bangladesh 131 (43.5 ov). In a dead rubber, West Indies 5½ points, Bangladesh ½.
Australia won by 215 runs. Australia 348/6 (50 ov); New Zealand 133 (25.5 ov). Australia 6 points, New Zealand 0.
England won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining). West Indies 300 (49.5 ov); England 301/9 (49.5 ov). In a dead rubber, England 4½ points, West Indies 1½.
The semi-final draw sees Australia play South Africa (Wednesday), and New Zealand versus Sri Lanka (Tuesday), with the winners meeting in next Saturday's final. Going into the last week, the table is as follows:
AUS 1252 130.9 0
SL 1131 124.9 0
NZ 1092 128.4 0
SA 1006 128.7 0
ENG 939 128.2 0
PAK 921 179.9 1
WI 910 121.4 0
IND 903 165.7 1
BAN 883 124.3 0
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Tue 24 Apr 2007
The First XXII, and the Intertoto Draw
Another week-end, another set of upsets:
43 ATALANTA - Roma 2:1
42 Panathanaikos - ARIS SALONKIA 0:1
42 PANIONIOS - Paok Salonika 3:1
40 VILLARREAL - Barcelona 2:0
39 WEST HAM - Everton 1:0
38 BURNLEY - Westbromwich 2:3
37 COLCHESTER - Sunderland 3:1
36 SOCIEDAD - Atl Madrid 2:0
35 Shakhtar Donetsk - DNIPRO 2:3
34 BARNSLEY - Crystal Palace 2:0
34 Wolfsburg - BIELEFELD 2:3
33 Falkirk - ST MIRREN 0:2
32 DUNFERMLINE - Dundee Utd 1:0
32 HEULVA - Santander 4:2
32 Palermo - PARMA 3:4
31 DEPORTIVO - Osasuna 1:0
31 Preston - LEICESTER 0:1
30 BAYER LEVERKUSEN - Nurnberg 2:0
30 QPR - Cardiff 1:0
19 Manchester B - MIDDLESBROUGH 1:1
19 NEWCASTLE - Chelsea 0:0
17 UTRECHT - Psv 1:1
No particular surprises in Scotland, France, or Italy, where Celtic, Lyon, and Inter Milan all retained their domestic league titles.
Europe's First XXII
01 +1 CHE 1259 81.0
02 -1 INT 1216 84.5
03 nc MUN 1205 78.3
04 +7 WER 1175 79.1
05 +5 LIV 1173 78.1
06 -2 BAR 1168 78.4
07 -1 SEV 1162 74.7
08 +9 STT 1148 83.5
09 +3 RMD 1147 80.0
10 -3 ROM 1145 76.2
11 +10ACM 1143 77.5
12 +2 SNV 1132 86.4
13 -5 AZA 1126 93.3
14 +6 AJX 1123 98.2
15 NE SAN 1105 82.6
16 -7 LYN 1100 80.3
17 -1 FIO 1096 85.4
18 -5 VAL 1079 76.9
19 NE ZAR 1077 80.9
20 -1 ESP 1075 76.3
21 NE PSV 1075 97.1
22 nc LAZ 1070 83.7
AC Milan's climb is mostly from their strong league form, as is Stuttgart's. Werder gets most of its boost from beating AZ Alkmaar in the UEFA Cup.
The Monte Carlo Ranking:
01 nc Chelsea SKA
02 nc Inter Milan
03 nc Manchester B
04 +4 Liverpool Starcans
05 +4 Real Madrid
06 +1 Ajax
07 -2 Barcelona
08 +4 Werder Bremen
09 +10Stuttgart
10 +6 Schalke 04
11 +4 Sevilla
12 NE Bestiktas
13 nc Roma
14 -8 AZ Alkmaar
15 +3 Fiorentina
16 NE Santander
17 -13PSV Eindhoven
18 -1 Lyon
19 +3 AC Milan
20 NE Sporting Lisbon
21 NE Heulva
22 -11Porto
The first draw of the new season
Yes, it's time to unveil the draw for the Intertoto Cup. We've used national placeholders throughout, as that's how the draw was made.
23-30 June 7-14 July 21-28 July
Romania2 Israel
Montenegro Spain
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Bosnia-H
Andorra Romania
Croatia Turkey
Albania
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Cyprus
Macedonia Bulgaria Italy
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Malta
Slovenia Serbia Portugal
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Kazakhstan
Georgia Czechia Greece
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Belarus Ukraine
Armenia France
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Azerbaijan
Moldova Switzerland Germany
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Luxembourg Austria
Slovakia
Hungary
Russia
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NorthernI Belgium
Latvia
Finland
Estonia Denmark
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Iceland
RepublicI
Sweden Netherlands
Faroe I
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Lithuania
Wales Poland England
No Scottish side has bothered to enter this year, so Romania get a second berth in the tournament. No Norwegian side has entered, preferring their domestic leagues, allowing Andorra to slip in through the side door again.
We know eight sides already: Sweden will be represented by Hammarby; Finland by the entertainingly-named Honka Espoo, Latvia by Dinaburg Daugavpils, Lithuania by Vetra Vilnius, Iceland by Value Reykjavik, Ireland by Cork City, Kazakhstan by Tobol Kustanai, and the Faroes by KI Klaksvik. Five other sides will enter, unless they win their domestic cups, Russia's entry will be ZENIT ST PETERSBURG, Belarus will be represented by Shakhtior Saligorsk, Armenia by Mika Ashtarak (bad news for those who thought he was playing at Glastonbury), Estonia by Flora Tallinn, and Andorra by Santa Coloma.
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Thu 26 Apr 2007
European FACT!
It's possible to use history to work out the probability of progression based on first-leg results. Here's a list of first-leg results up to the end of the 2004 season, played a minimum of 25 times:
H-A Home-Away (All) H% / A%
4-0 161- 0 (161) 100% / 0%
5-0 96- 0 (96) 100% / 0%
6-1 34- 0 (34) 100% / 0%
6-0 43- 0 (43) 100% / 0%
7-0 28- 0 (28) 100% / 0%
5-1 66- 1 (67) 99% / 1%
3-0 341- 28 (369) 92% / 8%
4-1 107- 17 (124) 86% / 14%
2-0 423-115 (538) 79% / 21%
3-1 194- 66 (260) 75% / 25%
4-2 42- 19 (61) 69% / 31%
1-0 407-319 (726) 56% / 44%
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2-1 197-232 (429) 46% / 54%
3-2 61- 82 (143) 43% / 57%
0-0 151-346 (497) 30% / 70%
3-3 7- 22 (29) 24% / 76%
1-1 116-408 (524) 22% / 78%
2-2 35-164 (199) 18% / 82%
0-1 36-350 (386) 9% / 91%
1-2 8-223 (231) 3% / 97%
1-3 4-135 (139) 3% / 97%
2-3 1- 69 (70) 1% / 99%
0-2 3-215 (218) 1% / 99%
0-3 0-106 (106) 0% / 100%
1-4 0- 66 (66) 0% / 100%
0-4 0- 47 (47) 0% / 100%
0-5 0- 46 (46) 0% / 100%
From this, we can tell that a two-goal win in the first leg favours the winners. Obviously. A single goal away win is a massive advantage; a single goal home win generally favours the visitors, though only slightly. Draws favour the visitors, and we're a bit surprised that only 30% of home sides who draw their first leg 0:0 go on to win the tie.
(Source: JPV, via Kassiesa.com)
European League
Roma 0:2
Lyon 0:0 Roma 2:1
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Lille 0:0 ManchBuc 1:7
ManchBuc 1:1 ManchBuc 3
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Celtic 0:0 AC Milan 2
AC Milan 0:0 AC Milan 2:2
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Real Mad 3:1 Bayern M 2:0
Bayern M 2:2
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Porto 1:1
Chelsea 1:2 Chelsea 1:2
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Inter M 2:0 Valencia 1:1
Valencia 2:0 Chelsea 1
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PSV 1:1 Liverpl 0
Arsenal 0:1 PSV 0:0
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Barclna 1:1 Liverpl 3:1
Liverpl 2:0
UEFA Cup
CSKA Mos 0:0
Mc Haifa 0:1 Mc Haifa 0:0
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Livorno 1:0 Espanyol 0:4
Espanyol 2:2 Espanyol 3:0
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AEK Athn 0:0 Benfica 2:0
PSG 2:2 PSG 2:1
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Benfica 1:2 Benfica 1:3 [34]
Din Buch 0:1 Espanyol 3
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Zulte W 1:0 Werder B 0
Newcastl 3:1 Newcastl 4:0
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Fenerbac 3:2 AZ Alkmr 2:2
AZ Alkmr 3:2 AZ Alkmr 0:1
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Spartk M 1:1 Werder B 0:4
Celta Vg 1:2 Celta Vg 0:0
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Werder B 3:1 Werder B 1:2
Ajax 0:3
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Lens 3:0
Panathan 1:0 Lens 2:0
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Bayer Le 3:0 Bayer Le 1:3
Blakburn 2:0 Bayer Le 0:0
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Hapol TA 2:0 Osasuna 3:1
Rangers 1:4 Rangers 1:0
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Bordeaux 0:0 Osasuna 1:1 [35]
Osasuna 0:0 Osasuna 1
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Steaua B 0:0 Sevilla 0
Sevilla 2:1 Sevilla 2:2
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Shakhtar 1:1 Shakhtar 2:2
Nancy 1:0 Sevilla 2:2
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Braga 1:1 Tottenhm 1:2
Parma 0:0 Braga 2:2
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Feyenoor Tottenhm 3:3
Tottenhm BYE
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