European Football Thread

[stokeriño]

Pretty sure those tactics indicate a partition of Poland-Lithuania.

[EddieG]

I miss Rondon.

[Jimmy]

AVB is great fun to have around when he's happening to someone else.

I loved AVB at Spurs, and even though I really like Poch, I miss that beautiful man so much.

[Lineker]

The RFU has ousted it's president. So much for the pre-World Cup racism crackdowns, then.

Reports in Italy have claimed that Carlo Ancelotti has met Milan’s vice-president, Adriano Galliani, on several occasions this week, as the Serie A strugglers attempt to persuade him to return to San Siro following the sacking of Pippo Inzaghi. “He hasn’t said yes to me, but neither has he said no,” Galliani said on Wednesday. “He doesn’t have doubts about Milan, he’s simply weighing up whether to step out for a year. We’re trying, but nothing is sure yet.”

[DavidMarrio]

Neither Milan club qualified for European football this year.

That must be a first in a long, long time. How the mighty have fallen!

[stokeriño]

Neither Milan club qualified for European football this year.

That must be a first in a long, long time.

I just looked back... If you count any form of European competition (including the Cup Winners Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), then it hasn't happened since 1956.

Indeed, 1956 is the ONLY other year it has happened - that's when Fiorentina were champions and took the solitary European Cup spot. In 1955, the first year of the European Cup, Milan were the champions who qualified.

[Lineker]

BT Sport 1. Hamburg are less than ten minutes away from being relegated from the Bundesliga. They're losing to Karlsruher in the relegation playoff.

[MDK]

Bah Hamburg

[Lineker]

Stoppage time free kick saves Hamburg's bacon. Extra time beckons!

[MDK]

They aren't mincemeat yet!

[brenchill]

They were nearly well done there.

[Lineker]

The Dutch Football Association has begun advertising for video analysts as it prepares for the introduction of video technology in the Eredivisie next season. The KNVB has been piloting a scheme to introduce video technology since 2013, with plans to allow each team the opportunity to question a referee’s decision once every half.

[Adam]

Rafa Benitez is in as Real Madrid boss, unveiling is tomorrow morning apparently.

[FestiveJack]

Carlo Ancelotti has said no to becoming AC Milan's new manager.

[brenchill]

Carlo Ancelotti has said no to becoming AC Milan's new manager.

No surprise really, Milan aren't what they were.

[Adam]

I don't think that would stop him really, but he probably weighed up the need to properly rest up and heal from his impending surgery against an immediate return to AC.

[EddieG]

Benitez has signed a 3 year contract with Real.

[Baddar]

The very best of luck to him. Not so bold prediction: Sacked after 1 season when Barca win the league again.

[GoN_]

In what could become one of the biggest shakeups in years for this league, it seems like Jorge Jesus is leaving Benfica, after back to back League wins, and six years as coach, for Sporting Lisbon. I don't even...

[Lineker]

Sinisa Mihajlovic is reportedly close to becoming the manager of Milan who sacked Filippo Inzaghi on Thursday. Gazzetta dello Sport said the Serb met the Milan president, Silvio Berlusconi, late on Wednesday and that an announcement could come by the end of the week. Mihajlovic stepped down at Sampdoria on Monday after guiding the Genoa club to seventh. The 46-year-old took charge at Sampdoria in November 2013. He has managed Bologna, Catania, Fiorentina and Serbia and played at full-back for Sampdoria, Lazio and Internazionale.