Babel 
Europa League 2019/20
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Rangers equalise. Aribo. 2-2.
Porto get an away goal at Leverkusen. 2-1. Ze Luis.
I don’t think so at all. Keeper only was off his line slightly when the ball was kicked because the penalty taker stuttered in his run up. VAR influencing matches where it isn’t needed again
Arsenal take the lead. Lacazette. 0-1.
Lacazette
0-1
0-1
Rangers now ahead. Hagi again. My goodness. 3-2.
Rules are rules. And I guess they just made up for that at the 2-1 where the Porto player pushed away the face of the Leverkusen player trying to head it off the goalline.
That Arsenal goal was out of nothing.
Wolves now with a fourth against Espanyol. Jota again.
What is with arsenal and their cringe celebration?
I guess that guarantees we'll get past Brugge
Penalty to AZ. 1-1.
@GifLord please, the second Wolves goal. Inject it into my veins.
Too many good teams in the Europa this season. Can't see us winning it. Only hope is they knock each other out.
I wonder if Wolves can do a Fulham and make the final. They seem to be enjoying themselves in Europe.
You know we will get them. It is destiny. Wolves are one side who you know can get shots on target.I guess that guarantees we'll get past Brugge
The rangers braga game is one of the best of the season so far
I can't really, lack of goals will do for us.
Espanol bottom of the table in the Lá Liga but fair play to Wolves all the same.
Great comeback from Rangers. Hagi looks good.
Safe to say Wolves are through (it'd have to be a catastrophic collapse)....We're gonna draw them eventually aren't we?! 
Wins all around for ze german teams. Although especially Leverkusen can't be too happy with the result.
Second Europa league hat trick for jota, great first leg result for us and a what a comeback from rangers too.
Not worried about any of the teams in this other than Inter. Think over two legs if we have Pogba and McT back and Ole doesn’t feck about with the line ups too much we’ll have too much for most sides, Arsenal and Wolves included
I think Conte will continue to heavily rotate for EL unless Inter fall out of the scudetto race.
It was hard not to fall asleep.
Is anyone talking about Getafe?
And Bordalas, their coach.
They just dismantled last years eye candy - Ajax.
And with such ease.
Their high pressing is a work of art.
And Bordalas, their coach.
They just dismantled last years eye candy - Ajax.
And with such ease.
Their high pressing is a work of art.
Haha that’s brilliant.Babel
If by work of art you mean "rely on the referee to not stop their absolutely cnutish antics, theatrics, and rolling around all day" then yeah, maybe you can appreciate them.
I do like a bit of gamesmanship and wind ups now and again but I can't bring myself to watch much Spanish football because they all just throw themselves around, and these are grown men
That pink hair alone... What a cnut.Babel
I hate the stuff you mentioned as much as the next guy, but i'm not talking about that.If by work of art you mean "rely on the referee to not stop their absolutely cnutish antics, theatrics, and rolling around all day" then yeah, maybe you can appreciate them.
I do like a bit of gamesmanship and wind ups now and again but I can't bring myself to watch much Spanish football because they all just throw themselves around, and these are grown men
I'm talking about the tactics, the high press, the running, constant running.
Besides the two goals, they had like 3 more clear cut chances, one on ones. They made Ajax lose the ball more then i ever saw them.
And we're talking about a team who's best center back went to the poorest team in the league, just because of the low paychecks.
You could buy the whole team for the price of Pogba.
And they'd beat us in a two leg.
Getafe is like Atletico on steroids. Never seen such a time of thuggish play acting tits. It's a good way to beat Ajax though. Their little choir boys aren't used to it.
It seems in all Latin American or Mediterranean European countries that sportsmanship has gotten beyond pathetic. Diving is as much a part of Spanish football now as cornerflags are. Playacting, dirty fouls, asking for cards. Ugh the Spanish game has gotten unwatchable.
42 minutes of playtime out of 97, Refs should know by now what Spanish teams are like and adjust themselves but they just keep on falling for it.
I guess it's up to the English, German and Dutch teams to still have some sense of morality and sportsmanship. No wonder that Tottenham - Leipzig was such an entertaining, fast paced game full of action, even with Mourinho being there. Can't wait for Bayern - Chelsea next week. Definitely picking that over divefest Barca - Napoli.
42 minutes of playtime out of 97, Refs should know by now what Spanish teams are like and adjust themselves but they just keep on falling for it.
I guess it's up to the English, German and Dutch teams to still have some sense of morality and sportsmanship. No wonder that Tottenham - Leipzig was such an entertaining, fast paced game full of action, even with Mourinho being there. Can't wait for Bayern - Chelsea next week. Definitely picking that over divefest Barca - Napoli.
Getafe this season is a special case even for spanish standards: they are the team who commit more fouls in all Europe, because La Liga fouls per game average is actually very decent and the game is usually very good overall.
About sense of morality I have two names for you: Nigel de Jong and Khalid Boulahrouz
Think the point is that yes Nigel and Boulahrouz are butchers, but the Getafe type of feckwittery is mostly grabbing your face in agony after every tackle whilst sneakily elbowing your opponent in the balls and then grab your elbow in agony while appealing to the ref to give said balls a red card.Getafe this season is a special case even for spanish standards: they are the team who commit more fouls in all Europe, because La Liga fouls per game average is actually very decent and the game is usually very good overall.
About sense of morality I have two names for you: Nigel de Jong and Khalid Boulahrouz
Though I'm sure the Dutch have a slight trauma regardin Portugal so we might not be entirely reasonable.
Bastards
I don't think there's tough love between Holland and Portugal: the infamous Battle of Nuremberg was mostly due to very poor refereeing by Ivanov, who had a very ambiguous criteria for both teams. As the game went on, players become frustrated with the poor decisions and both teams started to feel they were treated unfairly. The rest is historyThink the point is that yes Nigel and Boulahrouz are butchers, but the Getafe type of feckwittery is mostly grabbing your face in agony after every tackle whilst sneakily elbowing your opponent in the balls and then grab your elbow in agony while appealing to the ref to give said balls a red card.
Though I'm sure the Dutch have a slight trauma regardin Portugal so we might not be entirely reasonable.
Bastards
One just needs to point that when portuguese and dutch clubs face each other usually the match day environment is pretty much fun: both supporters are communicative and extroverted in their behavior which results in tons of beer being drank
P.S. Probably 99% of PT was supporting Holland vs Spain on 2010 Final
Yeah true enough the refereeing was abysmal. Other than those losses I have nothing but fond memories of going to Portugal.I don't think there's tough love between Holland and Portugal: the infamous Battle of Nuremberg was mostly due to very poor refereeing by Ivanov, who had a very ambiguous criteria for both teams. As the game went on, players become frustrated with the poor decisions and both teams started to feel they were treated unfairly. The rest is history
One just needs to point that when portuguese and dutch clubs face each other usually the match day environment is pretty much fun: both supporters are communicative and extroverted in their behavior which results in tons of beer being drank
P.S. Probably 99% of PT was supporting Holland vs Spain on 2010 Final