Rafa happy to take slender lead
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was satisfied with his side’s 1-0 Europa League victory over Unirea Urziceni despite their obvious struggles to break down the determined Romanians. Striker David Ngog’s goal nine minutes from time eventually ended the resistance to give the Reds some breathing space ahead of next week’s return leg and, although Benitez would […]
Euro-2012 de foot: tirage au sort pour les eliminatoires
Tirage au sort pour Coupe du Monde de foot 2010, le 4 decembre 2009 a Cape Town. Quatre mois avant de se lancer a l’assaut de la Coupe du monde, la France va connaitre, a Varsovie, ses adversaires lors des eliminatoires de l’Euro-2012 (Pologne et Ukraine) et le successeur de Raymond Domenech, le programme qui […]
Unirea v Liverpool preview
Ahead of a Europa League last-32 second-leg tie with Unirea Urziceni, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has been light-heartedly batting off none-too-subtle interrogations by attributing a slightly larger waistline to the stress of answering questions from a ruthless press pack. But the Reds boss will know only too well that the long-running inquisition into his side’s […]
Premier League preview
Chelsea lock horns with Manchester City on Saturday lunchtime with all eyes on John Terry’s meeting with Wayne Bridge. Elsewhere this weekend, Arsenal make the trip to the Britannia Stadium, struggling clubs Burnley and Portsmouth face one another, Everton will aim to continue their fine form at Tottenham Hotspur while Liverpool host Blackburn Rovers. Chelsea’s […]
Liverpool red-faced after claiming Unirea tie is in Hungary – not Romania
Liverpool have kopped some flak from fans of Europa League rivals Unirea Urziceni after claiming this week’s tie with the Romanians will actually take place in Hungary. Rafa Benitez’s team are due to play Romanians Unirea on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa Cup last-32 tie. But the official Liverpool website has angered […]
´Stupid´ Liverpool Kops it
24. 02. 10. – 12:00 Liverpool has kopped it from cup rivals in Romania after a series of slip ups on the Premiership club’s official website. Rafa Benitez’s team are due to play the country’s Unirea Urziceni FC tomorrow (Thursday) in the second leg of their Europa Cup showdown. But Liverpool’s official website has infuriated […]
Angst vor einer erneuten Zyanidkatastrophe
Zyanidlauge verseuchte vor zehn Jahren die Flüsse in Nordrumänien, der Westukraine und Ostungarn. Die Fabrik, in der der Unfall passierte, soll nun die Produktion wieder aufnehmen – sehr zum Missfallen der Anwohner. Es war eine der schlimmsten Chemiekatastrophen in der europäischen Geschichte: Vor zehn Jahren, in der Nacht vom 30. auf den 31. Januar 2000, […]
Euro-2012 de foot: tirage au sort pour les eliminatoires
Tirage au sort pour Coupe du Monde de foot 2010, le 4 decembre 2009 a Cape Town. Quatre mois avant de se lancer a l’assaut de la Coupe du monde, la France va connaitre, a Varsovie, ses adversaires lors des eliminatoires de l’Euro-2012 (Pologne et Ukraine) et le successeur de Raymond Domenech, le programme qui […]
Un soldat francais grievement blesse dans un accrochage en Afghanistan
Un soldat francais a ete grievement blesse par balles lundi en Afghanistan dans une attaque d’insurges a une cinquantaine de kilometres au nord-est de Kaboul, a annonce mardi a l’AFP le porte-parole des forces francaises, Jackie Fouquereau. L’incident s’est produit vers alors qu’un detachement francais menait une mission de securisation sur l?axe routier reliant Bagram […]
Gerrard rewrites the record books as Liverpool triumph in Europe
After a nervy start, Rafa Benitez’s men show their class to knock out the Romanian champions. Liverpool negotiated a potentially tricky second leg against Unirea Urziceni in the UEFA Europa League by running out 3-1 winners, going through 4-1 on aggregate. The five-time European Cup winners did not have things all their own way and […]
