Tag Archives: Europa League
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Turkish Soccer Player Gets Knocked Out Cold by Flying Kick to the Head (GIF + Video)
In soccer, there are reckless challenges, and then there are insanely vicious challenges. The challenge that Manchester United’s Nani put up against Real Madrid’s Alvaro Arbeloa in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16—the one that got Nani sent off, enabling Real to score two more goals and knock Man U out of the tournament? [...]
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Hulk, Gareth Bale and Samuel Umtiti Deliver World Class Goals During Europa League (GIFs)
The UEFA Europa League is kind of like the NIT in basketball—a sort of second-tier consolation tournament for European soccer clubs who didn’t make it to “the big dance” that is the Champions League. However, that doesn’t mean the quality of play is not still excellent. Just like the NIT in relation to the NCAA [...]
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PAOK And Rapid Vienna Fans Engage In All-Out Flare Warfare Prior To Europe League Soccer Game (Video)
The Europa League may just be the little brother of the Champions League—a consolation tournament for all the European soccer clubs who finished 3rd and 4th in their respective leagues—but don’t tell that to fans of Greece’s PAOK FC or Austria’s SK Rapid Wien. On Thursday night, before these two clubs faced off in a [...]
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Legia Warsaw Fans Throw Snowballs At Sporting Clube de Portugal Players (Video)
The players of Sporting Clube de Portugal took a long trek across the continent to get to Warsaw, Poland for their Europa League match against Legia Warsaw last week, but when they finally arrived at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego, they weren’t greeted with the warmest of receptions. While taking part in their pre-game warm-ups, the [...]
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This Last Minute Stand By Beşiktaş JK Is Something To Marvel (Video)
Three minutes into injury time, Beşiktaş found themselves clinging to a 1-0 lead during their Europa League group stage match against Dynamo Kyiv. A win would move them one point ahead of their opponents for sole position of second place in Group E. With the final seconds winding down, three-points appeared to be within Beşiktaş’ [...]
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Soccer Goalie Scores Crazy Goal (Video)
This goalie in a soccer game came all the way down to the other end of the of the field and headed in an amazing goal to win the game for Standard Liege in a crucial game. The goal, and subsequent win, propelled Sinan Bolat‘s team into the Europa League. Impressed? I know I am. [...]
