European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[RFCMod]

1860 Munich drop into the 3rd tier for the 1st time in 25 years after losing the play-off to Regensburg who seal their 2nd promotion in as many seasons.

Game was held up for 15 mins as the 1860 fans started throwing seats on to the pitch to try and get the game called off.

1860 now have to move out of the Allianz Arena as the sharing agreement with Bayern is only valid if they are in the top 2 divisions.

Further to this, the owner of 1860 refused to pay the licence fee to play in the 3rd tier, so they drop down to the 4th tier Regionalliga. The whole squad has been released and they will likely start the season with a squad made up of their U19 and U21 sides.

The Regionalliga consists of 5 regional divisions. The champions of each division, plus the runner up in the largest division, play off for the 3 promotion places. Very hard to escape from the Regionalliga once you find yourself there.

They will get a derby against Bayern though, well Bayern Reserves.

Wasn't that long ago i was in Munich when 1860 had Fortuna Dusseldorf at home
1860 have a big fan base and this is a sad day when the other Munich team are basically disbanded
It'll be a few years before all the 1860 stickers disappear from the rail stations...etc

[LUX]

lolz at Rangers only beating Luxembourg's fourth best team Niedercorn one nil last night in Glasgow.

I'd love it if they got knocked out.

[LUX]

Lolz

Niedercorn 2-0.

On the positive side, Rangers managed to make it until July before being knocked out this year.

[double d]

Bet your folk are happy? Surely one of the best results in the countries history? Actual FCKING LOLOLOLOLOL at rangers. What an absolute joke Scottish football is..... if you can even call it that.

[genome]

And here is the Rangers manager standing in a hedge arguing with fans after the game.

[Winston Biscuit]

20 year old Nouri of Ajax having treatment on the pitch from an ambulance. Some suggestions they have been using a defibrillator. Game abandoned, players and ref leave the pitch in tears.

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20 year old Nouri of Ajax having treatment on the pitch from an ambulance. Some suggestions they have been using a defibrillator. Game abandoned, players and ref leave the pitch in tears.

Oh shit

[Winston Biscuit]

Dutch media apparently reporting that he was resuscitated on the pitch and is breathing but unconscious in hospital.

[genome]

Nouri diagnosed with serious and permanent brain damage

[Winston Biscuit]

Sounds like a nightmare scenario for his loved ones. The report on him said his heart is now functioning normally but 'a lot of his brain is not functioning and the chances of it recovering is nil'

[Winston Biscuit]

"I want to intervene to silence the rumours of an ugly atmosphere inside the Juve locker room,” Mandzukic was quoted as telling Serbian reporter Darko Meznovic.

“It was simply Bonucci and Dani Alves to have created this chaos and, fortunately, with their sales everything will become calm again.

“They were the ones who had a row during the Final and it’s simply because they have diametrically opposed personalities. Leo and Dani would argue all the time and, on the day of the Final, we simply watched another of their many dramas.

“As soon as we got into the locker room, everyone had treated this like a normal game with just three points up for grabs, or at least that’s how it seemed. So we expected Dani Alves to do his usual routine of putting on the Radio Party Groove music in the locker room while we were getting changed.

“This time, though, he didn’t stop there. He went over the top, playing Samba Do Janeiro at full volume as if he wanted to break our eardrums and then started dancing like there was no tomorrow.

“I thought he was being stupid, but ignored him and went to my locker. Leo didn’t, as for him the Champions League was an obsession.

“He went up to Dani and said he’d break his legs in three seconds if he didn’t turn off that music. Obviously, a row erupted and it just kept going, until Dani Alves said that if he lost the Final, he’d still have three Champions League trophies in his locker, whereas Bonucci had none.

“At that point, everyone turned around scandalised. I’ve won the Champions League, but I’d never dare say something like that. We shouldn’t even have thought about the eventuality of defeat.

“Then Leo grabbed Dani by the throat and, as he was about to punch him, Max (Allegri) divided them and took a decision of a real leader: he said he didn’t care who started it, but at the end of the game they’d both get kicked out.

“It was the wisest decision ever made. Now, the group is calm and united again, without the annoying bragging of Leo and the usual Brazilian pain in the neck of Dani Alves, who would never let us just get changed and focus.”

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"I want to intervene to silence the rumours of an ugly atmosphere inside the Juve locker room,” Mandzukic was quoted as telling Serbian reporter Darko Meznovic.

“It was simply Bonucci and Dani Alves to have created this chaos and, fortunately, with their sales everything will become calm again.

“They were the ones who had a row during the Final and it’s simply because they have diametrically opposed personalities. Leo and Dani would argue all the time and, on the day of the Final, we simply watched another of their many dramas.

“As soon as we got into the locker room, everyone had treated this like a normal game with just three points up for grabs, or at least that’s how it seemed. So we expected Dani Alves to do his usual routine of putting on the Radio Party Groove music in the locker room while we were getting changed.

“This time, though, he didn’t stop there. He went over the top, playing Samba Do Janeiro at full volume as if he wanted to break our eardrums and then started dancing like there was no tomorrow.

“I thought he was being stupid, but ignored him and went to my locker. Leo didn’t, as for him the Champions League was an obsession.

“He went up to Dani and said he’d break his legs in three seconds if he didn’t turn off that music. Obviously, a row erupted and it just kept going, until Dani Alves said that if he lost the Final, he’d still have three Champions League trophies in his locker, whereas Bonucci had none.

“At that point, everyone turned around scandalised. I’ve won the Champions League, but I’d never dare say something like that. We shouldn’t even have thought about the eventuality of defeat.

“Then Leo grabbed Dani by the throat and, as he was about to punch him, Max (Allegri) divided them and took a decision of a real leader: he said he didn’t care who started it, but at the end of the game they’d both get kicked out.

“It was the wisest decision ever made. Now, the group is calm and united again, without the annoying bragging of Leo and the usual Brazilian pain in the neck of Dani Alves, who would never let us just get changed and focus.”

Dani Alves always came across as a bit of a prick

[Stranded]

German season started with the tradional "fun" weekend that is the Cup 1st round, where the big boys are all drawn away to sides in the 3rd Division or lower. Dortmund had to go Rielasingen, who play in a glorified park league.

Only real shock seeing Hamburg lost 3-1 at 3rd division Osnabrueck.

[Sanguine]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40993069

Nicolai Muller celebrates scoring for Hamburg at the weekend, ruptures his knee ligament and is out for the rest of the season.

[Winston Biscuit]

Barcelona confirm they are suing Neymar for €8.5M over breach of contract following his transfer

[Winston Biscuit]

Man City buys 44.3% of Girona in Spain. They bought it from Girona Football Group which is owned by Pep Guardiola's brother. Probz just a coincidence though......

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Man City buys 44.3% of Girona in Spain. They bought it from Girona Football Group which is owned by Pep Guardiola's brother. Probz just a coincidence though......

I wondered why they played a random midweek friendly against them the other day after the season started.

[Winston Biscuit]

In other news Man City confirm they have loaned 5 players to Girona.

[double d]

Just a coincidence of course

[CountryRoyal]

So, Gylfi did this for Everton last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe7k1sH0BkA