Europa League Final Live!
posted by The Blue Devil @ 1:44 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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I'm settling in at Blue Devil HQ with some beverages and snacks at the hand to watch today's final.
Here are the teams about to take the pitch:
Benfica - Artur, Almeida, Luisao, Garay, Melgarejo, Perez, Matic, Rodrigo, Galtan, Cardozo, Salvio.
Subs: Lopes, Aimar, Lima, John, Urreta, Jardel, Gomes
Chelski - Cech, Azpiwhatever, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Lamps, Sideshow, Ramires, Mata, Os-CAR, Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Obi Won, Moses, Ferreira, Maric, Benayoun, Ake.
Patrick Kluivert bringing out the Europa League trophy now. Great atmosphere in the Amsterdammer.
Teams coming out of the tunnel now. We're nearly done with the preliminaries. Hope it's a cracker today.
Football 365 speculating today that there might well have to be a playoff for 3rd place in the Premiership this season if Arsenal win their final match with Newcastle 2-1 and Chelski only manage a 0-0 draw.
The two top goalscorers in the tournament are featuring today - Cardozo for Benfica who has six and shockingly Fernando "Man in the Mask" Torres who has five in this tournament.
And Benfica get us underway wearing red. Chelski in their traditional blue. Brilliant!
First half chance for Cardozo from Almeida's cross. It was a wee bit behind him but the danger sign is how easily he beat Cahill to it.
I have to admit that I've found Cardozo a bit ponderous when I've watched him. But he scores bags full of goals. He's certainly an inside the box, predatory instinct kind of striker.
Benfica trying to appeal for a penalty for a handball on Cahill. Nothing doing from Kuipers, the Dutch referee.
All the early running and possession for the Portuguese side.
Oh - Sideshow played a lovely through ball over the top for Oscar but he couldn't control it.
Oh - great overlapping run and cross by Matic leaves Cardozo with a chance - blocked out by Ivanovic.
Oh - Benfica are slicing through Chelski now but they may rue these missed chances.
Perez is chopped down by Oscar - yellow card.
Dangerous free kick now for Benfica....
Perez and Cardozo seem to lingering over it....
Short, training pitch routine nearly catches Chelski out but somehow they survive.
The choppy pitch seems to be coming to Chelski's rescue again and again as the Benfica players have been losing their footing right at the crucial moments.
Ramires is getting close to a yellow card now for a profusion of small, niggly fouls.
It's all getting rather niggly out there now.
This is a reunion of sorts for both Ramires and Sideshow who started their careers at Benfica.
Mata can now float a cross over for the big boys.
Perez is chopped down now by Ivanovic. Surprised he didn't get the yellow.
Another good looking free kick chance.
Cardozo rockets it into the wall. They have been wasteful today.
Half an hour gone. Still 0-0.
Oh - Lamps nearly opens the scoring with a little turn and shot. For some reason Artur was fooled by the flight and just managed to tip it around.
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