Check out this christ-goddamn Academica Coimbra goal: European domestic football 2010/11

But seriously now. This is with 10 men, in injury time, away to the league champions.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/6582399/

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do we have a general European football thread in which to comment on this madness:

PSV Eindhoven 10 - 0 Feyenoord

Reis (24, 47, 60)
Afellay (39)
Toivonen (49)
Lens (55, 87)
Dzsudzsak (62, pen 76)
Engelaar (69)

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― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:36 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark

can't recall ever seeing a result like this in my life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etNpbEU0M10&feature=player_embedded

golf balls = bad and once one has figured this out, there is only one logical thing to throw at an opposition goalkeeper...

aw they didn't throw the chicken

here's how they do that in Belgium (apologies if already mentioned elsewhere)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO2bT5K3mr0

that is to what I was referring

well played Habib

Some coaches get their shot with a major club at a relatively tender age (in coaching years, anyway). Barcelona's Pep Guardiola was 37 when he got the gig.

And there are those who get a crack at the big time without ever having played beyond amaetur level, like Aston Villa's Gerard Houllier. There's another, smaller subset which includes those who advanced to top jobs with little or no head-coaching experience, like Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho when he took over at Benfica.

But the above examples are all rare. Rarer still is a guy like Porto boss Andre Villas Boas, who falls squarely in all three categories and, if his vertical ascent continues, could herald a change in the way clubs recruit managers.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704380504575530111481441870.html#printMode

porto killing it right now basically

A top manager who's younger than me now. That's excellent. (good article btw)

Got the Bucharest derby on now. Makes for quite a depressing spectacle actually. A big city derby between skilful players and fans who care (if not that many of them) - it should be a big occasion but it's just not.

which one? there's steaua, dinamo, rapid....possibly others

Steaua-Rapid. Those are the big two I thought? 0-0 after 66 mins. Steaua have hit post and bar in the last few minutes.

that is to what I was referring

ah sorry, i got confused because you said chicken. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuJESzw8Es&feature=player_embedded

he took a while to capitalise on his early momentum, but this is good work in continuing to build the status of comedy villain.

Whoa he Tyson'd him good and proper

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

fine goal @ 1.30 (as in worth checking) by Boussaboun (NAC Breda) against PSV (4-2 win for 'us')

v difficult technique that

Jol out. (Ajax)
Frank 'I shot a man in Reno' De Boer (copyright ILX) new coach. at least until the winter transfer window, but I suspect after that as well.

currently somewhere in the north sea padding furiously in his coracle en route to newcastle

seems like a better place for him. Ajax is too posh for Jol (or likes to think it is) + you don't want to be at Ajax anyway cause they are in permanent crisis, killed by their own high expectations. at PSV there's only 1 possible crisis per season, if someone discovers 3 weeks before the end of the league that they are not going to win it that year. Ajax is in crisis after they drop their first points of the season (in august usually).

they are in permanent crisis, killed by their own high expectations

he'll enjoy newcastle then

what happened to ajax, they were doing alright last time i checked (they were pretty solid in the 1-1 vs milan)

oh i don't really know. their 1-1 at Milan was their only good CL match though. maybe Seedorf convinced his teammates to take it easy.
Suarez is about their only really good player and he's been out of shape since the start of the season. the World Cup probably killed him. (and now he's out for 7 matches after the Nosferatu incident)

'out of shape', maybe 'in bad shape' is a more correct way of saying it. or in bad form. anyway..

defoe bit mascherano a few years ago and he didn't get a 7 game ban (2 or 3 iirc)

but Jol described it as a 'cheeky nibble' or somesuch so it was ok

Wait, I want more insights into the Dutch class system please. Picturing Jol as stout peasantry, washing feet in the bidet, etc.

damn xp that's true, what is it about jol's presence that makes players so hungry?

well for example Jol walks around and watches matches wearing a baseball cap. this makes Ajax-people grind their teeth, as an Ajax coach should wear a proper suit and most definetely not a cap, it's so proletarian.

i remember reading that jol was quite sophisticated and collected art for example

please tell me i haven't imagined this

Yeah, except it's Beryl Reads and Jack Vettrianos

Sticking point at the moment is Mike Ashley trying to persuade the Baltic to let him curate an exhibition of magic eyes

Jol sits back in his chair and recalls his artistic epiphany. "It is true. I was playing for Den Haag at the time, a UEFA Cup tie away to Rapid Vienna. And suddenly I thought, we are here in this great cultural city, so we should see some things. That was my introduction to Aktionism, to Beuys, to Kubelka". These days Jol is more likely to enjoy the more earthy pleasures of Winchmore Hill, but days away from training see him taking in the great galleries of London. "Perhaps I will convince Teemu or Berba to come along! But to be honest with you, footballers are not so clever".

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmpIU9UWuSM

great imaginary Jol quote Nakh. :)

thanks :)

i'm kinda sad he didn't go to newcastle

yall will have seen me being very disparaging about the bbc's football writing but this is quite good

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jonathanstevenson/2010/12/is_17-year-old_romelu_lukaku_t.html

AVANT-ELECTRO METAL IST KRIIIIIIIEEEEGGGGGGGGGGGG (acoleuthic)

ha

this is awesome

Porto clinched their 25th Portuguese Liga title by beating arch-rivals Benfica 2-1 in a thrilling classico at the Stadium of Light, but had to celebrate in the dark.

Porto's players poured onto the pitch to jubilate at the final whistle but as the home fans filed out, the stadium lights were turned off and the sprinklers came on.

However, the cold shower did little to spoil the champions title party and they continued to celebrate in the dark. Porto coach André Villas Boas simply said: "We showed who plays the best football."

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/2011/0404/portotitlecelebindark_275x155.jpg

Neuchatel Xamax are set to be taken over by Chechen businessman Bulat Chagaev, the Swiss first division club said on Thursday.
"Neuchatel Xamax is happy to announce the takeover of the famous club by the businessman Bulat Chagaev," the twice Swiss champions said in a statement.
"This takeover, the value of which is being kept confidential, will be officially ratified by the general assembly on May 12."
Chagaev has promised to take the unsung Swiss side into the Champions League.
"I'm very happy to lead Neuchatel onto the path of national victory," he said.
"With a motivated and well-prepared team, we will quickly accept the most incredible challenges in Europe, starting with the Champions League."

Neuchatel Xamax

ouch, like picking old scabs off

Porto, 2-0 up away to Marítimo, are three minutes from wrapping up an unbeaten season. 27 wins, 3 draws. Their last league defeat was February 2010 at Sporting.

Marítimo's stadium, which seats 9000, is almost completely empty. I know it's a meaningless final-round match, but still you'd think one of the best teams in Europe could draw a crowd. Villas-Boas doesn't seem to mind.

My mum & dad were in Madeira this winter. One night they got chatting to their waiter, who it turned out plays for Maritimo. From that I'm guessing they don't see big crowds for anyone down there.

I hope Porto keep their word and hold on to most everyone for another run at the CL next season. They should beat Braga for the Europa League title, but facing domestic opposition takes a bit of the shine off a European final in my opinion.

EVEN BETTER THAN SERGIO RAMOS DOING IT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AQICUCVvpE&feature=player_embedded

Stekelenburg has an excuse Ramos didn't - broken thumb.

The Ajax-Twente match that decided the title was excellent.

benfica v porto a bit fucking tasty.

Heh. This has been breathless stuff. Thanks for the heads up Jim. Benfica down to 10 men and now 2-3 down thanks to a Maicon header with 3 mins left

i was only half watching it but aye it was quite a game. to say hulk's first goal took my by suprise is an understatement.