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#203392 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
#201800 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
#201739 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Jonas
Absolute class from Pelle that. Austin's goal at the other end wasn't 'too bad' either.
#199930 La Liga 2014/15
Jonas
#199829 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Jonas
#196756 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Jonas
Hats off to Lars Lagerbäck and Iceland. 3-0 at home to Turkey! They're better than us now haha.
#193207 Europa League 2014/2015
Jonas
Legia fans tonight.
#193201 La Liga 2014/15
Jonas
Athletic Club's new San Mamés Barria completed. Absolute class that.
#193161 Champions League 2014/15
Jonas
Gala are not as good now as they've been for the last two seasons, I think. They have got Prandelli though.
#193154 Champions League 2014/15
Jonas
That, plus the fact that the Champions League no longer only consist of league winners but rather runners up etc.
#192717 Champions League 2014/15
Jonas
#192206 Old Trafford Lounge
Jonas
Basically what he's saying is good luck Fideo (Di Maria), even though it is at Man Utd.
#190723 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Jonas
Cesc.
#190399 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Jonas
#190200 2014/15 Fantasy Football
Jonas
#190084 2014/15 Fantasy Football
Jonas
#189074 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Jonas
After completing the sales of Cristian Gamboa (WBA), Nicki Bille (Evian) and John Chibuike (Gaziantepspor), we have finally signed someone again...
Icelandic centre back Holmar Örn Eyjolfsson, formerly a West Ham youngster and the 199cm tall Slovak Tomas Malec who scored against Hull last week in their Europa League tie with Trencin.
#188146 Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
Jonas
So after going through the squad real thorough I decided who could stay and who could leave, what I needed to bring in and all that other stuff, you know.
Two promising young Frenchmen, Régis Etari and David Faupala, formerly of SM Caen and RC Lens were the first to arrive as long term investments. I then picked up Federico Freire, pleasingly holder of a Spanish passport as well as his Argentinian one - as the league rules only allow 5 non EU players to be registered for the squad, on free transfer. A coup really. It took me some time to scout for the next big thing in defence, but my newly appointed scout, Sylvain Wiltord, found Iliya Milanov for me in Bulgaria and we got him for only £200K. A deal which I imagine would have been paid 'under the table' by the two clubs had this been in real life.
While being busy on the transfer market we also had the Europa League qualifiers to deal with at the same time. Trying to implement a completely new tactic as a fresh manager and with players going in and out of the team, we definitely had a tough task ahead of us. The second round saw us draw Valletta of Malta as they a bit surprisingly had beat IFK Mariehamn in the first. Having started a bit rusty in the first leg, we came out as winners in the clash of the two Mediterranean islands with 5-3 on aggregate. The draw for the next round couldn't have been a bigger contrast in that respect: to the north of Norway and Tromsø. In an evenly matched contest we managed to get away with a good 1-1 result for the return leg. At home we buried the match after just 30 mins: 3-1 up and through to the next round. Newcomer Anthony Lozano contributing with a goal.
The match also marked the goodbye of Israeli midfielder Moshe Ohayon who left us for Maccabi Tel-Aviv - who we, a few days later, got drawn against in the all decisive playoff round. Inspired by the new centre midfield duo of Freire and Fabio Rochemback we managed to beat them 4-1 on aggregate much thanks to a magnificent 3-0 win away in Israel. Europa League here we come!
#188084 Champions League 2014/15
Jonas
#188017 Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
Jonas
So here is what I have to my disposal ahead of the first season in charge:
Football on Cyprus is well known for it's high amount of foreigners and players who are over the hill in their careers, and Anorthosis is no exception although it's not as bad as at other sides. However, there are some talented home grown players in this squad such as the wing back pair of Laifis and Theodorou, centre back Oikonomou and Sielis at defensive midfield. Paulo Jorge, Dan Alexa, Gonzalo Garcia and Roberto Colautti will probably be the players I'll have to depend on hoping to achieve a successful season, whereas the likes of Grigalashvili, Ben-Shushan and Toni Calvo most likely will leave the club.
Played a few friendlies as well; not too many as the Europa League qualifiers are right around the corner. More of that in the next update.
Antonis Papadopolous stadium - where magic happens!
#187610 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Jonas
With 3,5 years remaining on the contract, several other clubs interested (Everton, Hull) and a great World Cup behind him, we should have got more than the reported fee of £2M though.
http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/albion-land-gamboa-1805832.aspx
#187435 Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
Jonas
On a personal note I first discovered the team back in 2008 during their successful Champions League qualifying campaign where they knocked out Greek powerhouse Olympiacos and eventually qualified for the first time ever. Managed by former Newcastle man Temuri Ketsbaia they actually managed to pick up another win against a Greek giant, Panathinaikos in the group stages and even held José Mourinho's Inter to a three all draw at "home". A match played at the GSP stadium in Nicosia, far from being their original home. As Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, that also only a temporary home, didn't meet the UEFA requirements for the Champions League group stages.
In fact, Anorthosis Famagusta has played their home games away from home ever since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the city of Famagusta, today only a ghost town, fell under Turkish occupation. The club eventually relocated to Larnaca a few miles south of Famagusta and build their new home ground back in 1986. The Famagusta derby between Anorthosis and Nea Salamina is like no other in world football, not in terms of rivalry or passion, but because it’s probably the only one which is not played in the clubs’ own city. With Famagusta occupied by Turkey since 1974, meetings between the two clubs always have an air of melancholy and hardly remind the pre-1974 passionate encounters.
The club has since qualifying for the 2008-2009 Champions League season hit harder times, both economically and on the field, failing to lift a trophy ever since. The refugee status continues however and as the fans say:
“The Spirit of Anorthosis will never die, never be ruined. Our much loved Anorthosis like the Phoenix will live on forever”
Former famous players of the club include Cypriot legend Ioannis Okkas, Euro 2004 winner Trainaos Dellas, Georgi Kinkladze, Sávio and Delron Buckley.
Giannakis 'Ioannis' Okkas ~ 172 apps/78 goals & 106 apps/27 goals for Anorthosis/Cyprus
#187076 The Scandinavian Football Thread
Jonas
#186781 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Jonas
Confirmed.
http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/palace-snap-up-hangeland-1797693.aspx
Guess he wanted to stay in London...
#186745 The Scandinavian Football Thread
Jonas
Ladies and gents... I present to you 15-year-old (!!) Martin Ødegaard... already dominating the league!
#186723 Transfer Rumours 2014/15
Jonas
#186506 Welcome to Goodison Park
Jonas
#184952 Europa League 2014/2015
Jonas
but we just turned it around and are 3-1 up at the moment! Haha
#184896 Barclays Premier League 2014/15
Jonas
#184523 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas