March 8, 2013 @ 15:59 Levante 0-0 Rubin Kazan Sent Off: Ansaldi 52′ (Rubin Kazan), Michel 54′ (Levante).           Levante and Rubin Kazan both finished with 10 men to hold out for a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their last 16 Europa League clash. The [...]

February 22, 2013 at 12:57 am Olympiakos 0-1 Levante (Levante win 4-0 on aggregate) Levante: Martins 9′ Levante won away at Olympiakos to win 4-0 on aggregate and book their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League.  Obafemi Martins’ early goal extended Levante’s first-leg lead and set [...]

February 21, 2013 @ 19:54 Rubin Kazan 0-1 Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid: Falcao 84’. Sent off: César Navas 89’ (Rubin Kazan).           Europa League holders Atlético Madrid crashed out of the Europa League after a 2-1 aggregate defeat to Rubin Kazan despite a 1-0 victory in [...]

February 15, 2013 at 3:47 pm Atletico Madrid 0-2 Rubin Kazan Rubin Kazan: Karadeniz 6′, Orbaiz 90′.  Sent Off: Sharonov 45′ (Rubin Kazan) Atletico Madrid face an uphill task of retaining their Europa League crown after suffering their first home defeat in 20 matches against 10-men Rubin Kazan at the [...]

February 15, 2013 at 1:46 pm Levante 3-0 Olympiakos Levante: Rios 9′, Barkero (PK) 40′, Martins 56′. Sent Off: Abdoun 29′ (Olympiakos)  Levante put their poor league form to one side with this resounding victory over Greek giants Olympiakos to move a step closer to the last 16 of the [...]

A review of matchday six and the final group stage fixtures of this season’s Europa League, with Levante, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao all in action…               Levante 2-2 Hannover 96 Levante came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Hannover [...]

              Plzen v. Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid travel to the Czech Republic to take on Viktoria Plzen in the final group stage match of this season’s Europa League. Both sides have already qualified for the knockout stages but will go head-to-head to decide who [...]

Uefa, European football’s governing body, is discussing plans that would see 64 teams qualify for the Champions League as a consequence of scrapping the Europa League. The dramatic change in format of European competition would mean that seven Spanish sides would enter a qualification round. Uefa’s president Michel Platini told [...]

              Atlético Madrid v. Hapoel Tel-Aviv Atletico Madrid secured their advancement into the Round of 32 with a 1-0 win over Hapoel Tel-Aviv at the Vicente Calderon. Raul Garcia’s fifth goal of the season was enough to secure Diego Simeone’s side victory on his [...]

          Atlético Madrid v. Hapoel Tel-Aviv Atlético Madrid will be hoping to confirm their advancement from Group B with victory over Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Diego Simeone will be celebrating his 50th game in charge of Atleti and will be hoping for all three points against bottom of [...]