Football: domestic leagues

[lucian-crusher]

Postponded matches from the 2nd round:

Concordia Chiajna - Viitorul Voluntari 1 - 2

Astra Giurgiu - Steaua Bucharest 1 - 1



Table after 19 rounds:
1. Astra Giurgiu 42
2. Petrolul Ploiesti 40
3. Steaua Bucharest 39 (17 games)
4. Pandurii Targu Jiu 34
5. Dinamo Bucharest 32
6. SC Vaslui 29
7. CFR Cluj 28
8. Gaz Metan Medias 27
9. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 27
10. Concordia Chiajna 25 (18 games)
11. ACS Poli Timisoara 22
12. FC Botosani 20
13. Sageata Navodari 19
14. Otelul Galati 18
15. Viitorul Voluntari 18
16. FC Brasov 16
17."U" Cluj 16 (18 games)
18. Corona Brasov 10

 

[PeterLPZ]

17th matchday and last round before winterbreak:

Frankfurt - Augsburg 1-1
Dortmund - Berlin 1-2
Bremen - Leverkusen 1-0
Freiburg - Hannover 2-1
Hamburg - Mainz 2-3
Braunschweig - Hoffenheim 1-0
Nürnberg - Schalke 0-0
M.gladbach - Wolfsburg 2-2

01. München 44 (16 matches)
02. Leverkusen 37
03. M.gladbach 33
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04. Dortmund 32
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05. Wolfsburg 30
06. Berlin 28
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07. Schalke 28
08. Augsburg 24
09. Mainz 24
10. Stuttgart 19 (16 matches)
11. Bremen 19
12. Hoffenheim 18
13. Hannover 18
14. Hamburg 16
15. Frankfurt 15
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16. Freiburg 14
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17. Nürnberg 11
18. Braunschweig 11

 

[lucian-crusher]

Steaua Bucharest made the first two transfers this winther break.

First, we bought Claudiu Keseru from Bastia. He left from FC Bihor to 11 years ago and never played in Liga 1 until now, though he is one of the best strikers in , as 2 seasons ago, while playing for Angers he was top scorer in Ligue 2.

The other one is macedonian goalkeeper Martin Bogatinov from Krpaty Lviv. Probably, next season after Tatarusnu leaves for Fiorentina, Bogatinov will be fighting with Nita for defendig Steaua's net.

 

[lucian-crusher]

Romanian Cup Semifinals, Fixtures:

Steaua Bucharest - Dinamo Bucharest

Petrolul Ploiesti - Astra Giurgiu

 

[alexis9000]

1º Benfica 36 15 11 3 1 29-12
2º Sporting 34 15 10 4 1 33-9
3º FC Porto 33 15 10 3 2 29-11
4º Estoril 25 15 7 4 4 23-16
5º Nacional 24 15 6 6 3 21-15
6º V. Guimarães 23 15 7 2 6 16-13
7º Sp. Braga 22 15 7 1 7 20-17
8º Gil Vicente 18 15 5 3 7 13-20
9º Rio Ave 18 15 5 3 7 12-16
10º Académica 18 15 5 3 7 11-20
11º Marítimo 17 15 4 5 6 24-28
12º V. Setúbal 16 15 4 4 7 17-25
13º Arouca 15 15 4 3 8 13-19
14º Belenenses 12 15 2 6 7 9-18
15º Olhanense 12 15 3 3 9 10-24
16º P. Ferreira 9 15 2 3 10 12-29

Right now there are teams being decided for next round of "Taça da Liga", our "Carslberg Cup" more information here:

Classificação, desafios, resultados, espectadores e horário de cada jornada da Taça da Liga 2013-2014 - Liga Portugal

 

[Milos-BC]

Romanian Cup Semifinals, Fixtures:

Steaua Bucharest - Dinamo Bucharest

Trash them


As for the transfer period in Partizan, this is one of the best ones I remember, and, at least on the paper, the team will be drastically stronger than the one from the first-half season.


We signed 3 best players of Vojvodina (including their capatian and vice-captian) :



Miroslav Vulićević (on the position of right back)

Branislav Trajković (defender)

and Petar Škuletić (attacker + a product of Partizan's youth school Teleoptik)

And we also signed our ex-player Nikola Drinčić who returned to Partizan as free agent!

These 4 players are huge reinforcements, or at least they are expected to be, they certainly must prove what they are made of, as a place in the team is not guaranteed to anyone. I have to say I am quite satisfied with 4 all acquisitions so far, as all of them were on my wish-list.


We are in negotiations with several more players (one of them is a defender of SC Braga), so the transfer period isn't over yet for us, and if we have the chance to bring a good player, we will not miss it.

 

[lucian-crusher]

Trash them

Thanks! March will be a crazy month in Bucharest as Steaua - Dinamo will be played 3 times on National Arena! 1 time in Liga 1 and 2 times in the Cup

 

[Milos-BC]

^^ We had a similar situation here some time ago Those will be 3 spectacles for sure Of course, I wish all 3 victories to Steaua



Partizan started with the preparations for the second half of the season. We are entering this second part of the season with a new energy in all structures of the club, which is very important, as a tough challenge is ahead of us, and our ambitions are clear - to win the 7th title in a row and become the Serbian club with the most titles for the first time in our history. Generations and generations of our people have been dreaming of this for decades, and this current team has a historical chance to be written with golden letters in the history of the club. I think that solely is a good enough motivation for everyone to work as hard as possible in order to win this title.

We all need to breathe in the same sails and only then our goals can be accomplished.


Even though we created quite a strong team after a while (and we are working on new reinforcments as well), there is absolutely no need to make some sort of "celebration" atmosphere because nothing is won, and nothing is certain in football. We have only 1 point of advantage over Crvena Zvezda, and a whole lot of work is ahead of us.

Right now, the most important things are to prepare ourselves both tactically and physically, and we can already start thinking on the first match in Novi Pazar which is extremely important and where we have a bad tradition, and no victory. The first next match is always the most important one.


No matter how much realistic it sounds, we must aim to get all 15 victories because only then we will depend solely on ourselves, and not on the other results as well.

 

[Milos-BC]

And in the moments while I was writing the previous post, we got a new player, and the most recognizable one so far.

The newest acquisition of Partizan is Danko Lazović (Zenith St. Petersburg)!

The promotion of Danko will be held in the next couple of days.

 

[lucian-crusher]

Steaua's results in the first training camp, in Marbella:

Steaua Bucharest - FC Nurnberg 1 - 5

Steaua Bucharest - Werder Bremen 0 - 0

Steaua Bucharest - FC Luzern 0 - 1

Steaua Bucharest - Union Berlin 1 - 1

Steaua Bucharest - FK Baku 0 - 2

 

[Milos-BC]

^^ Don't worry about the results on the preparation matches, usually when they are bad, that promises a good half-season (that was always the case when it comes to us ). Simply, preparation matches are used to try some combinations in the line-up, to see how the players react, if they can be rotated to another position, some tactical variations, etc..........

If it was otherwise, for example, Zvezda would have been the champion every year, but this way, the only title they can win is "champions of preparation matches"



Today, we are playing the first test match, and the rival is Wolfsberger AC .

This will be a good test for the start and to see how the new team reacts on the ball, the tactics etc.............and Wolfsberger AC is a great rival for this stage of the preparations.

 

[Milos-BC]

Partizan 2:1 Wolfsberger AC


I am very satisfied after this first test match. Results are not primary for me at this point, but of course that it is always great when a match is won. Some aspects are on very high levels for this stage of the preparations, while some others need extra work. Especially the defense. We musn't let to be indolent during the breaks and to let the rival defenders have a total control in the jumps. Although, even from what I saw on the trainings, I predicted that there could be problems while defending the breaks, but that is why matches like this serve to show the weak spots of the team and where extra work is needed.

I am satisfied with other things. We were a dominant team in this match most of the time, we had a huge ball possession and also we pressed the rival quite well, we didn't have any dangerous counter-attacks on our half, and we could have won the match even with a bigger margin, since we had 3 more ideal scoring chances, and 1 regular goal was not counted for us near the end of the match, because of the foul on the goalie of the Austrian team that didn't exist.


So far, I can say we are on a good course. But a lot of work is still ahead, there is certainly no room for euphoria.

 

[lucian-crusher]

^^ Don't worry about the results on the preparation matches, usually when they are bad, that promises a good half-season (that was always the case when it comes to us ). Simply, preparation matches are used to try some combinations in the line-up, to see how the players react, if they can be rotated to another position, some tactical variations, etc..........

If it was otherwise, for example, Zvezda would have been the champion every year, but this way, the only title they can win is "champions of preparation matches"

You are right! Last year we had a terrible winther break with 6 matches lost and 2 draws, and right after that we won against Ajax and Chelsea in official matches

 

[PeterLPZ]

18th matchday of German Bundesliga the winter break is over

M.gladbach - München 0-2
Dortmund - Augsburg 2-2
Freiburg - Leverkusen 3-2
Hamburg - Schalke 0-3
Stuttgart - Mainz 1-2
Nürnberg - Hoffenheim 4-0
Wolfsburg - Hannover 1-3
Bremen - Braunschweig 0-0
Frankfurt - Berlin 1-0

01. München 47 (17 matches)
02. Leverkusen 37
03. Dortmund 33
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04. M.gladbach 33
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05. Schalke 31
06. Wolfsburg 30
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07. Berlin 28
08. Mainz 27
09. Augsburg 25
10. Hannover 21
11. Bremen 20
12. Stuttgart 19 (17 matches)
13. Hoffenheim 18
14. Frankfurt 18
15. Freiburg 17
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16. Hamburg 16
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17. Nürnberg 14
18. Braunschweig 12

 

[CPV4931]

And finally a home victory from Eintracht Frankfurt :-) Although we didn´t play very well...

 

[PeterLPZ]

And finally a home victory from Eintracht Frankfurt :-) Although we didn´t play very well...

I really hope, that Freiburg and Frankfurt will stay in Bundesliga. I´m so happy, that Freiburg won´t play in Euro League anymore, so the players have more time to regenerate.

 

[ShoeFlo]

Steaua's results in the first training camp, in Marbella:

Steaua Bucharest - FC Nurnberg 1 - 5

Steaua Bucharest - Werder Bremen 0 - 0

Steaua Bucharest - FC Luzern 0 - 1

Steaua Bucharest - Union Berlin 1 - 1

Steaua Bucharest - FK Baku 0 - 2

I remember the website from my club Werder Bremen wrote something like "good result, great defense, great tactical achievement against a top club" and stuff like this
Considering the other results, we obviously played as crappy as the whole season

At least our manager makes a good job, since he is about to sign Obraniak from Bordeaux. I think he would be a great improvement for the offense... Hope we are able to stay in the Bundesliga. The relegation battle may going to be exciting as hell

 

[ShoeFlo]

FC Augsburg - Werder Bremen 3:1

our goal was an own-goal by an Augsburg player
4 shots on goal (whereas Augsburg had 20)
33 % ball possession
rate of misdirected passes: 43%

Jesus christ :?

I already count the days until the CL playoff games gonna start, because then I can finally enjoy football again

 

[PeterLPZ]

Here are the results of the 19th matchday of German Bundesliga.

Braunschweig - Dortmund 1-2
Mainz - Freiburg 2-0
München - Frankfurt 5-0
Augsburg - Bremen 3-1
Schalke - Wolfsburg 2-1
Hoffenheim - Hamburg 3-0
Berlin - Nürnberg 1-3
Leverkusen - Stuttgart 2-1
Hannover - M.gladbach 3-1

01. München 53
02. Leverkusen 40
03. Dortmund 36
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04. Schalke 34
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05. M.gladbach 33
06. Wolfsburg 30
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07. Mainz 30
08. Berlin 28
09. Augsburg 28
10. Hannover 24
11. Hoffenheim 21
12. Bremen 20
13. Stuttgart 19
14. Frankfurt 18
15. Nürnberg 17
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16. Freiburg 17
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17. Hamburg 16
18. Braunschweig 12

 

[lucian-crusher]

Alexandru Borceanu, Steaua's captain in the last 3 seasons has left for Trabzonspor, for a 1.3 milion Euros transfer fee! He was a great leader and was one of the key players for the title that we won last season.