Officials from Scotland and Wales have had tentative conversations over the possibility of Co - Hosting the 2016 European Championships and following in the footsteps of Belgium / Holland, Austria / Switzerland and 2012’s Ukraine / Poland edition.
After charging Roma over fans setting off fireworks and blocking exits during last months 3 - 1 Champions League win over Chelsea, UEFA has ordered changes ahead of Roma’s hosting of the Champions League Final in May.
US International Oguchi Onyewu and Belgian side Standard Liege are top of UEFA Cup Group C after coming away with a vital 1 - 0 win in the Serbian capital against Partizan Belgrade.
UPDATE - UEFA has charged Marseille over the incident and the club will be required to attend a December 11th meeting with UEFA’s Control and Disciplinary Panel.
This will be the second time Marseille will be charged by the Panel after their September 15,000 Euro fine following an identical situation at the Stade Velodrome against Liverpool.
Just a couple of weeks after Chelsea’s Didier Drogba was suspended by the English FA following the “coin tossing” incident, a thrown cigarette lighter thrown by traveling Marseille fans at Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will be investigated by UEFA.
Love the view from behind where Rino lays the ball off, not much of a clear shot and an absolute bust by Ronaldinho.
Brad Guzan plays lights out in a rare start (Brad Friedel was rested) in Aston Villa’s 1-0 UEFA Cup win over Slavia in Prague.
Great atmosphere (4:40 mark).
They weren’t given much of a chance before tonight, but this result by Liege against a very good Sevilla team should go a long way on confidence.
Olympique Marseille President Pape Diouf has expressed his anger and disappointment following UEFA’s original 3 match European home ground ban against La Liga and Champions League side Atletico Madrid being reduced to just one game, the November 26th match against PSV and another deferred for two years.
“If there is a sanction remaining, that is the proof there were breaches and mistakes from Atletico,” said Diouf. “I am against the fact that Uefa has not considered the whole situation.
“Because you can’t forget the unbelievable violence our fans were victims of. Uefa won’t get rid of violence and racism from stadiums with sanctions that look like fly bite.”
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