Champions League is now down to the last 16 teams & UEFA will celebrate the team match - up draw at Lyon (France) the 17th of December. The procedure is fairly simple: Top Group Clubs in one bowl & second Group placed teams in the other, with Clubs from the same country avoiding each other, ie neither Real Madrid nor Barça can play against Valencia CF
For the three Spanish Clubs (Real Madrid,
Mixed night for Spanish Teams playing their EUROPA LEAGUE group matches with a win & a loss. Here is a brief summary with the results & the scorers of the Villareal & Sevilla FC games.
Rossi : photo courtesy of marca.com
VILLAREAL took their great Spanish League form into their European Group D participation with another solid performance defeating Croatian Club DYNAMO ZAGREB 3 - 0.
Not a good night for SPANISH FOOTBALL in the two games played of the EUROPA LEAGUE Group matches. Here are the results & the scorers from the already mentioned games.
Short lived joy for Aguero who scored.
ATLETICO DE MADRID hosted Greek side ARIS SALONIKA & needed a win to secure the second Group B spot to move on in the competition. Instead they lost 2 - 3 & have complicated seriously
Busy night for all four SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS as they played their EUROPA LEAGUE Group qualifying matches with overall general joy for the Spanish fans. I personally wasn´t able to witness all four matches but managed to keep the pulse of most via TV, radio & a Twitter account, therefore excuse me if some summaries are brief & to the main detail.
Sergio Aguero scores the 2º goal for Atletico