[Catenaccio]

Mallorca 5 - 0 Leverkusern
Following their victory against a poor Celta, Mallorca again showed they their intent on achieving premiership status. Argentinien sensation Carignano and young Bulgarian starlet Todorov each grabbed a brace as Mallorca took a 4-0 ht lead. In the second half Mallorca looked to counter attack and grabbed a fith goal from Kosowski after 77 mins.

PSV 4 - 3 Mallorca
Prior to the game Pavles confidence was high. However three PSV goals in the first 19 mins - all three from goalkeeping errors - proved Mallorca fallible. Following a change of tactics Mallorca managed a González goal from the pen spot. The second half saw extreme Mallorca pressure and Santana (59) then Todorov (78) made the score 3-3. But PSV took all three points in the 89th min following a Kezman goal as Mallorca pushed everyone forward for a win. On a positive note, this game proved that Mallorca wont lose without a fight and also confirmed the talent of Santana.

Dinamo Kiev 1 - 2 Mallorca
A goal and an assist gave Santana the man of the match award for the third consecutive game as Mallorca overcome a determined Kiev team. Nonda, who replaced the injured Carignano, grabbed his first goal of the season after being relegated to the bench after the arrival of Bulgarian Todorov.

Bologna 0 - 1 Mallorca
A 71st min goal from Columbian defender Jersson Amur González gave Mallorca victory and the three points. Although not a spectacular performance the result moved Mallorca upto 2nd in the league and continued their good away form.

Mallorca 0 - 0 Sampdoria
The opening 15 mins saw Hildebrand make a series of spectacular saves from Molina and then Todorov . Pavle would rue those missed chances as Sampdoria changed tactics and started to put pressure on the home team. In the end Pavle was happy to settle for a draw and the fact that for once Sampdoria's long shot expert Volpi hadnt scored against his side.

Parma 1 - 0 Mallorca
Following a second game without a goal critics claimed Mallorca impressive start was over. Pavle was also concerned about the loss of form, but gave credit to Parma and also reminded the fans that this season is consolidation rather than promotion. However defeats to rivals Anderlecht and Fenerbahce meant Mallorca kept 2nd spot.

Mallorca 3 - 1 Shakhtar (González 17,Nagore 32,Nonda 70)

***>>>Pavle's Czech Sensation<<<***
Following lengthy negotiations Pavle was finaly able to announce his new Czech star - Hubschman. The fee is believed to be in the region of £6m which smashed Mallorca's previous transfer record of £2.2m for Santana. This is seen by la Marca as a clear indication that Pavles aim is now promotion rather than consolidation. Despite this massive signing Presidente Mateo Alemany insisted Pavle would still have money to buy should the right player become available. But rival paper AS claimed Pavle would look to sell either Lussenhoff or Fernando Nino to cut the clubs massive wage bill and that the clubs finances were not as secure as Alemany claimed.

Mallorca 0-0 HSV

Valencia 1-3 Mallorca
Mallorca claimed a two goal lead at half time thanks to goals from Carignano (20) and Todorov (33). But Valencia hit back just after half time through Bronckhorst (48) and Aimar began to dominate midfield. In the end Hubschamn and Albrechtsen managed to limit the strikers to just long shots before Nonda killed the game in the 72nd min.

Anderlecht 1 - 0 Mallorca
Mallorca 2 - 1 Fenerbahce (Nonda 26, Todorov 82)
Olympiakos 0 - 2 Mallorca (Nonda 38, 45)
Mallorca 4 - 1 Porto (González 18 pen, Todorov 23, Molina 24, Nonda 68)

At the top of the table Atletico de Madrid seem the biggest threat to Mallorca so far. Pavle said he is expecting Kozak usual poor form after christams allowing his team to claim 1st place.

[kOZAK]

Paris-SG vs RCD Mallorca 2-0 :p

Nonda penalty saved in a fantastic way by Dutch keeper Peters.

[AndyJ]

Latest Results

Betis 2-3 Marseille W
Basel 2-7 Marseille LC W
Man Utd 3-0 Marseille L
Arsenal 1-1 Marseille D
Barcelona 0-3 Marseille W
Marseille 2-0 Juventus W
Schalke 04 0-0 Marseille (lost on pens) LC
Lyon 1-1 Marseille D
Marseille 3-0 Liverpool W
Lazio 2-0 Marseille L
Marseille 1-0 Inter W
Dortmund 1-2 MarseilleW
Marseille 3-0 Schalke 04w
Ajax 1-4 Marseille W

Current League Position: 3rd

Top Scorers:

Pazzini 16
Castillo 5
Owen 4
Grisales 3
Soriano 3

Top Average Ratings

Pazzini 8.06
Davids 7.94
Grisales 7.63
Renato 7.50
Daniel Carvalho 7.47

Some great results of late for Marseille mean they are sitting 3rd in the Premier League, behind second placed Bayern on goal difference and 1st place Udinese by 4 points. According to the manager the main reasons for Marseille doing so well in their first season in the premier league is down to his summer, and club record, signing Pazzini as well as staying tight at the back.

Marseille are currently waiting on a work permit for Costa Rican international Gilberto Martinez who could be signed in January for a fee of around £2.2 million.

[Martin Buchan]

"GOALLLL for Liverpool"

That was the message that Reds fans were hearing alot more now due to the players acrtually getting their finger out of their arses and playing some bloddy decent football or in the words of QPR manager Ian Holloway....
"with our performance we definetley pulled a fine women tonight"

After the loss to Andy's Marsielle, Liverpool adavanced to the Quarter Final of the League Cup by beating Man Utd 3-0 at home with two from Nomvete and a John Carew goal.

Arsenal came next with the reds pulling out a 2-2 draw at Highburghy with Nomvete scoring both golas one in the last second from a deep Carew cross.

A loss against Juventus away from home but a 2-1 loss seemed not too bad and then Barcalona got thumphed 3-0 at Anfield.

It will be a Mersyside Derby in the laegue Cup Qtr finals and Basel are against the Reds with the tie in Basel.

Liverpool are currently 6th in the league even though it's really close for the last Champions League and UEFA Cup spots.

[kOZAK]

Next session: Sunday 11.00 - 13.30 UK time

Hope the Atletico injury proneness will become lower as we give Mallorca & Anderlecht a free ticket to Premier this way

[Kuky]

fava out from depression ..... :cool:
udinese back on track ..... :thup:
thank you!

[Martin Buchan]

Passaro on form!

Boooooooooooooo

Boooooooooooooo

Boooooooooooooo

:thdn:

[Martin Buchan]

Now I hate Diego and Passaro.

Booo to them

[kOZAK]

Injury storm looks like preventing Atlético moving to the Premiership

With being the best team in the league for about half the season, a huge injury blow has made the promotion chances for Atletico de Madrid much smaller. Manager Kozakedez is missing each game about 8 players where are 5/6 definitely starters in.
Further some referee decissions were against the best team of Madrid. Lots of cards made Contra & Paolo Montero (34 year old captain) being banned almost every bloody game. The last injuries give the manager an almost impossible task to take the team to the European Premiership. The whole starting defense with Coco, Montero, Padoin (all injured for many weeks) and Milito (banned) cant play. The youth must keep Atletico in the fight what will be difficult with a huge program with top teams Anderlecht and rival Mallorca coming up.
Other names that are missing at the moment are Fernando Torres, Oberemko and some others.
The following results and a strong Anderlecht (well done Alexis :thdn took Atletico back from the top of the table.

The results:

Hertha BSC vs Atletico Madrid 1-6 (4x Torry)
FAcup 3rd round Atletico Madrid vs Parma 4-1 (2x Torry)
Atletico Madrid vs Celtic 0-1 (20-3 in shots )
Panathinaikos vs Atletico Madrid 2-1
Deportivo La Coruna vs Atletico Madrid 1-3
Atletico Madrid vs Sporting Lissaboa 0-1
FAcup 4rd round Atletico Madrid vs Mallorca 0-1
Atletico Madrid vs Paris-SG 1-1
Basel vs Atletico Madrid 0-0 (Striker poorness this time of the season)
Atletico Madrid vs Celta de Vigo 2-1 (srz Nitey Simon)
PSV vs Atletico Madrid 2-1 (Montero gets red on a Robben dive; PSV wins then tnx to the ref :o)
Atletico Madrid vs Leverkussen 4-0 (The comeback from Djourou with 2 goals hammered Siaus to a big loss)
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid 2-0 (Djourou killed the madrid rivals again)
Bologna vs Atletico Madrid 1-3 (Finally an easy away win with already Montero and Coco missing)

We will see if my B-team defense can do it :thdn:

[Jobbo]

Sorry if this ruins your update thread, but I am interested to know about your game. I was wondering what happens champions league wise, I mean you have all the good teams in these 3 leagues or so. so what happens when one of you play hampions league. Will it be near enough an automatic win?