UEFA Europa League Final: FC Porto versus SC Braga

dena wrote:When?

I need to copyright that shit.

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The capital 'D' in my name makes luke's better

Luke is ginger though.

kyro7 wrote:Luke is ginger though.

The picture that Forest made

Scuba Steve wrote:

SBSP wrote:Braga cheated against Celtic, so they should have been knocked out.

RAB said that Braga were shit when they knocked Celtic out, and now they are in an European final

It's true. They should have been playing Utrecht instead of us.

Everyone is gonna see Falcao's sexiness tonight.

Not me.

i can't see anything less than a Porto win.

Cam wrote:Not me.

How not?

kyro7 wrote:Luke just copied me because I done something like that yesterday.

Stop trying to steal my thunder

Only just saw this.

Line ups pretty much pick themselves, Steve. Usually starting XI with one or two changes based on form;

Porto - Helton; Sapunaru (LOL), Rolando, Maicon, A.Pereira, Guarin, Belluschi, Moutinho, Hulk, Falcao, Varela

Braga - Artur; Garcia, Rodriguez, Paulao, Silvio, Alan, Vandinho, Custodio, Viana, Lima, Meyong

Bold are ones to watch out for, apart from the obvious ones. Guarin has been in great form, would be surprised if he didn't start. Would prefer James to Varela myself, but that's unlikely.

Was playing a ranked match of this. He was porto I was Braga. Was 2-0 up but he quit in the 68th minute

Kuled wrote:Was playing a ranked match of this. He was porto I was Braga. Was 2-0 up but he quit in the 68th minute

Exactly what's gonna happen.

Marvin wrote:Only just saw this.

Line ups pretty much pick themselves, Steve. Usually starting XI with one or two changes based on form;

Porto - Helton; Sapunaru (LOL), Rolando, Maicon, A.Pereira, Guarin, Belluschi, Moutinho, Hulk, Falcao, Varela

Braga - Artur; Garcia, Rodriguez, Paulao, Silvio, Alan, Vandinho, Custodio, Viana, Lima, Meyong

Bold are ones to watch out for, apart from the obvious ones. Guarin has been in great form, would be surprised if he didn't start. Would prefer James to Varela myself, but that's unlikely.

I only recently watched Porto when they beat Villarreal in the first leg, but didn't the game change when Hulk was played on the right in the second half, as opposed to up front in the first half? But I can't remember who switched positions with Hulk.

7:45 KO?

Coatsy wrote:7:45 KO?

Yup, coverage starts at 7:30 on 5.

Scuba Steve wrote:

Marvin wrote:Only just saw this.

Line ups pretty much pick themselves, Steve. Usually starting XI with one or two changes based on form;

Porto - Helton; Sapunaru (LOL), Rolando, Maicon, A.Pereira, Guarin, Belluschi, Moutinho, Hulk, Falcao, Varela

Braga - Artur; Garcia, Rodriguez, Paulao, Silvio, Alan, Vandinho, Custodio, Viana, Lima, Meyong

Bold are ones to watch out for, apart from the obvious ones. Guarin has been in great form, would be surprised if he didn't start. Would prefer James to Varela myself, but that's unlikely.

I only recently watched Porto when they beat Villarreal in the first leg, but didn't the game change when Hulk was played on the right in the second half, as opposed to up front in the first half? But I can't remember who switched positions with Hulk.

I don't recall Hulk being played upfront at all. He was always on the right. Moved centrally a lot though, so that's probably part of the confusion.

May very well be then.

Two plus hours until kickoff then, so another hour until the lineups themselves are released.

Villas Boas' legacy will begin tonight. Bit of an anti-climactic walk-in-the-park final for Porto considering it could have been O Clássico.

I live in Ireland and there has been no hype atall about this which made me forget all about it.

Queen visiting > Europa League Final

When is KO?

FUCK! Didn't realise this was tonight, completely forgot about it. I'll be watching. You'd have to say Porto are big big favourites though.

Cam wrote:

fluffy_kittens wrote:

easley91 wrote:

fluffy_kittens wrote:

SBSP wrote:No one cares. Except you three and Marvin probably.

agreed nobody cares, Europa league is shit

And yet we'll most likely be in it next year. I wouldn't call it shit, it's just not as good as Champions League. Still has some good teams in it, Porto and Braga for example, Porto have been class and Braga beat Arsenal in the Champions League Group Stage and IIRC (if wrong correct me) they only just got knocked out into the Europa League.

I'll watch it (unless it's on ESPN then I won't or if I feel crap and need sleep ).

Of course next year I'll watch if we're in it but like it's so boring compared to the champions league every game i watched this season of Europa was like Metalisk Kharkiv vs someone else I never heard of and dont care about play to a scoreless draw. I feel so disconnected. Granted there were a few entertaining fixtures and teams here and there but overall it was a bore fest.

It's probably more interesting than the Champions league in some cases. In the CL, it's The same teams every year which is boring unless you support one of those teams


I still like the CL though

It's not always the same teams, Schalke and Tottenham were both in it this year and I dont think either of the have been there in the past. But the teams that are always there are usually entertaining and talented like Bayern, Man U, Chelsea, Ac Milan, Arsenal etc.

and next season teams like Lille, Porto, Borussia Dortmund will be in there to mix it up.

Porto:

Helton, Alvaro Perira, Guarin, Joao Moutinho, Falcao, Hulk, Rolando, Varela, Sapunaru, Fernando Otamendi

Bench: Beto, Maicon, Belluschi, Walter, James Rodriguez, Souza, Ruben Micael

Braga:

Artur, Alberto Rodriguez, Paulao, Paulo Cesar, Miguel Garcia, Lima, Custodio, Silvio, Alan, Hugo Viana, Vandinho

Bench: Cristiano, Kaka, Mossoro, Helder Barbosa, Meyong, Elderson, Leandro Salino

People really don't give 2 shits about this do they? Halfway to the next page before I posted.

Will be watching, hope braga win, and I want to see all the fuss about Hulk and Falcao. Maybe Joao Moutinho too.

That stadium is fucking awesome.

Cam wrote:That stadium is fucking awesome.

Marvin wrote:

Cam wrote:That stadium is fucking awesome.

Did you make it or something?

Hella Brazilians up in this final.

Fucking hell, Fulham vs Atletico seems like it was only yesterday

I hate how fast life is going.