Athletic Bilbao move forward in Europa league with Trabzonspor disqualified – La Liga Special
In unusual circumstances, Athletic Bilbao have progressed to UEFA Europa League as their opposition, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026. The Basque
club will play in the group stages of the tournament without a ball being kicked in the second leg and this would have ended the jittery nerves of the fans.
Bilbao were held to a scoreless draw in front of their home crowd as the Turkish club showed their resolve and stood firm to deny the Spaniards any smiles. The Bilbao-based side were toothless in attack and could not use their numerical advantage to good
effect, as Trabzonspor were a man down for the better part of the game.
Trabzonspor went a man behind as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Burak-Yilmaz-c8206 was given his marching orders for his kick out at young Spanish attacker, Iker Munian. The winger-c*m-forward was lucky to escape serious injury. However, this started the drag affair with Bilbao attackers exhibiting
profligacy of titanic levels.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Markel-Susaeta-c24153 was playing at his level best and put on a goalkeeping clinic to keep a clean
sheet. The result of the first leg would have been devastating for the Spanish side had http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 Henrique’s chip landed in Gorka Iraizoz’s net.
Following the chain of events, Trabzonspor will make the step up in quality as they will be playing in the lucrative UEFA Champions League, replacing Fenerbahce in the premier club competition. They were the runners-up in the Turkish Super Lig and will be
awarded the title. Turkish FA and UEFA unanimously decided to oust Fenerbahce from Europe’s elite competition.
Fenerbahce were, understandably, unwilling to let go of their golden berth but the European body exerted their power and axed the club from the competition.
“In the face of this development, on August 24 an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors was held to discuss the threat of the Turkish Football Federation being exposed to severe disciplinary sanctions if Fenerbahce took part in the UEFA Champions
League this season, and it was decided to bar them from participating.” Official statement reads.
The Trabzon-based club would be requiring all the luck they can garner as they are being investigated by the police. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bursaspor-c38700 were thought to be considered for European club football’s showpiece event, but they lose out because of their third place finish.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 Bielsa was unhappy to hear the news of the progression to the group stages which will bring much needed cash influx to the Basque club. A grim Bielsa had this to say upon hearing the news: “The feeling is proportional to the inability to compete.
I’ve never experienced anything like this. I will not savour it”.
Bielsa and his team were in a prickly position following their inability to win over a depleted and dejected Trabzonspor side, who were able to hold them to a hard fought draw and that too with numerical disadvantage.
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