Football Fanats 2015

[alanrotoi]

where is the bite?

[Shoegazing Leo]

[Duplode]

Danubio 1 - 2 São Paulo - again a sorely needed result came through an injury time goal, this time scored by Centurión.

Libertadores Group 2
(P-W-D-L-GF-GA-GD-Pts)
1    Corinthians    4    4    0    0    9    1    +8     12    
2    São Paulo      5    3    0    2    7    4    +3     9       
3    San Lorenzo    4    2    0    2    3    3     0     6          
4    Danubio (E)    5    0    0    5    3    14   -11    0

[alanrotoi]

Centurión 

Please get San Lorenzo humilliated and out of the cup.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Three victories this time.

NB III East
Hajdúböszörmény-Kazincbarcika 0-1
1. Kisvárda    22    18    2    2    75–17    58    56
  2. Putnok    22   18   2   2   52–15   37   56
  3. Hatvan    21    12    6    3    44–18    26    42
  4. Kazincbarcika    21    12    5    4    34–14    20    41
  5. Budapest Honvéd II    22    12    1    9   40–20    20    37
  6. Cigánd    22    10    6    6    32–24    8    36

NB I
Debrecen-Paks 2-0
1.   Videoton Székesfehérvár   24   19   4   1   56:9   61
2.   Ferencváros Budapest   24   15   5   4   39:16   50
3.   MTK Budapest   24   16   1   7   35:22   49
4.   Debrecen   24   13   6   5   32:15   45
5.   Paks   24   11   7   6   36:24   40
6.   Kecskemét   24   10   6   8   29:28   36

Serie A
Juventus-Lazio 2-0
1.   Juventus   31   22   7   2   59:15   73
2.   Lazio   31   18   4   9   58:30   58
3.   AS Roma   31   15   13   3   42:23   58
4.   Napoli   31   15   8   8   53:37   53
5.   Sampdoria   31   12   14   5   38:31   50
6.   Fiorentina   30   13   10   7   43:34   49

[BonzaiJoe]

In Denmark, it's a slow football season. FC Midtjylland is 11 points ahead in 1st place. FC København is 11 points ahead in 2nd place. In the bottom, two teams seem clearly marked out for relegation. Only the race for 3rd place is fierce.

But the whole season has been eclipsed by one great story: the story of Hobro IK, a team from a small Jutland town playing in the best league for the first time ever.

Now, Hobro is not like the other teams in the Superliga. They are a team of mainly amateur players. Their budget was low even for the 2nd best league. When they took 1st place in the 2nd league, everyone thought they would lose it before the end of the season. When they managed to secure promotion, they became the "certain relegée".

Now, with just 8 matches left of the season, the league table tells a different story:



When Hobro was promoted to the Superliga, they rallied investors from local enterprises and managed to raise enough money to upgrade their stadium for the minimum requirements and to buy one high quality attacking player. They bought Quincy Antipas from Brøndby. He's still the only foreign player in their entire squad.

Now, while bigger clubs with more money spend their transfer windows buying a whole handful of foreign players and sometimes end up having no success with any of them, the story of Hobro IK is that they spend all their money to buy just one good player, and Antipas has been playing better football at Hobro than he ever did anywhere else.


It had been about a couple of years since the days when FC København played a 1-1 draw with Guardiola's FC Barcelona in the Champions' League on this stadium and the days when they defeated Manchester United and Juventus here, but still it sent shockwaves out when Hobro IK returned to Northern Jutland with a 0-3 victory.

Here's Hobro on a map. It's the 24th biggest town in Denmark, accommodating 11,736 citizens.



After a surprise win in the 1st round and a few more good results, the media began to pick up the story about the "authentic" amateur team from Hobro. They were portrayed as carrying the true spirit of football, using humility, clever tactics, dedication and a sense of community to battle all the established and commercialised teams with more money.

Still, we all had a feeling that it couldn't last. They were riding on a wave of joy and partly luck, but when season really dug in, it would be clear that they were, after all, a much weaker team, and the fairy tale would come to an end. We all thought Hobro was a nice dream. But this has not happened.
Now that the dream is not ending, we have to start thinking about it in different terms. Maybe "club spirit" and organic development can really compete with bigger wallets?


This small group of fans has had a lot to celebrate during this season and the previous.

Wth 8 matches to go and a fantastic form - having beaten Brøndby IF just this weekend - Hobro IK has a real chance of finishing third and qualifying for the Europa League playoffs. At the same time, they have sold young forward Emil Berggreen to Braunschweig in the 2nd Bundesliga, and top scorer Mads Hvilsom is rumoured to have a price tag of 7,5 million DKK (~1 million EUR). No Gareth Bale, but a lot more money than the club at the small stadium in Hobro has earned before.

Another rumour is that FIFA has heard of Hobro IK and are planning to make a documentary about them.

Next round is at home vs leading team FC Midtjylland. Even if they lose, no one is going to think the dream is ending.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

After 12 dark years, Juventus is in the Champions' League semi final! 
Monaco - Juventus 0-0, on aggregate: 0-1 

Btw forever Hobro IK!

[alanrotoi]

Tevez is in a high level right now.

[Shoegazing Leo]

There is a little problem on this bag:

[BonzaiJoe]

It's a postmodern bag.

[alanrotoi]

Jajaja

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Awful weekend. (Though Hatvan lost, too, in NB I, all teams between 3rd-6th played a draw, and Juventus still has a big advantage.)

Nyírbátor - Kazincbarcika 3-2
1. Kisvárda    23    19    2    2    78–18    60    59
  2. Putnok    23    19    2    2    55–16    39    59
  3. Hatvan    22    12    6    4    45–22    23    42
  4. Kazincbarcika    22    12    5    5    36–17    19    41
  5. Budapest Honvéd II    22    12    1    9    40–20    20    37
  6. Cigánd    23    10    6    7    33–27    6    36

Budapest Honvéd - Debrecen 1-1
1.   Videoton Székesfehérvár   25   20   4   1   60:9   64   
2.   Ferencváros Budapest   25   16   5   4   42:16   53   
3.   MTK Budapest   25   16   2   7   36:23   50   
4.   Debrecen   25   13   7   5   33:16   46   
5.   Paks   25   11   8   6   37:25   41   
6.   Kecskemét   25   10   7   8   30:29   37

Torino - Juventus 2-1
1.   Juventus   32   22   7   3   60:17   73   
2.   Lazio Roma   32   18   5   9   59:31   59   
3.   AS Roma   32   15   13   4   43:25   58   
4.   SSC Napoli   32   16   8   8   57:39   56   
5.   Sampdoria Genova   32   12   14   6   40:35   50   
6.   Fiorentina Firenze   32   13   10   9   44:38   49

[Shoegazing Leo]

Lord Bendtner

[alanrotoi]

explain?

[Shoegazing Leo]

Parody profile of danish striker Nicklas Bendtner.