European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[Orion1871]

Barcelona charged with fraud in the Negreira case.

[Stranded]

Barcelona charged with fraud in the Negreira case.

I assume if found guilty that absolutely nothing will happen to them.

[Winston Biscuit]

Harry Kane is 50% of the way to equaling his best ever goalscoring season with Bayern, and its still October.

[Stranded]

Harry Kane is 50% of the way to equaling his best ever goalscoring season with Bayern, and its still October.

Bayern are so much better than everyone this season, that whilst it is incredibly unlikely, I am half tempted to stick some money on them having a 100% record at the end of the season.

[Winston Biscuit]

Palemeiras come back from a 3-0 defeat in the first leg to win 4-0 in the 2nd leg against LDU Quito in the Copa Libertadores semi finals

They play Flamengo in the final. The 2 of them are 1st and 2nd in Brazilian Serie A right now.

It means Brazils recent dominance of South American football continues with a guaranteed Brazilian Copa Libertadores champion for the 7th year in a row, and 5 of those finals have been all Brazilain affairs.

Final is in Lima at the end of November

[Winston Biscuit]

If you are looking for people you may know that are in the final

Flamengo:
Jorginho (Arsenal, Chelsea)
Emerson Royal (Spurs)
Alex Sandro (Juventus)
Matias Vina (Bournemouth)
Danilo (Man City, Real Madrid, Juventus)
Saul Niguez (Ateltico, Chelsea)
Guillermo Varela (Man Utd)

Palemeiras:
Jefté (Rangers)
Felipe Anderson (West Ham, Lazio)
Andreas Pereira (Man Utd, Fulham)
Ramon Sosa (Forest)

Flamengo manager is former Atletico Madrid (and briefly Chelsea) midfielder Felipe Luis in his first managerial job