Surprises in football

Well,I guess you are right,,rikimartin4444. One thing si correct.League wont be easy for them like it was last year.Roma is even better,and there are alo Milan ,Lazio and Napoli as threats...

Some will call it surpirse,some will not ,but Astana is in Champions league.They were patient and lucky enough to eliminate APOEL.I msut mention Maksimovic,he scored a goal in 120th minute of Mondialito and gave a trophy to Serbia,now he gave a first Champions League to some club from Kazakhstan.Well done!

After Steaua Buc. lost with 0-3 against Rosenborg, what do you think they do today? Will they be a surprise today? They have the strenght to win on Rosenborg field tonight and to qualify?

After Steaua Buc. lost with 0-3 against Rosenborg, what do you think they do today? Will they be a surprise today? They have the strenght to win on Rosenborg field tonight and to qualify?

Steaua would need a tremendous amount of luck to pull it off, I don't think they are capable of doing it.

After Steaua Buc. lost with 0-3 against Rosenborg, what do you think they do today? Will they be a surprise today? They have the strenght to win on Rosenborg field tonight and to qualify?

 

Steaua would need a tremendous amount of luck to pull it off, I don't think they are capable of doing it.

I also think that, but in press they are very confident that they win tonight. In football it can happens but is hard, very very hard for Steaua.

Some will call it surpirse,some will not ,but Astana is in Champions league.They were patient and lucky enough to eliminate APOEL.I msut mention Maksimovic,he scored a goal in 120th minute of Mondialito and gave a trophy to Serbia,now he gave a first Champions League to some club from Kazakhstan.Well done!

Yes it is a surprise, why not? At first they were lucky enough even facing Apoel. But they are strong financially and will become  even better team in  future, so this participation in the league could be first of many for them

After Steaua Buc. lost with 0-3 against Rosenborg, what do you think they do today? Will they be a surprise today? They have the strenght to win on Rosenborg field tonight and to qualify?

 

Steaua would need a tremendous amount of luck to pull it off, I don't think they are capable of doing it.

NO CHANCE ;)

Despite Steaua won at Rosenborg, 0-1 wasn`t enough for a surprise qualification. As well, Astra left the competition after they lost at Alkmaar with 2-0.

I am suprised with Dinamo Minsk managed to eliminate Red Bull Salzburg.It is a proof  that in football if you heart and faith,you can beat everyone.

I am suprised with Dinamo Minsk managed to eliminate Red Bull Salzburg.It is a proof  that in football if you heart and faith,you can beat everyone.

Yes a surprise for me too.

Also the elimination of Panathinaikos from FC Qabala but not surprised by Southampton failure against Midtjylland.

Yes a surprise for me too.

Also the elimination of Panathinaikos from FC Qabala but not surprised by Southampton failure against Midtjylland.

Yeap the elimination of Panathinaikos was really unexpected here in Greece. There is a lot of mubbling for their bad perfomance and bad results at their last european matches. It is funny that their target was CL but they did not even manage to go to Europa L.

Well,it looks like teams from the Eastern Europe are investing a lot of money in footbal.It is normal to see surprises like this in that case and I think that soon these results wont be classified as surprises.

Some Eastern Europe contry like Kazahstan and Azerbaijan take some places on groupe stage this year and play better football then before, but if you see Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc, you cant see some improvement...

Well,in countries of ex Soviet Union big  money is invested in football and that mostly brings you results in few years.In Serbia and Bulgaria there is no money  for football so you cant see improvements cause there simply is no improvements.Serbian football was much better 10 years ago....

Yeah in the  Balkan area the economic problems are huge, so little money are spent for football. In Greece the latest years three of the so called big clubs went almost bankrupt and had to change football category and also Panathinaikos has major finance problems. Thankfully my team PAOK was bought 4 years ago from a Greek-Russian guy and he spends a good deal of money in the team, so we hope for a better future as a football club. :D

In Serbia most club are still on govermant ( republic or local ) control... No private owner, just one or two on some no major team like Cukaricki...

And that is the biggest problem.State is not rich,there is not money for sport,only private property of clubs can make them better.

Chelsea - Crystal Pallace 1-2

Liverpool - West Ham 0-3

in the same week on Premier League... I watch Chelsea games, and Crystal Palace did well on the field... They know what they want from this game.... Two counterattack scored on second half....

Chelsea - Crystal Pallace 1-2

Liverpool - West Ham 0-3

 

in the same week on Premier League... I watch Chelsea games, and Crystal Palace did well on the field... They know what they want from this game.... Two counterattack scored on second half....

Great surprises, both Palace goals were well made  and they will be tough opponent for every club in the Premier League this season. West Ham have made the toughest games the easier for themselves.

Palace made big surprise,West Ham also,but this things are happening regularly in Premier League.Every team can beat even the champs.

Chelsea - Crystal Palace 1-2, was certain a surprise. Even the season is at beggining, Chelsea has some difficulties, but I think they will manage this impasse and they will come at their real form. 4 points in 4 matches is not so good.

Defence of Chelsea is awful this year.They need fresh blood.I suppose they will buy 2 new players for defence.

One more today from the Premier League where Swansea defeated MU after loosing 0-1 It's a half surprise really when we know how well organized team are Swansea and the great football that they've playing in the last seasons.

Manchester United is such an unpredictable team.They go from pretty good to awfuI game.I knew it wont be easy for them today,but I did not expect from them to lose.

This Premier League season had already a few surprises. I think will see more in future. The tradition teams fluctuate and I think will see more surprises even if it is the start of season.

Manchester United is such an unpredictable team.They go from pretty good to awfuI game.I knew it wont be easy for them today,but I did not expect from them to lose.

You are right. I think they need for a good striker and Romero should be a bench player. They want to sign Martial from Monaco, I'm not sure he's the perfect choice for ManUtd.

The biggest surprise for me is Juventus. They lost both games in Seria A and they are at the bottom of the table. They need to do something in next couple days while transfer window is open.

Transfer window close this night, i think... After that only free agent/player is avaliable.....

Transfer window close this night, i think... After that only free agent/player is avaliable.....

Here are the transfer window's closing dates:

England: 1 September, at 7 p.m (CEST). (Monday is Bank Holiday in England and the transfer window has to close on a working day).

France, Germany, Spain, Russia and Netherland: 31 August at 23:59.

Italy: 31 August at 22:59.

Portugal: 22 September at 17:59.

English teams will be able to sign new players until tomorrow and Manchester United have a full wallett (cca GBP 100 million). A big name is coming to Old Trafford?

Tomorrow we will see such an interesting day in England.Premier League is the richest market,so it is expected to see some big deals.

Keylor  Navas, is expected to move to Manchester United.  Navas is not so good for Real Madrid...but is  good for Manchester United ?

  Victor Valdes (ex Barcelona) , probably staying on Manchester United. With  Anders Lindegaard on West Bromw, De Gea probably on Real Madrid ,Valdes is a good option for Luis Van Gaal.

  Angel Di Maria showed Manchester United Fan s...what they are missing ,with an excellent debut ,a sublime pass for Ezequiel Lavezzi in in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 victory over AS Monaco.

Jose Mourinho is really desperate to hunt for defensive... an unexpected offer for Papy Djilobodji value - £2.7million( move from Nantes).  Chelsea are ready to sign Papy Djilobodji on a four-year s contract.

@gameofthrone - This is not the transfers topic, please keep things on topic. Thanks.

  Angel Di Maria showed Manchester United Fan s...what they are missing ,with an excellent debut ,a sublime pass for Ezequiel Lavezzi in in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-0 victory over AS Monaco.

Maybe you think that the result of that game is surprising while you posted this here LOL

By the way I'm a MU fan and know how good Di Maria is  ;) He shows to Van Gaal not at the MU fans ;)

Di Maria is one of my favourite players.He is great player,with vision ,speed and fantastic technique.United will be sorry for allowing him to leave.

I considere as a big surprise result between Turkey and Latvia two days ago.Turkey is a lot better team,so draw was big surprise.

Big surprise was win of Turkey against Holland yesterday.Also,loss of Croatia was not expected at all...

Big surprise was win of Turkey against Holland yesterday.Also,loss of Croatia was not expected at all...

Moreover the result was 3-0 for Turkey. Holland very likely to miss the tournament now which is a big surprise really.

The biggest problem of Holland is the fact that their team is too old.Many of their important players are older then 30.They had to make a change of generation after last world cup and bring on some fresh faces.

In the past ten years or so International football has not been so cut and dry when it comes to qualification. Do not bet sports that much but would not even think about betting in such games. Even Andorra ect are scoring goals, funny old game eh !!

After Holland lost against Iceland (I saw the match) I was pretty sure that they also lose against Turkey and that was true. Maybe they need more young players at their team to make a change.

It is not big surprise,but it certainly was not expected to see Austria hammering Sweden.Harnik,Janko,Alaba and their company dominated all 90 minutes...

It is not big surprise,but it certainly was not expected to see Austria hammering Sweden.Harnik,Janko,Alaba and their company dominated all 90 minutes...

I don't know if the Austrians are so good or the Swedes are so poor but it's definitely a surprising result for me. 4-1 is impressive victory especially away from home.

It is big result especially when you know that it was much more important match for Sweden then for Austria.

Can anyone name 3 swedish players expect Ibra ? I can't. Austria is flying high during the qualification, they have made big steps forward.

For me, this result is a big surprise ( Sweden - Austria 1-4). They don`t lost at  3 goals difference playing home from 2012 when they lost 0-3 against Brasil. Austria is a good team but I don`t know what was happened with Sweden yesterday.

Austrians must be proud on themselves ,cause they have done the same thing that was done by Brazil in Sweden :)

European Championships are here again. Tomorrow I expect to see a surprise on Premier League where Everton faces Chelsea. Chelsea is in a bad form and Everton could make a surprise and beat them.

Well done on your prediction,nespiridon.Everton did not only won the match,they dominated all the time.