The annual Franco-Allemande/Deutsch-Französische Club Contest (AKA UEFA WCL 2012/2013)

I have been to the Bridge twice recently the first picture is the West Upper ie the stand above the seats on sale atm




The second one is the East Lower

 

^^^
Cool. But the East upper has the better view, right?

 

I prefer the East Upper but the view is very similar to West Upper. As you can see in the lower tier you are very close to the pitch. hence my disagreement with buying a ticket in the lower tier. I just need to wait until OL qualifies and then I will buy a ticket with the OL fans as I used to be an OL Ang'elles member.

 

I want to see what Platini's nutty behind does with the men's tickets before committing to London. Last year's prices for Munich were insane. I can only imagine what UEFA is going to demand for this year's Final.

 

100-150 £ cheapest is my bet...

 

I'd recommend booking a hotel with a generous cancellation policy as soon as possible too: in Munich last year, my single room tripled in price from the women's final to the men's.

 

Madness!

Here's a chart of last year's prices. I wanted to apply for a Cat 2 ticket but I couldn't justify paying that price at the time, so I just watched on TV.

 

Good call. I'm scoping out options now.

 

Wednesday is Champions League. The quartefinals are being played this and next week.

http://www.womensoccer.de/2013/03/18/wolfsburg-gegen-rossiyanka-in-der-vfl-arena/

Because of the cold weather Wolfsburg will be playing Rossiyanka in the vfl arena where the mens Bundesliga team plays, since they have " Rasenheizung ". Eurosport will show the game live at 18 uhr ( 6 p.m. local time ). If you would rather catch Lyon vs Malmö you can do so at the same time on Eurosport 2.
Streams should be available

First Leg

Wednesday,20.3.13

15.00 Uhr: Arsenal LFC – ASD Torres Calcio
18.00 Uhr: VfL Wolfsburg – WFC Rossiyanka (live auf Eurosport)
18.00 Uhr: Olympique Lyonnais – LdB Malmö (live auf Eurosport 2)
20.00 Uhr: Juvisy FCF – Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

Return Leg

Wednesday, 27.3.13

14.30 Uhr: ASD Torres Calcio – Arsenal LFC
19.15 Uhr: Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC – Juvisy FCF

Thursday, 28.3.13

16.30 Uhr: WFC Rossiyanka – VfL Wolfsburg (live auf Eurosport)
19.15 Uhr: LdB Malmö – Olympique Lyonnais

 

My goodness but the Wolfburg website is scary – I went there innocently enough to check out certain rumors I'd heard about who might or might not be playing tomorrow, and the first thing the place did was offer to sell me a Conny Pohlers jersey. !! (And once that webshop gets ahold of your browser window it does not let go, let me tell ya. They're having a sale, and they have some nice looking t-shirts and kitted-out garden gnomes, and on special offer just now you can get a VfL-imprinted Easter egg free with your purchase of at least 9.95€ or more, but sadly, I could no longer find that toaster that would imprint the club logo onto your previously unbranded slice of bread.)

Where was I? Oh yes, tomorrow's game. Well, I don't suppose Rossiyanka should be much of a problem, no matter who is or is not playing (UEFA's preview of the match, interview with Nadine Kessler). Sadly, I suppose I can say the same thing for the Lyon-LdB match (UEFA's preview, interview with Camille Abily, who's trying hard to sound worried) – unless Mittag finds her feet, and right quick...

 

Halftime in Wolfsburg, where they're playing on the big boy's field due to to bad field conditions at the usual venue. It's snowing like crazy there; even the Swedish commentator sounds a little impressed.

I'm slightly partial to Martina Müller. But I can't decide whether that was a good goal or not. She almost should have been embarrassed to score it. The four Rossiyanka players who were within camera shot during the whole thing... well. Since it's a Russian team I suppose it would be tasteless to suggest that they be first up against the wall when the revolution comes.

Second half now. Pohlers in, and to show their feelings about that, Wolfsburg immediately scores an own goal. The snow is now accumlating on the heated pitch, and they've brought out the orange ball. The Russians, playing with 10, should feel right at home amidst the snow and persecution.

 

Champions League Results First Leg:

Arsenal 3-1 Torres
Wolfsburg 2-1 Rossiyanka
Lyon 5-0 Malmö
Juvisy 1-0 Göteborg

Since i only watched the Wolfsburg game, i can say that they where so dominant they should have scored a couple more goals.well at least they scored all the goals in the match
Kessler will be back next week.

 

I only watched the highlights of OL-Malmö, and it seems to me that, until OL will find so poor opposition (especially in defense) there is no hope that any club can stop their dominance in Europe; at least two goals out of five looked like pure gifts of a defense-line that was slow, technically subpar and overall inadequate. How many clubs there are in Europe that can play vs OL on a parity level? I guess that the title of this thread is quite fitting: I can only imagine some German club giving them some kind of an headache (but not so much in last season, when both Potsdam and Frankfurt lost in a quite undisputable way; the only club in the world that was close to beating OL during last season was INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Mobcast Cup. But at least 95% of the teams that OL play against don't actualy have a shot at beating them, by far...)

Since I know nothing aboutf the other matches, can I know who scored for Torres? Was it Patrizia Panico?
Apart from OL, all the other matches seem still quite open, at least on paper. Even the Arsenal could be upset with Torres winning 2-0 home (it's anyway in the realm of possibility).

 

One of my favourite Swiss internationals, Sandy Maendly.

 

A well worked goal by Torres, the goals are on video here but might be geoblocked unfortunately. Freezing cold as usual in England, Kelly Smith injured early in the game as well. I watched the end of the Lyon game and only Ramona seem to threaten for Malmo ? As for Juvisy a penalty missed by Thiney might be costly in the end.

 

Hoping to see an Arsenal vs Lyon final personally.

 

Who is Arsenal's coach, after Laura harvey went to Seattle Reign? Sorry, I am never very updated with not-Nadeshiko football...

 

Does it matter...? By the time you get to know who she is, she'll just be the next Arsenal affiliated name to jump ship chasing the American dream....

Seriously, I'm just surprised half the team is still there with all that's happening across the Atlantic. (which is why I'm actually tipping them to reach the women's UCL final again this year... )

Oh, and for the folks who want to get pedantic about my dismissive answer to blissett's question...http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/coaching-staff/shelley-kerr

 

There's not enough custard around these parts any more.

 

Unfortunately not this year we will play Rossiyanka/Wolfsburg but I might come to Lyon for a league game.