Can all the other FSU countries get by in their own forum without being subsidised by posts from their big Slavic former overlords? Only time will tell. Anyway, here's what we're looking at in the Champions League: Dinamo Minsk v FC Anorthosis (Cyp) Lev. Tallinn v Dinamo Tbilisi Kairat v Artmedia (Slk) Neftchi v Hafnarfjordur (Ice) Rabotnicki (Mac) v Skonto Sliema (Mal) v Sheriff HB (Far) v Kaunas Haka (Fin) v Pyunik
Well we'll certainly work on it, J-O. What would you suggest?? Do you want a FSU Central Asian forum/Caucasus nations forum/Moldova etc.?? Please specify what u mean. To be honest, the traffic for C-Asia would be a hard sell to the adminds here, but I'm open to any suggestions that you may have.
Actually it kind of parallels real life. Russian and Ukrainian nationalism have left the Central Asian countries with a kind of independence thrust upon them that they never requested! Maybe a revival of pan-Turkism could work towards a Greater Turkestan board, where we could discuss everything from Galatasaray to Dinamo Samarkand to Rubin Kazan! Seriously though, I really have no suggestions or any particular preferences. As it is, this would be a fun forum were it to get any traffic. And it's already all set up, so may as well give it a go.
Qualifying Round 1 results - 1st leg: Kairat Almaty [KAZ] 2-0 Artmedia Petržalka [SVK] [Fomenko 40, Likhobabenko 70] Neftchi Baku [AZE] 2-0 Hafnarfjordur [ISL] [Mammadov 20, Mishura 90] Levadia Tallinn [EST] 1-0 Dinamo Tbilisi [GEO] [Nahk 45 (pen)] Dinamo Minsk [BLR] 1-1 Anorthosis [CYP] [Liantsevich 56; Frusos 45] Rabotnicki Skopje [MAC] 6-0 Skonto Riga [LAT] [Kralevski 29, Ignatov 55 (pen), Nuhiji 63, 87, Maznov 70, 77] Sliema Wanderers [MLT] 1-4 Sheriff Tiraspol [MLD] [Bogdanovic 74; Epureanu 20, Kuchuk 23, 62, Florescu 51] FC Haka [FIN] 1-0 Pyunik Yerevan [ARM] [Pasoja 25] Other: Dudelange [LUX] 0-1 Zrinjski [BIH] [Maric 23]
Qualifying Round 1 results - 1st leg cont...: HB Torshavn [FSI] 2-4 Kaunas [LIT] [Thorsteinsson 29, Jespersen 47; Velicka 2, 25, Klimek 35, Zelmikas 48] Other: NK Gorica [SLO] 2-0 SK Tirana [ALB] [Kovacevic 65, Birsa 81] Glentoran [NIR] 1-2 Shelbourne [IRE] [Ward 78; Byrne 55, 64 (pen)]
Skonto got what they deserved, but not to worry, they will have a better second leg and progress to the next round.
Dinamo Tb (Georgia) 2 : 0 Levadia T (Estonia) [Melkadze 45,Orbeldaze 50] Kaunas (Lithuania) 4 : 0 HB Torshavn (Faroe Islandes) [Velicka 44,Rimkiavicius 64,81,Zelmikas 90]
Well their finishing against TNS left a lot to be desired... And TNS are Totally Nonsensical Shite. I wish Barry Town were back to their former selves, South Wales needs some Champions League Football.... and Port Talbot are just crap.
That's why. Mind you, I think they are the only full-time squad in the League of Wales now. I could be wrong, I think Rhyl might be as well...
Qualifying Round 1 results - 2nd leg: Dinamo Tbilisi [GEO] (0) 2-0 (1) Levadia Tallinn [EST] [Melkadze 44, Orbeladze 49] [Sent off = Odikadze 65 (D)] * Dinamo Tbilisi [GEO] win 2-1 on agg. Kaunas [LIT] (4) 4-0 (2) HB Torshavn [FSI] [Velicka 44, Rimkevicius 64, 81, Zelmikas 90] * Kaunas [LIT] win 8-2 on agg. Pyunik Yerevan [ARM] (0) 2-2 (1) FC Haka [FIN] [Pachayan 3, Diawara 30; Mattila 38, Fowler 63] * FC Haka [FIN] win 3-2 on agg. Skonto Riga [LAT] (0) 1-0 (6) Rabotnicki Skopje [MAC] [Pereplyotkin 90] * Rabotnicki Skopje [MAC] win 6-1 on agg. Anorthosis [CYP] (1) 1-0 (1) Dinamo Minsk [BLR] [Samaras 71] Anorthosis [CYP] win 2-1 on agg. Sheriff Tiraspol [MLD] (4) 2-0 (1) Sliema Wanderers [MLT] [Derme 78, Cocis 83] * Sheriff Tiraspol [MLD] win 6-1 on agg. Artmedia Petrzalka [SVK] (0) 4-1 (2) Kairat Almaty [KAZ] (aet) [Borbely 21, Tchur 52, Kozak 94 (pen), Stano 120; Bogomolov 91] * Artmedia Petrzalka [SVK] win 4-3 on agg. Hafnarfjordur [ISL] (0) 1-2 (2) Neftchi Baku [AZE] [Borgvardt 60; Mammadov 51, Nabijev 80] * Neftchi Baku [AZE] win 4-1 on agg. Others: TNS [WAL] (0) 0-3 (3) Liverpool [ENG] [Cisse 26, Gerrard 85, 86] * Liverpool [ENG] win 6-0 on agg. Zrinjski [BIH](1) 0-4 (0) Dudelange [LUX] (aet) [Gruszczynski 90, 105, Gregorio 97, Hug 113] * Dudelange [LUX] win 4-1 on agg. Shelbourne [IRE] (2) 4-1 (1) Glentoran [NIR] [Heary 13, Byrne 32, 71, Crowe 58; McCann 20] [Sent off = Leeman (G) 30] * Shelbourne [IRE] win 6-2 on agg. SK Tirana [ALB] (0) 3-0 (2) NK Gorica [SLO] [Rraklli 37, Mukaj 40, Salihi 44] * SK Tirana [ALB] win 3-2 on agg.
2nd Round Draw (revised): Artmedia Petrzalka [SVK] v Celtic [SCO] Rabotnicki Skopje [MAC] v Lokomotiv Moskva [RUS] Kaunas [LIT] v Liverpool [ENG] Shelbourne [IRE] v Steaua Bucharest [ROM] Dinamo Tbilisi [GEO] v Brondby [DEN] Partizan Belgrade [SGC] v Sheriff Tiraspol [MLD] Debrecen [HUN] v Hadjuk Split [CRO] SK Tirana [ALB] v CSKA Sofia [BUL] Anderlecht [BEL] v Neftchi Baku [AZE] Valerenga [NOR] v FC Haka [FIN] Dudelange [LUX] v Rapid Vienna [AUT] Dynamo Kyiv [UKR] v TC Thun [SUI] Malmo [SWE] v Maccabi Haifi [ISR] Anorthosis [CYP] v Trabzonspor [TUR]