http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'europe' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://greece.worldcupblog.org/friendlies/greece-italy-play-to-a-draw.html Peter Katsiris 2008-11-20 10:34:05 A defensive duel between two Mediterranean rivals played to a stalemate finale on Wednesday night, as Italy pegged back to hold Greece to a 1-1 ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/friendlies/adriatic-rivals-meet-in-piraeus.html Peter Katsiris 2008-11-19 10:14:41 Club duties will be put aside this week, as the international stage returns to the main spotlight. Some of that spotlight will be shared by ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/1/greece-slips-to-18th-in-world-rankings.html Peter Katsiris 2008-11-12 10:57:04 FIFA released its annual FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings on Wednesday, and to no surprise the Greek National Team slipped one spot to fall to eighteenth place ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/tough-day-to-be-finnish.html Chris 2008-10-16 00:40:52 How often do you see a team subjected to two own goals? Not often. The football gods can be cruel, but typically not that cruel. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/drama-in-slovakia-stanislav-sestak-is-a-one-minute-man.html Chris 2008-10-15 18:40:33 Two goals in the 85th and 86th minutes (so technically he's a one minute plus man) to take a 2-1 victory at home against Poland, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/rethinking-fifas-world-cup-qualifying-quotas.html Daryl 2008-09-19 10:06:28 Sepp Blatter's been in South Africa this week to a) check on the progress of World Cup 2010 and b) do some of his patented ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/1/shorthanded-olympiacos-overcome-nordsj%c3%a6lland.html Peter Katsiris 2008-09-17 09:10:27 Olympiacos avoided any shocks tonight in Denmark, as the Piraeus club grabbed two second half goals to take the first leg of their two legged ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/panathinaikos/inter-exit-athens-with-2-0-win.html Peter Katsiris 2008-09-16 20:33:08 Italian Champions Inter Milan dented the hopes of a positive start to the group stages for Panathinaikos, with a 2-0 win at the Olympic Stadium ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/schedule-for-world-cup-2010-qualifiers-in-september.html Daryl 2008-09-05 21:00:44 World Cup qualifying returns this weekend, on every continent. It's the big qualifying kickoff in Europe, the start of the final group stage in Asia, ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/greece-begins-road-to-south-africa.html Peter Katsiris 2008-09-05 17:40:28 Greece returns to action on Saturday, as the 'Galanoleuki' open up their World Cup Qualifying schedule with a trip to tiny Luxembourg. Last month's 'prova ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/gsl-preview-ergotelis-looks-to-stay-out-of-red-zone.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-29 11:22:53 The Greek Super League (GSL) is only a day away; and here at the Greece Blog we're counting down the days to kickoff of the ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/olympiacos-to-start-uefa-cup-run-in-denmark.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-29 08:13:08 UEFA officials conducted the draw for this year's UEFA Cup earlier today in Nyon, Monaco. Included in the draw were many quality sides, as Olympiacos ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/nine-man-aek-ousted-by-omonia.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-28 18:01:08 Misery continued for Greek clubs as AEK's 2-2 draw with AC Omonia was not enough to keep the Athenian club alive in the UEFA Cup. ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/slaven-slams-the-door-on-aris%e2%80%99-uefa-cup-run.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-28 15:53:13 NK Slaven Koprivnica ended Aris FC's European ambitions tonight in Croatia, as a 2-0 win over the Thessaloniki based club was enough to edge out ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/inter-highlights-panathinaikos%e2%80%99-champions-league-journey.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-28 13:57:53 Panathinaikos was paired with Italian Champions Inter Milan in the group stage draw for the 17th edition UEFA Champions League. As well as Inter, Germany's ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/europe/aek-look-avoid-early-european-exit.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-28 10:17:02 AEK will be keen on turning a 1-0 deficit against Omonia in order to progress to the next round of the UEFA Cup. Struggling in ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/panathinaikos-awaits-results-of-champions-league-draw.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-27 23:28:48 Panathinaikos will return to the group stage of the UEFA Champions this coming September, after defeating Sparta Prague 3-1 on aggregate to feature in the ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/champions-league-to-continue-without-greek-champions.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-27 18:40:13 Olympiacos' mainstay in the UEFA Champions League is officially over after beating Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0, but ultimately falling 3-1 on aggregate to the Cypriot Champions. ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/eleventh-hour-for-olympiacos.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-27 11:09:52 Olympiacos faces an early exit from the UEFA Champions League tonight (21:45 GR, NET), with only ninety minutes left for the Greek Champions to turn ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/1/souza-seals-group-stage-berth-for-panathinaikos.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-27 09:43:38 Summer signing Rodrigo Souza was the lone scorer in Panathinaikos' 1-0 win over Sparta Prague tonight in Athens. Leaving it late, Panathinaikos won the game ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/panathinaikos/panathinaikos-on-the-verge-of-group-stage-return.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-26 10:57:07 Panathinaikos face their final qualifying test tonight at OAKA, as Czech club Sparta Prague pays a visit to the Greek capital. Holding a 2-1 aggregate ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/greece-resumes-u-21-campaign-against-albania.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-19 15:58:27 Greece’s U-21 squad continues its quest for a spot in the playoffs with a match against Albania on Wednesday. A match that was originally postponed ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/friendlies/ninis-returns-to-greek-national-team.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-15 16:09:58 Otto Rehhagel has made his final call-ups ahead of his side's international friendly against Slovakia on August 20th. Visiting the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, the friendly ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/aris-grabs-lead-against-slaven-in-greece.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-15 13:51:32 Aris have a slim edge ahead of their return leg with NK Slaven Koprivnica, after defeating their Croatian opponents 1-0 in Thessaloniki. A goal from ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/aek-looks-to-avoid-catastrophe-in-cyprus.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-14 11:36:19 A day after their Super League counterparts, Olympiacos, fell to Cypriot champions Anorthosis Famagusta in Cyprus, AEK travels to the island's capital to lock horns ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/aris-opens-uefa-cup-run-in-thessaloniki.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-14 11:01:15 Aris will look to kick-off their UEFA Cup campaign with a good showing against Croatia side NK Slaven Koprivnica at the Kleanthis Vikealidis stadium in ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/panathinaikos/panathinaikos-grabs-advantage-in-prague.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-13 22:03:48 Panathinaikos took a big step towards qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a gritty 2-1 win over Sparta Prague in the Czech ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/olympiacos-set-for-anorthosis-rematch.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-13 11:58:30 Olympiacos is set make its season debut in Europe for the 2008/2009 season, with a good result in Cyprus being the objective — the only ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/1/champions-league-lineup-confirmed.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-07 21:16:17 The lineup of matches for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League was confirmed last night, with 14 clubs from all around Europe ... http://greece.worldcupblog.org/greece/panathinaikos-set-for-dinamo-return.html Peter Katsiris 2008-08-05 12:18:02 Panahtiniakos travel to Georgia for the return leg in their 2nd Qualifying Round tie against Dinamo Tbilisi. The match is set for Wednesday evening but ...