From Paul:
Just to let you know it looks as if the UEFA Cup game we are doing is ....
Auxerre - Ajax Amsterdam.(one of the best teams in Holland)
Should be a good game, Ajax won the first leg 1-0 so it is well balanced..We shall be hoping they Ajax on becuse it is our 4th trip to Auxerre and although it is a pretty town (think the village in Shrek) it is totally dead. Before the game the restaurants haven't opened and by the time we leave, they have all closed - last time we survived on motorway service station sandwiches!!
There is a good wine warehouse nearby however,.....
If they go out them in the next round we could well do Zaragoza or Sevilla, (who have got work to do after losing 1-0 in Greece last week)
I should have announced it more last night, but the truth is i was so engrossed in the Madrid - Athletic game (remember i am a total Athletic fan - you may have noticed that last night....and have been for the past 12 years -) that i completely forgot until the end..
Great win for my boys and should have been more. I agree the Orbaiz 'goal' was hard to call for the referee, but we saw it from a lot further away..
Anyhow, puts the skids under Madrid, especially as Barca won, (2 Deco goals)
Next weeks La Liga game should be interesting - Valencia - Betis, who look really good on the break with Oliveira and Joaquin and could beat Valencia.
The week after there are midweek league games (March 1 and 2), don't know what we will do, but there is a Barcelona - Espanyol and a Madrid - Betis, on those days, so one of the two looks likely...my money is on Barca...
Keep the faith
PAUL