Palpable excitement building through this afternoon & into the
evening at TOoT Towers as the group stages of the Europa League kick-off, with
section F featuring three of the more romantic & our very favourite continental names in the form
of Saint-Etienne, Internazionale & the former Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
(preferring to remain true to the Soviet Russian styling, of course), who, in
any sane world, would constitute three of any season’s Champions’ League
semi-finalists (with Atlético Madrid completing the line-up), let alone this
particular tournament’s, impossible now though the latter is – what a shame that, through the vagaries of the draw, one of these fine clubs
must be eliminated from European competition even before the end of the year:
may the best teams win & the deserving pair subsequently prevail.
(mention should also be made, perhaps, of the other rather interesting name completing Group F, Qarabag of Azerbaijan)
(mention should also be made, perhaps, of the other rather interesting name completing Group F, Qarabag of Azerbaijan)
