EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS

Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have made it to the final. Both teams are favourites of mine in La Liga, although Atletico Madrid is my #1 favourite. I'm too superstitious to say that I want my team to win the trophy (again) this year, having won it two years ago when Kun Aguero and Diego Forlan were with the club. Last year Falcao won the Europa with FC Porto, and was the leading goalscorer in the competition. This year he is with Atleti, and is the leading goalscorer in the competition again! How awesome is that? I love Falcao. I've been following his career since he was at River Plate in Argentina. Like Leo Messi, Falcao never played for a club in his home country (Colombia), moving to Argentina in 2001 when he was 15, to join River Plate. He was there for 8 years before moving to FC Porto in 2009 and becoming a great success in Europe.

Okay, enough reminiscing, and on to the photos from yesterday's matches:

Valencia vs Atletico Madrid:



Athletic Bilbao vs Sporting Lisbon:



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