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Things are starting to become verrryyyy interesting before we hit the group stages, what with all the transfers, done, pending or otherwise. Some rumours will turn out to be wrong, some transfers will not come off at all. And some of the newly transferred players are already playing for their new teams, i.e. Javier Pastore with PSG, but some are yet to be unveiled by their new clubs, i.e. Radamel Falcao with Atletico Madrid.

However, here are some extremely interesting photos from the last couple of rounds of the qualifiers.

Athletic Bilbao vs Trabzonspor - by all means, pull on Fernando Llorente's shirt, thus exposing some of his flesh. We truly don't mind.


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More from that match (and I'll name the Athletic players - I still can't believe I met them last December)

Ander Iturraspe


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Llorente reacts to a missed shot.

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Trabzonspor seems to have him quadruple-teamed.

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Oscar de Marcos vs Altintop

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Markel Susaeta is bowled over.

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Carlos Gurpegi looks a bit frustrated.

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Iker Muniain runs with the ball.

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And one of my faves (still can't believe he put his arm around me) - Fernando Amorebieta.

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This match ended in a 0-0 tie.

*sigh*

Okay, my favourite English team, Tottenham Hotspur, annihilated Hearts of Scotland 5-0.

Roma Pavlyuchenko!

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Niko Kranjcar!

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Michael Dawson and Tom Huddlestone

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Tommeeeee

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Gareth Bale

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Kyle Walker

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The boys did good

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Atletico Madrid (without Falcao) overcame a team interestingly called Godset

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The anticipation of Diego Forlan playing with Falcao is making my mouth water

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Atleti also signed Adrian Lopez (on the left)

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Of all the unfortunate matchups, Sevilla FC had to draw Hannover96 of the Bundesliga! They are one of the top teams in Germany. I like both of these teams a lot, so it's painful.

Some Sevilla players wait in the airport.


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Fredy Kanoute

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Jesus Navas

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Karim Haggui vs Alvaro Negredo

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New signing for Sevilla - Piotr Trochowski

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He and Christian Pander know each other

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Oooo...Pogatetz vs Fazio...neither of these big, strong defenders is gonna back down.

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Okay, now for PSG (Paris St. Germain) and Javier Pastore

PSG was playing an interestingly-named team called Differdange


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Sporting Lisbon's handsome coach Domingos Pacienca. Sporting is awaiting the arrival of the fabulous Santiago Arias who just finished playing in the U-20 World Cup with Colombia.

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This is Joao Pereira.

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And Mati Fernandez.

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Okay, now some random teams...I didn't get too many photos from each of these games.

This is AS Roma vs Bratislava. Roma has hired lots of interesting new players...like Bojan here, from Barcelona and goalkeeper Martin Stekelenberg from Ajax, as well as Gabriel Heinze from Marseille. I can't wait for Erik Lamela to get there, and now I understand that Pablo Osvaldo may be headed to Roma instead of Atletico Madrid.

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SS Lazio - Stephane Mauri hugs Miroslav Klose, whom Lazio hired from Bayern Munich. And rumour has it that Mauro Zarate might be headed out of Lazio, possibly to Spurs, who are looking to sign another striker.

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And a very interesting English team - Stoke City. Here, Jonathan Walters with bandaged head is having his shirt pulled by a player from Thun.

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That's all. Those were my best pics.

Date: 2011-08-20 02:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aglaiya.livejournal.com
I cannot remember Hannover was a good team before the last season....

Congrats to Tottenham!

Date: 2011-08-21 11:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] just-jenni.livejournal.com
Spurs ALWAYS worry me. So many injuries...transfer rumours...aaaggghhh! But then they seem to be able to pull off a victory like this with the squad they've got and it renews my faith in them! :)

Date: 2011-08-21 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aglaiya.livejournal.com
It's good to believe in YOUR team!

Date: 2011-08-20 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildmopdogs.livejournal.com
"Oscar de Marcos vs Altintop"
Altintop?? Is that where he is? (Halil, I assume? I also assume Hamit is still in RM..)

yay Pavlyuchenko! (did he play?)

Re: Hannover - Pander got to play the last 10 mins! 0.0 omg so happy for him! :D
omg you have a pic of him! *saves* :D
It feels so weird to see him in another color

Date: 2011-08-21 11:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] just-jenni.livejournal.com
Yes, Halil! It's strange, isn't it? Not that long ago both Altintop boys were playing in Germany, and now they've both moved on. :/

Yes! Roma Pavlyuchenko played and scored! :D

Awww...Pander. There are lots of weird changes this season in the Bundesliga. But it's no less interesting and the boys are giving us lots of fantastic photo ops! XD

Date: 2011-08-20 04:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quabazaa.livejournal.com
Yes this transfer season has been crazy!! Still waiting for the dust to settle, hehe!

Beautiful photos :) It is just insane to see players you've met on the world stage, I can't get over seeing them on tv and remembering the convos and interactions I had with them! It makes football even more fun :)

Date: 2011-08-21 12:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] just-jenni.livejournal.com
It does make such a difference! :)

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