“τετέλεσται”, Jesus cries on the cross in the Gospel of John. “It is finished.” That great cosmic drama, the endpoint of a divine plan an eternity in the making, ended on a Judean hillside almost 2,000 years ago, and tonight marks the culmination of the similarly divine inaugural Europa Conference League group stage. Thirty-two teams… Continue reading Europa Conference League: Gameweek 6 Preview
Category: Group Stage
Europa Conference League: Gameweek 4 Preview
We’re heading towards crunch time in the Europa Conference League, as the groups begin to take their final shapes and a range of teams big and small stare down the barrel of elimination. With three different bands of kickoffs, the afternoon and evening are chock-full of action from Europe’s most thrilling continental competition. Early Kickoffs… Continue reading Europa Conference League: Gameweek 4 Preview
Europa Conference League: Gameweek 3 Review
Gameweek 3 of the Europa Conference League saw twists and turns aplenty, setting up a range of intriguing possibilities as the group stage hit the halfway mark. Group AGroup A is now sadly a settled affair. Only four points separate HJK in third place from LASK in second, but the ten-goal gap in goal difference… Continue reading Europa Conference League: Gameweek 3 Review
Europa Conference League: Gameweek 3 Preview
Gameweek 3 sees many of the Conference League’s heavyweights go head-to-head for the first time. Split between early and late kickoffs, the fixture-list promises lots of excitement – here’s my assessment of what the week has to offer. (I will be sparing in my coverage of teams from the “big five” leagues, since they are… Continue reading Europa Conference League: Gameweek 3 Preview