Heartbreak for EuroGeta: Luca Toni's 120th minute headed goal ended Getafe's dream UEFA cup run as FC Bayern München snatched a 3-3 draw and an away goals victory to reach the semi-finals.
European debutantes Getafe CF host FC Bayern München for a UEFA Cup quarter-final tie that is finely poised at 1-1 thanks to Cosmin Contra's last-minute goal in Germany. Come on EuroGeta!....
While twiddling our thumbs waiting for FC Bayern München to host rank outsiders Getafe CF in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, La Liga Review has ploughed through those incredibly detailed stat packs that UEFA hand out to the press in order to make our lives easier. Here's our Top Ten facts you had no idea you needed to know....
La Liga Review looks ahead to Getafe's UEFA Cup quarter final clash against Bayern Munich on Thursday as the Madrid club pursue their debut European dream...
Racing 1-1 Getafe (2-4 on aggregate)
Getafe have claimed a place in their second successive Copa Del Rey final after holding Racing to a 1-1 draw in the semi final second leg at El Sardinero this evening. Getafe round off a highly successful couple of weeks for the club: after beating Racing 3-1 in the first leg a fortnight ago they have gone on to win both of their intervening La Liga fixtures and have also progressed to the quarter finals of the UEFA cup at the expense of Benfica.
Racing Santander coach Marcelino believes that his side will prove the pundits wrong when they face Getafe in the Copa Del Rey semi final second leg on Wednesday.
Getafe have progressed to the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup in their debut European campaign after Albin's 77th minute strike secured a 1-0 home win for the Azulones in tonight's last 16 second leg. The Spanish club, decimated by injuries and fielding a makeshift starting line up, finished comfortably as 3-1 aggregate winners over Benfica following their 2-1 first leg victory in Portugal…
Michael Laudrup has said that, in spite of his Getafe side's 2-1 advantage over Benfica after the first leg in Lisbon, there is still a lot of hard work to do in Wednesday's 2nd leg last 16 UEFA cup clash at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in Madrid…
Getafe coach Michael Laudrup, linked with the Manager's job at Chelsea, faces a selection nightmare ahead of his side's UEFA cup 2nd leg tie against Benfica this week: with as many as nine first team players sidelined. Cata Diaz has just been diagnosed with a knee ligament injury that rules him out for five weeks, while Granero and Manu del Moral both face a further 21 days in the recovery room…
La Liga Review responds to emails asking us to assess reports that Juande Ramos has his eye on La Liga based Argentine pair Diego Milito and Daniel 'Cata' Diaz...
Getafe´s preparations for their UEFA Cup Round of 16 first leg against Benfica have been hit by a number of injuries to key members of the squad. The visiting side are undefeated in seven UEFA cup games in this, their debut, European campaign and first match against Portuguese opposition...
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Tottenham Hotspur are thought to be amongst a number of clubs interested in Esteban Granero after the midfielder's agent claimed that the London club had made contact in the Summer....
1-0 De la Red (24 mins)
1-1 Smolarek (27 mins)
2-1 Casquero (57 mins)
3-1 Manu del Moral (82 mins)
Getafe have given themselves the upper hand in this two legged tie after punishing Racing Santander’s defensive errors at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. If Racing are to reach the Copa Del Rey final for the first time in their history, then they will need to be more clinical in front of goal during the return leg than they were in this evening’s match. However, the tie is not yet decided – Getafe do not have “a foot and a half” in the final as Marca put it - and Racing have given themselves hope after scoring a vital away goal.
Following Barcelona’s1-1 draw with Valencia in the first leg semi final tie last night, it’s the turn of the less glamorous semi finalists to compete for a place in the final of Spain’s Copa Del Rey. Don’t be put off by the lack of star appeal. Getafe v Santander brings together two decent sides in a fascinating encounter that means a great deal to both clubs…
Esteban Granero may not be too well known outside of La Liga, in spite of his impressive performances for Getafe this season, but he has not gone unnoticed by Bernd Schuster. The Real Madrid coach has insisted that the young midfielder return to Real once his loan spell ends in June, and that could mean the name Granero is one that we will soon be hearing a great deal more of in the future…
Getafe, playing their first season in the UEFA Cup, host AEK Athens in Madrid this evening after earning a 1-1 draw in Greece last week. Life could have been much easier for Laudrup had Getafe not conceded a late equalizer in the first leg, but Ruben De La Reds 84th minute goal at least gives Getafe a valuable away goal...
