Posts Tagged: Champions League

Qualifying for Champions League Proper: Arena Filip II

Corner taken by APOEL

A blog as @MossInBerlin travels through eastern Europe to the early qualification games to the World’s biggest club competition: The Champions League (proper). Fresh from the adventure in Zagreb, we scoured the UEFA competitions fixture lists again, looking at our planned travel route, to find a suitable fixture. A tasty little 2nd Leg of the Second Round of Qualification between FK Vardar and APOEL Nicosia in Skopje fitted suitably and didn’t require a change to our travel plans, or a 400 km diversion like the Zagreb trip. The game was delicately balanced after the first leg resulted in a 0-0 draw,… Read more »

Qualifying for Champions League Proper: Stadion Maksimir

Outside Stadion Maksimir

A blog as @MossInBerlin travels through eastern Europe to the early qualification games to the World’s biggest club competition: The Champions League (proper). I have a particular thirst for football and traveling throughout eastern European, and having already combined the two for Euro 2012 and Manchester United’s 2008 Champions League success, another adventure was required. I had a large swathe of south eastern Europe yet to be trodden by my feet, and the timing could coincide with the qualification rounds for the Europa League and Champions League, where a plethora of teams battle it out for the prestige, honour, and of… Read more »