Sochaux - Bordeaux 2-3

Sochaux fullstandigt utspelade i forsta halvlek, kannde knappt pa bollen. Bordeaux leder 2-0 efter 45 min.

Charlie kom pa i paus. Helt annan matchbild i andra. Sochaux har bra med chanser och i 61 min gor Charlie mal, vander och skjuter snyggt.

I 81a gor Bordeaux 3-1 pa horna. Mycket snyggt.

Charlie ocksa mycket nara att snacka sig till ett gult kort, blir tillslut bara en tillsagelse.

Pa overtid lyckas Sochaux pa nat satt gora ett mal till, Charlie far det officielt men riktig skitmal, svart att se vem som gjorde det.

Kanns for javligt trist att bajen 'skankt' bort Charlie for 1.5M Eur. Han skulle ha behovts idag mot Elfsborg. Efter vad jag sag idag ar det nog ratt stor chans att Charlie ar Sochaux basta spelare innan sasongen ar slut. Vardet pa honom borde da vara minst 7M.

Flaggviftare och nagra Burberry kepsar. Utsjungna av 300 Bordeaux supportrar i borta sektionen. Pinsamt.

Sochaux varmer upp. Charlie ger tummen upp till bajen flaggan. Borjar pa banken.

Har ni sett en san har forrut era j-lar?

Luzern - Xamax

Hakan Yakin lagger horna. 2-1.

Yankees - Red Socks

Den har tog inte slut forran kvart i ett. 15 innings utan poang. Tog en A-Rod homerun for att fa slut pa elandet. Det varsta var att dom slutade salja bira i 7e.

Basel - Luzern

Basel ar en mycket trevlig bortamatch. Fin stadion och kort resa. 1-1

Bajen - Orgryte

Kanns som det har maste vara sasongens absoluta lagpunkt. Kul att ha varit med om det...

Change of URL

This is probably the last post here for a while. I have set up a new FC Luzern blog at

Just cant Beat that dot com

This mostly since I don't go to nearly enough Hammarby games to have a real story to tell.

Forza Bajen!

Barcelona wins Long-ears Cup

Or does it look more like Bent-spoons-stuck-to-a-tin-Cup? Surprising lack of creativity and spirit from Manchester. Barcelona cruising keeping the ball for long spells but very few chances.

Sad to see the game played in the Rome athletics stadium, even if you put plastic turf on the tracks they still suck. At least Silvio looked happy kissing Ronaldo, maybe AC next for him?

Also, Platini looks like he lives in a restaurant. He has definetely been enjoing a few meals and some red sauce with them.

rc strasbourg - reims

Ligue 2. Strasbourg won 3-2 in a good game, at least as good as Freiburg and better than most Swiss first division game I have seen. Stadium was probably 3/4 full, a little bit disappointing as Strasbourg could have been promoted had the other results gone their way.

One big downside of french football is the catering in general and the drinks in particular. Who in their right mind thinks an alcohol 'free' Amstel is worth 3 Euros?

The 'ultras' of strasbourg sits in in one corner behind a goal and they kept on during the whole game, though the rest of the stadium would only join in when they were winning. There were also maybe about 50 fred perry and burberry hooligan types behind one goal, making abig point of not chanting it seemed. They looked pretty uninterested in the game and more keen to look like they were dangerous and liked ot push each other around. Next to them a couple of old types in their 50's that seemed to be in control, kept saying it 'ca va chauffee ce soir'. The police were standing by outside. Very sad. I have no idea if it did, left straight after the game.

Swiss Hooligans

Continued denial about the hooligan problem in CH. From what I saw on tv and have read in the press there police presence inside the stadium was nonexistent.

Players were interviewed on TV while there were clear signs of trouble behind them and this was just ignored.

http://www.20min.ch/ro/sports/football/story/Des-emeutes-font-15-blesses-apres-Zurich-B-le-19750498

On the good news side, Hammarby beat Malmo 1-0 at home and have now moved above the relegation spots. Something tells me we may not stay there...

sc freiburg - guenther furth

2. bundesliga

basel - fcl 2-0

welcome to basel

riot police ready to do their job. is that shovel for snow or people?

Smile, youre on camera.

I guess this guy is a spotter. Basel had very heavy policing - could be the outcome of what happened in the Sion game or maybe they just bought some policeman's toys and wanted to try them out.

sverige-usa hokki vm

forsta gangen jag nansin ser tre kronor. har ingen aning om vem som spelar. dessutom en meningslos grupp match. iallafall finns det staplats som ar otroligt brant utan skydd. klar majoritet av schweizarna verkar halla pa sverige. cheerleaders. dessutom verkar det som om hockey forbundet andrat reglerna under pagaende turnering for att undvika att tyskarna, som ar pa vag att aka ur inte gor det eftersom att dom arrangerar nasta ar. World Wrestling Federation.

Auswärtssieg!

Lucerne leaves the 'rote Lanterne' in Vaduz after a first(!) away win of the season. I had to miss this game (and the Hammarby - dif/ ifk double that was planned) due to a work trip.

austrian second division

What kind of entertainment could possible beat a friday night game in the Austrian Second division? Wacker Innsbruck, playing infront of 3700 in a stadion for 30000 beat FC Pax Gratkorn 4-1.

Austrian football is something else, just look at what happened in Salzburg when Red Bull bought the local team as if it was a MLS franchise. Austrian League officials didnt mind. Lennart Johansson would be proud. When will they abolish releagtion? Time out, anyone?

Swiss Cup Semifinal

Great atmosphere tonight. Going to football a warm spring evening feels like the reward for freezing at various stadiums through winter. Entertaining game where Sion dominated slightly and scored a fantastic goal in 85 minute. Luzern fought back bravely and scored the equaliser in probably 95th minute, incredible scenes in the staduim ensued. Extratime was goal less so it had to be settled through the dreaded penalty shootout. Luzern choked big time and Sion went through. This is when the mayhem started...

watercannons

swiss riot

after the game, outside the stadium swiss riot police fights back
the sion fans with watercannon, this lasts at least 15 minutes. some luzern hotheads tries to get into it as well but from what I saw the fight was between sion fnas and riot police with shields and batons.

Pitch invation Luzern

FCL - Sion Hooligans

Sion beat Luzern on penalties in swiss cup semi. After the game about 50 Sion fans invades the pitch with flags and approaches the Luzern fans. After about 5 minutes of provocation, with no action from police or stewards the Luzern fans finally enters the pitch and chases the sion guys back towards their end. The fighting lasts for maybe five minutes, from what I saw no one was seriously injured, though some were clearly hurt. Disgraceful, i thought this type of hooliganism ended in the 90's but obviously not in Switzerland. Can only hope they identifies the hooligans, most had no cover over their face and TV was every where as the game was on live.

day trip to leitzigrund

gc and yb played an entertaining 3-3 draw with six good goals

lozarn - vaduz 3-1

great victory for luzern. scored
the third in an empty goal after vaduz keeper went to other end of
pitch. playing vaduz is a rare international game in a domestic
league. also surprising that ref lets game play on after linesman has
recieved at least ten plastic cups of beer in the back. in anycase
luzern is back, only a point after vaduz. monday is cup semi at home
looks like it will be sold out.

luzern finally holds on to a lead

and beats bellinzona. may still have a chance to stay up!

hapoel tel aviv - bnei sakhnin

This was an interesting game. Very strong wind and heavy rain. The pitch looked fantastic. Stadium maybe a quarter full and only one stand had a roof. No beer for sale, tea and pretzel had to do. Hapoel had very nice short passing play, especially in the first half hour. Hapoel got a penalty after a beautiful and expressive dive (I was impressed with the extremely high quality dives throughout the game). Their goalkeeper went up and smashed the penalty into the net.

Rain got worse in the second half and so did the quality of the game. Bnei Sakhnin comes from an arab village and has a mixed team which is nice. The game ended 1-0 with Hapoel pressing for a second after the Bnei Sakhnin goalkeeper was sent off after handling the ball outside the area. In all a friendly atmosphere in a ground not far from the sea, this would be great on a sunny day.

taxi driver has a gun...

he also had a deep purple cd he plays on full volume the whole way from the airport to the hotel.

cant complain like the dude though, telling the driver what he thinks about the f-in eagles. would risk entering a world of pain

inter - manchester united

san siro by night

grasshopper club zurich

the ground is almost empty with 4100 spectators. athletics track
around the pitch makes it even worse. the only good thing was that
roland linz (on loan from braga) didnt score.

how depressing it would be to watch grasshoppers in this ground every
week.

away train

today is away day for fc luzern. in typically efficient swiss fashion
sbb has scheduled a train. needless to say it left on time.

Bajen Fans Hockey

In a fantastic triumph of idealism and common sense the bankrupt Hammarby Icehockey team has risen from the ashes. It was not done by administrators taking over after bankruptcy but by the fans themselves.

Rather than trying to salvage the bankrupt club the fans decided to start afresh. This meant playing in a local league (4th division, Western Stockholm, in reality 7th division). It was said it couldn't be done, even the management of the failed team were sceptic.

Now, with only one game left to play, a team comprising of ex-Hammarby players as well as fans who were more used to the terraces than the rinks has secured promotion to 3rd division.

Hopefully this is only the start, we will finally have a team that is run within it economical limits, and always mindful that its existence is only due to its supporters.

AFC Wimbledon , Austria Saltzburg, FC United of Manchester has been joined by Bajen Fans Hockey.

bajen mot kadetten

Jag satt just och funderade pa hur den har bloggen skulle kunna handla mer om bajen nar jag sag det har. BAJEN VAR I SCHWEIZ IDAG. Visserligen handboll men anda. Hade jag vetat om det hade det lungt blivit en tur till schaffhausen. Varfor sa ingen nagot? Kanns riktigt surt, inte sa mycket forlusten men en missad chans att ta pa sig en randig troja. Kanske nan kan bygga nan slags mashup med alla bajen sektioners spelschema och google maps, sa att man kan fa en alert om nagot hander inom nagra hundra kilometer?

http://www.bielertagblatt.ch/News/Sport/134187

young boys of bern in luzern

Idag fick jag lite motvilligt stalla mig pa borta 'laktarn' eftersom en kompis med YB sympatier skulle ga med pa matchen. Jag fick intala mig att jag inte stod bland hundratals gnagare med sprak problem utan att detta var schweizare som gillade bajens tiger randiga alternativ.

Det kanns lite sa dar att hora hundratals grabbar/gubbar ropa efter unga pojkar. Kanske det ar gardare i alla fall? Skulle kunna tro at runt 500 gul svarta var dar. Dom verkade mest intresserade att vifta med flaggor, det var mycket tyst tillochmed efter att dom fick straff och lite senare slog in 2-3 malet pa overtid.

En sang jag nu har hort bade fran marseilles borta sektion och davos hockey grabbar ar den dar som visslas i borjan pa disneys 'robin hood' vet inte om detta ar en vanlig sang nufortiden men later ganska bra faktiskt.

ny stadion

FC Luzern bastamde sig for att dom ville ha en ny stadion. Eftersom det har ar i Schweiz blev det folkomrostming. En annan lag i Schweiz sager att man maste bygga master som visar hur stort en ny byggnad ska bli sa att dom som bryr sig forstar vad som haller pa att handa.

Det visar sig att FCL inte bara vill ha en stadion utan tva hoghus dar bostadsspekulanter kan kopa lagenheter och sen ett kopcentrum brevid. Plus en ny stadion.

Jag vet inte exakt vad dom planerar, men sakerligen ingen staplats. Dom kommer nog att borja salja massa skit med logon pa i butiken, det blir nog en hel del loger. Den moderna fotbollen kommer till stan.

Det kanns lite trist, FCL ar annu i mitten av nittitalet. Dom har 16! produkter i sin web shop. Dom har ol med alkohol i. Borta 'laktarn' ar en slags asfalterad kulle, den tar nog in 1000 pers och har 6 toaletter. Manga skulle nog tycka att det sog att titta pa fotboll har, men det kanns bra som motgift till UEFA MasterCard Cup.

Zugo, Zugo, va fan c....

Poetry of highest order. Note the similar theme to what was sung at Sochaux a couple of weeks ago.

evz-lugano 3-1

Good things with Zug Icehockey; sausages are fantastic. beer has alcohol (though that awful eichof again). there will be goals. ice rink is still shitty and old. its easy to buy tickets.

marseille marseille on t'en....

It was fun to hear that old classic again. The Sochaux boys stands on the upper level behind a goal. They try to make some noice but struggles to get anyone else in the ground with them. Not until 80' and leading OM at home... Actually the FCL fans are much louder and have more songs.

fc sochaux - olympique de marseille 1-0

ASNL stade marcel picot

Ok stade. Par contre fais chier que c'est ferme. Ils n'ont jamais eu un terrain gele? Pas du feu ce soir...

frozen pitch at nancy

One hour before the game the guy at the hotel says its going to be cancelled because of frozen pitch. I was looking forward to the Nice-Nancy game. The only team that could improve that lineup would of course be Brest....