If you are unhappy with England penalty takers then have a word with the Portuguese and especially Ronaldo who was let down by his team in the Confederations Cup yesterday, leaving their hero stranded as the last penalty taker, when they went 0-3 down to Chile aet.
To make up for post penalty stress disorder, here is some excitement to keep you going before the new season starts; the Europa League!
Current holders of course are Manchester United.
It kicks off with the First Qualifying Round today with these following fixtures for British and ROI clubs (all you have to do is guess which country these clubs come from-clues are Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Denmark (two clubs), Liechtenstein, Norway (two clubs) Finland, Lithuania and of course the British and Eire clubs:
FC Levadia Tallin v Cork City
Lyngsby v Bangor
Haugesund v Coleraine
Odd v Ballymena Utd
Bala Town v FC Vaduz
Connah's Quay v HJK
Midtjylland v Derry City
St Johnstone v Trakai
Crusaders v Leipaja
Rangers v Progres
Ungmennafelagio Stjarnan (famed for a long name and goal celebrations..fishing, diving, going to the toilet, human bicycle, Rambo shooting) v Shamrock Rovers
Games are played today and on July 4th
Using Country Coefficients decides how many each country may enter to the competition. England therefore get 3 entries but vacate one due to Man Utd going to the Champions League! Kosovo only get one berth.
Aberdeen join in at Qualifying Round Two and then who knows when the English get involved?
Everton join in the Qualifying Round 3rd.
Teams to join in even later are Arsenal, Villareal, Hertha Berlin, Lazio and Lyon to name a few.
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