Swansea City crushes Valencia 3-0 in Europa League Group A match

Michu celebrates his goal

It was totally a one sided show last evening as Swansea crushed a 10-member Valencia squad by 3-0.

Swansea was in control of the game most of the time throughout the match and their body language could tell a victory right from the outset when Bony fired the first goal in the 14th minutes with his right-footed opener, which went in via a deflection.

However, the first half then went by without any goal but the second half saw more activity by the Swans than their opponents. Michu scored the second goal of the match in the 58th minutes from eight yards to lead the match 2-0 over Valencia.

And as if this was not all to ensure a crushing victory over Valencia as Jonathan de Guzman fired in a 30-yard free-kick to put Swansea top of Group A with a 3-0 victory.

Swansea now leads the Group A with three points followed by St Gallen, aslo with three points. Kuban Krasnodar and Valencia have zero point and sit at no. 3 and 4.

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Rafa Benitez challenges Blues to end season on a higher season-ending place

The Chelsea much liked-much disliked 'interim' manager Rafael Benitez is hopeful that his team will end the season on a high after securing a place in the Europa League final after victory over Basel.

Although they are third in the Premier League and in a good position to book a spot in next season's Champions League, the European trophy is the Blues' only chance of silverware this campaign.

Chelsea return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to champions Manchester United before they host Tottenham, who are three points behind in the race for a top-four place, on Wednesday.

( via BBC Sport / Football ) 
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Europa League likely to be scrapped and replaced with Champions League having 64 clubs

European football's governing body UEFA is considering ditching the Europa League in favour of extending the Champions League from 32 to 64 teams.

"We're discussing it. We will make a decision in 2014. Nothing is decided yet," UEFA president Michel Platini told French newspaper Ouest-France.

The decision is likely for the reason that the Europa League has been criticized by some since it replaced the UEFA Cup in 2009 and exists in the shadow of the more lucrative Champions League. and the fact that the Champions League is far more financially beneficial, for UEFA and the clubs concerned, than Europe's second-tier tournament.

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An extension of the group stages to a 64-team format could see seven English clubs qualify for the competition rather than the current four, and increase the number of Scottish teams participating from two to five.

UEFA is looking at changing the format of European competitions from 2015.

Read more about it at: BBC

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