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Astana, who are they, exactly...

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by originallambrettaman, Nov 25, 2015.

  1. originallambrettaman

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    FC Astana (from Kazakhstan) are currently 2-0 up against Benfica, in the Champions League, after the first 33 minutes. <yikes>
     
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    Oil money?
     
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    The Champions League might as well just have a team called FC Gazprom and have done with it
     
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    They were only founded in 2008 and are effectively owned by the Kazakhstan government.
     
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    They're the first Kazakh team ever to reach a European group stage, they'll do well to hang on.
     
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    It's 2-1 at 59 minutes.
     
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    I thought this was going to be a thread about EPO doping.
     
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    And it's just passed 90 minutes.

    Edit: Finished 2-2.
     
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    This was an exciting thread.
     
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