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The Europa League draw has been made. From the EPL the teams competing are Arsenal and Manchester United.

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Here is the 2022/23 group-stage draw in full:

Group A
Arsenal
Bodo/Glimt
PSV Eindhoven
FC Zürich

Group B
Stade Rennais
Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kyiv
AEK Larnaca

Group C
Real Betis
Ludogorets Razgrad
AS Roma
HJK Helsinki

Group D
Braga
Union St.-Gilloise
FC Union Berlin
Malmo FF

Group E
Sheriff Tiraspol
Real Sociedad
Manchester United
Nicosia

Group F
Lazio
Sturm Graz
FC Midtjylland
Feyenoord Rotterdam

Group G
SC Freiburg
Nantes
Olympiakos
FK Qarabag

Group H
Ferencvaros
Monaco
Trabzonspor
Red Star Belgrade

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Which teams do you think will make it out of the group stages and on to the next stage of the competition?

Which teams do you think are strong contenders to win the tournament?

@JollyGood after seeing the group in which Tottenham have been placed I’m pretty sure, that they’ll be making it past the group stage. Furthermore they’ll be very strong as the tournament progresses ahead as they’ll have Bale and Vinicius playing for them too, hence I expect them to at least reach the semifinal’s. Lastly I also expect Arsenal, Ac Milan and Leicester City to progress ahead, and if they don’t then I’ll be disappointed because I really wish to see these teams play in the next round.

Sources:

https://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2020/10/2/21498412/tottenham-hotspur-news-europa-league-draw-group-j-ludogorets-lask-antwerp

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12086534/carlos-vinicius-tottenham-agree-deal-to-sign-benfica-striker-on-loan

AC Milan are in a difficult zone, with the results against Rio Ave and bodo/glimt, being in second position feels like it requires hard work from the players. Because, They meet teams that have a history of being champion in their respective leagues. The journey begin for AC Milan players, lack of the rest time and meet big team on UEL.

Of the both teams mentioned @Rio Ave and Bodo glint, AC Milan remains the top dog to them both and as such, they've got a shot. Especially with the impressive game play they've had so far, winning all 3points to themselves.

I think it goes without say all three EPL teams will progress far in the competition. Arsenal, Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur will be going far, not much doubt in my mind about that.

Roma, Rapid Vienna, Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, PSV Eindhoven, Napoli, AC Milan, CSKA Moscow and Feyenoord will have a massive say in what happens in this competition. Some of those clubs I listed are giants, they should have been in the Champions League group stage but have to make do with the Europa League because of failings last season.

The europa league this season is one that will be filled with excitements because there are new faces; and i can tell that everyone is raring and daring to go after sevilla triumph this season.

For english clubs, Spurs, Arsenal, and Leicester; the europa league will be a test for their squad depth and the mentality of the players in a rushed and fixture congested campaign season. I see all three teams coming out of the group stages.

I see Group A, C, D, F and L as strong groups, a big season ahead in the europa league.

Here are the Europa League games taking place this evening:


CSKA Sofia vs CFR Cluj

Young Boys vs Roma
 
Ludogorets Razgrad vs Royal Antwerp

Tottenham Hotspur vs LASK

Dinamo Zagreb vs Feyenoord

RZ Pellets WAC vs CSKA Moscow
 
Slovan Liberec vs KAA Gent

1899 Hoffenheim vs Red Star Belgrade
 
Dundalk vs Molde

Rapid Vienna vs Arsenal

Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Nice

Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs Slavia Prague

Lech Poznan vs Benfica

Standard Liege vs Rangers

PAOK Salonika vs Omonia Nicosia
 
PSV Eindhoven vs Granada
 
HNK Rijeka vs Real Sociedad

Napoli vs AZ Alkmaar
 
Leicester City vs Zorya Luhansk

Sporting Braga vs AEK Athens

Celtic vs AC Milan

Sparta Prague vs Lille
 
Maccabi Tel-Aviv vs FK Qarabag

Villarreal vsSivasspor

AC Milan continues its determination as a club that has unbeaten since the lock down ended. Milan won convincingly in the match against Celtic making Milan continue to pressure Lille, which is a club also under Elliot's management. Hauge managed to score his first goal for Rossoneri in this match. As there is a hope for Milan to compete for title in the UEFA League this season ^(maybe).

@masulum I’ll second that as Ac Milan have completely changed how they used to play, and I’m glad that I learned my lesson against betting on them in the Milan derby, and yesterday I got it right by wagering on them.

Furthermore they can definitely qualify for the UEFA champions league by winning the Europa cup, but their over reliance on Zlatan (39 year old) can upset their plans as he won’t be able to play all the matches in this season.

Source:

https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/rangnick-questions-ac-milans-reliance-on-ibrahimovic/18o4hw59mog21dzoos6eee9k6

Zlatan is a lucky old horse. His activeness has really reduced and I think the team is going to have some difficulty with him this season. His performance level has dropped unlike before even when in PSG, I hope he is thinking of retiring now.

Lots of substitutions in that game, especially on Celtic's side. It makes me worry about their ability to advance to UEFA Europa knockouts, since Lille won against Sparta Prague 1-4. Even though Sparta Prague got a red card so they must have collapsed after that, I wouldn't rule out Lille's offensive ability.

By the way, Celtic's 3-5-1-1 formation is quite exotic. I've never seen so many people play midfielder at once.

If AC Milan board see how Zlatan give impact for their team, I think Milan will keep Ibrahimovic, but maybe in other position next season if Ibra decided to retired, or Milan can keep him as players maybe on the bench to keep younger players have a mentor's.

Lille also have a good history, and they are also a "sleeping giant" in League1, this can be the crucial match for Milan,  Draw maybe the good results for Milan if they are can't win this match.

Maybe it's too early to win AC Milan to become a strong candidate to win the Europa League this season, although almost seven at the start of this season Milan won 100% of victories I am not so sure about AC Milan's consistency until the first half ended. How was the condition of AC Milan last year which was superior when it was still early - the beginning of the season and the end of the season, they had to struggle to get a ticket to the European league qualifiers. Maybe it's only a few weeks that AC Milan is able to appear consistently, until week 8 or 10 it could be that Milan will start to be inconsistent and lose every match in the future.

It feels sad that I missed not one but all of this games. I guess I'll have to watch the high light of a couple. It seems Bayern Leverkusen have followed the line of their German champions Bayern Munich in the goal scoring. A lot of wins I see with just too draws. I guess win bettors are surely smiling. I was hoping @Jollygood that you would drop the scores for each match as you do in most of your sports thread. I get the games are too much but then, I might just have to release you of this round.

Europa League - Group A

PFC CSKA-Sofia 0-2 CFR Cluj
Young Boys 1-2 Roma

Europa League - Group B

Dundalk 1-2 Molde
Rapid Wien 1-2 Arsenal

Europa League - Group C

Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 Nice
Hapoel Beer Sheva 3-1 Slavia Prague

Europa League - Group D

Lech Poznan 2-4 Benfica
Standard Liege 0-2 Rangers

Europa League - Group E

PAOK Thessaloniki FC 1-1 Omonia Nicosia
PSV Eindhoven 1-2 Granada

Europa League - Group F

Rijeka 0-1 Real Sociedad
SSC Napoli 0-1 AZ Alkmaar

Europa League - Group G
Leicester City 3-0 Zorya
SC Braga 3-0 AEK Athens
 
Europa League - Group H

Celtic 1-3 AC Milan
Sparta Prague 1-4 Lille

Europa League - Group I

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Qarabag FK
Villarreal 5-3 Sivasspor

Europa League - Group J

Ludogorets Razgrad 1-2 Royal Antwerp
Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 LASK

Europa League - Group K

Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Feyenoord
Wolfsberger AC 1-1 CSKA Moscow

Europa League - Group L

Hoffenheim 2-0 FK Crvena Zvezda
Slovan Liberec 1-0 Gent

Done. Still looking forward to my high lights though.

Here are the results for the Europa League games that took place this evening:


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Here are the results and fixture for the Europa League games taking place this evening:

Steven Gerrard has got Rangers doing great this season, they’re really going to fight Celtic for the SPL & they’re on course for 3 wins out of 3 in the EL. They’re beating Benfica 2-1 away at half time, Benfica are down to 10 men but even so it’s a tough place to go so a win there would be incredible.

The first matches of tonight have finished. Benfica-Rangers was a really close match. Firstly, Benfica took the lead by 1-0. After that, they got a red card and the advantage passed to Rangers. They benefited from this situation and bring the score to 1-3. Despite playing with 10 players, Benfica didn't give up and succeed in bringing the score to 3-3 and saved 1 point. When I see matches like this, I start loving football more than before.

Here are the results for the Europa League games played this evening:




The teams from the EPL (Tottenham, Arsenal and Leicester) all won their games.

@JollyGood last night Tottenham player’s answered Mourinho's call to show a strong performance after their last week's defeat, and it’s also pertinent to note that Kane reached the milestone of scoring 200 goals for Tottenham. Furthermore Ac Milan can take this loss in a positive manner, because it’ll help them introspect on what went wrong, and how they can improve their performances in their upcoming fixtures.

Sources:

https://www.skysports.com/football/ludogorets-vs-tottenham/report/439105

https://sempremilan.com/kjaer-we-lost-football-is-like-this-sometimes-a-wake-up-call-is-good-for-the-team

Here are the Europa League games taking place this evening 3rd December 2020: (updated)


AA Gent vs Slovan Liberec   

AC Milan vs Celtic         

AEK Athens vs Braga   

Antwerp vs Ludogorets   

CSKA Moscow vs RZ Pellets WAC   

Crvena Zvezda vs Hoffenheim   

FC Zorya Luhansk vs Leicester City         

Feyenoord vs Dinamo Zagreb   

Lille vs Sparta Prague   

Linz ASK vs Tottenham Hotspur         

Qarabag FK vs Maccabi Tel Aviv   

Sivasspor vs Villarreal   

AZ Alkmaar vs Napoli   

Arsenal vs Rapid Wien         

Benfica vs Lech Poznan   

CFR Cluj-Napoca vs CSKA Sofia   

Granada vs PSV Eindhoven   

Molde vs Dundalk   

Nice vs Bayer Leverkusen   

Omonia Nicosia vs PAOK Salonika   

Rangers vs Standard Liege         

Real Sociedad vs Rijeka   

Roma vs BSC Young Boys Bern   

Slavia Prague vs Hapoel Beer-Sheva

Here are the results for the games played earlier this evening:



AA Gent 1-2 Slovan Liberec   

AC Milan 4-2 Celtic         

AEK Athens 2-4 Braga   

Antwerp 3-1 Ludogorets   

CSKA Moscow 0-1 RZ Pellets WAC   

Crvena Zvezda 0-0 Hoffenheim   

FC Zorya Luhansk 1-0 Leicester City         

Feyenoord 0-2 Dinamo Zagreb   

Lille 2-1 Sparta Prague   

Linz ASK 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur         

Qarabag FK 1-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv   

Sivasspor 0-1 Villarreal   

AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Napoli   

Arsenal 4-1 Rapid Wien         

Benfica 4-0 Lech Poznan   

CFR Cluj-Napoca 0-0 CSKA Sofia   

Granada 0-1 PSV Eindhoven   

Molde vs Dundalk   

Nice 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen   

Omonia Nicosia 2-1 PAOK Salonika   

Rangers 3-2 Standard Liege         

Real Sociedad 2-2 Rijeka   

Roma 3-1 BSC Young Boys Bern   

Slavia Prague 3-0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva

Here are the latest scores and results from the Europa League games this evening Thursday 10th December:


BSC Young Boys Bern 0-0 CFR Cluj-Napoca   

Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Slavia Prague

CSKA Sofia 2-1 Roma   

Dundalk 2-4 Arsenal   

Hapoel Beer-Sheva 1-0 Nice

Lech Poznan 0-2 Rangers   

Napoli 1-1 Real Sociedad

PAOK Salonika 0-0 Granada

PSV Eindhoven 4-0 Omonia Nicosia   

Rapid Wien 2-2 Molde

Rijeka 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Standard Liege 2-2 Benfica

Braga 2-0 FC Zorya Luhansk

Celtic 3-2 Lille
   
Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 CSKA Moscow

Hoffenheim 4-1 AA Gent

Leicester City 2-0 AEK Athens
   
Ludogorets 1-3 Linz ASK

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Sivasspor

RZ Pellets WAC 1-0Feyenoord

Slovan Liberec 0-0 Crvena Zvezda

Sparta Prague 0-1 AC Milan

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Antwerp
   
Villarreal -postponed- Qarabag FK

Here are the Europa League games taking place today 18th February 2021:


https://i.postimg.cc/xdwXghsZ/europaleague18feb2021-Copy.png

Tottenham, Manchester United and Rangers all won their games.

Leicester City and Arsenal drew their games so all in all it was a good night for British teams  ;D

@JollyGood it was a night where Manchester United showed that they can yet challenge for trophies, and hopefully they’ll carry this form into premier league as well. Also it was a big night for Mourinho who was under scrutiny, and even Bale who till now was termed as a flop on his return back to Tottenham.

Sources:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12222232/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-salutes-man-utd-emergence-from-difficult-spell

https://www.teamtalk.com/news/tottenham-learn-cost-sack-jose-mourinho-daniel-levy-targets-two-successors

https://sports.yahoo.com/lacklustre-bales-spurs-return-goes-191429293.html

I would expect Manchester United to at least get to the semi-finals they should have a good run in this competition. I think both Leicester and Arsenal will get stronger as the competition progresses.

RESULT:

Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Wolfsberger

Tottenham went into the Europa League last 16 beating Wolfsberger 8-1 on aggregate.

Spurs already won the first leg 4-1 then won the return leg 4-0. Alli scored an overhead kick, even Bale is scoring for them now. Well done to Tottenham who fielded a weakened team to keep players fresh for their next EPL game.

@JollyGood Tottenham had already secured their passage in the last 16 after they had scored those 4 goals last time they had played against Wolfsberger, and this fixture was nothing but a formality for them.

Also it’s pertinent to highlight that not only Bale performed in this match, but Ali also showed us all that he’s yet the top class player he once used to be, and Mourinho even gave chance to Tottenham‘s youngsters to get some game time.

Source:

https://www.skysports.com/football/tottenham-hotspur-vs-rz-pellets-wac/report/440305

Pretty much this was expecting from tottenham hotspurs

1.40 odd was really big on this match also over 2.5 goals was 1.50 so some really easy money on this match whoever betted on it

Here are the Europa League games taking place this evening 25th February 2021:


Ajax vs Lille

Arsenal vs Benfica

Hoffenheim   vs Molde

Napoli vs Granada

Rangers vs Antwerp      
   
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Maccabi Tel Aviv   

Villarreal vs Red Bull Salzburg   

AC Milan vs Crvena Zvezda   

Bayer Leverkusen vs BSC Young Boys Bern   

Club Brugge vs Dynamo Kiev

Dinamo Zagreb vs Krasnodar   

Leicester City vs Slavia Prague   
      
Manchester United vs Real Sociedad   
      
PSV Eindhoven vs Olympiakos FC   

Roma vs Braga

Here are the Europa League games taking place this evening 11th March 2021:


Ajax vs BSC Young Boys Bern

Dynamo Kiev vs Villarreal

Manchester United vs AC Milan

Slavia Prague vs Rangers

Granada vs Molde

Olympiakos FC vs Arsenal

Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk

Tottenham Hotspur vs Dinamo Zagreb


Here are my opinions on how the game will play out  ;D

Ajax 2-0 BSC Young Boys Bern   
Dynamo Kiev 0-0 Villarreal   
Manchester United 2-1 AC Milan         
Slavia Prague 1-1 Rangers         
Granada 2-2 Molde   
Olympiakos FC 0-1 Arsenal         
Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk   
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb

RESULTS:


Ajax 3-0 BSC Young Boys Bern

Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Villarreal

Manchester United 1-1 AC Milan

Slavia Prague 1-1 Rangers

Granada 2-0 Molde

Olympiakos FC 1-3 Arsenal

Roma 3-0 Shakhtar Donetsk

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb

It was one of the enjoyable matches of the night for sure. Arsenal got a very solid performance despite playing away and they got a huge advange by totally destroying Olympiacos. After equalizing the score, Olympiacos tried desperately not to lose this but Arsenal were really dedicated to win and finished them by scoring 2 more goals in the last 10 minutes (80', 85'). Elneny's goal was really worth seeing.  ;D

Villareal, AC Milan, Rangers and Arsenal all have away goals to their advantage when the teams play each other next time on 18th March 2021. It will be interesting to see how the games play out  ;D

@JollyGood Manchester United were awful and should have been beaten 4 - 0 by AC Milan, but unfortunately their goals were disallowed and it allowed Manchester United to escape with a draw. Also I feel that AC Milan will easily beat Manchester United when they next meet on 18th March, what do you all think of my opinion?.

Source:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/man-utd-ac-milan-europa-23688429

I think 4-0 would have been too generous but AC Milan played well enough to at least get the draw. Overall 2-1 would have been a fair result in my opinion.

Here are the Europa League games taking place this evening 18th March 2021:


Arsenal vs Olympiakos FC
   
Dinamo Zagreb vs Tottenham Hotspur      
   
Molde vs Granada   

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Roma   

AC Milan vs Manchester United         

BSC Young Boys Bern vs Ajax   

Rangers vs Slavia Prague         

Villarreal vs Dynamo Kiev



Here are my opinions on how the game will play out  ;D

Arsenal 2-0 Olympiakos FC         
Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur         
Molde 1-0 Granada   
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 Roma   
AC Milan 2-2 Manchester United         
BSC Young Boys Bern 1-2 Ajax   
Rangers 3-0 Slavia Prague         
Villarreal 0-0 Dynamo Kiev

@JollyGood I totally agree with the first prediction, this game Arsenal should win it easily, but I doubt that Tottenham game will end in a draw cause they have been scoring lots of goals in the Europa League. Also I disagree that AC Milan will draw this match, because they were the better team against Manchester United, and hence I expect them to beat Manchester United.

Sources:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/12/football/ac-milan-manchester-united-arsenal-europa-league-spt-intl/index.html

https://www.goal.com/en/news/100-goals-mourinho-delighted-tottenham-crystal-palace/16dswp2nhrc6619qnyv6n0i4x8

RESULTS:


Arsenal 0-1 Olympiakos FC
   
Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur      
   
Molde 2-1 Granada   

Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Roma   

AC Milan 0-1 Manchester United         

BSC Young Boys Bern 0-2 Ajax   

Rangers 0-2 Slavia Prague         

Villarreal 2-0 Dynamo Kiev


Here are the aggregate scores, the winners move on to the quarter-final stage: (congratulations to Arsenal, Dinamo Zagreb, Molde, Roma, Manchester United, Ajax, Slavia Prague)

Arsenal 3-2 Olympiakos FC         
Dinamo Zagreb 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur         
Molde 1-0 Granada   
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-5 Roma   
AC Milan 1-2 Manchester United         
BSC Young Boys Bern 0-5 Ajax   
Rangers 1-3 Slavia Prague         
Villarreal 4-0 Dynamo Kiev

Tottenham are out after being beating 3-0 on the night when they already winning 2-0 from the first leg. Humiliating defeat for Spurs and what does not help is when Mourinho puts the blame on his players when he speaks to the media.

Spurs captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris seems to echo what the manager is saying by blaming the poor attitude of players and calling it a disgrace: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/19/lloris-spurs-defeat-disgrace-togetherness-lacking-dinamo-zagreb

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0267-11d57d961c40-99507f6ae45b-1000/_f1_1570.jpg
today also the quarterfinal in the el was drawn
manchaster united and arsenal have had luck of the draw and should enter the semifinals without any problems.
the top match is ajax vs. as roma, where both clubs have a chance
dinamo zagbreb can also beat fc villarreal

Europa League quarter-final draw:


Granada vs Manchester United      
   
Arsenal vs Slavia Prague   
   
Ajax vs Roma

Dinamo Kiev vs Villarreal


I agree with you, Manchester United and Arsenal should get through their games comfortably. I think Roma and Dinamo should join them in the semi-finals.

The Europa League quarter-final games are taking place this evening and here is how I think the games will play out  ;D


Ajax 2-1 Roma   
Arsenal 3-1 Slavia Prague         
Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Villarreal   
Granada 0-2 Manchester United

Good results tonight and you got this prediction accurately; but did you watch the Mufc tie? it was as if the referee had an agenda against Manchester United; 12 fouls by both teams and Granada only got a yellow card; while Mufc players got 5 yellow cards.

If Roma can knock out Ajax; while Manchester United knock out Granada; it could be a good win for Manchester United if they put in better performances. MUFC head to the second leg with a 2 goal lead, and away goal rule.

RESULTS:

Granada 0-2 Manchester United      
   
Arsenal 1-1 Slavia Prague   
   
Ajax 1-2 Roma

Dinamo Kiev 0-1 Villarreal

Tadic played an amazing game for ajax today but that penalty miss from him killed them in the end. Plus the young goalkeeper with a rookie mistake
At this stage does mistakes cannot be made. Ajax was much better but Roma won ,realisticly ajax has a chance if they play like this

@JollyGood I wasn’t expecting Manchester United to win this game, but in the end they  won the game quiet comfortably.  (https://www.skysports.com/football/granada-vs-manchester-united/report/442570) Also  Arsenal draw isn’t surprising at all,  (https://www.skysports.com/football/arsenal-vs-slavia-prague/report/442568) because they are a lost side this season and don’t have that winning attitude anymore.

Here are the Europa League quarter-final 2nd leg games taking place this evening 15th April 2021:

Manchester United vs Granada

Roma vs Ajax   

Slavia Prague vs Arsenal

Villarreal vs Dinamo Zagreb

@JollyGood Manchester United won  their match comfortably, (https://www.skysports.com/football/manchester-united-vs-granada/report/442571) and it seems Granada had no intention of offering some serious competition to them. Also the most surprising match was Arsenal  as I never expected them to play so well, (https://www.skysports.com/football/slavia-prague-vs-arsenal/report/442573) and I wonder if anyone here took a risk and wagered on them?.

RESULTS:

Manchester United 2-0 Granada

Roma 1-1 Ajax   

Slavia Prague 0-4 Arsenal

Villarreal 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb



Granada played well but they simply were not good enough over the two games to cause Manchester United problems. Arsenal dominated in their game and deserved to win.

Here are the Europa League semi-final 1st leg games taking place this evening 29th April 2021:

Manchester United vs Roma      
   
Villarreal vs Arsenal


Here are my opinions on how the game will play out  ;D

Manchester United 2-1 Roma         
Villarreal 1-2 Arsenal

Hmmm, your predictions are very questionable. Manchester United have been imperious in Europa League action since dropping down from the Champions League, as they previously dismissed Spanish sides Real Sociedad and Granada 4-0 on aggregate. I don’t expect AS Roma to succumb easily to Manchester United. Moreover, Edin Džeko has scored more goals against Manchester United than any other English club in his career and all of them have come at Old Trafford, so I expect him to bag another one tonight.

Manchester United really showed their quality today after being left behind 1-2 in the first half, finally Manchester United was able to turn things around by bombarding the As Roma goal 6-2, with a pretty bad score, it felt like Manchester United had managed to secure a ticket to final because it is clear of course As Roma will find it very difficult to reply in the second leg later, but unfortunately in other matches, Arsenal was forced to acknowledge the greatness of the villareal 2 -1 and it looks like the villareal coach really understood how to destroy the arsenal of play from the first minute of the match.

RESULTS:

Manchester United 6-2 Roma      
   
Villarreal 2-1 Arsenal


Manchester United managed to win but full credit to Roma because even after the first half substitutions Roma were forced in to making they were winning 1-2 at half time. Unless something special happens in Italy during the 2nd leg Manchester United will be in the final.

Arsenal lost their game but have the away goal. It is still possible for an all English Europa League final but I think Manchester United will play Villarreal in the final unless Arsenal score a goal and stop Villarreal from scoring.

The truth is that Roma was outpassed, outplayed, outmuscled, out marked, outran, outscored, out dribbled and outknuckled
Italian teams were satisfactory, intermediate at best this season. Even the french side posed more threat. What a terrible performance for a semi-final shocked.

I predict Man U vs Vil for final

@JollyGood you got the scoreline right for Arsenal match, but you just chose the wrong team to win, and all credit goes to Villarreal player’s as they dominated the match. Furthermore I fee thatl Arsenal can’t recover from this defeat, and it’s about time they hunt for a new coach as  under Arteta they’re absolutely poor. (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56933943)

That will happen most likely. Arteta isn't good with the coaching team and this is the main reason for this cloudy atmosphere at the club. How he did not change Ceballos despite the yellow card is looked even more foolish.

Roma had a strong period of 15-20 minutes when they gave problems to Manchester United. I think 6-2 was a surprise result for most of us because it was not expected.


Arsenal going 2-0 down was a surprise but at least they managed to get an away goal. They might make it to the final but it will be tough.


Arteta might not be the manager and source of stability Arsenal are looking for. It is a huge job, Arsenal should have appointed a manager with a track record not one who was working as assistant under Guardiola. I think Arsenal tried to get a young former player to take the managerial position trying to emulate what Manchester United did by appointing Solskjær but while it seems to be working for Manchester United it does not seem to be working for Solskjær.

Here are the Europa League semi-final 2nd leg games taking place this evening 6th May 2021:

Arsenal vs Villarreal      
   
Roma vs Manchester United


Here are my opinions on how the game will play out  ;D

Arsenal 1-1 Villarreal         
Roma 2-2 Manchester United

RESULTS:

Arsenal 0-0 Villarreal      
   
Roma 3-2 Manchester United

Manchester United beat Roma 8-5 on aggregate

Villareal beat Arsenal 2-1 on aggregate



Manchester United play Villareal in the final on 26th May 2021

Emery knows how to go to the finals of the Europa League, there is no equal to him. He is just as good at winning the finals, let's see how he does it with Manchester United. Manchester is very good, but this is the final, the game can be neat and I think there will be not many goals.

I am not sure but I think Emery won the Europa League 4 times already so Villareal will be confident but Manchester United made it to 4 semi finals under Solskjaer and failed to get through to the finals, this is their first final under him.

It will be an interesting game.

Here are the Europa League games taking place today Thursday 30th September 2021:

Antwerp vs Eintracht Frankfurt   
      
Fenerbahce vs Olympiakos FC   
      
Legia Warsaw vs Leicester City   
      
Lyon vs Brondby         

Napoli vs Spartak Moscow   
      
Real Sociedad vs Monaco   
      
Sparta Prague vs Rangers   
      
Sturm Graz vs PSV Eindhoven      
   
Braga vs FC Midtjylland      
   
Celtic vs Bayer Leverkusen   
      
Ferencvaros vs Real Betis   
      
Genk vs Dinamo Zagreb      
   
Lazio vs Lokomotiv Moscow   
      
Ludogorets vs Crvena Zvezda   
      
Marseille vs Galatasaray      
   
West Ham United   vs Rapid Wien


Here are my opinions on how the game will play out  ;D

Antwerp vs Eintracht Frankfurt         
Fenerbahce vs Olympiakos FC         
Legia Warsaw vs Leicester City         
Lyon vs Brondby         
Napoli vs Spartak Moscow         
Real Sociedad vs Monaco         
Sparta Prague vs Rangers         
Sturm Graz vs PSV Eindhoven         
Braga vs FC Midtjylland         
Celtic vs Bayer Leverkusen         
Ferencvaros vs Real Betis         
Genk vs Dinamo Zagreb         
Lazio vs Lokomotiv Moscow         
Ludogorets vs Crvena Zvezda         
Marseille vs Galatasaray         
West Ham United   vs Rapid Wien

Here are the results from the games played yesterday:

Antwerp 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt         
Fenerbahce 0-3 Olympiakos FC         
Legia Warsaw 1-0 Leicester City         
Lyon 3-0 Brondby         
Napoli 2-3 Spartak Moscow         
Real Sociedad 1-1 Monaco         
Sparta Prague 1-0 Rangers         
Sturm Graz 1-4 PSV Eindhoven         
Braga 3-1 FC Midtjylland         
Celtic 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen         
Ferencvaros 1-3 Real Betis         
Genk 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb         
Lazio 2-0 Lokomotiv Moscow         
Ludogorets 0-1 Crvena Zvezda         
Marseille 0-0 Galatasaray         
West Ham United   2-0 Rapid Wien

Here are the next games taking place on 17th February 2022:

Barcelona vs Napoli   

Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers   

Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol) vs Braga   

Zenit St. Petersburg vs Real Betis   

Atalanta vs Olympiakos FC   

FC Porto vs Lazio   

RB Leipzig vs Real Sociedad   

Sevilla vs Dinamo Zagreb

Barcelona vs Napoli should be the game to watch  ;D

@JollyGood as I have said earlier I suddenly feel Barcelona to be in a stronger position, and I won’t be surprised if they’re able to stun Napoli. Also what about Dortmund can we expect a surprise loss for them, or will they comfortably win their match as they have shown mixed form this season.

You say Barcelona, I say Napoli  ;D

It will be an interesting match to watch because both teams feels they should be in the Champions League but both are absent. It looks like years of decline for Barcelona before things might get better for them.

Because of the sudden excite iyf Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus were in their worst form, this is the club that is the strongest among Italian clubs in UCL, the club had made it to quarter final and semi final many times, but hard for Juventus to win. All other Italian clubs there are just playing but not good enough, I have noticed this many times before, seeing some Italian clubs not among the clubs playing UCL this season again is not surprising me as they got disqualified. Barcelona were in there worst form this season, the club was not playing as expected in La Liga Santander this season before, but luckily they made it from 8th position to the now 5th position with one match behind, competing with Real Betis and Atletico Madrid for the third and fourth position. Napoli is playing good in Seria A but I do not know if they have the experience to play outside Seria A with other big clubs.

This game reminds me of the last 16 of the Champions League two seasons ago (2019/2020). Barcelona managed to come out as winners with 4-2 aggregate. Now Barcelona will be back against Napoli in the Europa League. Barcelona must accept the reality of playing in the Europa League after their poor form throughout this season. I'm not so sure Barcelona can go to the next round, because Napoli are not an easy team to beat. Napoli have a squad and pattern of play that cannot be underestimated, especially Barcelona inconsistent performance after reaping bad results at the start of the season. I would say Napoli will go into the next round and take their revenge on barcelona.

Barcelona vs Napoli   
Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers   
Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol) vs Braga   
Zenit St. Petersburg vs Real Betis   
Atalanta vs Olympiakos FC   
FC Porto vs Lazio   
RB Leipzig vs Real Sociedad   
Sevilla vs Dinamo Zagreb

I went through the fixture list again. Can anybody see a bigger clash than Barcelona vs Napoli? This is the stand out game for me and probably has to be for most. I think Napoli will win over the course of two games and qualify for the next round.

I agree with you, and this will be the first time that Barcelona play a match in the second European competition since the 2003-04 season, when they reached the round of 16. That is, it is the first game of Barcelona since the competition has that name.
It's a shame that Xavi won't be able to count on Dani Alves, but I hope they have time to have Memphis Depay back for this game.... I was hoping for a victory for Barça against one of the most powerful teams in this competition.

It will surely be a big challenge for Barcelona though they have prepared for this a lot. Napoli has been really consistent and it was hard for any team to easily beat them. I just hope that Barcelona would give their 100% shot for this so they could gain a good spot again.

I think Napoli along with Dortmund are favourites to win the tournament because the other teams including Barcelona are not equipped to win it. Barcelona will take years to recover from their financial issues and the team is urgent need of a rebuild.

Napoli pattern of a play was very good when they drew 1-1 with Inter Milan in week 24, From all lines of a play Napoli are very solid, their defense was very neat even though in the 47th minute they had to concede by Edin Dzeko.
Barcelona will be overwhelmed to get a win from Napoli, especially now that Barcelona performance is not fully stable, in the last game they had to share points with Espanyol.  Barcelona needs time to reach their peak again, I think a Barcelona will end the season without a title.

Please, just a question, I noticed you are only discussing about Europa League here, what about Europa conference league, is there any active thread for it also?

I can not go for any of the two, Napoli is playing good but I do not have confidence on any Seria A matches outside their league for now, any club between them can win this game, but I can go for first half over 0.5, or both team score or over 2.5.

I would have preferred to go for Borussia Dotmumd, Atlanta and Sevilla to win which I think are more reliable.

@JollyGood I wouldn’t underestimate Barcelona just yet, because even with limited player’s they are yet a strong team and they can stun Napoli if they don’t take them seriously. Also Dortmund haven’t been in top form this season, hence I won’t be surprised if they end up losing, therefore I’m wondering if anyone else is feeling motivated to wager against them.

RESULTS:

Barcelona 1-1 Napoli   

Borussia Dortmund 2-4 Rangers   

Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol) 2-0 Braga   

Zenit St. Petersburg 2-3 Real Betis   

Barcelona vs Napoli ended in a draw but Rangers thrashing Dortmund 2-4 has to be the result of the night. What a win for them.

Barcelona's appearance was quite good against Napoli, The aggressiveness of the Barcelona players in the early minutes made the Napoli a defense panic. Luckily Napoli managed to steal 1 goal at Camp Nou, they need a draw (0-0) in the 2nd leg to ensure they qualify for the next phase.

What happened to Borussia Dortmund ???
The 2-4 defeat at Signal Iduna Park was a very painful blow, especially since Borussia Dortmund became the seeded team in this match. This match incised a red record for Dortmund, because this is Dortmund worst defeat while competing in the Europa League.
The defeat against Rangers is the responsibility of all Dortmund players, they need an improvement in the second leg to get a ticket to qualify for the next phase.

I make Napoli favourites to qualify for the next round. Rebuilding and moulding Barcelona will take Xavi several years, Barcelona are no longer a powerful European team on the same level as Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and even Real Madrid.

Considering this is European football and many strange things have taken place before, I would not be surprised if Dortmund win 0-2 in Glasgow to make it 4-4 on aggregate. Ranger are not through yet because this Dortmund team can still be a force even though they are not playing well right now.

I also see that Napoli chances of qualifying for the next round are quite large. The 2nd leg will be played at Napoli headquarters, Obviously Napoli will benefit greatly when playing the 2nd leg. Napoli has 1 away goal and the second Napoli will get a full support from their superter.

I have no doubts about Dortmund quality, they still have 90 minutes to make amends in the first leg. Chasing a deficit of 2 goals is not a difficult thing for Dortmund, Hopefully in the 2nd Leg Dortmund can be strengthened by their mainstay striker (Erling Haaland) who missed the first leg due to a muscle injury.

Napoli team played  a wonderful game with Barcelona team that made many people predicted that the game will end up for the favour of Barcelona because of the home advantage they have but they missed use it in the first half. The match ended 1:1 draw between Barcelona vs Napoli that made many fans to start losing hope on Barcelona for the poor performance  so far. Napoli will not joke with their next match because they know how to use home advantage to download many goals to achieve victory at the end of the match. Napoli team are in a good position to win this year European league  2021/2022 title to become a European champion.

Dortmund still have a job to do against Rangers after the shock loss but they are capable of managing a 0-2 or 0-3 win. Everybody was surprised how Rangers managed to win 2-4 in Germany. Rangers will struggle to keep up the pressure in the return game while Dortmund will go all out for a win.

As for Napoli, I think they will win the match and it will be the end of the road for Barcelona in this competition. They had their time in European competition but now they are on the decline.

Has anyone watched the match between Sevilla and Dinamo?
Sevilla won relatively convincingly in the end but the Dinamo deserved a much better result.
Sevilla have once again shown that they can win on routine, experience and greater individual quality of players, even when they are not playing well as a team.
Small details ruled, but everything is still open and possible in the return match.
Seville was really born for this competition  ;D

The draw obtained by the two teams was indeed a deserved result considering that Napoli played quite neatly in defense while Barcelona struggled to score goals where they only managed to score against Napoli through the white point.but hopes for Barcelona have not been completely dispelled considering that there are still the 2nd leg that Xavi Hernandez's team could take advantage of, especially at that time Napoli played defensively so it was quite difficult for Barcelona to develop the game, but if both teams had played openly then it is not impossible that Barcelona could steal a goal at Napoli's headquarters in the second match later I am very sure that Barcelona will qualify for the next round

If the away match result was 1 - 1, the home match for Napoli will be very different, I think Napoli will win this match, even if Barcelona try to score like a goal, I am going for Napoli, Barcelona is having its worst season ever since many years ago.

I prefer watching and checking the lives scores for UEFA Champions League, if what is happening there is happening in Europa league, that means Borussia Dortmund can still win but I am still thinking this can not be possible because the surprise that always happens is when the away team was won and later the second match when the away team is a home will change and the losing team before which is now home will qualify. But Borussia Dortmund was at home this time and was won.

RESULTS:

Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Sevilla

Lazio 2-2 FC Porto

Olympiakos FC 0-3 Atalanta

Real Sociedad 1-3 RB Leipzig

Braga 2-0 Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol)

Napoli 2-4 Barcelona

Rangers 2-2 Borussia Dortmund

Real Betis 0-0 Zenit St. Petersburg

Braga won 3-2 on penalties after extra time. Other than that Barcelona surprised everybody with the victory at Napoli and the other game Ranger drew 2-2 on the night with Dortmund but qualify for the next stage with a 6-4 aggregate win.

@JollyGood I have been saying it for quiet a while now all Barcelona needed was the right player’s, and in January they secured two vital signings. Furthermore I had even said it aloud that Auba would be the one to lead them to a victory, and in the end he managed to help them win which shows that this Barcelona side can improve a lot if they can just get 2 - 4 player’s more as Xavi’s method are clearly working.

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I have not updated this thread recently therefore it was about time to post here again. These are the results from the quarter-final first leg that took place yesterday 7th April 2022:

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With the results there is no clear indication as to which teams will qualify for the semi-finals. West Ham will have a tough game in France against Lyon therefore it is difficult to choose a favourite. Barcelona will have home advantage for the second leg and should qualify but Rangers were the only team that lost yesterday yet they also will have home advantage in the second leg against Braga. RB Leipzig and Atalanta will have a tough game too.

Welcome to the UEFA Europa League 2022/23 season.

Here is the 2022/23 group-stage draw in full:

Group A
Arsenal
Bodo/Glimt
PSV Eindhoven
FC Zürich

Group B
Stade Rennais
Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kyiv
AEK Larnaca

Group C
Real Betis
Ludogorets Razgrad
AS Roma
HJK Helsinki

Group D
Braga
Union St.-Gilloise
FC Union Berlin
Malmo FF

Group E
Sheriff Tiraspol
Real Sociedad
Manchester United
Nicosia

Group F
Lazio
Sturm Graz
FC Midtjylland
Feyenoord Rotterdam

Group G
SC Freiburg
Nantes
Olympiakos
FK Qarabag

Group H
Ferencvaros
Monaco
Trabzonspor
Red Star Belgrade


In coming posts I will add the results from the games that were played earlier this week yesterday

Here are the most recent results from the Europa League for games played on 8th September 2022:

1. FC Union Berlin 0-1 Union Saint-Gilloise
AEK Larnaca 1-2 Rennes
FC Zurich 1-2 Arsenal
Fenerbahce 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
HJK Helsinki 0-2 Real Betis
Ludogorets 2-1 Roma
Malmo FF 0-2 Braga
PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Bodo/Glimt
Crvena Zvezda 0-1 Monaco
Ferencvaros 3-2 Trabzonspor
Lazio 4-2 Feyenoord
Manchester United 0-1 Real Sociedad
Nantes 2-1 Olympiakos FC
Omonia Nicosia 0-3 Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol)
SC Freiburg 2-1 Qarabag FK
Sturm Graz 1-0 FC Midtjylland

After four consecutive wins in the Premier League, Manchester United lost at home with dismal display. Lazio, Arsenal and and Monaco all had a good start with wins.

@JollyGood while Manchester United was defeated things would have been different had Ronaldo’s offside  goal (https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/EPL/Manchester-United-0-1-Real-Sociedad-5-Talking-Points-as-Cristiano-Ronaldo-disappoints-in-controversial-defeat-%7C-UEFA-Europa-League-2022-23/2903586) stood, and that ridiculous penalty wasn’t awarded. Furthermore another surprise defeat was Roma, because I felt that Mourinho’s  Roma (https://football-italia.net/europa-league-ludogorets-2-1-roma-upset-in-bulgaria/) would easily win this match but it looks like that he will have to work on then harder to get the desired result he wants.

Well, many things have happened since you last posted in the thread. The prominent of course being that Ronaldo is no longer at Manchester United. Their game against Barcelona will be the game to watch.

Here are the Europa League games taking place tomorrow 16th February 2023:

Ajax vs 1. FC Union Berlin
Barcelona vs Manchester United
Red Bull Salzburg vs Roma
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes
Bayer Leverkusen vs Monaco
Juventus vs Nantes
Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven
Sporting Lisbon vs FC Midtjylland

Here are the results from the games that took place this evening:

FC Midtjylland 0-4 Sporting Lisbon FT Agg:1 - 5
Monaco 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen AET Agg:5 - 5 Bayer Leverkusen win 5-3 on penalties.
Nantes 0-3 Juventus FT Agg:1 - 4
PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Sevilla FT Agg:2 - 3
1. FC Union Berlin 3-1 Ajax FT (Agg 3 - 1)
Manchester United 2-1 Barcelona FT (Agg 4 - 3)
Roma 2-0 Red Bull Salzburg (Agg 2 - 1)
Rennes vs Shakhtar Donetsk is in to extra-time and the score is 1-0 on the night and 2-2 on aggregate.

After going in at half-time 0-1, Manchester United scored 2 second half goals to knock Barcelona out of the Europa League. Ajax, Monaco and Roma are out.

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@JollyGood Manchester United won once again due to Erik ten Hag tactics and what an impact  Anthony (https://www.football365.com/news/ten-hag-hails-antony-and-garnacho-impact-as-man-utd-boss-reveals-second-half-masterplan) had, because I remember that he was being criticised a lot for his performances recently. However  Rashford (https://www.90min.com/posts/erik-ten-hag-marcus-rashford-injury-update-carabao-cup-final) seems to be injured which is not a good sign for the club, and if he suffers any long term injury then Manchester United will find it difficult to win the Europa league.

Manchester United managed to perform great at their home ground against Barcelona. However, Barcelona put Manchester United under great pressure. But in the end we enjoyed a wonderful match with the victory of Manchester United.

Anthony played well when he came on as a substitute, he nearly set up Rashford for a goal before he scored his goal but he needs to be consistent and he must have more of an end product. Anthony cannot just run at defenders and then not provide the perfect cross or assist, he has to do more otherwise he will continue being substituted.

Even though they had a bad first half, Manchester United went on to dominate the second half and won the game. As a team they seem to have found a very good combination and balance as they have players with pace that frighten opposition such as Rashford, Anthony and Garnacho while they also have Casemiro, Fernandes, Varane, Shaw, Dalot and Martinez who show composure.

In the commentary during the game yesterday they said Manchester United were the only team left in the top 5 divisions in European leagues which could still theoretically win the quadruple  :o