UEFA Europa League 2018-2019

[Harkorede]

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores arsenal's third goal to mark a remarkable come back after a disappointing first leg.
He's missed a couple of great chances that should have completely put this game to bed.

Congratulations to Arsenal, I'm one those who wished they'd get punished for their first leg performance. Today they showed a great statement, and arguably deserved to qualify,

Sevilla are in a 3 - 2 lead in the extra time after their game against Slavia Prague ended 2 -2 the same scoreline with that of the first leg.

[tomahawk9]

Napoli are looking allright at HT, odds were almost 3/1, but 1-1 now might tempt them to sit back and soak up pressure on aggregate.

That early goal pretty much sealed the deal. Btw, they ended up qualifying to the next round, but I'm not sure if Ancelotti will be too happy after conceding 3 goals.

Well, as I kinda expected, Inter couldn't do much against Frankfurt. The germans were the better team in both legs, but they wasted so many chances tonight, more than I can remember. MOTM was Handanovic, without him Inter could've conceded more than 5 goals easily.

Two games going to extra time. I hope Sevilla and Benfica can make it to the next round.

[hulla]

Looks a lost bet already, Krasnodar just scored Valencia too, which means Valencia could get eliminated too!
Napoli are just trying to see the match out, now it's 3 - 1!

Giroud is having his best match of the season far, he's got a hattrick and Chelsea has got 5!

Bad luck mate. Valencia scored at 90+3 minutes. You lost it when Salzburg scored their 2nd goal. Salzburg tried their best.

Anyway, I was almost giving up with my acca LOL but luckily Valencia saved me. Let's see how far I go. These are the matches I left now:

Lucky you man! now let's see how to the remaining match plays out!

Arsenal have taken the lead already, Frankfurt has also scored against Inter Milan.

That's football for you buddy because anything can happen if the leading are just a goal ahead while the fulltime whistle is yet to be bow. I respect Goncalo Guedes of Valencia for the deadline goal to make Valencia advance 3-2 by aggregate.

[big_daddy]

    

Ok, congrats to Benfica

Good night

[sammyp]

I am happy for Arsenal, their game looked tough for me after they lost during the first leg. They were able to manage things well and have progressed to the next stage but the higher you go the tougher it becomes.

[LTU_btc]

Slavia scored another goal in extra time and won against Sevilla on aggregate. Kjaer has able to kick ball from goal line, but failed. Crazy match, disaster for Sevilla! Underdogs Slavia made history tonight!. Pablo Machin - sacked in the morning? Wouldn't be surprised at all.

[tomahawk9]

Slavia scored another goal in extra time and won against Sevilla on aggregate. Kjaer has able to kick ball from goal line, but failed. Crazy match, disaster for Sevilla! Underdogs Slavia made history tonight!. Pablo Machin - sacked in the morning? Wouldn't be surprised at all.

A goal in the 119'...crazy stuff! About Machin, there were rumours that he was going to ge sacked before this game...Now with this result, there's no doubt that he'll wake up unemployed tomorrow morning lol

Well, Slavia Praha will be the team that everybody will wish to play against in the quarter-finals, who will be the lucky one? 

[steveabrahams]

A bit surprised Chelsea won with 5 goals on the away match 2nd leg against Dyn. Kyiv and hattrick for Giroud. I thought it would be a close match lol. Other premier league team Arsenal also won and qualify to the next round.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

A bit surprised Chelsea won with 5 goals on the away match 2nd leg against Dyn. Kyiv and hattrick for Giroud. I thought it would be a close match lol. Other premier league team Arsenal also won and qualify to the next round.

It was a great experience last night, giroud scoring a perfect hat trick (left foot, right foot and header) keeping Chelsea europa league record intact but that wasn't my highlight for last night because I knew we were going to win. Although I'm a chelsea fan , Arsenal's remarkable comeback victory and the blackpather celebration performed by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stole the show for me.

[kenzawak]

Great comeback from Arsenal. I thought Rennes would hold on.
It's been a really bad round for French clubs in all European competitions, it's actually been a terrible season once again.

[buwaytress]

Just had a bet on Arsenal to qualify. I think it’s safe money, they’ll win this game by 2 clear gpals and advance to the next round. Winning the Europa League is qualification for the CL. I think they might need to really try & win it, top 4 in the PL is not guaranteed for them.

Spot on, brother. 3 goals with no reply and they're through. They'll want to win this, but so will Chelsea. Then that's a free CL's spot. If any of the clubs win CL, will that free up another spot in EPL? I don't recall the rules. There's no other way though, is there? Just a maximum of 4 teams plus 1 if a club outside top 4 wins Europa?

I went a bit stupid and backed Napoli to win even though I knew in my gut the 3-goal cushion plus away goal would mean they'd give it away in the 2nd half. Sevilla was a surprise to me too, tbh. 2-2 was perfectly balance and they just needed to get the ball in the net, but to go down in extra time, phew.

[Naida_BR]

Slavia scored another goal in extra time and won against Sevilla on aggregate. Kjaer has able to kick ball from goal line, but failed. Crazy match, disaster for Sevilla! Underdogs Slavia made history tonight!. Pablo Machin - sacked in the morning? Wouldn't be surprised at all.

This season is so exciting!
None would ever predict both in Champions League but also in the Europa League that we are going to see less strong teams disqualifying the strong ones.
Slavia Praha probably made yesterday the game of the decade (at least) for them and disqualifying a huge club with many Europa League trophies. I hope to see the same pace in the next round!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Just had a bet on Arsenal to qualify. I think it’s safe money, they’ll win this game by 2 clear gpals and advance to the next round. Winning the Europa League is qualification for the CL. I think they might need to really try & win it, top 4 in the PL is not guaranteed for them.

Spot on, brother. 3 goals with no reply and they're through. They'll want to win this, but so will Chelsea. Then that's a free CL's spot. If any of the clubs win CL, will that free up another spot in EPL? I don't recall the rules. There's no other way though, is there? Just a maximum of 4 teams plus 1 if a club outside top 4 wins Europa?

I went a bit stupid and backed Napoli to win even though I knew in my gut the 3-goal cushion plus away goal would mean they'd give it away in the 2nd half. Sevilla was a surprise to me too, tbh. 2-2 was perfectly balance and they just needed to get the ball in the net, but to go down in extra time, phew.

Man Utd came 5th the other season (under Mourinho) & won the EL, they still got into the CL so I presume the rules will still be the same. They go into the CL as a pot 1 seed too.

I think England only gets the additional CL spot if for example Arsenal came 5th & won the EL. If the EL winner came 4th & won the EL too then there is no additional CL spot for England.

[DeathAngel]

Incredible result for Arsenal last night after such a poor result in the 1st leg. Chelsea through very comfortably, let’s see if some big teams are drawn against each other today.

[tomahawk9]

Quarter-finals:

A1 Benfica vs Frankfurt
B2 Slavia Praha vs Chelsea
C3 Arsenal vs Napoli
D4 Villareal vs Valencia

Semi-finals will be the winner of A1 against winner of B2, and winner of C3 against winner of D4.

My picks: Frankfurt, Chelsea, Napoli, Valencia. I think Chelsea have a good shot of making it to the final.

[samuel wead]

New to the quarterfinal draw, I am excited about it

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

~snip~

Congratulations mate, I'd definitely consider your bet won already..

Villarreal has scored, so you're left with a goal from both  Sevilla's and Benfica's match,...

I was offline yesterday to update. Yes, finally won that acca 8

   

Ok, congrats to Benfica

Good night

You were giving everything for Dinamo. What was your motivation if you don't mind?

[LTU_btc]

My thoughts about quarterfinals
Benfica vs Frankfurt - difficult to predict something, I choose Eintracht to qualify, but everything can happen in this pair.
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea - Chelsea are very lucky, they route to the semifinals is unbeleavable easy - they had to beat teams like Malmo, Dinamo Kyiv and now Slavia.
Arsenal vs Napoli - wow. I predict that Napoli will go to the semifinals, they are jost playing more solid and stable than Arsenal without so many ups and downs.
Villareal vs Valencia - I didn't wanted to see clash of Spanish teams at this stage. Villarreal struggling in La Liga, but their performance in UEL is almost perfect, meanwhile Valencia are playing in La Liga solid recently. I think Valencia have slighlty better chances, but it will be not easy.

[Harkorede]

My thoughts about quarterfinals
Benfica vs Frankfurt - difficult to predict something, I choose Eintracht to qualify, but everything can happen in this pair.
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea - Chelsea are very lucky, they route to the semifinals is unbeleavable easy - they had to beat teams like Malmo, Dinamo Kyiv and now Slavia.
Arsenal vs Napoli - wow. I predict that Napoli will go to the semifinals, they are jost playing more solid and stable than Arsenal without so many ups and downs.
Villareal vs Valencia - I didn't wanted to see clash of Spanish teams at this stage. Villarreal struggling in La Liga, but their performance in UEL is almost perfect, meanwhile Valencia are playing in La Liga solid recently. I think Valencia have slighlty better chances, but it will be not easy.

I think Benfica will have more experience than Frankfurt, and at this stage I think being experienced at Europe knockout matches could be important, I'll choose to qualify.

Chelsea should definitely make it to the finals, I think.

Napoli vs Arsenal, I'm not sure who to pick here, but I think whichever team wins would face Chelsea at the finals.

[hulla]

For the quarter final this are my pick
Benfica vs Frankfurt : Benfica will win by one goal
Slavia Praha vs Chelsea : I will go for Chealsea here
C3 Arsenal vs Napoli I know majority of people chooses Napoli base on their and ball move but I will go for Arsenal
D4 Villareal vs Valencia I choose Valencia