⚽UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Winners: Eintracht Frankfurt!

[retreat]

today I bet on lazio, west ham and leverkusen. it looks like all that three team have scored 1 goal each.

I hope the score lasts until the end

[judas]

Napoli - Spartak Moscow game was one of the very surprising games to be honest. I wasn't expecting them to lose this game but they did by 3-2 home. But the most affective thing on this loss was their getting a red card very earlier in the game. They got ahead by 1-0 in the first minute already but the red card changed everything for them. Spartak Moscow saw a chance there to get something at the end of this game. And they even managed to win this. I still don't think that Napoli will make this a big deal and they will continue to show a big performance in the Serie A.

[BIT-BENDER]

today I bet on lazio, west ham and leverkusen. it looks like all that three team have scored 1 goal each.

I hope the score lasts until the end

So far congratulations to you, although those odds are small, especially that of lazio because they are playing a very weak team, but still the game is on going and I think english team are disappointing, in the europa league, just like Leicester did in the early kick of by losing, I think Westham may just be your problem, -although I hope they won't- but I think they might concede a goal in this match, so you should hope Westham score more goals.

[Slow death]

Wow,Napoli with an odd 1.16 lost to a team from the Russian Premier League like Spartak Moscow.No one should come and tell that Napoli played with 10 men...

look at the time when Napoli was reduced to 10 players and look at the time when he started to concede all goals, it is clear that he only lost because he was reduced to 10 players. any team when playing with 10 players is at a huge disadvantage even if it is playing against a weak team. The fact is that now Napoli and Leicester are in a bad situation in this group C

Braga is losing. I expected more from this Portuguese team

[Altryist]

Indeed, Leicester isn't taking it seriously, plus they aren't very well this season so the result right now could be understood... Few minutes left and they are behind with 1 goal..
PSV, Lyon and Olympiacos are scoring big, for PSV and Lyon their opponents aren't that hard but seeing Fenerbahce taking 3 goals vs Olympiacos isn't classic.

I do not know what to say, Leicester gives the game to Legia, to say that Leicester does not need the Europa League, it is certainly possible, but it seems to me that this match was simply an underestimation of the opponent. I very often see comments when English clubs are losing that the Premier League is more important for them, but I'm not sure if this is really so. If the club had the strength to compete on equal terms, in all tournaments, they would do it.

[suzanne5223]

today I bet on lazio, west ham and leverkusen. it looks like all that three team have scored 1 goal each.

I hope the score lasts until the end

Footing what I'm seeing about the match so far. Congratulations to you and West Ham are the only club that had 1 goal while both Lazio and  Leverkusen are leading with 2 goals. However, if Lokomotiv Moscow and the Celtics are not careful Lazio and Leverkusen will score more goals before the final whistle will be blow.

[DU18]

Napoli - Spartak Moscow game was one of the very surprising games to be honest. I wasn't expecting them to lose this game but they did by 3-2 home. But the most affective thing on this loss was their getting a red card very earlier in the game. They got ahead by 1-0 in the first minute already but the red card changed everything for them. Spartak Moscow saw a chance there to get something at the end of this game. And they even managed to win this. I still don't think that Napoli will make this a big deal and they will continue to show a big performance in the Serie A.

In the early minutes of the match, Napoli continued to dominate the game so Spartak defended more, but the red card received by Napoli changed the game, after Napoli played with 10 men, Spartak started to play with high intensity and was able to suppress Napoli game and make Napoli surrender with a score of 2-3, I think Napoli were a little unlucky today because of the red card they got, today  defeat from Spartak makes their position even more difficult in the standings of Group C.

[savetheFORUM]

Wow,Napoli with an odd 1.16 lost to a team from the Russian Premier League like Spartak Moscow.No one should come and tell that Napoli played with 10 men...

look at the time when Napoli was reduced to 10 players and look at the time when he started to concede all goals, it is clear that he only lost because he was reduced to 10 players. any team when playing with 10 players is at a huge disadvantage even if it is playing against a weak team. The fact is that now Napoli and Leicester are in a bad situation in this group C

Braga is losing. I expected more from this Portuguese team

In second phase of this round we have again few surprising results just half-time and few teams have very bad situation like we have already in European Leagues other matches Braga and Celtic both losing at home Marseille is held by Turkish club Galatasaray. Good result for Lazio as they are in good command and West Ham is also in lead of 1 goal. Celtic home record is very good but after losing Betis in away match now they are going down by 2 goals against giant of Germany Leverkusen and most chances they will increase their telly in second round because they are doing very good in Bundesliga as well for last few matches.

[Spack17]

We watched a very balanced first half in the Marseille - Galatasaray match. I was actually expecting Marseille to have the control of the match but I really appreciate Galatasaray's effort as they are not letting their opponent do that. The second half has started. And it seems like the winner will be able to win by a very close margin if we have a winner at the end.

[KTChampions]

Wow,Napoli with an odd 1.16 lost to a team from the Russian Premier League like Spartak Moscow.No one should come and tell that Napoli played with 10 men as the difference in quality between Serie A where Napoli plays and is usually a contender for the title,and Russian Premier League is enormous,they should have won this game easily,yet they lose 2-3 to a team which their odds were 14 or a bit more depending on different bookmakers.Europa League was full of surprises tonight.

An amazing result, but rather from Napoli. Spartak is famous for being very unstable and can lose to an obvious outsider, but it can also beat any team. If you could read the comments of Russian fans (Spartak has a very large fan base in its country and a large number of haters) after Spartak conceded a goal in the first seconds  

[LTU_btc]

Yeah, Spartak win against Napoli is huge surprise, especially considering how bad Spartak are performing this season and that they conceded goal after 11 sceconds since game started. Yeah, red card was big factor, but this result is fully deserved.
Celtic, how bad they are? Loose 0:4 at home against Bayer can't be justified. Though, Celtic had some bad luck in attack when they failed to convert great moments into goals, but it's just excuses.
Other Scottish giant Rangers aren't doing better. Loss against Sparta and 0 points with 0 goals scored after 2 rounds.
Another team which looks disappointing this season is Leicester, who lost against Legia. Seems that my desion to avoid bet on them was right.
Quite unexpected that Fenerbahche lost big at home against Olympiacos.

[Joca97]

Wow,Napoli with an odd 1.16 lost to a team from the Russian Premier League like Spartak Moscow.No one should come and tell that Napoli played with 10 men as the difference in quality between Serie A where Napoli plays and is usually a contender for the title,and Russian Premier League is enormous,they should have won this game easily,yet they lose 2-3 to a team which their odds were 14 or a bit more depending on different bookmakers.Europa League was full of surprises tonight.

An amazing result, but rather from Napoli. Spartak is famous for being very unstable and can lose to an obvious outsider, but it can also beat any team. If you could read the comments of Russian fans (Spartak has a very large fan base in its country and a large number of haters) after Spartak conceded a goal in the first seconds  

Spartak Moscow isnt a bad team at all . They are really solid in europe gor many years and this red card showed that they could win against big teams. I think most of us lost our bets on Napoli. But that tackle was really stupid could have even injured heavily the Spartak player

[morvillz7z]

https://i.imgur.com/3zWjy51.png
hoping that both sides will show off their firepower today

I wish i've tailed, congrats though!

-snip-
I've picked a few home underdogs (underdogs according to the bookies, i don't see them as such) to score a goal and have 4 or more corners.

Couldn't be any worse than that 0/3.
It's beyond me how Celtic didn't convert at least one of their many chances today. This over 0.5 + corners strategy worked slightly better in the Conference League, i was able to nail Alashkert and Vitesse but missed on Omonia. I think i will give it another shot,  the odds are decent all around.

This little 68/1 banger from the early confs league matches made my day though, pretty sweet.   

[ILuckyGuyI]

Marseille - Galatasaray game ended in a 0-0 draw. We watched a quite balanced game in the first half. I was impressed by Galatasaray's big effort to get ahead also. They were really close to scoring one goal in this half but the goalkeeper saved the shot very well. In the second half, Marseille started dominating the game completely. Galatasaray were able to take only one shot which was not even on target. But they still resisted Marseille and secured one point at the end. Marseille should be unhappy with this result.

[DIA7]

Yeah, Spartak win against Napoli is huge surprise, especially considering how bad Spartak are performing this season and that they conceded goal after 11 sceconds since game started. Yeah, red card was big factor, but this result is fully deserved.
Celtic, how bad they are? Loose 0:4 at home against Bayer can't be justified. Though, Celtic had some bad luck in attack when they failed to convert great moments into goals, but it's just excuses.
Other Scottish giant Rangers aren't doing better. Loss against Sparta and 0 points with 0 goals scored after 2 rounds.
Another team which looks disappointing this season is Leicester, who lost against Legia. Seems that my desion to avoid bet on them was right.
Quite unexpected that Fenerbahche lost big at home against Olympiacos.

Napoli had a player expelled for a player and they were winning with a goal against Spartak Moscow.
But they conceded 3.goals and was closer to coming out with a 4 goals perhaps.
while Pioli lost a player in the middle of the first half and in front of Atleti, one of the strongest teams in Europe, they matched them and dealt with the match well Until the last minutes in which won the Spaniards with strange and naive decisions.
Not to look for differences, but to reflect on how Pioli dealt with a team like Atleti and how Spalletti fell freely while playing imperfectly, in front of Spartak, no more and no less. You used to play on Thursday.
Now your date has become Tuesday and Wednesday. This alone deserves silence on Pioli until another date, especially as he struggles with his luck with injured players and has not won all the names since the beginning of the season.
Therefore, Milan was defeated and with a very bad performance. Now he wins with high performance, and when he is defeated, it is with honor. If this is not a move in the history of Milan in the last ten years, what will you be called? .

[EdenHazard]

Wow,Napoli with an odd 1.16 lost to a team from the Russian Premier League like Spartak Moscow.No one should come and tell that Napoli played with 10 men as the difference in quality between Serie A where Napoli plays and is usually a contender for the title,and Russian Premier League is enormous,they should have won this game easily,yet they lose 2-3 to a team which their odds were 14 or a bit more depending on different bookmakers.Europa League was full of surprises tonight.

An amazing result, but rather from Napoli. Spartak is famous for being very unstable and can lose to an obvious outsider, but it can also beat any team. If you could read the comments of Russian fans (Spartak has a very large fan base in its country and a large number of haters) after Spartak conceded a goal in the first seconds  

Normal day in europa league, you should not be surprised at all as that competition itself well known as a place full of surprises...

you can start betting on random newcomer to europa league to win this competition! especially since the covid19 hit us...  its likely everyteam has nearly same chance to win in a match!
for instance sheriff in CL beat real madrid..  that is new normal though lol
spartak beat napoli? well i could say it was the old normal. 

[Harkorede]

interesting results in first batch, Olympiakos trashed Fenerbahce 3:0, Legia won over Leicester, Napoli lost home match with Spartak
it is a good thing that I missed this first batch for betting

second batch is more interesting from my side, and Betis already scored in Budapest, Lazio is on the lead (Napoli was on the lead early on as well), Dinamo scored in Belgium, I am watching Crvena Zvezda and Ludogorets, could go in any direction

Olympakos are definitely a good team, I knew they could go as far as win the game, but they did in a grand style, away from home. Leicester and Frankfurt both cost me my betslip, after various upsets earlier, I chose to call it a day.

Napoli started well, but the red card from around 30 minutes played, that probably ruined the game for them, but what I found inexcusable is Leicester not being able to get all 3 points.

[MAAManda]

Marseille - Galatasaray game ended in a 0-0 draw. We watched a quite balanced game in the first half. I was impressed by Galatasaray's big effort to get ahead also. They were really close to scoring one goal in this half but the goalkeeper saved the shot very well. In the second half, Marseille started dominating the game completely. Galatasaray were able to take only one shot which was not even on target. But they still resisted Marseille and secured one point at the end. Marseille should be unhappy with this result.

Even though Marseille dominated the game, the overall match looked stagnant. We Can All See It In The Statistics. Marseille was only able to give 3 shots on goal from 11 attempts, while Galatasaray only had 1 shot on goal from 6 attempts.

With this result Galatasaray became the temporary leader of Group E and Marseille was in third place.

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[blue Snow]

Perfect west ham, 2 wins, 6 points, 4 goals, and  No goals conceded. and they stay on top standing. So far, west ham is the only one premier league club which success create achievement until today, while Leicester is depressed without any winning. I was thinking of a draw when Ben has to tackle Grull. but after see the monitor, no penalty. that makes Rapid Wina mentally down for a while.

[hahay]

Perfect west ham, 2 wins, 6 points, 4 goals, and  No goals conceded. and they stay on top standing. So far, west ham is the only one premier league club which success create achievement until today, while Leicester is depressed without any winning. I was thinking of a draw when Ben has to tackle Grull. but after see the monitor, no penalty. that makes Rapid Wina mentally down for a while.

After all, West Ham can indeed start the season well in the EPL as well and it looks like it has had a good impact on them in this competition as well. Unlike Leicester, who played in their first match against Napoli and they are also the strongest team in Serie A at the moment, but the fact is that both teams actually got bad results on the second matchday last night.