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

[DU18]

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.

Although the match was stopped due to the action of the audience, the second match continued to be fierce, Although Marseille, who acted as the host, was able to control possession, marseile was very difficult to create chances and it was recorded that they were only able to record 3 shot on target during the match, With a draw in that match, Galatasaray are now in 1st position in Group E standings with 4 points, while Marseille is in 3rd place with 2 points.

I really appreciate Galatasaray's results that they got in their first two games in their group. Maybe they weren't the best in those games but they still managed to collect 4 points in two games and that's the most important thing for a team in these tournaments. However, they can't maintain their unbeaten streak forever as long as they are playing inconsistently. They should be better to be able to reach upper rounds.

So far they are playing pretty well, but if they can't improve the quality of their game in the next match of course their position in the standings is threatened, I think 4 points for Galatasaray is not enough for them to get a guarantee of qualifying for the next phase, because it could be that other teams will try to get up in the second leg later, although currently Galatasaray are unbeaten in the European League, but I am a little disappointed with the ability of their players to score goals and so far Galatasaray have only been able to break into the opponent's goal once.

[lixer]

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.

In this phase of Europa League matches we have no surprise because most of the teams done their job perfectly Braga came from behind and won match by 3 - 1 Leverkusen give some good lesson to Celtic who was very good at home now already lost 2 out of 2 matches West Ham is also going with his perfect record and now have 6 points from 2 matches Lazio and Zagreb also done their good job and won their matches just French side Marseille fail to end deadlock against Turkish side Galatasaray with 0 - 0 and with this result Turkish side is leading in this group and Marseille is spot at third position now in next match they are going to face Lazio which mean more bad result for them, and they are out of this competition.

[CryptoBuds]

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I am so confident that English teams will do well in this season's Europa. Even though Leicester want to prove otherwise, they will still do well at the end. Not withstanding that Leicester faced with better side of Italy, I didn't expect this poor start from them. Personally, I don't like betting on europa matches. I see them as clubs of equal strength, it's always difficult for me to predict. I always feel comfortable to predict europa when the big guys that could not make it in UCL joins them in Europa.
Westham could make England proud. Those guys are determined for success.

^ I will have to disagree with you there mate. Yes, English League teams are decent, actually, all the teams in Europa League are somewhat of equal strength. But I think this season Italian teams will excel in Europa League. Just look at how good Napoli has been playing in Italian League. They are first over there competing with teams like Inter, Milan, and Roma. Lazio is even placed 6th. Napoli has been playing so well this season and has won every match in their league and they have got a solid defense with conceding only 2 goals in 6 matches. On the other hand, West Ham is placed 7th and Leicester is placed 13th. So I'm guessing Italian teams will do better over English teams.

[babo]

Even if Napoli had been down with ten men, that can't be an excuse for conceding 3 goals especially when they had the time and reorganize in halftime. Spartak plays smart, press accordingly, and manages to score more than enough to turn the game. Now things in this group look difficult for them but again Napoli can turn this around and qualify in the next phase. Btw who will think that Legia will be on the top with 2 wins in 2 matches...

as I have said elsewhere, this is the beauty of football
think one thing, if we were slightly more permissive, we would see beautiful things .. fights like in rugby

instead the thing I absolutely hate in football is the players who simulate
it's not sporty and it's not fun

[BITCOIN4X]

Two unexpected results leicister lost to legia who are struggling on the polish league and napoli lost to spartak moscow at home with an odd of 14 the early goal for napoli should have made it easier for them but then a mistake caused them the red card which changed the course of the match.

I thought the match would end in a draw after one of the Napoli players got a red card in the first half. I predict the second half will be more difficult for Napoli because Spartak will take their chances and improve their game. The result was quite surprising because the final score of the match was 2-3 for Spartak Moscow's victory. A red card is a bad sign for a team in a match because it will usually cause the team's game to become unstable. But the match resulted in 2 red cards for each team. Now that Napoli and Leicester have only 1 point in 2 match, maybe that will change soon when matchday 3 is played.

[Kusman]

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

Even if Napoli had been down with ten men, that can't be an excuse for conceding 3 goals especially when they had the time and reorganize in halftime. Spartak plays smart, press accordingly, and manages to score more than enough to turn the game. Now things in this group look difficult for them but again Napoli can turn this around and qualify in the next phase. Btw who will think that Legia will be on the top with 2 wins in 2 matches...

I agree that it shouldn't be an excuse for Napoli even while they are in a situation like that. Because they are still a far better team than Spartak Moscow and it was a home match also. They conceded 3 goals and were able to only decrease the goal difference to one. Napoli must be unpleased with this result but they will move on and continue to perform great in the Serie A in my opinion.

[Ebede]

I am so confident that English teams will do well in this season's Europa. Even though Leicester want to prove otherwise, they will still do well at the end. Not withstanding that Leicester faced with better side of Italy, I didn't expect this poor start from them. Personally, I don't like betting on europa matches. I see them as clubs of equal strength, it's always difficult for me to predict. I always feel comfortable to predict europa when the big guys that could not make it in UCL joins them in Europa.
Westham could make England proud. Those guys are determined for success.

They're and was sure favorites for that match, I knew it was gonna be a three points for West Ham.
Having an experience Moyes,I think he has been brilliant with the team frommthe onset.
They'll be at home during the week, they're still likely to get a win, maybe a rotation of the squad to avoid fatigue of players.

[judas]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

[snipie]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

West Ham did well in EPL last season but they aren't that successful right now at the opposite of EL where they are doing fine. After all as you said their group isn't that top..

[Joca97]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

Honestly i was expecting a draw at Zagreb,but they won easily against Dinamo there.For Rapid i was expecting that they destroy them even had over 2.5 goals on that match but ended just 2:0.Sadly VAR cancelled out the penalty for Rapid.But like you said they are performing really good and can go far in Europe League.

[KTChampions]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

West Ham did well in EPL last season but they aren't that successful right now at the opposite of EL where they are doing fine. After all as you said their group isn't that top..

Yes, this group looks really very easy to them. And in general, I think the teams will start real fighting (seriously thinking) about winning the Europa League starting from the quarterfinals. Firstly, the cup will already be close, and secondly, the situation in the domestic championship will more or less become clear and those who will not succeed there will concentrate on this chance.

[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.

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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As I watched the match I can agree with it. I mean just looking at statics generally give glimpse to us but draw in match was definitely not lucky one. Galatasaray defence looked pretty much solid full match with minor mistakes. I really like right back, Boey. Marseille on the other hand dominated the match wasn't very productive (even less productive than Lazio. Galatasaray deserved that point and leading position in group with that defense. But I wonder if this will keep going. Galatasaray may fail next time against Russian team if they get too relaxed with the position.

Lokomotiv Moscow got one point against Marseille and a 2-0 defeat against Lazio in their last game. Galatasaray played against them in 2018 away last and Lokomotiv Moscow were the side that won the game by 2-0. It was a Champions League game. It is really hard to predict the result of this game. But as long as Galatasaray don't improve their performance, they will have a big problem in this game most probably.

[hahay]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

West Ham did well in EPL last season but they aren't that successful right now at the opposite of EL where they are doing fine. After all as you said their group isn't that top..

Yes, this group looks really very easy to them. And in general, I think the teams will start real fighting (seriously thinking) about winning the Europa League starting from the quarterfinals. Firstly, the cup will already be close, and secondly, the situation in the domestic championship will more or less become clear and those who will not succeed there will concentrate on this chance.

There are other teams who have won all their games so far and in fact, there are better than West Ham in this tournament. Well, apart from West Ham I think what we have to pay attention to is about Legia in group C, I believe Legia in this group is only underestimated but the fact is that Legia was able to beat the favorite team so far and it's the same as Sheriff Tiraspol in UCL.

[wiss19]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

West Ham did well in EPL last season but they aren't that successful right now at the opposite of EL where they are doing fine. After all as you said their group isn't that top..

Either they are not good in Premier League they are not bad as well having 11 points from 6 games and just 3 points away from top is also good record for them. In last season they were staying in top 4 for some long time but chock badly at the end and qualify for Europa League where they are on their best and in Premier League they have only one defeat which happen against Manchester United in other matches they are producing good results, and they still have margin of improving as they have very competitive side which are performing in all conditions.

I am hoping for good result at the end of season again from them, and they can go through in some better position in Europa League as well.

[KTChampions]

Yes, this group looks really very easy to them. And in general, I think the teams will start real fighting (seriously thinking) about winning the Europa League starting from the quarterfinals. Firstly, the cup will already be close, and secondly, the situation in the domestic championship will more or less become clear and those who will not succeed there will concentrate on this chance.

There are other teams who have won all their games so far and in fact, there are better than West Ham in this tournament. Well, apart from West Ham I think what we have to pay attention to is about Legia in group C, I believe Legia in this group is only underestimated but the fact is that Legia was able to beat the favorite team so far and it's the same as Sheriff Tiraspol in UCL.

Yes, they won two matches in the group both with the minimum score, but so far I don't see anything special about that. Probably the next match Napoli - Legia will show how strong Legia is. Napoli has only one point and will be obliged to play to win in front of their spectators in a home match. I'm not sure that in such conditions Legia will be able to repeat the success of Spartacus.

[Daniel91]

Damn it, I should have put some money on Dinamo yesterday. I had a feeling they could surprise us with a win, but I didn't expect a game like that. They let Genk have the ball and waited for their chances. We really needed to win this game to boost the morale. The next game is vs. Rapid in Wien. After a game like last night Rapid shouldn't be much of a problem, but with Dinamo you never know.

I kept my money for the victory of Dinamo Zagreb. If we compare the Zagreb team with KRC Jenk, then the Zagreb team must be ahead. Dinamo Zagreb is a stable and strong team. And they were expected to win. However, I think they will be able to maintain their winning streak in the next match. The Rapid Vienna team is not stable.

I think it's obvious, West Ham and Dinamo Zagreb will dominate the group but this 3-0 win away was a surprise for me too. For the next match where Dinamo Zagreb will play against Rapid Vienna, I think this will be another easy win for Zagreb, because Genk who was able to win against Rapid Vienna proved that Rapid might be weaker and or less prepared in this competition so it is difficult for him to play well even playing at home.

It may seem obvious for people not that close to Dinamo. History has taught us that Dinamo players have a nasty habit to play good when no one expect that from them and to play lousy when everyone expects an easy win. That's why I'm not that confident in an easy win against Rapid. We will see...

In fact, it must be said that Dinamo was lucky in this match and that the match could have ended differently if Genk had scored the first goal, which was also admitted by Dinamo coach Krznar.
West Ham is the obvious favorite of this group but for second place there will still be a big fight until the end of the group stage of this competition.
I think the next two games will be very important, and if Dinamo wins at least 4 points against Rapid, and Genk loses both games against West Ham, or doesn't win more than one point, then Dinamo will be in a huge advantage and the favorite for second place in a group.

[mv1986]

West Ham are one of the teams that have been performing really good in this tournament so far. They defeated Dinamo Zagreb by 2-0 away first. After this win, they defeated Rapid Vienna by the same score also. They are one of the assertive teams here for achieving a nice success. But they still haven't come across very tough opponents yet. I really like them actually and they have a decent lineup also. They are a capable team to advance to upper rounds. They just need to keep focusing on every game properly.

West Ham did well in EPL last season but they aren't that successful right now at the opposite of EL where they are doing fine. After all as you said their group isn't that top..

Yes, this group looks really very easy to them. And in general, I think the teams will start real fighting (seriously thinking) about winning the Europa League starting from the quarterfinals. Firstly, the cup will already be close, and secondly, the situation in the domestic championship will more or less become clear and those who will not succeed there will concentrate on this chance.

There are other teams who have won all their games so far and in fact, there are better than West Ham in this tournament. Well, apart from West Ham I think what we have to pay attention to is about Legia in group C, I believe Legia in this group is only underestimated but the fact is that Legia was able to beat the favorite team so far and it's the same as Sheriff Tiraspol in UCL.

But I wouldn't underestimate West Ham at all in regards to making it far during this championship. Every now and then they are able to beat one of the big teams or deliver them a very tough fight. They'll probably qualify for next round here and then everything is possible for them, especially in front of their own audience.

[minairia3]

I think it's obvious, West Ham and Dinamo Zagreb will dominate the group but this 3-0 win away was a surprise for me too. For the next match where Dinamo Zagreb will play against Rapid Vienna, I think this will be another easy win for Zagreb, because Genk who was able to win against Rapid Vienna proved that Rapid might be weaker and or less prepared in this competition so it is difficult for him to play well even playing at home.

It may seem obvious for people not that close to Dinamo. History has taught us that Dinamo players have a nasty habit to play good when no one expect that from them and to play lousy when everyone expects an easy win. That's why I'm not that confident in an easy win against Rapid. We will see...

In fact, it must be said that Dinamo was lucky in this match and that the match could have ended differently if Genk had scored the first goal, which was also admitted by Dinamo coach Krznar.
West Ham is the obvious favorite of this group but for second place there will still be a big fight until the end of the group stage of this competition.
I think the next two games will be very important, and if Dinamo wins at least 4 points against Rapid, and Genk loses both games against West Ham, or doesn't win more than one point, then Dinamo will be in a huge advantage and the favorite for second place in a group.

West Ham should be the easy choice for the group champion position. But the 2nd place is very tricky. Dynamo plays good, but oftentimes they slip where they are not supposed to slip. What I'm meaning is, Zagreb sometimes throws away easier chances. So the next few matches will be interesting to see for the clash for the 2nd place.

[slackovic]

I think it's obvious, West Ham and Dinamo Zagreb will dominate the group but this 3-0 win away was a surprise for me too. For the next match where Dinamo Zagreb will play against Rapid Vienna, I think this will be another easy win for Zagreb, because Genk who was able to win against Rapid Vienna proved that Rapid might be weaker and or less prepared in this competition so it is difficult for him to play well even playing at home.

It may seem obvious for people not that close to Dinamo. History has taught us that Dinamo players have a nasty habit to play good when no one expect that from them and to play lousy when everyone expects an easy win. That's why I'm not that confident in an easy win against Rapid. We will see...

In fact, it must be said that Dinamo was lucky in this match and that the match could have ended differently if Genk had scored the first goal, which was also admitted by Dinamo coach Krznar.
West Ham is the obvious favorite of this group but for second place there will still be a big fight until the end of the group stage of this competition.
I think the next two games will be very important, and if Dinamo wins at least 4 points against Rapid, and Genk loses both games against West Ham, or doesn't win more than one point, then Dinamo will be in a huge advantage and the favorite for second place in a group.

West Ham should be the easy choice for the group champion position. But the 2nd place is very tricky. Dynamo plays good, but oftentimes they slip where they are not supposed to slip. What I'm meaning is, Zagreb sometimes throws away easier chances. So the next few matches will be interesting to see for the clash for the 2nd place.

Agreed. Dinamo is well known for losing matches that they should win easily. Even the last match against Genk could have gone wrong if Genk had scored first. Who knows how Dinamo players would react. Situations like that are where a good coach should show his ability to boost team's morale. Personally I think that Dinamo would lose that game if Genk scored first.

[Emitdama]

There are other teams who have won all their games so far and in fact, there are better than West Ham in this tournament. Well, apart from West Ham I think what we have to pay attention to is about Legia in group C, I believe Legia in this group is only underestimated but the fact is that Legia was able to beat the favorite team so far and it's the same as Sheriff Tiraspol in UCL.

Yes, they won two matches in the group both with the minimum score, but so far I don't see anything special about that. Probably the next match Napoli - Legia will show how strong Legia is. Napoli has only one point and will be obliged to play to win in front of their spectators in a home match. I'm not sure that in such conditions Legia will be able to repeat the success of Spartacus.

I am feeling Legia is doing good in this group in next match they are going against Napoli which is good team but in last two matches they have done 4 goals and have 5 goals against them in Legia case they score only 2 goals and have now against them.

It means that they have something good, and they can contain Napoli because their recent match was not good after having lead they lost by 2 - 3, In my view they are not taking seriously this Europa League and want to have better record in local league so just because of this they are not doing tough like they are doing in their local league.