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

[Trofo]

i am already curious about the game ssc napoli vs. legia warsaw.
legia is in the polish ekstraklasa very far behind expectations but in the el they rank first in a strong group
napoli must actually win the game today, otherwise it will be very difficult to successfully get out of the group

I think that this should be an easy game for Napoli. Napoli has been on an insane form lately. Although they haven't been that good in the CL, but they are unstoppable in the league. I hope they can bring the same confidence and form into CL as well. Legia is a smaller team compared to what Napoli is, both strength and experience-wise. So I hope Napoli will win this one.

Betting on Napoli would be a no go area for due to the terrible odds at around ~1.20, Not as if Legia Warsaw aren't capable of pulling an upset too.
Even if I'm expecting an easy win for Napoli, that'dsure a bet to avoid for me.

Napoli game tonight is all about Napoli starting line up. If they play with their best 11 they will destroy Legia and score at least 3 goals, if they field a weak side they will have problems. I am expecting a mixed squad with about half first team players and Napoli win, but will wait for line ups before making the bet. Same for other Europa league games. Looking at sociedad win and both to score in PSV-Monaco game.

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[cygan]

i am already curious about the game ssc napoli vs. legia warsaw.
legia is in the polish ekstraklasa very far behind expectations but in the el they rank first in a strong group
napoli must actually win the game today, otherwise it will be very difficult to successfully get out of the group

I think that this should be an easy game for Napoli. Napoli has been on an insane form lately. Although they haven't been that good in the CL, but they are unstoppable in the league. I hope they can bring the same confidence and form into CL as well. Legia is a smaller team compared to what Napoli is, both strength and experience-wise. So I hope Napoli will win this one.

Betting on Napoli would be a no go area for due to the terrible odds at around ~1.20, Not as if Legia Warsaw aren't capable of pulling an upset too.
Even if I'm expecting an easy win for Napoli, that'dsure a bet to avoid for me.

Napoli game tonight is all about Napoli starting line up. If they play with their best 11 they will destroy Legia and score at least 3 goals, if they field a weak side they will have problems. I am expecting a mixed squad with about half first team players and Napoli win, but will wait for line ups before making the bet. Same for other Europa league games. Looking at sociedad win and both to score in PSV-Monaco game.

anything is possible with our favorite sport football and that is why we all love this sport here

[Avirunes]

I'm very confident that Lazio can win the game even I bet the first half for Lazio but so far no goals maybe i lost the bet in the first half
I will watch in the second half, Marseille seemed to dominate in the first half so I doubt Lazio will win

Lazio is playing the second half better than the first but still seems like Marseille is holding them equally good. There have been couple of chances and the off bar one was close and also the goal ruled out of offside - seems like Lazio is running with a bit of bad luck here. But anyway kinda bit surprised with the way Marseille has put up the game today. I was expecting some Lazio goals given the players they have and how well they were against Inter in their last fixture but really today Marseille is holding them really quite too well.

[buwaytress]

Betting on Napoli would be a no go area for due to the terrible odds at around ~1.20, Not as if Legia Warsaw aren't capable of pulling an upset too.

That's my bet for sure. Napoli should win this of course, but they allowed 3 goals from Moscow, a team playing in some of their worst form in recent years, and I wonder if they could be like Milan in UCL, ruthless in domestic football but toothless against European competition.

Also, I just found out about a player I didn't even realise ended up at Leicester: 4-goal hero Daka.

I do need Sociedad and Rangers to win though to book my acca that closed 3 legs from last night's UCL.

[BITCOIN4X]

Lazio is playing the second half better than the first but still seems like Marseille is holding them equally good. There have been couple of chances and the off bar one was close and also the goal ruled out of offside - seems like Lazio is running with a bit of bad luck here. But anyway kinda bit surprised with the way Marseille has put up the game today. I was expecting some Lazio goals given the players they have and how well they were against Inter in their last fixture but really today Marseille is holding them really quite too well.

4 out of 6 matches are currently still a draw and it looks like it will make a lot of gamblers disappointed if the result holds up to the end. Lazio have also not managed to score a goal so far and I think it will end in a goalless draw considering the time is so tight. Not as expected, Lazio really failed to maximize the opportunities that exist.

[BALIK]

Both teams seem to be playing cautiously and observing each other so no goals until the 40th minute maybe no goals in the first half open game will take place in the second half

The two teams are playing very carefully. Looks like they'll be happy to draw. Leverkusen's gameplay today is different from the gameplay of their past matches. Today they are not attacking too much. They play a little bit defensiv. Compared to them, the players of Real Betis have attacked more today. Both the teams have scored 7 points in 3 matches through today's draw.

[Woodie]

Betting on Napoli would be a no go area for due to the terrible odds at around ~1.20, Not as if Legia Warsaw aren't capable of pulling an upset too.

Even if I'm expecting an easy win for Napoli, that'dsure a bet to avoid for me.

I second you on this one, and according to my experience this turns out to trap when most of us take such small odds to be bankers but game turns out to be a tough one and high chances of the favourite been beaten too.

My bet is actually on Lyon vs Sparta Prague BTTS and then Franfurt vs Olympiakos Over 2.5 goals.

Sparta Prague for me isn't any convincing for me and lyon playing from home will want to impress its fans and not forgetting the away goal was removed so not much motivation for these guys either as far as I can tell.

As for the Olympiakos match am expecting goals in this one as europa games are known for goals.

[Slow death]

placing bets on europe league games is the same as playing the lottery.

some results:

Fenerbahce 2 - 2 Royal Antwerp FC



SS Lazio 0 - 0 Olympique Marseille

Sparta Prague for me isn't any convincing for me and lyon playing from home will want to impress its fans and not forgetting the away goal was removed so not much motivation for these guys either as far as I can tell.

AC Sparta Prague 1 - 0 Olympique Lyonnais


well the bookmakers are giving Sparta Prague as the favorite after they scored so early

[arallmuus]

That's my bet for sure. Napoli should win this of course, but they allowed 3 goals from Moscow, a team playing in some of their worst form in recent years, and I wonder if they could be like Milan in UCL, ruthless in domestic football but toothless against European competition.

It could be another draw for Napoli though, currently first half and the score is 0-0. Legia seems to be way better especially that they have won the last two matches so mentally the players should be way calmer compared to Napoli's player.

Also, I just found out about a player I didn't even realise ended up at Leicester: 4-goal hero Daka.

It was impressive and I did take a look at his performances then turned out that he was quite impressive for the last two season in Salzburg with total of 59 appearances and 51 goals in Tipico Bundesliga. He hasnt scored in EPL yet so far but I'd say that this player has the potential to be a decent top tier striker in EPL though

[DU18]

The first half The match between Napoli and Legia has now ended and the score is still 0-0, although Napoli continued to dominate the match but they struggled to score in the first half due to legia slightly solid defense, so in my opinion, Napoli coach should be able to find a solution to destroy it Legia defense, in order to create chances to score in the second half, because after all today match against Legia is a very decisive match for Napoli, winning is an absolute requirement if they still want  to keep their chances of qualifying for the next round in the Europa League.

[Harkorede]

Betting on Napoli would be a no go area for due to the terrible odds at around ~1.20, Not as if Legia Warsaw aren't capable of pulling an upset too.

Even if I'm expecting an easy win for Napoli, that'dsure a bet to avoid for me.

I second you on this one, and according to my experience this turns out to trap when most of us take such small odds to be bankers but game turns out to be a tough one and high chances of the favourite been beaten too.

My bet is actually on Lyon vs Sparta Prague BTTS and then Franfurt vs Olympiakos Over 2.5 goals.

Sparta Prague for me isn't any convincing for me and lyon playing from home will want to impress its fans and not forgetting the away goal was removed so not much motivation for these guys either as far as I can tell.

As for the Olympiakos match am expecting goals in this one as europa games are known for goals.

My bet has been won already just within the first half, I couldn't back on Lyon to win because I know they're not going to have it easy against Sparta Prague, Olympiakos  are also trailing by 2 goals to 1.

Napoli still are yet to find a way past the Legia's keeper,  although they've been very dominant in all aspects of the match.

[Iranus]

Napoli, who have yet to lose a match in the Bundesliga, have yet to win a match in the Europa League. Now they are playing against Legia Warszawa. But they are playing very defensively. They want to share points in this match too. Napoli have made several attacks but failed to score a single goal, yet all Europa League matches are very boring.

[Turbolinea]

I think that it is time for Napoli to get their first win in their group. Their game against Legia is still going on 0-0 but Napoli are very highly dominant now. Legia are the most surprising team of the group as they defeated Leicester and Spartak Moscow both. But this time, I don't expect them to resist Napoli till the end. Osimhen has just entered the game and he can change the way this game goes surely.

[ShowOff]

i am already curious about the game ssc napoli vs. legia warsaw.
legia is in the polish ekstraklasa very far behind expectations but in the el they rank first in a strong group
napoli must actually win the game today, otherwise it will be very difficult to successfully get out of the group

75 minute went by without a goal, I think it would be very surprising if the result would be a draw. Napoli managed to win 100% of their match in Serie A but look very weak for the Europa League. Whatever it is, I think they deserve to be favorites in today's match and I saw them score a goal just now. And now 1 more goal that makes it 2 goals ahead in 6 minute.

[LTU_btc]

Evening games ended without big surprises. In main game PSV beat Monaco 2:1 after scoring late goal and significantly improved their chances to reach next round.
Napoli won against Legia 3:0, but it took them a while to score.
In Sparta - Lyon game it was some late drama with disallowed goal and Lyon managed to get alive out of Prague with 3 points.
In other games favorites Real Sociedad, Rangers, West Ham and Eintracht achieved wins.

[ingiltere]

Fenerbahçe should've won this match under normal circumstances but they are showing very poor performance this season. If they can't even beat a team like Royal Antwerp then there is no hope for them in European competitions. They missed a big chance, I don't think they can qualify anymore. Eintracht Frankfurt made 7 points and Olympiakos had 6, these two teams will fight for first place. Even third team has a chance to go on from Conference League so teams have to fight until last matches. Royal Antwerp and Fenerbahçe will play in Belgium, I think that match will be the decider for this group.

[snipie]

Patson Daka (who is he?) scored poker in 34 hours minutes. Not bad, right ?

Spartak 3 - 4 Daka
He is a young striker from Africa that was playing with Salzburg and joined Leicester this season. Dunno more but scoring 3 goals in less than 10 minutes then a 4th goal to confirm the 3 points for his team is just impressive!

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To be honest I just saw daka performance today and he is really spectacular, is this his debut match with leicester city?

He didn't play much time in EPL at the opposite of CL where he played way more time.
I see many expected results and a lot of draws. Lyon did somehow ManU comeback.
So far West Ham and Lyon are 1 step closer to pass this stage

[FlamingFingers]

One thing I love about europa league is that there's always goal galore, if your analysis is right you can win almost often with over 2.5 goals, Napoli finally gets their first win, a well deserved victory without conceding a goal, 3 nil, a shock result came out from Glimt vs Roma, can't believe that Roma will conceded 6 goals from Glimt, I'm just wondering what excuse Mourinho will have to say to the press, despite playing without no red card

[Joca97]

One thing I love about europa league is that there's always goal galore, if your analysis is right you can win almost often with over 2.5 goals, Napoli finally gets their first win, a well deserved victory without conceding a goal, 3 nil, a shock result came out from Glimt vs Roma, can't believe that Roma will conceded 6 goals from Glimt, I'm just wondering what excuse Mourinho will have to say to the press, despite playing without no red card

Bodo/Glimt and Roma are part of the Europe Confrence league btw. But a nice win by Napoli in the second half and finally in europe they get a decent result and a first win. But some matches like Lazio and Fenerbahce not winning at home is something that wasnt expected at all

[EdenHazard]

Fenerbahçe should've won this match under normal circumstances but they are showing very poor performance this season. If they can't even beat a team like Royal Antwerp then there is no hope for them in European competitions. They missed a big chance, I don't think they can qualify anymore. Eintracht Frankfurt made 7 points and Olympiakos had 6, these two teams will fight for first place. Even third team has a chance to go on from Conference League so teams have to fight until last matches. Royal Antwerp and Fenerbahçe will play in Belgium, I think that match will be the decider for this group.

I was betting at 7.2 for fenerbahce to win the rest of the match at the last 10 minutes but damn yeah ozil poor form and some other stars make me feel damned.
they should really win the match and pour my wallet with those 7.2 odds winning. such unlucky day ... thought i could get a surprise birthday lol

lazio get a draw which i am not surprised at all given the fact that both teams marseille had an unstable form , just like leverkusen who shared a point .