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

[baeva]

So, Spartak beat Napoli for the second time and temporarily took first place in the group. This is extremely funny if you remember that Napoli is in first place in Serie A, and Spartak is in 10th place in the Russian Premier League  Regardless of how Legia and Leicester play tomorrow, the distribution of places in the group will be known only after the last round.

This game makes Spalleti think hard for the strategy next. Napoli loses twice with the same team, which makes him doesn't shake hands with Rui Vitoria also. The c group qualification would be determined until the last game. Leicester playing at home versus Legia, the standings will be changed when they get a win or lose tomorrow, the situation would be the same each other but in fact, win with many goals is necessary.

To be honest, I did not quite understand this moment with the shaking of hands - it seems that the coach of Spartak is in no way innocent of the unsuccessful results of Napoli, Spalletti has only himself to blame. In general, his behavior looks ugly.
As for the Leicester-Legia match, I am surprised by these odds:
1.17 - 8.0 - 18.0
It's like the Brazilian national team against Liechtenstein, which does not correspond to reality at all.

Ahahahah, I certainly understand that Leicester can lose, but to give such crazy odds on his victory as stupid as possible, or bookmakers know something). I hope Leicester win. In this match, if any team wins, the winner leaves the group in first place most likely, unless he loses the last match. So the intrigue for this match is insane, and I'm already starting to think that Napoli won't make it to the 1/8, though....

[judas]

I'm watching the Galatasaray - Marseille game right now. And it has been really perfect so far for the Galatasaray side. They have dominated the game so far and scored two deserved goals. They are leading by 2-0 and as long as Marseille play like this it doesn't seem like Galatasaray will have much difficulty in this game. To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting a one-sided game. But we are still in the first half of course. Maybe we will watch a completely different Marseille in the second half. One thing seems certain that Galatasaray won't give up on this game easily. Because they will guarantee promoting as the leader in case they win. But this is on the condition that Lazio lose points against Lokomotiv Moscow.

[Ratash]

I'm watching the Galatasaray - Marseille game right now. And it has been really perfect so far for the Galatasaray side. They have dominated the game so far and scored two deserved goals. They are leading by 2-0 and as long as Marseille play like this it doesn't seem like Galatasaray will have much difficulty in this game. To tell the truth, I wasn't expecting a one-sided game. But we are still in the first half of course. Maybe we will watch a completely different Marseille in the second half. One thing seems certain that Galatasaray won't give up on this game easily. Because they will guarantee promoting as the leader in case they win. But this is on the condition that Lazio lose points against Lokomotiv Moscow.

Galatasaray managed to get the points with a 4 2 win with only 7 goal attempts even when the possesion was for marseille with 58% and 14 goal attempt but they were not present on the offensive side most importantly i was surprised by galatasaray today since they were struggling in the turkish league and the fact that they couldnt win against a 10 men team it seems that they became a totaly different team in europa league.

[Pulsar77]

It was a really great game for Galatasaray against Marseille. I never expected seeing so many goals in this game firstly. I thought like Galatasaray would try to secure a draw in the worst case. But they put an impressive effort into this game and deserved this really big 4-2 victory. And they could have even scored 5 or 6 goals at least as they wasted some more opportunities also. Galatasaray are going to be in the next round of the tournament for certain now. But their lead is still not guaranteed as Lazio defeated L. Moscow too. The decider for the lead is going to be the Lazio - Galatasaray game.

[Sirait]

to be honest, I did not quite understand this moment with the shaking of hands - it seems that the coach of Spartak is in no way innocent of the unsuccessful results of Napoli, Spalletti has only himself to blame. In general, his behavior looks ugly.
As for the Leicester-Legia match, I am surprised by these odds:
1.17 - 8.0 - 18.0
It's like the Brazilian national team against Liechtenstein, which does not correspond to reality at all.

Ahahahah, I certainly understand that Leicester can lose, but to give such crazy odds on his victory as stupid as possible, or bookmakers know something). I hope Leicester win. In this match, if any team wins, the winner leaves the group in first place most likely, unless he loses the last match. So the intrigue for this match is insane, and I'm already starting to think that Napoli won't make it to the 1/8, though....

Leicester proves that the odds are foolish lol. Leicester managed to jump to 1st place in Group C, passing Spartak Moscow. the hope for Legia to qualify for the next round is very small.

[CLS63]

We are witnessing a more delightful game between Monaco and Real Sociedad this time in Monaco. The first half was quite satisfying as we watched three goals. Monaco are the leading team by a 2-1 score right now and the second half is underway. I feel like it is still going to be a tough game for Monaco. I don't expect Real Sociedad to give up that easy. My score guesses are 2-2 and 3-2.

[Woodie]

impressive first half for Leicester city who are almost guaranteed to collect maximum points thanks to their 3-1 lead at home .

If they hold and win they should go top of the group thanks to Napoli slippage who will be left out form the round of 32,what a disappointment for the Italian team...at least they get to cheer on for other teams.

Other premier league team that was in action was Tottenham who got more than they bargained for as the got beat by Mura 2-1, what a shocker!

Spurs really need to do more work to rebuild their team.

[LTU_btc]

Probably main surprise today was Galatasaray win against Marseille. After this defeat Marseille are eliminated from Europa league.
Bayer eliminated Celtic by beating them 3:2. Bayer and Betis going to nextround.
Other team from Glasgow is doing better, they won against Sparta 2:0. Second goal is one of the most stupid I saw recently - Sparta defender simply passed ball to Morelos in the box and he scored easy goal.
Eintracht managed to achieve draw against Antwerp by scoring on 94th minute. And they are in next round already.

[Joca97]

Probably main surprise today was Galatasaray win against Marseille. After this defeat Marseille are eliminated from Europa league.
Bayer eliminated Celtic by beating them 3:2. Bayer and Betis going to nextround.
Other team from Glasgow is doing better, they won against Sparta 2:0. Second goal is one of the most stupid I saw recently - Sparta defender simply passed ball to Morelos in the box and he scored easy goal.
Eintracht managed to achieve draw against Antwerp by scoring on 94th minute. And they are in next round already.

Galatasaray made a huge win they were slight favorites in this match but didnt expect this much goals in this match. Sparta Prague also missed a big chance in the last minutes and they needed that goal badly. Also Betis was an easy win today as well as Leicester easy wins.

[LGD2Business]

Very interesting results were obtained in group D. In the last minutes, the match came and went between the two sides. Eintracht Frankfurt and Royal Antwerp shared points. Conference League hopes for Royal Antwerp have dwindled. They scored and took the lead in the 88th minute, but they conceded in extra time and the match ended in a draw. Eintracht Frankfurt had already secured next round.

[DU18]

Leicester currently have no other option to qualify and they are obliged to get three points in that match, the match against legia is not an easy match for leicester, especially in the first leg they have to surrender 0-1 to legia and make their current position difficult in group, inevitably brendan rogers must be able to maximize their players after Youri Tielemans, Wesley Fofana, and James Justin suffered injuries and will certainly miss the match.

The points at that group is very close right now. For example Moscow is the leader with 7 points and tied with Napoli who has 7 points as well, whereas Legia has 6 and Leicester has 5. However Napoli and Moscow already played, which means if Leicester wins today against Legia, that will make them 8 points and at the top of the group. So within one game they would move from bottom of that group to top of that group.

I am not saying that they will win, but if you were to play any group game like it is elimination game then this should be the one. We still have one more game left after this so it will not mean that Leicester will move up, anything could happen after this game as well, but in order to leave their chances to the last game, they need to win this one.

Leicester finally managed to avenge the defeat they got in the first leg against legia today, the 3-1 victory finally made Leicester now at the top of Group C standings with 8 points, so it is certain that now the competition in Group C is getting tougher because each team has a slight difference in points, and it is certain with this situation, the qualifying competition will be decided until the last match.

[MAAManda]

Very interesting results were obtained in group D. In the last minutes, the match came and went between the two sides. Eintracht Frankfurt and Royal Antwerp shared points. Conference League hopes for Royal Antwerp have dwindled. They scored and took the lead in the 88th minute, but they conceded in extra time and the match ended in a draw. Eintracht Frankfurt had already secured next round.

Even though they qualified for the next round, the result of the match against Royal Antwerp was very disappointing, they attacked a lot and dominated the game on the field, but only got a draw.

On the other hand Olympiakos also managed to win over Fenerbahce and secure their position to advance to the next round after a late goal scored by Francisco Soares in the 89th minute.

[Ratash]

impressive first half for Leicester city who are almost guaranteed to collect maximum points thanks to their 3-1 lead at home .

If they hold and win they should go top of the group thanks to Napoli slippage who will be left out form the round of 32,what a disappointment for the Italian team...at least they get to cheer on for other teams.

Other premier league team that was in action was Tottenham who got more than they bargained for as the got beat by Mura 2-1, what a shocker!

Spurs really need to do more work to rebuild their team.

Important three points for leicester city but they were not that dominant in the game as the score suggest and they faced a broken team that lost their last seven consecutive games in the polish championship i am not sure they can win in napoli  and they can still leave the competition if they lose and legia or spartak moscow win the last game.

[KingsDen]

Liecester did what they were supposed to do.
That is football for us, little did we think that struggling Liecester could top the group C. Yet, the group is still complicated and no one is safe yet. If Napoli upturns the glory of Liecester in thier next meeting, it could be a disaster for Liecester. And the Legia at the bottom, if they secure next win may top the table. It's a wonderful group contest here.

[alegotardo]

Important three points for leicester city but they were not that dominant in the game as the score suggest and they faced a broken team that lost their last seven consecutive games in the polish championship i am not sure they can win in napoli  and they can still leave the competition if they lose and legia or spartak moscow win the last game.

I didn't believe Leicester could be qualifying in group C, much less leading it, but... there he is in first place.
Of course the difference is very tight, in fact this is the most balanced group so far, with the Italian team and Spartak Moscow with seven points, and Legia with six.
The last round will be definitive and I'm betting on Napoli and Spartak Moscow to win.

[hahay]

Important three points for leicester city but they were not that dominant in the game as the score suggest and they faced a broken team that lost their last seven consecutive games in the polish championship i am not sure they can win in napoli  and they can still leave the competition if they lose and legia or spartak moscow win the last game.

I didn't believe Leicester could be qualifying in group C, much less leading it, but... there he is in first place.
Of course the difference is very tight, in fact this is the most balanced group so far, with the Italian team and Spartak Moscow with seven points, and Legia with six.
The last round will be definitive and I'm betting on Napoli and Spartak Moscow to win.

Napoli itself lost in yesterday's match against Spartak Moscow and Napoli in Serie A in the previous match also did not get good results, with results like that I assume Napoli's performance has decreased and I doubt it. But one thing I believe with a table like this, it looks like it will last until the end or maybe a little change for the position of Leicester and Spartak Moscow. I believe Legia will remain bottom which means Legia will lose in its last match against Spartak Moscow, for the match Napoli vs Leicester I believe the result will be a draw or Leicester win. That way, Spartak Moscow will be the group leader and Leicester will still qualify as runners up or Leicester will win and Leicester will still be group winners which means their position will remain the same, who knows.

[blue Snow]

All clubs in the Uefa euro league must fight very hard to be in 1st position because they want to avoid on 2nd position. on new rules, Uefa will continue to adjust the knockout system, 2nd position will meet on 3rd position champions league. Maybe this is a bit not much balanced for the little club when meeting the team who haven't been lucky in the main league. I believe all club ex-champion league (3rd position) will have a big chance to next round because have better each line. Only 1 game left, so far several clubs have a ticket without playing in playoffs such as west ham and Lyon.

[Tumanggor]

the results that come out are not so surprising, many are in accordance with predictions

Teams Qualify for Europa League Knock-out Stage:
Group Winner (passed to the last 16)
Lyon (Group A)
AS Monaco (Group B)
Bayer Leverkusen (Group G)
West Ham (Group H)

Runner-Up (live the Knock-out play-off phase)
Rangers (Group A)
Real Betis (Group G)

Passed but Final Ranking Still Unknown
Eintracht Frankfurt (Group D)
Olympiacos (Group D)
Galatasaray (Group E)
Lazio (Group E)

Champions League Group Stage Three (go to Knock-out play-off phase)
Borussia Dortmund (Group C)
Sheriff Tiraspol (Group D)
Zenit St Petersburg (Group H)

Source: UEFA

The competition in Group C is still ongoing and it is most likely that Leicester and Spartak will qualify for the next round IMO

[Lordhermes]

Liecester did what they were supposed to do.
That is football for us, little did we think that struggling Liecester could top the group C. Yet, the group is still complicated and no one is safe yet. If Napoli upturns the glory of Liecester in thier next meeting, it could be a disaster for Liecester. And the Legia at the bottom, if they secure next win may top the table. It's a wonderful group contest here.

Despite the fact that Leicester is not too inform,they still won their match.Its a very good one for them.They have a team that can challenge for anything,their players are all good especially their latest acquisitions.Good players that are capable of winning trophy for a club if well managed.

[kro55]

Liecester did what they were supposed to do.
That is football for us, little did we think that struggling Liecester could top the group C. Yet, the group is still complicated and no one is safe yet. If Napoli upturns the glory of Liecester in thier next meeting, it could be a disaster for Liecester. And the Legia at the bottom, if they secure next win may top the table. It's a wonderful group contest here.

Despite the fact that Leicester is not too inform,they still won their match.Its a very good one for them.They have a team that can challenge for anything,their players are all good especially their latest acquisitions.Good players that are capable of winning trophy for a club if well managed.

It's hard to make predictions about Leicester's game. Although they do not have the consistency of performance, they often show good performance. They have beaten teams like Brighton and Manchester United. This means that the players have the ability to take on any challenge.