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

[baeva]

I'm shocked... Congratulations to all the Spartak and Napoli fans. Out of the group of death for Legia and Sparta, second place went to the play-offs. Leicester qualified for the Conference League thanks to a penalty saved by goalkeeper Alexander. Everyone in my country is buzzing and rejoicing over Spartak's win, well done, really, there's nothing more to say...

[ILuckyGuyI]

It was a really unfortunate day for Leicester. They played a really tough game against Napoli and lost it by 3-2 at the end. I didn't have an expectation in this way so I can say that I'm surprised by this score. But as I bet on both teams to score, at least my bet has won. Legia - Spartak Moscow game was also very exciting. Spartak Moscow led the game for a long time. But Legia found a very big opportunity to score the equalizer by a penalty in the last minute. But they missed it and this result ended Leicester's hopes for this tournament too.

[jaberwock]

Frankfurt, lyon, napoli, west ham, betis and lazio. These are the teams that I am going to wager and assume that they will win. I do not wager too much on europa games and that is why I feel like it is not going to be sure thing at all, I am not even sure if these teams are 100% favourites in this situation.

I mean just take lazio for example, they are the best team in that group if you ask me, and Galatasaray was seen as a team that will be eliminated very easily, and yet GS needs just one tie and they will be finishing the group at the top. These type of things matter the most to me when betting but I am still seeing lazio as the winner there.

[coderben]

What a performance by Real Sociedad! They had to defeat PSV to leave PSV behind in the group and take the second position. And it looked really difficult to me. But Real Sociedad showed things easier than it seems. They got a decent 3-0 win against PSV and moved them out of their way in the Europa League. PSV already had missing players and maybe this was one of the reasons why they couldn't resist their opponent here.

[LTU_btc]

Who coud have thought that Spartak will finish 1st in the group. What a finish of game when Spartak goalkeeper saved penalty. Well, this season in Europe is very solid for them, despite unstable performance in local league. BTW, it's likely that Spartak coach Rui Vitoria will be sacked despite 1st place in group because of poor results in local league. It would be a bit strange.
While Napoli won against Leicester and foxes will have to play just in Conference league.
Crvena Zvezda survived game with Braga. Braga dominated game, but it ended 1:1 and both teams go to next round.
Congratulatios to Dinamo Zagreb fans. They won against West Ham youngsters and went to next round.
I'm surprised about big Real Sociedad win against PSV.  I didn't watched game, but from stats it looks that it wasn't that easy for Sociedad.
There wassome upsets in meaningless games which costs me money. Like Sturm draw with Monaco or Ferencvaros win against Bayer. Lesson for me not to bet on teams on last round when they already have guaranted 1st or 2nd place.

[Ratash]

West Ham really came through, their lineup is full of players I never even heard of before. A logical move by Moyes, but Dinamo still has to do its part.
I feel much more confident now though, a draw is enough for us and if we don't get it against such a team, we don't deserve to go through anyway.

Leicester is out after losing to Napoli, but the real drama happened in Poland. Legia had a penalty in the 98th minute put Pekhart missed - if he scored Spartak would not have gone through.

A very good performance from dinamo zagreb today especially on the first half they controled the game and created many chances even if west ham team played mostly with players that they are not used to be in the lineup but still a well deserved win for dinamo.

[Joca97]

Who coud have thought that Spartak will finish 1st in the group. What a finish of game when Spartak goalkeeper saved penalty. Well, this season in Europe is very solid for them, despite unstable performance in local league. BTW, it's likely that Spartak coach Rui Vitoria will be sacked despite 1st place in group because of poor results in local league. It would be a bit strange.
While Napoli won against Leicester and foxes will have to play just in Conference league.
Crvena Zvezda survived game with Braga. Braga dominated game, but it ended 1:1 and both teams go to next round.
Congratulatios to Dinamo Zagreb fans. They won against West Ham youngsters and went to next round.
I'm surprised about big Real Sociedad win against PSV.  I didn't watched game, but from stats it looks that it wasn't that easy for Sociedad.
There wassome upsets in meaningless games which costs me money. Like Sturm draw with Monaco or Ferencvaros win against Bayer. Lesson for me not to bet on teams on last round when they already have guaranted 1st or 2nd place.

Probobly one of the worst weeks for betting on over goals. So little goals in the second part of europe games its just disappointing.
Crvena Zvezda bearly survived Braga and qualified as first in the group. Surprising win honestly from Ferencvaros didnt expect that at all

[jakdanyel]

All of the remaining matches in the EL have completed now. And I see that Galatasaray managed to keep their lead by the Lazio match also. They managed to keep the score at 0-0 somehow and secured their place. I couldn't watch the match but the statistics say that Lazio found more goal chances than them. But they were too bad at benefiting from those.

[Red Pie]

The group stage in the Europa League is over.  Royal Antwerp defeated Olympiacos 1-0.  Napoli managed to beat Leicester City 3-2.  Napoli's young player Eljif Elmas became a star with 2 goals.  Real Sociedad, on the other hand, defeated the important team of the Netherlands, PSV, 3-0.

[CLS63]

Yeah, the group stage is over now. And the nervous waiting has ended for me also. I enjoyed the Napoli vs Leicester game too much. We watched 5 goals in this big and important game. First we saw that Napoli scored two goals and captured a huge advantage. However, Leicester were still determined to stay in this game by scoring two goals and providing a balance to the game again. But they were devastated by Napoli's another goal and the defeat by 3-2. As Legia couldn't draw with Spartak Moscow also, Leicester are out now.

[blue Snow]

All of the remaining matches in the EL have completed now. And I see that Galatasaray managed to keep their lead by the Lazio match also. They managed to keep the score at 0-0 somehow and secured their place. I couldn't watch the match but the statistics say that Lazio found more goal chances than them. But they were too bad at benefiting from those.

Lazio can't take the opportunity, likewise, Galatasaray. as we can see the offensive game is played at the beginning but be it Lazio or Galatasaray can't finish it.

Lyon, Monaco, Sparta Moskwa, Frankfurt, Galatasaray, Red Star, Leverkusen, and West Ham Has the ticket to go to the 2nd round. While the followed club; Rangers, Sociedad, Napoli, Olympiakos, Lazio, Braga, Betis, and Dinamo Zagreb will fight with the 3rd position club in the Champions League.

[BOAEDAN]

The group stage in the Europa League is over.  Royal Antwerp defeated Olympiacos 1-0.  Napoli managed to beat Leicester City 3-2.  Napoli's young player Eljif Elmas became a star with 2 goals.  Real Sociedad, on the other hand, defeated the important team of the Netherlands, PSV, 3-0.

It is unfortunate that the English representative team was finally eliminated in the Europa League, even though Lecester had led the standings, but the defeat against Napoli last night with a score of 3-2, they were eliminated from the Europa League, only representing one. from England, West Ham, I hope Ham can compete for the final, just like last year representatives from England were able to lift the Europa League and Champions League trophies.

[onecall123]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Here's the reality. I knew Leicester City wouldn't last very long with the way they were conceding goals in this competition. Following a 3-2 defeat to Napoli, Leicester City are out of the Europa League. That's the place (Conference League) Leicester City belong. Poor Leicester City. The reason why teams drop from UCL to Europa and then to conference is not clear to me. Leicester didn't take the competition seriously!

[cryptofrka]

I just found out that there's a new system from this season and that the 1st placed teams from the groups go directly into the 1/8 final. What kind of a bizarre draw is that?

The 2nd placed teams and the 3rd place teams from CL that are dropping down to EL are playing their own round of 16, with winners proceeding into the draw with the group winners.

I have to say that they keep surprising me year after year, this is pure idiotism.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Leicester couldn't benefit from their last opportunity to stay in the EL as they lost to Napoli by 3-2 in the away game. It was a very competitive game though and Napoli became victorious. Leicester gave a big hope to their fans after turning the game around and equalizing the score. But they still couldn't prevent Napoli from scoring the third goal and finishing the job. If Legia didn't miss the penalty in the last minute, we would have seen Leicester in the next round and S. Moscow out of this tournament.

Here's the reality. I knew Leicester City wouldn't last very long with the way they were conceding goals in this competition. Following a 3-2 defeat to Napoli, Leicester City are out of the Europa League. That's the place (Conference League) Leicester City belong. Poor Leicester City. The reason why teams drop from UCL to Europa and then to conference is not clear to me. Leicester didn't take the competition seriously!

I blame Brendan Rodgers for this Leicester city Europa league Elimination. He started the tournament with attitude of  neglecting other teams using his team B boys to play and lost must of the game now he was trying to do magic and qualify, that sure how inferior coach he is, as a good manager you qualify before using your team B to play match, West ham United Manager, David Moyes should be an example to follow. Glad he’s failed in the Europa League as it proves he’s not up for managing a big club. This is why they didn't finish in Champions League place last season. They had in their hands. Now this season they can hardly put together any decent run of form.

[MAAManda]

The group stage in the Europa League is over.  Royal Antwerp defeated Olympiacos 1-0.  Napoli managed to beat Leicester City 3-2.  Napoli's young player Eljif Elmas became a star with 2 goals.  Real Sociedad, on the other hand, defeated the important team of the Netherlands, PSV, 3-0.

Even though Royal Antwerp managed to beat Olympiakos by a very small score, it still leaves them in the last place in Group D, we see Frankfurt and Olympiakos advance to the next round.

From the results of the last match, we can see several big clubs that did not qualify for the next round, namely PSV, Leicester City, Fenerbahce, Marseille and Celtic.

[Bilgent]

I'm really surprised by Galatasaray's performance in the group stage. As their opponents were quite tough considering the quality of this tournament, I thought like that they would barely take the second place or move down to the Europa Conference League. But it turns out that they ended their group as its leader. They claimed an important one point against Lazio the last time and secured the place. I wonder how far they will be able to go forward in this tournament.

[Ratash]

I'm really surprised by Galatasaray's performance in the group stage. As their opponents were quite tough considering the quality of this tournament, I thought like that they would barely take the second place or move down to the Europa Conference League. But it turns out that they ended their group as its leader. They claimed an important one point against Lazio the last time and secured the place. I wonder how far they will be able to go forward in this tournament.

Me too i was surprised to see their performance in europa league especially after the confusing performance in the turkish league they ended the group stage without a loss and they managed to win all home games i think they will go far in this competition.

[1kodumtek7]

I'm really surprised by Galatasaray's performance in the group stage. As their opponents were quite tough considering the quality of this tournament, I thought like that they would barely take the second place or move down to the Europa Conference League. But it turns out that they ended their group as its leader. They claimed an important one point against Lazio the last time and secured the place. I wonder how far they will be able to go forward in this tournament.

Me too i was surprised to see their performance in europa league especially after the confusing performance in the turkish league they ended the group stage without a loss and they managed to win all home games i think they will go far in this competition.

Galatasaray are not showing an adequate performance in the Turkish Super League. But they are much more different here in the EL. This makes me think like they are caring about the EL more than their domestic league now. And I'm not sure if this is the right choice for them. Because there is no guarantee that they would win the EL title and join the CL directly.

[CryptocurencyKing]

The group stage in the Europa League is over.  Royal Antwerp defeated Olympiacos 1-0.  Napoli managed to beat Leicester City 3-2.  Napoli's young player Eljif Elmas became a star with 2 goals.  Real Sociedad, on the other hand, defeated the important team of the Netherlands, PSV, 3-0.

It is unfortunate that the English representative team was finally eliminated in the Europa League, even though Lecester had led the standings, but the defeat against Napoli last night with a score of 3-2, they were eliminated from the Europa League, only representing one. from England, West Ham, I hope Ham can compete for the final, just like last year representatives from England were able to lift the Europa League and Champions League trophies.

There is real pressure on David Moyes's West Ham United. They might have little to no squad depth in the team. They are currently in a position in the English premier league where they cannot afford to slip off or lose concentration. They have a big injury blow in the back line. Kurt Zouma and Ogbonna are out and having Antonio as their only point man is something not quite good. I am afraid that with the series of games and pressure on them to perform and remain in that position fatigue and injuries will surely set in and they will have to concentrate and channel their energy to one of the competitions. If not they might lose out on both.