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

[Balmain]

Galatasaray is not performing very well in the Turkish Super League, but is playing really well in the UEFA Europa League. They managed to come out of a very difficult group as the leader of the group. I think it was a very difficult thing, but they succeeded, many people were very surprised by this situation. I hope this performance continues and they can go all the way to the championship

Cim Bom Bom!

Galatasaray is now in seventh position in the Super Lig. Their performance is very poor. Galatasaray's performance in Europa League matches from Super Lig is very good. Despite having strong teams like Marseille and Lazio in the group, Galatasaray has qualified for the round of 16 by becoming the group champions. Its players in Galatasaray have worked hard. I would be happy if Galatasaray is able to make it to the semi-finals.

Galatasaray is not in a good position in the league with a very new and young players, but we can say that it is early. UEFA Europa League got really good results and managed to get out of the groups. Last played Lazio match ended in a draw, both teams were not very good. If Galatasaray is a team that is more willing than the league in such tournaments, I would be very happy if I see the semi-finals.

[nelson4lov]

The thing that has made me sad the most is witnessing Leicester's being eliminated from the UEFA Europa League. At least, they are going to continue their journey in the UEFA Europa Conference League but they deserved to continue here too. They fought back against Napoli really well in their last game but they couldn't prevent the 3-2 loss. And the result in the Legia - S. Moscow game was their end.

Leicester was in a very good position before the game and they had multiple chances to equalize and get them back in the game. It's just unfortunate that they couldn't find the net. I mean, Maddison hit the post towards the end of the match. If that had entered, maybe it would've been a different story today. Anyway, it was a well-matched game and one team had to go. Napoli showed their strength and took total control of the game.

[dezoel]

^ I do not think that West ham actually has that kind of problem right now. I believe that they could definitely solve their issues if they worked really hard on it. Sure they do not look like a dominating team but as we all know UK teams do well in European cups. I am guessing they will go to semi-finals unless they face a horribly challenging team. The next stage will be a bit tough for all the teams in the europa cup stage, even if they finished first.

Look at the teams that are coming from champions league ; Barcelona, Leipzig, Porto, Dortmund, Atalanta, Sevilla, all these teams are at least one level better than the europa cup teams. West Ham could be the only one that can sustain if they do not draw a very great team, otherwise I feel like this is going to turn into UCL 2.0 and teams from UCL will end up winning the title without giving much chance to others.

[borovichok]

Look at the teams that are coming from champions league ; Barcelona, Leipzig, Porto, Dortmund, Atalanta, Sevilla, all these teams are at least one level better than the europa cup teams. West Ham could be the only one that can sustain if they do not draw a very great team, otherwise I feel like this is going to turn into UCL 2.0 and teams from UCL will end up winning the title without giving much chance to others.

I think Barcelona demoting to the Europa League we promote the league very well and makes it more competitive, people we like to watch teams in the Europa League especially the Barca fans.is not going to be easy because they are strong teams there too ( Napoli, Leicester city, and West ham United.)so interesting fixtures are still to come.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Leicester was in a very good position before the game and they had multiple chances to equalize and get them back in the game. It's just unfortunate that they couldn't find the net. I mean, Maddison hit the post towards the end of the match. If that had entered, maybe it would've been a different story today. Anyway, it was a well-matched game and one team had to go. Napoli showed their strength and took total control of the game.

Surprised to see Napoli did not sacrifice Europa League even they lost a first position in Serie A and have some star players missing because of injuries. Well done Napoli but I agree that Leicester City made a few chances in that match and lost in Naples. 3 - 2 for Napoli and they have a good match without their best players.

[jostorres]

Leicester really didn't care about the tournament too much. When they joined the Champions League, they showed a much greater performance and we watched them even advancing from the group stage as far as I remember. If Leicester cared about the Europa League also, they would have consolidated their place in the group already before the last week. They didn't do this and it cost them this.

In this season they are playing very bad in both Premier League and in Europa League, so they are paying for this their current position is 13th which is very low by their standard with set few years back. And now in this season they are facing some serious trouble in Europa League even their start was very good but later they completely down and now out so after this shocking result now they have time for improving form and trying again for next season which is very difficult for them with their current form because recently we have some very good teams fighting hard for having good in next season.

In last match they were very good against Napoli, but sadly this time luck was not with them so Napoli able to survive and having some better spot after winning match.

[abhiseshakana]

I think Barcelona demoting to the Europa League we promote the league very well and makes it more competitive, people we like to watch teams in the Europa League especially the Barca fans.is not going to be easy because they are strong teams there too ( Napoli, Leicester city, and West ham United.)so interesting fixtures are still to come.

It's a shame that Barcelona couldn't qualify for the Champions League round of 16, because Bayern Munich is too strong for Barcelona. Even though Barcelona has been coached by Xavi, but it seems he still needs time to make a change.

Like it or not, Barcelona has to be content with competing in the Europa League, at least they still have a chance to be championed as long as they can play their best.

[Mr.Scott]

I think Barcelona demoting to the Europa League we promote the league very well and makes it more competitive, people we like to watch teams in the Europa League especially the Barca fans.is not going to be easy because they are strong teams there too ( Napoli, Leicester city, and West ham United.)so interesting fixtures are still to come.

It's a shame that Barcelona couldn't qualify for the Champions League round of 16, because Bayern Munich is too strong for Barcelona. Even though Barcelona has been coached by Xavi, but it seems he still needs time to make a change.

Like it or not, Barcelona has to be content with competing in the Europa League, at least they still have a chance to be championed as long as they can play their best.

They can't even beat themselves anymore, they've fallen so fast. We can't expect much from them in this situation. In the same way as Frank Lampard could not save Chelsea, Xavi cannot save Barca. The standard of their level has sent them there, and their next stop is the conference league before they fade away from the system. Barcelona will play in the Europa League. Will they succeed? It will be exciting to see how they perform. I'm not too confident, though. There is no fear between teams in the Europa League, much like the English Championship.

[KTChampions]

When I look at the results of Group C, I understand that this is very close to the truth: Spartak (which is in 9th place in the weak Russian championship) takes first place overtaking Napoli and Leicester  

If so you are certainly missing something in group A where Lyon are unbeaten in 6 group match despite only being 13th in the Ligue 1 standings. LOL

This is easily explained - I am from Russia, not France. I think you understand that the French championship is not the most interesting to seriously monitor the situation in it regarding all places below the first 

As for the motivation to win the tournament, some clubs will have it, and some will not. For example, I'm sure Barcelona will be more worried about getting into the top 4 in La Liga than winning the Europa League.

I know maybe the problem is different for each team and the wishes of their coach. Barcelona, ​​who failed to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League, must certainly focus on improving the team's performance regardless of how they want to win the title this season. In Laliga they certainly still have that opportunity and they can do that in the Europa League too. These two titles are important considering Xavi wants to bring his team to the title in his first season. LaLiga is more important, I agree with you.

The main problem here is getting into the Champions League next year, the Europa League gives 5 times less money than the Champions League, so the priorities are obvious - it's more profitable to try to get into the Champions League next year than to spend energy on the Europa League this year.

[DU18]

I think Barcelona demoting to the Europa League we promote the league very well and makes it more competitive, people we like to watch teams in the Europa League especially the Barca fans.is not going to be easy because they are strong teams there too ( Napoli, Leicester city, and West ham United.)so interesting fixtures are still to come.

This season several big teams have started to join in the european league competition, dortmund and barcelona are new guests for this season's european league trip, I think the joining of dortmund and barcelona will certainly make the competition in the european league more fierce this season, but I think the chances of dortmund are bigger to be able to go further in the European league competition compared to Barcelona.

[hahay]

I think Barcelona demoting to the Europa League we promote the league very well and makes it more competitive, people we like to watch teams in the Europa League especially the Barca fans.is not going to be easy because they are strong teams there too ( Napoli, Leicester city, and West ham United.)so interesting fixtures are still to come.

This season several big teams have started to join in the european league competition, dortmund and barcelona are new guests for this season's european league trip, I think the joining of dortmund and barcelona will certainly make the competition in the european league more fierce this season, but I think the chances of dortmund are bigger to be able to go further in the European league competition compared to Barcelona.

Agreed but with a note, if some key Dortmund players can't play because of injuries that can happen at any time, then I will doubt it. But indeed, when Dortmund's key players can appear then of course I will not doubt the quality of Dortmund to go further in this event. Even though this is the second tier under UCL but now the teams in UEL look more competitive, because some of them are currently in a good trend in their respective leagues and developments like that will certainly make this knockout round more difficult for every team in UEL.

[joker_josue]

The clubs that still do not know if they will continue in the Europa League, as they have to pass the play-off, are:

_______________ Seeded Rangers Real Sociedad Napoli Olympiacos Lazio Braga Betis Dinamo Zagreb

_______________ Unseeded Leipzig Porto Dortmund Sheriff Barcelona Atalanta Sevilla Zenit

Which clubs are most likely to pass?

[mv1986]

The clubs that still do not know if they will continue in the Europa League, as they have to pass the play-off, are:

_______________ Seeded Rangers Real Sociedad Napoli Olympiacos Lazio Braga Betis Dinamo Zagreb

_______________ Unseeded Leipzig Porto Dortmund Sheriff Barcelona Atalanta Sevilla Zenit

Which clubs are most likely to pass?

Very interesting overview, but I think it really depends on the matchups in the end. There are some very strong teams among the unseeded with Dortmund, Barcelona and Atalanta, and at the same time Napoli and Lazio are the strongest among the seeded I would say. Let's hope we won't have a clash between Dortmund and Napoli. Rather keep that for the final!

[bering]

After seeing the teams who went to knockout stage i'm sure automatically Barcelona will became the favourite to get the trophy in this competition but Europe league sometimes unpredictable for big teams and some of big teams have failed to be the champion in the past however i was wondering that if Xavi failure to get Europe league trophy this season whether he will be sacked or not

[Spack17]

I wonder which club Barcelona are going to have a draw against. They are new to this tournament so it must be feeling really different for them. But I don't think that this feeling is positive as the Europa League is worse than the Champions League. But if they care about this tournament, they can win the title as they are more powerful than most of the teams.

[herurist]

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.

Congratulations to the Moscow Spartak goalkeeper, who guessed the angle of the shot and saved the team from a draw, thereby taking it to the 1/8 finals. You should have seen the TickTock account of this team, there is such joy and pride that it's just ghastly, as if they were the kings of the world of everything, even a little disgusting for such....

A pretty good match was presented in this group because indeed all teams still had good chances, but it was Napoli and Spartak who now managed to qualify for the next round.
I don't feel that it's disgusting because indeed they do it probably to express joy for what they have accomplished.
On the other hand they can indeed be said to be quite good and quite lucky

[Daniel91]

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.

In fact, West Ham played with a lot of young players in the team, and if Dinamo hadn't taken that chance and won, then they really wouldn't have deserved to pass the group.
Now Dinamo can boast that they won away, a top team from the English league, which they have not managed to do in the last 50 years  
In 10 or 20 years, no one will remember that West Ham played with the reserve team and only the result will be remembered.
Dinamo can now expect very attractive teams in the next phase of the competition, from Barcelona to Seville and Porto, a lot of money and a very certain elimination from this competition  
I think Dinamo will be the biggest wish of most of these clubs in the European League draw.

[DU18]

After seeing the teams who went to knockout stage i'm sure automatically Barcelona will became the favourite to get the trophy in this competition but Europe league sometimes unpredictable for big teams and some of big teams have failed to be the champion in the past however i was wondering that if Xavi failure to get Europe league trophy this season whether he will be sacked or not

The change of coach of barcelona from koeman to xavi has not had a significant impact on barcelona current performance, I think with the current conditions it will be very difficult for xavi to fix the problems that exist in barcelona, ​​the transfer market later is the only way for xavi to improve their squad by bringing in new players, but of course fans shouldn't expect much more to see barcelona buying star players, because at this time their financial condition is in trouble, i think xavi will work long enough for barcelona because barcelona management have no other choice but to keep Xavi, if Xavi is fired, of course they will have to spend a lot of money to compensate for the dismissal, so like it or not, they have to keep Xavi no matter what results Barcelona get later.

[Spack17]

Group H was really interesting on the last week. Dinamo Zagreb had to win if they wanted to secure their position. And their match was really difficult due to playing an away match against West Ham. But West Ham rotated the squad a little which made D. Zagreb's job a little easier. D. Zagreb managed to beat them by 1-0 and ended at the 2nd place. And in the other match of the group, Rapid Vienna got a huge away win against Genk by 1-0 and this helped them qualify for the Europa Conference League.

[tyz]

I in surprised that it is not yet discussed here. According to several media reports, the cancelled match between Tottenham and Stade Rennes will not be repeated. The match was originally postponed due to several Tottenham players falling ill with Corona. And now the two clubs can not agree on a new date for the match. This would have eliminated Tottenham from the Euro Conference League. I find a fierce decision!