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

[Rengga Jati]

I personally don't think Barcelona need a new striker, but if Barcelona can sign a new experienced striker then that's fine too. For me, the problem is with the coach,

At first you didn't think Barcelona needed an experienced striker. Do you think Dembele, Coutinho, Fati, Braithwait and Depay are experienced players? They are irregular players and have been injured for most of the season. Attacks on such players cannot be relied upon. Secondly, you are looking for an experienced coach.

Exactly, the problems faced by Barcelona are complex, these include players, tactics, maybe coach (although Xavi is actually not a bad choice for this club, but he is  starting right now in this very And situation) so he must do very high effort to rise up Barcelona again. Not only about those, but also the management in the club itself including some financial reasons that may limit the club to sign some certain very potential players for the club.

Btw, it's still around 2 months to prepare for the next matches in this UEFA Europa League, and some teams may use that time to prepare it more significantly, although they are also doing some other matches in other championships or league.

[kro55]

I personally don't think Barcelona need a new striker, but if Barcelona can sign a new experienced striker then that's fine too. For me, the problem is with the coach,

At first you didn't think Barcelona needed an experienced striker. Do you think Dembele, Coutinho, Fati, Braithwait and Depay are experienced players? They are irregular players and have been injured for most of the season. Attacks on such players cannot be relied upon. Secondly, you are looking for an experienced coach.

Exactly, the problems faced by Barcelona are complex, these include players, tactics, maybe coach (although Xavi is actually not a bad choice for this club, but he is  starting right now in this very And situation) so he must do very high effort to rise up Barcelona again. Not only about those, but also the management in the club itself including some financial reasons that may limit the club to sign some certain very potential players for the club.

Btw, it's still around 2 months to prepare for the next matches in this UEFA Europa League, and some teams may use that time to prepare it more significantly, although they are also doing some other matches in other championships or league.

I saw Barcelona's performance in La Liga against Sevilla today. The Barcelona guys played excellent. The finishing was disgusting. Barcelona had an easy chance to score several goals today. If the finisher was good, Barcelona could have won today's match. If Xavi doesn't get a new striker, I don't expect him to do well in the Europa League. Barcelona management may try to sign Haaland in the team.

[mv1986]

Yes Napoli has just beaten Milan in an away game so that is a real calibre Barcelona will be dealing with. Playing against Barcelona in the Europa League, you really have nothing to lose. All the pressure is on Barcelona. If they want to save the season in the slightest, the only chance they have is to win this title.

And I think that this season, it's Barcelona that needs a good result in the Europa League, otherwise they will have one of the worst times in their history.
In Spain, they are not even in a position to allow access to European competitions. Of course that will change for sure, but things are a bit complicated.

That is for sure... Another draw against Sevilla yesterday, but the league is pretty weak so despite their bad performances they are just two points away from the champions league qualification. If they want to save the season somehow, they must win the Europa League, there is no way around that. Surprisingly, they are now going to rebuild the stadium for several billion Euros. I wonder where they do get the money from? Even the Europa League title isn't going to save them!

[poldanmig]

I saw Barcelona's performance in La Liga against Sevilla today. The Barcelona guys played excellent. The finishing was disgusting. Barcelona had an easy chance to score several goals today. If the finisher was good, Barcelona could have won today's match. If Xavi doesn't get a new striker, I don't expect him to do well in the Europa League. Barcelona management may try to sign Haaland in the team.

Barcelona managed to create 23 chances and 7 shots on target in the match against sevilla, I think if barcelona still had messi at the moment of course with that many chances like that they would be able to score a lot of goals, and it's true as you say, now barcelona need a striker who indeed able to finish the job well in front of the opponent goal, especially now that they have lost Aguero and it looks like Xavi will have to work hard in the transfer market to find a good striker.

[lixer]

And I think that this season, it's Barcelona that needs a good result in the Europa League, otherwise they will have one of the worst times in their history.
In Spain, they are not even in a position to allow access to European competitions. Of course that will change for sure, but things are a bit complicated.

That is for sure... Another draw against Sevilla yesterday, but the league is pretty weak so despite their bad performances they are just two points away from the champions league qualification. If they want to save the season somehow, they must win the Europa League, there is no way around that. Surprisingly, they are now going to rebuild the stadium for several billion Euros. I wonder where they do get the money from? Even the Europa League title isn't going to save them!

Even League is weak but right now on top we have some good competition for place in next year's Champions League Real Madrid is at top and Sevilla is at second for very long time mean they have some good time.

But, suddenly with the worst form from Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad, Barcelona has chance for taking spot which is not easy for them because they are also facing some issues like in last match against Sevilla 23 shots on goal and have just 1 goal mean lacking of finishing. They need some quality finisher for having some better results Xavi arrival is having some good impact, but now next step is some quality players which will give them good results with this they will be good for next season even having not good result against Napoli in this knock out match.

[lulumiya]

I wonder whether Dortmund will be focusing on the Europa League to win the title. They are already getting away from their title chance in the Bundesliga now. They can still easily qualify for the Champions League though so they won't need to win the Europa League to join the Champions League. But still, they might want to win a decent title this season and this tournament is their chance.

[Rengga Jati]

I saw Barcelona's performance in La Liga against Sevilla today. The Barcelona guys played excellent. The finishing was disgusting. Barcelona had an easy chance to score several goals today. If the finisher was good, Barcelona could have won today's match. If Xavi doesn't get a new striker, I don't expect him to do well in the Europa League. Barcelona management may try to sign Haaland in the team.

The result of the match was little bit surprising because I think that Sevilla is better and has more chance to win. But in fact on the field, everything can happen as what Barcelona shown in that match. Barcelona really played very well,  moreover after Sevilla got one red card, this really gave influence that the club cannot score again.
It is hopefully that Barcelona will exactly sign Haaland, but it may be difficult because of the financial. But, really hopefully it can be,  this cub exactly needs something bigger to rise up again.

[joker_josue]

The result of the match was little bit surprising because I think that Sevilla is better and has more chance to win. But in fact on the field, everything can happen as what Barcelona shown in that match. Barcelona really played very well,  moreover after Sevilla got one red card, this really gave influence that the club cannot score again.
It is hopefully that Barcelona will exactly sign Haaland, but it may be difficult because of the financial. But, really hopefully it can be,  this cub exactly needs something bigger to rise up again.

I don't think anyone can question the quality of Barcelona's players, and they've been playing well. The problem is that it seems that they don't know what to do when they reach certain areas of the field, and then they start to get desperate because they don't score. And that doesn't help.

[Hidrofor]

Dortmund are losing their title chance in the Bundesliga little by little every week. They still would be able to qualify for the Champions League easily though but maybe they would start focusing on the Europa League more to at least win a title this season. And this would lead them to demolish Rangers in their matchup. This would be a great start and they would threaten the other teams like this also.

[KTChampions]

The result of the match was little bit surprising because I think that Sevilla is better and has more chance to win. But in fact on the field, everything can happen as what Barcelona shown in that match. Barcelona really played very well,  moreover after Sevilla got one red card, this really gave influence that the club cannot score again.
It is hopefully that Barcelona will exactly sign Haaland, but it may be difficult because of the financial. But, really hopefully it can be,  this cub exactly needs something bigger to rise up again.

Sevilla is indeed better now, but that does not mean it has to win 10 out of 10 matches against Barcelona. Let's say the spread of results can be as follows: 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws. Obviously the team with 4 wins is better, but they only win 40% of the time. Therefore, when we place bets, we must take into account this spread and think about earning only at a distance and not in a particular match on which everything depends.

[poldanmig]

Dortmund are losing their title chance in the Bundesliga little by little every week. They still would be able to qualify for the Champions League easily though but maybe they would start focusing on the Europa League more to at least win a title this season. And this would lead them to demolish Rangers in their matchup. This would be a great start and they would threaten the other teams like this also.

Right now the chance for dormund to win the bundesliga title is almost impossible, as well as the champion league trophy,  their chances of winning the champion have been tightly closed, but currently dortmund still have two competitive titles that they might be able to win, one of which is the DFB trophy which may be relatively easy for them to get, while for the european league cup, i'm a little doubtful if dortmund can get it, because even though the UEFA league is the european league second caste competition, but still there will be tough competition in the match and now some big teams like barcelona, ​​napoli, atlanta and PSV of course also target to be able to get a trophy.

[CryptoBuds]

Dortmund are losing their title chance in the Bundesliga little by little every week. They still would be able to qualify for the Champions League easily though but maybe they would start focusing on the Europa League more to at least win a title this season. And this would lead them to demolish Rangers in their matchup. This would be a great start and they would threaten the other teams like this also.

Right now the chance for dormund to win the bundesliga title is almost impossible, as well as the champion league trophy,  their chances of winning the champion have been tightly closed, but currently dortmund still have two competitive titles that they might be able to win, one of which is the DFB trophy which may be relatively easy for them to get, while for the european league cup, i'm a little doubtful if dortmund can get it, because even though the UEFA league is the european league second caste competition, but still there will be tough competition in the match and now some big teams like barcelona, ​​napoli, atlanta and PSV of course also target to be able to get a trophy.

The Dortmund team should now aim for the Europa League title. If Haaland decides to stay in Dortmund without changing teams in the winter transfer window. Then Dortmund might win the Europa League title. Because I think Barcelona, ​​Napoli and Atlanta are the strongest teams here. Napoli or Barcelona will be eliminated in the first round. Moreover, Napoli and Barcelona are not in a good position now. So I think the Atlanta team is the only strong opponent of the Dortmund team. If Dortmund can perform well against Atalanta. Then maybe they can win the title.

[baeva]

I personally don't think Barcelona need a new striker, but if Barcelona can sign a new experienced striker then that's fine too. For me, the problem is with the coach,

At first you didn't think Barcelona needed an experienced striker. Do you think Dembele, Coutinho, Fati, Braithwait and Depay are experienced players? They are irregular players and have been injured for most of the season. Attacks on such players cannot be relied upon. Secondly, you are looking for an experienced coach.

Exactly, the problems faced by Barcelona are complex, these include players, tactics, maybe coach (although Xavi is actually not a bad choice for this club, but he is  starting right now in this very And situation) so he must do very high effort to rise up Barcelona again. Not only about those, but also the management in the club itself including some financial reasons that may limit the club to sign some certain very potential players for the club.

Btw, it's still around 2 months to prepare for the next matches in this UEFA Europa League, and some teams may use that time to prepare it more significantly, although they are also doing some other matches in other championships or league.

Right, because some clubs may not be preparing for the european league at all, only if a couple of weeks before it. After the new year there is a pause in some championships, some will train, some will not, I've never been interested in that (who trains and who does not). But I think if a club performs well in their league, they don't need thorough training, they will essentially be in good shape.

[Pulsar77]

Dortmund have a really comfortable matchup in the current stage of the Europa League. Rangers can be one of the biggest teams of the Scotland League but I don't think that they are capable enough to make big difficulties for Dortmund in this matchup. Dortmund have a golden opportunity to put on a great show here. And I don't expect them to refuse it. I think Dortmund will destroy them in Signal Iduna Park and finish it already.

[Rengga Jati]

I don't think anyone can question the quality of Barcelona's players, and they've been playing well. The problem is that it seems that they don't know what to do when they reach certain areas of the field, and then they start to get desperate because they don't score. And that doesn't help.

Yeah, so far we sometimes ask questions about the condition in Barcelona because this club is very decreasing from a very big club to  be that kind of condition right now. That is why actually some questions about Barcelona is actually very normal in this case. But for that last match, yeah I personally really appreciate that this club can play very well and win the match. Many people were doubtful  about the match, but Barcelona has proven that. Let's see what will happen to the next matches faced by Barcelona.

Sevilla is indeed better now, but that does not mean it has to win 10 out of 10 matches against Barcelona. Let's say the spread of results can be as follows: 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws. Obviously the team with 4 wins is better, but they only win 40% of the time. Therefore, when we place bets, we must take into account this spread and think about earning only at a distance and not in a particular match on which everything depends.

Actually we don't think about that is a must. We only predict based on the chances that are had by each club before matches, that is why there are some predictions. And the results based on the live match on the field will sometimes not match to our prediction or expectation. We can see from the paper that one club maybe better than another, but in fact in the field on match, they are lost.
Like what happen to Sevilla, I don't mean that the club must win 10 from 10 always win win and win without any losses.

[KTChampions]

Sevilla is indeed better now, but that does not mean it has to win 10 out of 10 matches against Barcelona. Let's say the spread of results can be as follows: 4 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws. Obviously the team with 4 wins is better, but they only win 40% of the time. Therefore, when we place bets, we must take into account this spread and think about earning only at a distance and not in a particular match on which everything depends.

Actually we don't think about that is a must. We only predict based on the chances that are had by each club before matches, that is why there are some predictions. And the results based on the live match on the field will sometimes not match to our prediction or expectation. We can see from the paper that one club maybe better than another, but in fact in the field on match, they are lost.
Like what happen to Sevilla, I don't mean that the club must win 10 from 10 always win win and win without any losses.

The problem is that there is always space for randomness in sports. You say that a club that is stronger than another club on paper in reality loses - yes, it happens. But I meant another case: the really strongest club (not on paper, but in fact) sometimes loses to a weaker (and even an obvious outsider) club. This happens often and we must take this into account when placing bets.

[baeva]

Dortmund are losing their title chance in the Bundesliga little by little every week. They still would be able to qualify for the Champions League easily though but maybe they would start focusing on the Europa League more to at least win a title this season. And this would lead them to demolish Rangers in their matchup. This would be a great start and they would threaten the other teams like this also.

Right now the chance for dormund to win the bundesliga title is almost impossible, as well as the champion league trophy,  their chances of winning the champion have been tightly closed, but currently dortmund still have two competitive titles that they might be able to win, one of which is the DFB trophy which may be relatively easy for them to get, while for the european league cup, i'm a little doubtful if dortmund can get it, because even though the UEFA league is the european league second caste competition, but still there will be tough competition in the match and now some big teams like barcelona, ​​napoli, atlanta and PSV of course also target to be able to get a trophy.

Depends on what kind of grid they have, maybe they'll make the finals easily, who knows? (Actually, there is already a grid, I just can't find it). By net I mean how they will play starting in 1/8, because I personally think they will make it to 1/8, I don't think the Rangers in 1/16 will be a problem for them.

[KingsDen]

The result of the match was little bit surprising because I think that Sevilla is better and has more chance to win. But in fact on the field, everything can happen as what Barcelona shown in that match. Barcelona really played very well,  moreover after Sevilla got one red card, this really gave influence that the club cannot score again.
It is hopefully that Barcelona will exactly sign Haaland, but it may be difficult because of the financial. But, really hopefully it can be,  this cub exactly needs something bigger to rise up again.

I don't think anyone can question the quality of Barcelona's players, and they've been playing well. The problem is that it seems that they don't know what to do when they reach certain areas of the field, and then they start to get desperate because they don't score. And that doesn't help.

Barcelona is getting well in terms of play. Xavi is doing a nice work. If they continue thjs way, they will get better by next year. Even their recent signing is a resounding hope for the club.
Though they have a very tight fixture with Napoli. Though Napoli started well in the season but they are becoming somewhat inconsistent now. So, if Napoli does not recover before Fabuary, it is expected that Barcelona should fight and scale through.

[Maidak]

The result of the match was little bit surprising because I think that Sevilla is better and has more chance to win. But in fact on the field, everything can happen as what Barcelona shown in that match. Barcelona really played very well,  moreover after Sevilla got one red card, this really gave influence that the club cannot score again.
It is hopefully that Barcelona will exactly sign Haaland, but it may be difficult because of the financial. But, really hopefully it can be,  this cub exactly needs something bigger to rise up again.

I don't think anyone can question the quality of Barcelona's players, and they've been playing well. The problem is that it seems that they don't know what to do when they reach certain areas of the field, and then they start to get desperate because they don't score. And that doesn't help.

Barcelona is getting well in terms of play. Xavi is doing a nice work. If they continue thjs way, they will get better by next year. Even their recent signing is a resounding hope for the club.
Though they have a very tight fixture with Napoli. Though Napoli started well in the season but they are becoming somewhat inconsistent now. So, if Napoli does not recover before Fabuary, it is expected that Barcelona should fight and scale through.

Napoli and Barcelona are now in a different position.
Barcelona started the season very badly. There was a team that was very weak and unpredictable. Now they are trying to solve their problems with Xavi. They are somewhat stable now. Napoli, on the other hand, started the season very strongly. They were at the top of the points table, winning several matches at once. But now their performance has deteriorated.
So, I see equal chances for both teams to win this match.

[CLS63]

I believe that Dortmund should do their best to win the Europa League championship. Because they won't most probably be winning the Bundesliga championship this season as they already are far away from Bayern Munich in the standings now. But they should at least thrive for winning a championship in this season. Maybe they don't need the title of this tournament as they would join the Champions League by ending the season at a decent position in the Bundesliga. But it is worse for them if they end it without any title.